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1992 fake encounter in Amritsar: 31 years on, CBI court convicts three Punjab cops

The quantum of sentence will be pronounced on September 14.

Published on Sep 9, 2023, 12:49 AM IST

Graft case: Amritsar Improvement Trust lawyer’s pre-arrest bail plea dismissed

A local court on Wednesday dismissed the pre-arrest bail application of Gautam Majithia, an advocate of the Improvement Trust, Amritsar, in a graft case.

Updated on Sep 7, 2023, 1:07 AM IST

Punjab crime: 13-yr-old girl gangraped by 5 in Amritsar; 2 held

Punjab crime: 13-yr-old girl gangraped by 5 in Amritsar; 2 held

Updated on Sep 6, 2023, 1:03 AM IST

Direct flight between Amritsar, Kuala Lumpur resumes

The direct flight will benefit passengers travelling from Punjab to Australia, Kuala Lumpur, Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries. (AFP file)

Updated on Sep 4, 2023, 12:25 AM IST

₹285 cr released for flood relief in Punjab, says minister Jimpa

Punjab revenue, rehabilitation and disaster management minister Bram Shanker Jimpa on Saturday said that chief minister Bhagwant Mann has released <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>285.32 crore to all 23 districts of Punjab to compensate the flood damage till August 31.

Updated on Sep 3, 2023, 12:10 AM IST

34-year-old Gurdaspur man shot dead at Baba Bakala fair

Baba Bakala deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Sukhwinderpal Singh said preliminary investigation has found that a scuffle broke out between the accused and the victim before he was shot dead.

Updated on Sep 1, 2023, 12:29 AM IST

’Yaariyan-2’song row: SGPC files police complaint against filmmakers for hurting Sikh sentiments

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee has taken a strong objection to actor Meezaan Jafri allegedly wearing a ‘kirpan’ (a symbol of Sikh faith) in a song, ‘Saure Ghar’, in the upcoming movie “Yaariyan-2”, and filed a police complaint against the filmmakers,

Updated on Aug 30, 2023, 1:18 AM IST

Punjab: 30-yr-old man shot dead in Jandiala, two booked

A 30-year-old man was shot dead by two unidentified persons at a salon in Jandiala Guru’s Shekhpura locality in Punjab on Saturday night.

Updated on Aug 28, 2023, 1:01 AM IST

City gets new MC commissioner

Sandeep Rishi (HT)

Updated on Aug 22, 2023, 11:19 PM IST

Amritsar beat Nawanshahr to clinch U-23 title in cricket tourney

Abhay Chaudhary’s unbeaten 79 of 62 balls powered the chase by Amritsar. (HT Photo)

Updated on Aug 22, 2023, 1:32 AM IST

Farmers lay siege to two toll plazas in Punjab’s Amritsar

Farmers block a toll plaza on Amritsar-Pathankot highway at Waryam Nangal village in Amritsar on Monday. (ANI)

Updated on Aug 22, 2023, 12:51 AM IST

Punjab: Situation grim in Majha, several Gurdaspur, Amritsar villages inundated

Rescue teams shift flood-effected people to a safer place in Gurdaspur on Wednesday. (HT photo)

Updated on Aug 17, 2023, 12:43 AM IST

Three injured in group clash in Amritsar jail

Three inmates were injured in a clash between two groups in the high-security Amritsar Central Jail on Friday, officials said.

Updated on Aug 13, 2023, 12:17 AM IST

Gurdaspur police nab 5 from Baramulla, ₹11 lakh drug money, pistol recovered

In the follow-up investigation of the US-linked narco module, which was busted on July 27, the Gurdaspur police have arrested five people from Baramulla district Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) .

Updated on Aug 10, 2023, 1:05 AM IST

Ludhiana woman kidnapped, sold to Rajasthan man, raped

A case under section 363 (kidnapping), 342 (wrongful confinement) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC. (HT FILE)

Updated on Aug 8, 2023, 11:16 PM IST

Punjab governor cuts short proposed extension to GNDU, Patiala open varsity VCs

Punjab governor Banwarilal Purohit (PTI file)

Updated on Aug 4, 2023, 12:29 AM IST

Heroin, arms smuggler held after encounter in Punjab’s Amritsar

A notorious drugs and arms smuggler, identified as Gurlal Singh of Dhanoe Khurd village situated along the India-Pakistan border in Amritsar, was arrested after an encounter with Punjab Police.

