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Official's suicide: Randhawa's wife urges all MPs to press for CBI probe

Amritsar, March 26 -- A day after the cremation of Punjab State Warehousing Corporation official Gagandeep Singh Randhawa, his wife Upinder Kaur on Wednesday appealed to all members of Parliament (MPs... Read More


BSF jawan dies in NCB custody in Amritsar

Amritsar, March 23 -- A BSF jawan, arrested recently from Jammu, died in the custody of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), police said on Sunday. Posted in Jammu and Kashmir, deceased Jaswinder Singh... Read More


Three farmers, ACP hurt as protesters clash with cops in Amritsar

Amritsar, March 23 -- Three farmers and an assistant commissioner of police (ACP) were injured in minor clash during a protest near Ram Tirath in Amritsar on Sunday. Farmers in large numbers, on the c... Read More


Amritsar: Three held with 24kg heroin, drone, rRs.r21 lakh drug money

Amritsar, March 23 -- Punjab Police's anti-narcotics task force (ANTF), in a joint operation with the Border Security Force (BSF), busted a Pak-backed cross-border smuggling module, arresting three ma... Read More


Stricter punishment for 'beadbi': Will convene special session on April 13 to amend anti-sacrilege law, says CM Mann

Amritsar, March 22 -- Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday said the Punjab government will convene a special session of the Vidhan Sabha on April 13 to amend the Jagt Jyot Sri Guru Granth S... Read More


SGPC suspends secy over Mohali gurdwara land sale

Amritsar, March 10 -- The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Monday suspended its secretary (general administration) Partap Singh in connection with the sale of 2.2-kanal land belonging... Read More


Amritsar smuggler having Pak links nabbed, 9-kg heroin seized

Amritsar, March 10 -- A drug trafficker, said to be in touch with a Pakistan-based smuggler, has been arrested, Punjab director general of police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said here on Monday. As much as 9-k... Read More


GNDU to roll out compulsory 'Basic Knowledge of Sikhism' course

Amritsar, March 7 -- The Academic Council of Guru Nanak Dev University has decided to introduce a course titled "Basic Knowledge of Sikhism" as a compulsory subject for undergraduate programmes from t... Read More


Cross-border drug network busted, three held with 12-kg ICE & heroin in Amritsar

Amritsar, Feb. 24 -- Busting a cross-border drug trafficking module, the Amritsar unit of counter intelligence (CI) arrested three operatives and seized 6-kg heroin and 6-kg of ICE (crystal methamphet... Read More


Gangster Karan Bath's aide held for rRs.r30-L extortion threat to Amritsar trader

Amritsar, Feb. 21 -- The Amritsar Rural police on Friday arrested an associate of gangster Karan Bath in connection with a Rs.30-lakh extortion case registered at the Jandiala Guru police station earl... Read More