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Why are these planes landing in Punjab? Tewari backs CM on deportation row

On February 5, a US military aircraft carrying 104 deportees had landed in Amritsar. Of them, 33 people each were from Haryana and Gujarat and 30 were from Punjab. (File photo)
Published on Feb 15, 2025 12:21 PM IST

Punjab Police busts major heroin smuggling racket, seizes 30 kg of drugs

On Friday, the Punjab Police said they had arrested one smuggler and seized thirty kilogrammes of heroin, breaking up a cross-border drug trafficking ring.
Published on Feb 14, 2025 11:40 AM IST

2 carrying drug held near Pak border

Two “smugglers” carrying 1.1-kg heroin-like substance were arrested near the international border in Amritsar, the BSF’s Punjab Frontier said on Wednesday. Personnel from the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF), Amritsar, were also involved in the operation, officials said. (Representational image)
Published on Feb 12, 2025 10:48 PM IST

Amritsar man dies while travelling to US via 'dunki' route from Guatemala

A 33-year-old man from Ramdas village in Amritsar district died of cardiac arrest in Guatemala during a journey to the United States through the illegal ‘dunki’ route, his family confirmed on Sunday.
Updated on Feb 10, 2025 04:54 AM IST

Crackdown on travel agents in Punjab, Haryana after deportees’ complaints

Police officials escort immigrants deported from the United States, who were among those who arrived in a US military plane on Wednesday in Amritsar, upon their arrival at the Ahmedabad airport in India, on Thursday,
Updated on Feb 08, 2025 08:29 PM IST
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