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Aseem Bassi

A principal correspondent, Aseem Bassi is the bureau chief at Amritsar. He covers politics, Indo-Pak border, gurdwara politics, crime, border trade and civic issues.

Articles by Aseem Bassi

Navjot Singh Sidhu slams Badals, Capt Amarinder fails to turn up

“It is ridiculous that Badals who did the maximum ‘jabar’ (repression) on the people of Punjab in past one decade are now complaining against ‘jabar’.”

Navjot Singh Sidhu Punjab addressing a rally near Amritsar on Monday.(Sameer Sehgal/HT)
Updated on Aug 08, 2017 11:07 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Amritsar | By, Baba Bakala

Punjab: AAP, SAD to corner Congress govt at Rakhar Punia mela today

Both the opposition parties will take on the Congress government on farmer suicides, debt waiver and unfulfilled pre-poll promises

Devotees at the Baba Bakala gurdwara near Amritsar on the eve of Rakhar Punia.(Sameer Sehgal /HT)
Updated on Aug 07, 2017 09:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Amritsar | By, Amritsar

Attari gallery to miss August 15 deadline, work to be over by October

The retreat ceremony at the Attari Border, in which BSF jawans and Pakistani Rangers indulge in aggressive posturing and foot stomping, has become an attraction for tourists worldwide.

A view of the under-construction visitors’ gallery at Attari border near Amritsar on Tuesday.(Sameer Sehgal/HT)
Updated on Aug 02, 2017 01:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Amritsar | By, Amritsar

On Indo-Pak border, Punjab Police working in tandem with BSF

Apart from being part of joint nakas at some places, cops also being trained in weapon-handling and tactical issues

The ‘permanent morchas’ are being built to ensure that the Punjab police personnel stay alert regarding any movement near border villages or roads leading to the fence.(HT Photo)
Updated on Jul 28, 2017 03:41 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Amritsar | By, Amritsar

Punjabis missing in Mosul: All eyes on Sushma, Iraqi minister meeting today

As liberation of Mosul brightened chances of information about the kidnapped Indians, Swaraj, at a meeting with their relatives last week, had said that they might be languishing in a jail in Badush in northwest of Mosul where fighting was going on.

External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj will hold talks with her Iraqi counterpart during which focus is expected to be on the missing Indians, mostly Punjabis, who were kidnapped by the ISIS June 2014 from Mosul city.(HT File Photo)
Updated on Jul 24, 2017 09:25 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Amritsar | By

Punjab Police boost second line of defence along Indo-Pak border

Heightened movement witnessed in border region with cops patrolling the area in LMG-mounted vehicles, and bullet-proof Scorpios and tractors deployed at various points

An HT team that visited the region spotted hightened movement of police vehicles patrolling on roads leading to the border. At some places, newly acquired bullet-proof Scorpios and tractors are also stationed.(Sameer Sehgal/HT)
Updated on Jul 23, 2017 09:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Amritsar | By

Kin disheartened as Swaraj says missing Punjabis are in ISIS-zone

Talking to HT, Gurpinder Kaur, one of the family members said, “I met the Union minister today but I am disheartened. We all came with lot of hope but things are not moving forward and there is hardly any clue. Almost everyone is disheartened but we hope wherever all youth are they remain safe.”

External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj with family members of 39 Indian men, who went missing after being abducted by Islamic State terrorists in Iraq in New Delhi on Sunday. Union ministers VK Singh and MJ Akbar are also seen.(PTI)
Updated on Jul 17, 2017 09:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Amritsar | By

No relief on items used to prepare langar: SGPC writes another letter to Arun Jaitley

Though the material used to prepare ‘parsad’ will be exempted from GST, there is no relief on items used to prepare langar at the Golden Temple,” said SGPC chief secretary Harcharan Singh while talking to HT.

SGPC president Kirpal Singh Badungar has demanded that the purchase of all langar items be exempted from the GST.(HT File Photo)
Updated on Jul 13, 2017 09:55 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Amritsar | By, Amritsar

Pakistan sends home 78 Indians, mostly fishermen

Most of the prisoners were fishermen from Gujarat and were lodged in Landi Jail in Karachi.

Indian fishermen arrive at a Red Cross House after being released by Pakistani authorities, in Amritsar on July 10.(AFP Photo)
Updated on Jul 10, 2017 10:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Amritsar | By

Iraqi city freed from ISIS: Kin of Punjabis stuck in Mosul want Centre to evacuate them soon

As most of the youths, who have not made any contact with their families ever since, belong to Punjab, their families here now want the Indian government to take urgent measures to bring them back.