Updated on Aug 3, 2023, 1:05 AM IST

Anand Mahindra lauds tea seller who runs a stall inside a tree

Anand Mahindra shared about this tea seller from Amritsar.

Published on Jul 25, 2023, 12:41 PM IST

Punjab: Woman decapitated, man injured while performing bike stunt in Amritsar

A 24-year-old woman riding pillion on a motorcycle was decapitated while the rider was injured when he was performing stunts near the Narayangarh area of Amritsar in the wee hours of Saturday, the police said.

Updated on Jul 23, 2023, 12:42 AM IST

55-yr-old bizman found murdered in Amritsar, cops probing robbery angle

A 55-year-old businessman was found murdered at his house in Amritsar’s Indira Colony on Monday.

Updated on Jul 18, 2023, 12:59 AM IST

Assets case: Punjab’s ex-dy CM OP Soni sent to 2-day VB custody

A local court on Monday sent Congress leader and former Punjab deputy chief minister OP Soni to two-day vigilance custody in the disproportionate assets (DA) case.

Updated on Jul 18, 2023, 12:44 AM IST

Gurbani telecast row: SGPC not to renew pact with PTC, to roll out YouTube channel on July 24

The development comes amid a controversy around the telecast of Gurbani from the Golden Temple by PTC, a private channel. (File Photo)

Updated on Jul 14, 2023, 11:42 PM IST

Missing 9-yr-old girl’s body found in Punjab’s Amritsar village

A 9-year-old girl who went missing on Tuesday was found dead in an abandoned building at Mudhal village falling under the Verka police station of Amritsar commissionerate on Thursday.

Updated on Jul 14, 2023, 1:07 AM IST

DA case: OP Soni continues to be in hospital; VB to seek extension of remand today

Arrested in disproportionate assets (DA) case by the vigilance bureau (VB) on Sunday, former Punjab deputy chief minister Om Parkash Soni remained in the hospital for the third day even as his two-day remand ended on Wednesday

Updated on Jul 13, 2023, 12:49 AM IST

Amritsar cops arrest 3 members of Bhagwanpuria gang from Meerut

The Amritsar police have arrested three members of the Jaggu Bhagwanpuria gang, including a shooter, from Meerut in Uttar Pradesh (UP) during a murder bid case probe, said officials on Tuesday.

Updated on Jul 12, 2023, 12:48 AM IST

Disproportionate assets case: OP Soni hospitalised after court grants his 2-day remand to VB

Punjab’s ex-deputy CM OP Soni at a private hospital in Amritsar on Monday. Senior Congress leaders Partap Singh Bajwa and Amarinder Singh Raja Warring enquired about his health. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jul 11, 2023, 1:45 AM IST

153 Goindwal prison inmates shifted to Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Pathankot jails

The Punjab prisons department has shifted 153 inmates, including hardcore gangsters, from Goindwal Central Jail in Tarn Taran district to Amritsar, Gurdaspur and Pathankot.

Updated on Jul 5, 2023, 12:22 AM IST

23-yr-old dies of suspected drug overdose in Amritsar village

A 23-year-old man from Amritsar’s Madoke Brar village, located around 10 kms from the international border with Pakistan, died of suspected drug overdose on Saturday. (HT File)

Updated on Jul 3, 2023, 12:33 AM IST

Punjab’s Bhagwant Mann government keen on holding civic body polls in September

There are 13 municipal corporations in Punjab out of which eight, Fazilka, Bathinda, Mohali, Pathankot, Moga, Batala, Abohar and Hoshiarpur, went to polls in February 2021.

Updated on Jun 30, 2023, 12:46 AM IST

Daily brief: Rahul Gandhi visits relief camp in Manipur's Churachandpur

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi meets people displaced by the violence in Manipur, at a relief camp in Churachandpur,

Published on Jun 29, 2023, 9:00 PM IST

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