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gurdaspur district news

Punjab teacher ends life; was upset over SIR work, says co-worker

The deceased jumpied into a canal near the Bhattian bridge in Gurdaspur district on Monday.
Published on Jul 08, 2026 08:40 am IST

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.
Published on Jun 19, 2026 05:46 am IST

Forest dept reclaims 50 acres of encroached land in Gurdaspur

The Punjab forest department has reclaimed nearly 50 acres of government forest land in Gurdaspur district during an anti-encroachment drive on Wednesday.
Published on Jun 18, 2026 03:58 am IST

Congress sweeps Gurdaspur civic polls; Dinanagar, Qadian return hung houses

Of the 29 wards in Gurdaspur municipal council, Congress comfortably won 21, while AAP secured seven and an independent candidate won one seat. (HT)
Published on Jun 14, 2026 05:10 am IST

Two Jammu students killed as tourist bus overturns on Amritsar-Pathankot highway

Two students from Jammu were killed after a tourist bus overturned on the Amritsar-Pathankot national highway near Kaler Khurd village in Gurdaspur district on Friday morning. (HT photo)
Published on May 23, 2026 06:12 am IST

Teacher booked after 16-year-old student ends life in Gurdaspur

A schoolteacher has been booked for abetment of suicide following the death of a 16-year-old student at a village in Gurdaspur district. (Getty Images/iStockphoto/ Representational image)
Published on May 04, 2026 12:00 am IST

12-year-old boy drowns while bathing in Ravi in Gurdaspur

The boy, Prabhjot Singh, was reportedly the only son of his parents. (iStock)
Published on Apr 13, 2026 05:24 am IST

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.
Published on Apr 01, 2026 06:22 am IST

UAPA invoked in killing of two cops in Gurdaspur

The bodies of assistant sub-inspector Gurnam Singh and home guard Ashok Kumar were found with gunshot injuries at an outpost in Adhian village on February 22.
Published on Mar 07, 2026 06:20 am IST

2 policemen ‘shoot each other dead’ near Pak border in Punjab, probe on

According to the preliminary information, the two personnel got into an argument, which escalated into a serious confrontation, leading to their firing.
Updated on Feb 22, 2026 11:02 pm IST

BSF shoots Pak intruder dead in Gurdaspur

BSF shoots Pak intruder dead in Gurdaspur
Published on Jan 29, 2026 10:47 pm IST

Punjab: Gurdaspur chemist shot dead, had got 50L extortion call

The victim, Ranbir Singh Bedi, ran a medical store in the town’s main market and had been receiving extortion threats. (Shutterstock)
Published on Jan 29, 2026 06:40 am IST

Punjab: 377 crore disbursed for houses damaged in floods

Chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday disbursed compensation amounting to 377 crore to more than 30,000 families whose houses were damaged during the recent floods.
Published on Nov 27, 2025 04:46 am IST

Teen killed, six kin hurt while making crackers in Gurdaspur

A 19-year-old youth was killed and his six family members, including two women, were injured in a blast at Dharmabad village, falling in the Dera Baba Nanak sub-division of Gurdaspur district, on Tuesday night. (HT File)
Published on Oct 23, 2025 05:00 am IST

7 held for pro-Khalistan graffiti in Punjab’s Batala

The accused under police custody. (HT)
Published on Oct 10, 2025 07:54 am IST

Homeless after floods, families take refuge in trolley, tents in Gurdaspur’s Ghaniye Ke Bet village

Flood victim Satnam Singh of Ghaniye ke Bet village, Gurdaspur, has made tractor-trolley as his temporary residence. (HT Photo)
Published on Sept 29, 2025 07:26 am IST

Rahul Gandhi to visit flood-hit Punjab today

He will pay obeisance at the historic Gurdwara Baba Budha Sahib in Ramdas before leaving for Gurchak village in Dera Baba Nanak and Makaura in Dinanagar sub-divisions of Gurdaspur district. (@INCIndia)
Updated on Sept 15, 2025 01:44 am IST

Floods wreck Punjab’s rural roads, damages cross 850 crore

Even before the floods, a significant portion of the road network was in urgent need of repairs. To address this, Punjab had borrowed 1,600 crore to upgrade nearly 12,000 km of rural roads. (ANI photo)
Published on Sept 05, 2025 05:58 am IST

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)
Published on Sept 05, 2025 04:48 am IST

Punjab sees wettest August in 25 years

Flood-ravaged Punjab received 253.7 mm of rain in August, making it the wettest month in 25 years, according to the data shared by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday.
Published on Sept 01, 2025 05:40 am IST

Army rescues mother and baby from Gurdaspur as floods cripple Punjab

Relief and rescue operations by the Army, NDRF, BSF, Punjab Police and district authorities continue on a war footing in the affected areas.
Published on Aug 31, 2025 04:54 pm IST

Woman drowns as floods ravage Punjab's Majha region, over 2000 rescued

Partially submerged houses in a flood-ravaged area in Gurdaspur, Punjab.
Published on Aug 29, 2025 10:04 am IST

Punjab haunted by ghost of 1988: Floods killed hundreds, led to assassination

Residents move to a safer place through the floods caused by the swollen river Beas in the Kapurthala district of Punjab.
Updated on Aug 31, 2025 09:57 pm IST

Ravi in spate, flood alert sounded in Punjab’s Gurdaspur villages

Gurdaspur officials reviewed flood situation in the district on Sunday.
Published on Aug 18, 2025 06:58 am IST

Pact inked, decks cleared for 2nd Sainik School in Punjab

Sainik School in Kapurthala (HT File)
Published on Jun 18, 2025 09:16 am IST

Punjab: 124 drug smugglers held in statewide search ops

As many as 200 police teams, comprising over 1,200 personnel and led by 87 gazetted officers, were involved in the day-long operation. A total of 481 suspicious individuals were checked during the drive. (Sourced)
Published on May 16, 2025 09:18 am IST

Dera Baba Nanak: Pastor among 13 booked on rape charges

As per the complaint of the woman, she was thrashed and forced to convert by the accused. The victim is a resident of the village located on the outskirts of Dera Baba Nanak town.
Published on Apr 22, 2025 09:36 am IST

BSF to undertake IED detection drive along Indo-Pak border

The 2,289-kilometre-long India-Pakistan international border runs from Jammu in the north to Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat in the west and the Border Security Force (BSF) is tasked with guarding it. (ANI)
Published on Apr 11, 2025 08:42 am IST

Ambedkar’s statue vandalised in Punjab’s Batala

Batala deputy superintendent of police (DSP City) Sanjeev Kumar said it is to be investigated if the finger broke naturally, or some person did it as it has been learnt that this finger was seen broken before the alleged incident.
Published on Apr 03, 2025 09:18 am IST

Punjab: Cops-farmers clash over land acquisition in Gurdaspur

The farmers had gathered in front of the gurdwara in Nangal Jhor village, Gurdaspur district, to start a sit-in against the police’s attempt to forcefully acquire land for a national highway project . (HT Photo)
Published on Mar 12, 2025 05:02 am IST