A picture taken on July 9, 2017, shows smoke billowing following an airstrike by US-led international coalition forces targeting Islamic State (IS) group in Mosul.(AFP PHOTO)
Updated on Jul 09, 2017 08:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Amritsar | By, Amritsar

Sikh pilgrims to Pakistan stuck at Attari as Centre denies permission at eleventh hour

The pilgrims were going to Pakistan to observe the death anniversary Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the founder of the Sikh empire.

Pilgrims protesting at the Attari railway satiation in Amritsar on Wednesday.(Sameer Sehgal/HT)
Updated on Jun 28, 2017 06:07 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Attari | By

New lights are on! Golden Temple hi-tech illumination project nears completion

The illumination by digitally-controlled, multi-coloured LED lights is already complete on the top floor of the parikarma, Darshani Deodhi, entry gates, and the Ramgarhia bunga.

The Golden Temple is illuminated especially on festivals. The new lighting will be a permanent feature.(Sameer Sehgal/HT Photo)
Updated on Jun 26, 2017 12:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Amritsar | By, Amritsar

No pilgrims’ progress: Sikh jathas to Pakistan in jeopardy

The external affairs ministry told the SGPC recently to give an undertaking that the jatha is going to Pakistan at its own risk. The SGPC begs to differ.

This is the second Sikh jatha (group of pilgrims) to have been denied permission to visit the neighbouring country amid deteriorating Indo-Pak ties.(HT File Photo)
Updated on Jun 21, 2017 01:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Amritsar | By

Sikh jatha can go to Pakistan ‘at own risk’ if SGPC gives undertaking to MEA

The SGPC had in the latest sent 251 passports to the Pakistani embassy in Delhi for visas to a jatha that wants to visit the country for the death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.

The SGPC had in the latest sent 251 passports to the Pakistani embassy in Delhi for visas.(HT File Photo)
Updated on Jun 17, 2017 01:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Amritsar

Operation Bluestar anniversary: 7 paramilitary companies to keep vigil in Amritsar

Security has been enhanced for the anniversary since a couple of years ago a clash between SGPC Task Force and members of a radical body in 2014 had left around 8 persons injured during the Operation Bluestar anniversary.

Police officials checking a vehicle ahead of Operation Bluestar anniversary in Amritsar on Tuesday.(Gurpreet Singh/HT)
Updated on May 31, 2017 09:49 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Amritsar | By, Amritsar

Indian national Uzma, forced to marry in Pakistan, returns home; welcome back, says Sushma Swaraj

Uzma Ahmed told a Pakistani court she was forced to marry Tahir Ali, a resident of Buner in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, at gun point after she agreed to go to Pakistan to meet him

Uzma Ahmed at the Attari border on Thursday.(ANI Twitter)
Updated on May 25, 2017 12:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Attari | By

Majithia barges into ADGP’s public meet to ‘seek justice’; shoe hurled at ex-minister’s car

Former Akali minister and Majitha MLA Bikram Singh Majithia confronts police official in his constituency, asks why he was not invited despite being local MLA

Former Akali minister and Majitha MLA Bikram Singh Majithia confronts ADGP Law & Order Rohit Chaudhary during a police public meeting in Majitha town on Saturday.(Sameer Sehgal/HT)
Updated on May 20, 2017 09:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Amritsar | By, Amritsar

Attari check post gets modern surveillance equipment

Imported from Israel, one of the equipment called I-scan will be utilised to check the baggage of Samjhauta Express passengers as well as goods trains from Pakistan.

The I-scan equipment, which has the ability to detect traces of explosives and narcotics.(Courtesy: Laser-detect.com)
Updated on May 12, 2017 11:36 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Amritsar | By, Amritsar

Denied honour in 2002, Amarinder given ‘siropa’ inside Golden Temple

Amarinder was earlier denied ‘siropa’ during his visit to the shrine after becoming the chief minister in 2002.

Punjab chief minister being given ‘siropa’ inside the sanctum sanctorum of Golden Temple, Amritsar, on Monday.(Sameer Sehgal/HT Photo)
Updated on May 09, 2017 09:36 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Amritsar

Punjab won’t sell electricity to Pakistan until normalcy returns: Capt

Amarinder calls on martyr Paramjit Singh’s family at his Tarn Taran village; announces jobs for his two children

Chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh with the family of martyr Paramjit Singh at Vein Poin village in Tarn Taran on Sunday.(Sameer Sehgal/HT Photo)
Updated on May 08, 2017 10:28 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Vein poin (Tarn Taran) | By, Vein Poin (tarn Taran)

Ahead of Punjab CM’s visit to martyr’s village, road repaired for a smooth ride

A helipad has already been made as the CM will land in the grounds outside the village school. 

