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BJP looks to rebuild its Amritsar bond

BJP candidate from Amritsar seat, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, with external affairs minister S Jaishankar in the city on May 10. (ANI)

Updated on May 27, 2024, 12:57 AM IST

Centre open to talks with protesting farmers: Goyal

Union minister Piyush Goyal addressing a press conference in Amritsar on Saturday. (Sameer Sehgal/HT)

Updated on May 26, 2024, 6:40 AM IST

In Amritsar, Rahul goes all out to woo farmers

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with party candidate Gurjeet Singh Aujla and other party leaders during a rally ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. Amritsar, on Saturday. (Sameer Sehgal/HT)

Updated on May 26, 2024, 6:28 AM IST

Amid poll heat, farm issues pushed to the backburner in Punjab

Punjab has recorded 11, 630 farm fire cases since April 15. (HT Photo)

Updated on May 25, 2024, 6:04 AM IST

Sandhu’s vision document promises special package for Amritsar

Sandhu’s vision document promises special package for Amritsar

Updated on May 24, 2024, 5:18 AM IST

HC dismisses bail plea of 2 linked to Amritpal Singh

HC dismisses bail plea of 2 linked to Amritpal Singh

Updated on May 18, 2024, 6:04 AM IST

BJP will end reservation if voted to power: Kejriwal

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann pay obeisance at the Golden Temple before holding a roadshow in Amritsar on Thursday. (Sameer Sehgal/HT)

Updated on May 17, 2024, 5:18 AM IST

Expelled from SAD, Kahlon joins BJP

Ravikaran Singh Kahlon was SAD’s Dera Baba Nanak assembly segment in-charge and he had unsuccessfully contested the 2022 Punjab assembly polls from the Dera Baba Nanak seat.

Published on May 16, 2024, 10:48 PM IST

80% police force, 250 companies of central forces to ensure free & fair elections in Punjab

Special director general of police (law and order) Arpit Shukla, along with DIG (border range) Rakesh Kaushal and Amritsar police commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar, addressing a press conference in Amritsar. (HT photo)

Updated on May 16, 2024, 6:54 AM IST

Two drones, heroin seized in Amritsar, Tarn Taran

A drone seized in Amritsar.

Updated on May 14, 2024, 7:14 AM IST

Drug smuggler arrested with 1 kg heroin, 4 kg ice

Punjab director general of police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said drones were used to transport drugs from Pakistan-based smugglers.

Updated on May 4, 2024, 8:26 AM IST

BSP names candidates for Khadoor Sahib, Amritsar seatsin Punjab

Punjab BSP chief Jasvir Singh Garhi said the party has fielded Satnam Singh Toor from Khadoor Sahib and Vishal Sidhu from Amritsar

Updated on May 3, 2024, 8:50 AM IST

Heroin, ammo found near IB Amritsar

Over 5kg heroin and a box of ammunition were recovered by the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Punjab Police near the India-Pakistan border in Amritsar on Thursday, an official said. (HT File)

Updated on May 3, 2024, 8:14 AM IST

Watch: Pro-Khalistan slogans raised during Justin Trudeau's speech in Canada

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, reacts after receiving a ceremonial talwar as a special gift from the Ontario Sikhs and Gurudwara Council after speaking during Khalsa day celebrations at City Hall in Toronto, Sunday.

Updated on Apr 29, 2024, 11:56 AM IST

SAD (A) to support radical preacher Amritpal from Khadoor Sahib seat

The Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) on Sunday said it will support radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh, who has decided to contest the Lok Sabha elections from the Khadoor Sahib parliamentary constituency as an Independent candidate.

Updated on Apr 29, 2024, 8:02 AM IST

BSF recovers heroin near border in Amritsar

The Border Security Force (BSF) recovered a packet of heroin in Amritsar on Sunday from a harvested field near Rajatal village.

