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Nearly 2,700 metric tonnes of wheat produce reached the markets in the district till Thursday, stated Local Government Minister Dr Inderbir Singh Nijjar while overseeing the start of government procurement at the Bhagtanwala grain market. Officials of the Mandi Board...

Pawani Sharma, 17, a state boxing champion in the 46-kg weight category last year, has qualified for a week-long National Youth Championship to be held in Noida from April 21. She will fight in the under-19 group of 45-48 kg...

The Spring Dale premises resonated with the pulsating beats of dhol today when the school welcomed its national winner and a young horse rider, Sarang Deep Singh. The school student achieved two podium finishes at the All India Club 15th...

Ashok Vatika Public School witnessed another proud moment as Kriti, a student of class 4 and Angad Ahuja from class 10, took part in the special games. The District Special Games were organised by the ‘Maan Dhian and Social Service...

Rohi Wala Pul a threat to commuters The Rohi Wala Pul site on the Amritsar side in Tarn Taran town has become a serious threat for commuters, especially for children and women. It is also posing health hazards because of...

BBK DAV College for Women held its 54th convocation to award degrees to 500 graduates and post-graduates. Dr Karamjeet Singh, vice-chancellor, Guru Nanak Dev University, was the chief guest on the occasion, while Jatinder Singh Moti Bhatia, Mayor of Amritsar,...

Outside Amritsar, majority people consider Verka as a brand of milk and other dairy products being run by Milkfed. Not many know that the brand got its name from a suburb of Amritsar – Verka. A brainchild of visionary Chief...

Advocate Sarabjit Singh Verka has handled around 70 cases related to fake encounters and the disappearances of youth, successfully securing convictions in 61 of them

Situated on the Batala Road, formerly known as Kashmir Road, Verka presents a blend of new and old. The old part with several residential localities continues to grapple with problems pertaining to civic amenities, while the outer area of the...

Verka is a prominent township, 9 km northeast of Amritsar along the Batala road. It holds a sacred place in the Sikh history due to its association with Guru Nanak Dev, the first Sikh guru. As per historical accounts and...

Cabinet Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, while inaugurating school buildings at Chak Sikander and Nawan villages in his Ajnala constituency, said the Punjab Government had increased the promotion quota of principals from 50 per cent to 75 per cent yesterday through...

The Vigilance Bureau (VB) has arrested district manager, Punjab Scheduled Castes Land Development and Finance Corporation (PSCFC), Tarn Taran, red-handed while taking a bribe of Rs 10,000. In another incident, the VB nabbed Rashpal Singh, mandi supervisor, posted at Kahnuwan...

Punjab has become the first state in India to provide reservation benefits in the appointment of law officers, a significant step towards social equality. This policy of the government was revealed by Cabinet Minister Harbhajan Singh ETO, here today. He...

The police played the ‘Good Samaritan’ much to the delight and joy of residents who had recently been claiming that cops were lax when it came to tracing lost mobile phones. The district police have recovered 200 such cellphones. The...

On the instruction of the state Election Commission to conduct the poll for the office-bearers of the Tarn Taran Municipal Council, Convener-cum-SDM has called the first special statutory meeting of elected members of the civic body on Thursday at the...

The police get four-day custody of the two accused

While exhorting the general public to share information regarding drug traffickers and anti-social elements in their respective areas, Shashi Prabha Dwivedi, Director General Police (DGP), Railways, Punjab, appealed to people to inform about them on helpline numbers 112 or 77101-04818....

A case under Sections 21C, 23 and 25 of the NDPS Act and Section 25 of the Arms Act has been registered at ANTF police station in Mohali

Kausa Trust organised a group art exhibition titled “Sanyam” at its KT: Kalã Museum, Lawrence Road. The exhibition is open to the public from April 14 to 17. Curated as a celebration of creative mastery, Sanyam brings together renowned senior...

Three motor cycle-borne masked armed men fired at Ganesh Dairy on the local Goindwal Sahib bye pass on Monday and managed to fled away from the spot. The proprietor of the dairy said that a gangster had demanded an extortion...

A surprise search operation was carried out today at Central Jail, Fatahpur, in Amritsar. Special DGP (Railways), Punjab, Shashi Prabha Dwivedi visited the jail personally to oversee and review the progress of the operation. She was joined by Amritsar Police...

A team of personnel from the C-Division police station succeeded in apprehending a notorious snatcher, who has a long criminal history. The accused, identified as Kawaljeet Singh, alias Nikku, a resident of Shaheed Udham Singh Nagar, was arrested following an...

'Khuaar Hoye Sabh Milenge' campaign starts from Amritsar district

In a significant breakthrough in the fight against drug trafficking, the Amritsar rural police have arrested a drug smuggler and recovered a substantial consignment of heroin. Acting on credible intelligence inputs, the police apprehended Tarsem Singh alias Sema, a resident...

The Tarn Taran circle of Powercom has been known as the hotbed of elements involved in power theft for decades. Being a border belt and also as an area known for its involvement during the days of militancy, the officials...