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Aseem Bassi

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

Navjot Singh Sidhu Punjab addressing a rally near Amritsar on Monday.

Updated on Aug 8, 2017 05:37 IST

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

Devotees at the Baba Bakala gurdwara near Amritsar on the eve of Rakhar Punia.

Updated on Aug 7, 2017 03:34 IST

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

A view of the under-construction visitors’ gallery at Attari border near Amritsar on Tuesday.

Updated on Aug 2, 2017 07:42 IST

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

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.

Updated on Jul 28, 2017 10:11 IST

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

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.

Updated on Jul 24, 2017 03:55 IST

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

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.

Updated on Jul 23, 2017 03:59 IST

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

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.

Updated on Jul 17, 2017 03:43 IST

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

SGPC president Kirpal Singh Badungar has demanded that the purchase of all langar items be exempted from the GST.

Updated on Jul 13, 2017 04:25 IST

Pakistan sends home 78 Indians, mostly fishermen

Indian fishermen arrive at a Red Cross House after being released by Pakistani authorities, in Amritsar on July 10.

Updated on Jul 10, 2017 17:24 IST

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

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.

Updated on Jul 9, 2017 15:12 IST

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

Pilgrims protesting at the Attari railway satiation in Amritsar on Wednesday.

Updated on Jun 28, 2017 12:37 IST

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

The Golden Temple is illuminated especially on festivals. The new lighting will be a permanent feature.

Updated on Jun 26, 2017 07:16 IST

No pilgrims’ progress: Sikh jathas to Pakistan in jeopardy

This is the second Sikh jatha (group of pilgrims) to have been denied permission to visit the neighbouring country amid deteriorating Indo-Pak ties.

Updated on Jun 21, 2017 07:34 IST

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.

Updated on Jun 17, 2017 08:18 IST

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

Police officials checking a vehicle ahead of Operation Bluestar anniversary in Amritsar on Tuesday.

Updated on May 31, 2017 04:19 IST

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

Uzma Ahmed at the Attari border on Thursday.

Updated on May 25, 2017 06:55 IST

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 ADGP Law & Order Rohit Chaudhary during a police public meeting in Majitha town on Saturday.

Updated on May 20, 2017 15:32 IST

Attari check post gets modern surveillance equipment

The I-scan equipment, which has the ability to detect traces of explosives and narcotics.

Updated on May 12, 2017 06:06 IST

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

Punjab chief minister being given ‘siropa’ inside the sanctum sanctorum of Golden Temple, Amritsar, on Monday.

Updated on May 9, 2017 04:06 IST

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

Chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh with the family of martyr Paramjit Singh at Vein Poin village in Tarn Taran on Sunday.

Updated on May 8, 2017 04:58 IST

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

Repairs underway on a road in Vein Poin village in Tarn Taran district on Saturday, May 6.

Updated on May 7, 2017 03:44 IST

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

Khushdeep Kaur with Yunus Khan and his wife Anjum Ara in Vain Poin on Saturday.

Updated on May 6, 2017 14:29 IST

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

BSF is maintaining tight vigil in the Bamiyal sector in Pathankot.

Updated on May 6, 2017 04:38 IST

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

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.

Updated on May 4, 2017 04:17 IST

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

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.

Updated on May 3, 2017 03:27 IST

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

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.

Updated on May 2, 2017 11:10 IST

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.

Updated on May 2, 2017 03:59 IST

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

Punjab local bodies minister Navjot Singh Sidhu meeting farmers of village Othianto whose wheat crop was destroyed in fire, on Saturday.

Updated on Apr 24, 2017 05:38 IST

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

Harjit Singh Sajjan being honoured by SGPC president Kirpal Singh Badungar in Amritsar on Thursday.

Updated on Apr 20, 2017 14:32 IST

Community kitchen expansion underway at Golden Temple

The Golden Temple community kitchen serves ‘langar’ round the clock. Recently, ‘organic langar’ has also been started.

Updated on Apr 8, 2017 14:56 IST

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