Repairs underway on a road in Vein Poin village in Tarn Taran district on Saturday, May 6.(Sameer Sehagl/HT)
Updated on May 07, 2017 09:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Amritsar | By, Vein Poin (tarn Taran)

With promise to fulfil his daughter’s dreams, IAS-IPS couple meets martyr’s family in Tarn Taran village

“Khushdeep will stay with her family in the village, but we will keep visiting her regularly,” he said, “We are soon going to decide how to take forward her education.”

Khushdeep Kaur with Yunus Khan and his wife Anjum Ara in Vain Poin on Saturday.(HT Photo)
Updated on May 06, 2017 07:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Vein Poin (tarn Taran)

Vigil up in Punjab: BSF on alert as tension simmers at Indo-Pak border

The security inside and around the integrated check post (ICP), where trade takes place between the two nations, has also been heightened. BSF sources have claimed that extra caution is maintained in the Bamiyal sector along Pathankot.

BSF is maintaining tight vigil in the Bamiyal sector in Pathankot.(HT File Photo)
Updated on May 06, 2017 10:08 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Amritsar | By, Amritsar

‘Faujian Da Pind’ angry over mutilation of soldiers’ bodies

Pandori Sidhwan village in Tarn Taran, which has around 100 of its men serving in army and as many retired personnel, demands more freedom to army; residents burn effigy of Pakistan.

Ex-servicemen (left) Joginder Singh showing a picture during service and (right) Daljit Singh showing picture of his father Kashmir Singh who was martyr in Kargil, at Pandori Sidhwan village on Wednesday.(Sameer Sehgal/HT Photo)
Updated on May 04, 2017 09:47 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Pandori Sidhwan (tarn Taran)

Grief gives way to anger as J&K martyr Paramjit’s wife sees his headless body

Family demands befitting reply to Pakistan; 12-year-old son lights pyre, vows to join army.

Joginder Kaur , mother of Indian army soldier Paramjit Singh, cries over the coffin of her son in Vein Poin village, 45 km from Amritsar, in Tarn Taran district on Tuesday, May 2.(Sameer Sehgal/HT)
Updated on May 03, 2017 08:57 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Vein Poin (tarn Taran)

Anger simmers in Tarn Taran village over death of its son in Pakistan’s LoC strike

Naib subedar Paramjit Singh was to reach his village, Vein Poin, around 22 km from the district headquarters, on holiday on May 10.

Udham singh (centre), father of naib subedar Paramjit Singh, and other family members at their residence in Vein Poin village of Tarn Taran district on Monday, May 1.(Gurpreet Singh/HT)
Updated on May 02, 2017 04:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Vain Poin (Tarn Taran) | By, Vein Poin (tarn Taran)

Snap all ties with Pak, says Amar, Tharoor disagrees

Parliamentary standing committee on ministry of external affairs chairman Shashi Tharoor (centre), Amar Singh (extreme left) and other members at the Golden Temple on Monday.(Sameer Sehgal/HT Photo)
Updated on May 02, 2017 09:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Amritsar

Sidhu pays Rs 24 lakh from his pocket to Amritsar farmers who lost harvested crop to fire

Punjab local bodies minister Navjot Singh Sidhu announced to give Rs. 24 lakh as compensation, from his own pocket, to farmers whose crop was gutted in fire that broke in village of Rajasansi area of Amritsar district late on Friday night. The minister also assured the farmers of all support.

Punjab local bodies minister Navjot Singh Sidhu meeting farmers of village Othianto whose wheat crop was destroyed in fire, on Saturday.(Sameer Sehgal /HT)
Updated on Apr 24, 2017 11:08 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Amritsar | By

SGPC rolls out red carpet for Sajjan at Golden Temple, keeps radical Sikhs at bay

Canadian defence minister Harjit Singh Sajjan paid obeisance at the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine of the Sikhs, amid tight security at 7.30am on Thursday.

Harjit Singh Sajjan being honoured by SGPC president Kirpal Singh Badungar in Amritsar on Thursday.(Gurpreet Singh/HT)
Updated on Apr 20, 2017 08:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Amritsar | By, Amritsar

Dera poll support row: Takht awards ‘punishment’ to 39 leaders for violating edict

The Akal Takht on Monday handed out ‘tankha’ (religious punishment) to 39 Sikh political leaders of SAD, Congress and AAP for violating Takht’s ‘hukamnama’ (edict) by seeking political support from the Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda in the recently held Punjab assembly elections.

Akal Takht jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh making the Sangat aware of the decision taken by five Sikh high priest during the meeting at Akal Takth Sahib, Amritsar on Monday.(Gurpreet Singh/HT Photo)
Updated on Apr 17, 2017 11:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Amritsar | ByAseem Bassi
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