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    Amritsar District News

    Arms, drug networks busted, 2 Uzi guns, 34-kg heroin seized

    Apart from the Uzi guns, the Amritsar rural police recovered one 12-bore firearm, five illegal pistols and 26 live cartridges. (HT File)
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    Published 8 days ago

    ASI returning home after duty survives ambush in Punjab’s Ajnala

    Sukhchain Singh is posted in Government Railway Police (GRP) in Amritsar. (ANI Video Grab)
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    Published 39 days ago

    Amritsar police seize 12 kg heroin, 4 kg opium in 2-day anti-drug operations

    Punjab Police on Saturday intensified its crackdown on drug trafficking across Amritsar district, with the commissionerate police and Amritsar rural police conducting major cordon-and-search operations (CASO) that resulted in the recovery of 12-kg heroin and 4-kg opium and the arrest of 170 persons in drug-related and other criminal cases. (Getty Images/iStockphoto/ Representational image)
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    Published 62 days ago

    Punjab man kills 19-year-old daughter over ‘affair’, buries body: Police

    The accused allegedly buried the body after the killing and fled the house before police arrived.
    Cities
    Updated 72 days ago

    21-year-old Nihang shot dead at Rakhar Punia fair in Baba Bakala

    The victim has been identified as Raja Singh of Miglani village. (HT)
    Cities
    Published 76 days ago

    Centre revives Qadian-Beas rail line after nearly 100 years: Bittu

    The Centre has revived the long-pending Qadian-Beas railway line project, which will connect Qadian in Gurdaspur district with Beas in Amritsar district, nearly a century after it was first conceived during the British era.
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    Published 149 days ago

    Cross-border drug cartels busted, 5 arrested with 7kg heroin in Amritsar

    Police teams arrested three more accused — Rajinder, Randeep and Gurpreet with 1.01kg heroin. (HT PHOTO)
    Cities
    Published 206 days ago

    Amritsar grenade attack: Six arrested in ISI-backed terror plot

    Punjab director general of police Gaurav Yadav said on Monday that preliminary investigations into the Amritsar grenade attack point to a module backed by Pakistan’s ISI. (HT Photo)
    Cities
    Updated 215 days ago

    Little known Khalistan outfit claims responsibility for blast at Amritsar police station

    No one was injured in the blast that occurred at Bhindi Saidan police station in Amritsar district at around 1.30 am on Monday.
    Cities
    Published 228 days ago

    Punjab: Juvenile among six held over links to cross-border arms trafficking module

    Punjab: Juvenile among six held over links to cross-border arms trafficking module
    Cities
    Published 253 days ago

    Murder, robbery accused arrested after encounters in Punjab’s Amritsar

    Police at the site of the encounter in Amritsar on Tuesday. (HT Photo)
    Cities
    Published 354 days ago

    3kg ICE, 8kg heroin seized near Pak border in Amritsar

    An FIR was registered at the Gharinda police station in this case (HT Photo)
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    Published 400 days ago

    Mohali: Three robbers posing as cops held with looted vehicle, phone

    The three arrested accused in Balongi police custody on Monday. (HT Photo)
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    Published 424 days ago

    15 of 23 Punjab districts under water; Gurdaspur, Amritsar bear the brunt

    Residents wading through floodwaters at a village near Ajnala in Amritsar on Thursday. (Sameer Sehgal/HT)
    Cities
    Published 436 days ago

    Punjab: Panchayat funds embezzled: VB arrests ex-sarpanch, BDPO

    The BDPO is presently posted at Block Ghall Khurd in Ferozepur district.
    Cities
    Published 440 days ago

    Punjab floods: 35,000 people affected in Amritsar as rescue teams race against time

    Floods triggered by the overflowing Ravi have caused extensive damage in Amritsar district, with 93 villages and over 35,000 people affected, deputy commissioner Sakshi Sawhney said on Sunday. Fresh rainfall has worsened the situation, affecting 23 more villages and an additional 5,000 residents.
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    Published 440 days ago

    Cross-border arms smuggling network busted in Amritsar; Four held with 7 pistols

    The arrested accused persons were operating from border villages and further supplying arms to gangsters in the state
    India News
    Updated 464 days ago

    Two drug peddlers hurt during escape bid in Kapurthala

    In the preliminary investigation, the police found that 14 criminal cases were registered against Jagpreet, while Karanbir has one such case registered against him. 
    Cities
    Published 476 days ago

    Punjab Police bust Pakistan ISI-backed BKI terror module, 3 arrested

    Two hand-grenades, a pistol, and ammunition were recovered from the members of a terror module busted by the State Special Operation Cell, Mohali, Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav said on Friday.
    Cities
    Published 505 days ago

    Declare Amritsar a ‘no-war zone: Congress MP Randhawa writes to PM

    Gurdaspur Congress MP Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa
    Cities
    Published 528 days ago

    Pak intruder arrested in Amritsar village

    The BSF arrested a man from Pakistan for entering the Indian territory.
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    Published 541 days ago

    Amritsar hooch tragedy: Court extends remand of nine accused by 4 days

    Punjab Police producing accused of Majitha hooch tragedy in the district court in Amritsar on Friday. (Sameer Sehgal/Hindustan Times)
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    Published 546 days ago

    Amritsar hooch tragedy: Two suppliers held in Delhi as toll rises to 23

    Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann consoling family members of the hooch tragedy victims at Majitha in Amritsar on Tuesday. (Sameer Sehgal/HT)
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    Published 549 days ago

    Amritsar hooch tragedy: ETO, inspector suspended for negligence: Cheema

    Following the death of 21 people due to spurious liquor in Amritsar district, finance, excise and taxation minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Tuesday said that Majitha sub-division excise and taxation officer (ETO) and inspector have been placed under suspension with immediate effect for negligence. (HT File)
    Cities
    Published 549 days ago

    BSF detains Pak intruder near border in Amritsar

    A Pakistani national was detained by the 117th battalion of the Border Security Force (BSF) after he illegally crossed the border under the border outpost Dariya Mansoor in Amritsar district
    Cities
    Published 557 days ago

    BSF seizes drone-dropped pistol, ammo near Pakistan border

    The drone and weapon seized by BSF
    Cities
    Published 578 days ago

    BSF recovers heroin, pistols near Pakistan border in Amritsar

    The packets were wrapped in yellow adhesive tape, and copper wire loops with illumination strips were found attached to them,” the BSF release said (Sourced)
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    Published 611 days ago

    Punjab: Give list of cases where probe is pending for over 3 yrs: HC to DGP

    The Punjab and Haryana high court (HT File)
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    Published 618 days ago

    Punjab: 23kg heroin recovered from Amritsar village, hunt on to arrest smuggler

    Deputy inspector general of police (DIG), border range, Satinder Singh and Amritsar Rural senior superintendent of police (SSP) Maninder Singh with the seized contraband at a press conference on Wednesday. (HT Photo)
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    Published 619 days ago

    Pakistan intruder shot dead by BSF along border in Punjab

    The BSF is tasked to guard the 2,289-km India-Pakistan IB that runs across Jammu and Kashmir in the north to Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat along the western flank of the country. (HT File)
    Cities
    Published 620 days ago
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