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Cross-border drug, arms smuggling network busted: 4 held with 5kg heroin, two pistols in Amritsar

AMRITSAR, July 19 -- The police on Saturday busted a cross-border drug and arms smuggling network with the arrest of four persons and recovered 5.557 kg of heroin and two sophisticated pistols, direct... Read More


Cops bust arms smuggling module: 3 held with AK-47, grenade in Amritsar

AMRITSAR, July 15 -- The Amritsar rural police busted an illegal arms and explosives smuggling module with the arrest of three individuals, including a juvenile, and recovered a hand grenade and three... Read More


SGPC chief writes to PM, seeks Kartarpur Corridor reopening

AMRITSAR, July 14 -- The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Harjinder Singh Dhami on Monday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging the immediate reopening of the ... Read More


SGPC takes out protest in support of 'Satluj'

AMRITSAR, July 11 -- The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Friday organised a protest march from Golden Temple to the deputy commissioner's office in Amritsar, demanding the immediate ... Read More


Two drug-smuggling rackets busted; 3 arrested with 13kg heroin in Amritsar

AMRITSAR, July 7 -- Counter-intelligence (CI) wing in Amritsar busted two narcotics smuggling networks with the arrest of three alleged smugglers and seized 13kg of heroin, director general of police ... Read More


Grand Mata Sita, Luv-Kush temple to come up in Amritsar: Kejriwal

AMRITSAR, June 28 -- Aam Aadmi Party's national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday announced that the Punjab government will build a grand temple dedicated to Mata Sita and her sons Luv and Kush in ... Read More


Amritsar: Human rights panel takes notice of patient's 'suicide' at CHC

AMRITSAR, June 27 -- The Punjab State and Chandigarh (UT) Human Rights Commission has taken cognisance of a complaint pertaining to alleged suicide by a patient at the Community Health Centre (CHC), L... Read More


Anti-sacrilege law: Letters being sent to Sikh MLAs, ministers, says Akal Takht

AMRITSAR, June 18 -- The Akal Takht office on Wednesday has started sending letters to all Sikh legislators across political parties and cabinet ministers in accordance with the decree issued by the S... Read More


Bittu flags off re-routed Amritsar-Katra Vande Bharat

AMRITSAR, June 17 -- Minister of state for railways Ravneet Singh Bittu on Tuesday flagged off the Vande Bharat Express between Amritsar and Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra on a new route via Gurdaspur a... Read More


Sikh man's conviction in UK: Akal Takht backs verdict, warns against backlash

AMRITSAR, June 6 -- Four days after a UK court sentenced Vickrum Singh Digwa, a 23-year-old Sikh man, to life imprisonment for the murder of 18-year-old Henry Nowak, Akal Takht acting jathedar Giani K... Read More