Updated on Apr 29, 2024, 7:50 AM IST

Terror module member tasked to carry out target killings in J&K held in Jalandhar

The counter-intelligence unit of the Jalandhar police arrested a member of a Pakistan-based terror module on Tuesday.

Updated on Apr 24, 2024, 8:54 AM IST

CPI, CPI (M) name candidates for 4 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab

CPI has fielded Daswinder Kaur from Amritsar, farm leader Gurdial Singh from Khadoor Sahib and Gurcharan Singh Mann from Faridkot. CPI (M) announced trade union leader Purshotam Lal Bilga as its candidate from Jalandhar.

Updated on Apr 24, 2024, 8:46 AM IST

Two China-made drones recovered in Amritsar

Border Security Force (BSF) along with the Punjab Police recovered two drones from different locations in the border area of Amritsar on Sunday, officials said. (HT Photo)

Updated on Apr 22, 2024, 8:10 AM IST

Punjab: 73 trains hit as farmers’ stir enters Day 5

A total of 73 trains on the Ambala-Amritsar route were cancelled on Sunday as farmers continued to squat on tracks at the Shambhu railway station in Punjab’s Patiala district for the fifth day, officials said.

Updated on Apr 22, 2024, 7:48 AM IST

Amritsar shocker: Women panel seeks report after man burns pregnant wife to death

On Friday, a labourer from Bulle Nangal village, Sukhdev Singh, allegedly tied his wife, Pinki (22) who was six-month pregnant with twins, to an iron cot before setting her on fire. Singh, who was on the run after the incident, was nabbed by the police on Saturday.

Updated on Apr 22, 2024, 6:54 AM IST

CPI to field candidates for 3 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab

he Communist Party of India (CPI), an INDIA Bloc partner, on Wednesday said that it will field candidates on three seats in Punjab

Updated on Apr 18, 2024, 8:38 AM IST

Sitting MP, minister, former envoy spice up 4-way contest in Amritsar

Gurjeet Singh Aujla is up against BJP nominee former ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu, Punjab cabinet minister and AAP candidate Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) nominee Anil Joshi. (HT file)

Updated on Apr 16, 2024, 7:38 AM IST

Gold worth ₹50 lakh seized at Amritsar airport

Customs officials on Thursday recovered 700 gm of gold worth around <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>50 lakh from Sri Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport.

Updated on Apr 12, 2024, 8:22 AM IST

25-yr-old held for two burglaries within 10 days of release from jail

The burglar was arrested from Amritsar in Punjab. (Getty Images)

Updated on Apr 11, 2024, 10:44 PM IST

Mann govt yet to deliver justice on Bargari: AAP’s Amritsar MLA

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from Amritsar North and former IPS officer Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh has again targeted Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on the Bargari sacrilege issue and stated that justice had been delivered even after three years of his resignation

Updated on Apr 11, 2024, 8:34 AM IST

Three held for ₹12-lakh Amritsar bank robbery

Amritsar commissioner of police Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said the police also recovered <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>8 lakh of the looted money. (Stock photo)

Updated on Apr 9, 2024, 8:12 AM IST

Two held with 5kg heroin in Amritsar

The accused of drug peddling in custody of STF Ludhiana Range on Saturday.

Updated on Apr 7, 2024, 7:26 AM IST

Ajnala man kills mother, sister-in-law, two-year-old nephew in Amritsar

Police said Amritpal Singh, 37, a drug addict, killed his mother Manbir Kaur, 58, at 1am following which he murdered his nephew, Samrath Singh, 2, and sister-in-law Avneet Kaur, 27.

Updated on Apr 5, 2024, 8:12 AM IST

Man murders mother, sister-in-law, two-year-old nephew in Amritsar, surrenders

A man hacked his mother, sister-in-law and two-year-old nephew to death following a family dispute at Kandowali village in Ajnala sub division of Amritsar district on Thursday. (Representational photo)

Updated on Apr 4, 2024, 2:58 PM IST

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