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G20 meet will prove to be a platform to boost education sector: Mann

March 16, 2023 04:55 IST

The chief minister, while addressing a gathering during the second meeting of the G20 Education Working Group, said he ardently believes that the deliberations here will not only uplift the standard of education but also benefit the state's youth immensely.

Students wearing traditional dresses welcome G20 delegates in Amritsar, Tuesday. (PTI Photo)

Amritsar decked up to host G20 meet from today

March 15, 2023 07:44 IST

More than 55 delegates from 28 countries are expected to attend the meeting and seminar.

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Woman doctor at SGPC-run medical college in Amritsar dies by suicide, 10 booked for abetment

March 11, 2023 06:45 IST

Though no suicide note was found in the room of Dr Pamposh (26), her family members alleged she was being subjected to caste-based slurs by several doctors.

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President Murmu at Golden Temple, prays for country’s peace, progress

March 10, 2023 08:24 IST

This was Murmu's first visit to the city after becoming president.

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Dal Khalsa writes to G20 members, draws their attention to Sikh issues

March 7, 2023 10:02 IST

The Dal Khalsa letter to G-20 countries alleged that India has a lot to answer on human rights front. “Torture is rampant.

Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, popularly known as Sidhu Moosewala, was shot dead on May 29 (Photo source: Instagram)

Punjab jail gang fight murders: Police book 7 inmates, all accused in Sidhu Moosewala case

February 28, 2023 02:56 IST

Those named in the fresh FIR include Manpreet Singh Bhau, Sachin Bhiwani, Ankit Sirsa, Kashish, Rajinder Joker, Arshad Khan and Malkit Singh Mama. They have been booked under Sections 302, 307, 148, 149 of IPC and Section 52 of The Prisons Act.

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2 gangsters accused in Moosewala murder case killed in clash among inmates in Punjab jail

February 27, 2023 01:39 IST

The clash surprised many as the jail administration had kept around 25 inmates of Jaggu Bhagwanpuriya and Lawrence Bishnoi gangs in the same barrack due to their friendly relations. Most of them were also accused in Sidhu Moosewala’s murder case.

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Amritpal Singh aide Lovepreet released; mob used Guru Granth Sahib as shield: DGPSubscriber Only

February 25, 2023 07:28 IST

Amritpal and his supporters, some of them wielding swords and guns, had stormed the Ajnala police station near Amritsar on Thursday

Not ‘Waris Punjab De’ leader Amritpal’s first run-in with police: A 29-year-old radical who returned from Dubai to lead Deep Sidhu’s followersSubscriber Only

February 24, 2023 08:17 IST

Amritpal, who not only dresses like Bhindranwale but also uses the same language, calls latter his inspiration

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Punjab govt gives in to radical leader Amritpal Singh, his aide being freed after clash

February 24, 2023 11:29 IST

Amritpal, the 29-year-old who is a Khalistan sympathiser, returned from Dubai last year and became head of the outfit Waris Punjab De following the death of its founder, the actor-activist Deep Sidhu.

Amritsar MP Gurjeet Singh Aujla and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.

Amritsar MP asks Punjab CM to clear stand on drug menace, narco-terrorism nexuses

February 14, 2023 17:15 IST

This development comes a day ahead of the hearing on a sealed report related to the issue submitted by the previous Congress-led state government to the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

Amritsar MP Gurjit Singh Aujla. (Source: Twitter/@GurjeetSAujla)

‘Company Bagh’ preservation issue raised in Parliament by Amritsar MP Gurjit Singh Aujla

February 14, 2023 08:19 IST

Company Bagh was the brainchild of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Spread across acres in the middle of the city, the Bagh has been reduced to a place for morning and evening walks. The heritage buildings in Bagh are in tatters.

Lt Gen K S Brar’s remarks on Operation Blue Star spark row in PunjabSubscriber Only

February 2, 2023 13:51 IST

The late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi ‘allowed’ Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale to ‘become Frankenstein’, Lt Gen (Retd) Kuldeep Singh Brar said in a recent interview on Operation Blue Star.

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Dal Khalsa takes out Punjab referendum march in Amritsar

January 26, 2023 03:19 IST

Carrying placards and flags, the marchers raised slogans highlighting political resolution to Punjab 'conflict' through the right to self-determination.

The DGP said the police teams fired at least 12 rounds from AK-47 to shoot down the drone. He said this is the sixth drone recovered in less than two months. (Representational)

Drone carrying heroin shot down near India-Pak border in Amritsar

January 22, 2023 20:23 IST

The hexacopter was carrying five kg of heroin and was shot down in Kakkar village, nearly two kms from the India-Pakiatan border, they said.

PRTC spent over Rs 68 lakh for AAP’s victory roadshow in Amritsar, shows RTI reply; Govt will pay for oath ceremony, says partySubscriber Only

January 19, 2023 02:22 IST

‘One becomes a chief minister only after taking the oath and it is totally unconstitutional to spend out of public exchequer even before legally acquiring the chair,’ says RTI activist Harmilap Grewal

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann. (File)

After Punjab CM Mann’s ultimatum to PCS officers, critics welcome moveSubscriber Only

January 12, 2023 14:56 IST

Human rights activist and lawyer Sarabjit Singh Verka posed a question about what he said was the presence of the mafia in the transport sector.

Death anniversary of former PM Indira Gandhi’s assassins observed at Akal Takht, Sukhbir Badal pays visitSubscriber Only

January 6, 2023 14:22 IST

The bhog of Akhand Path was held at Gurudwara Jhande Bhunge inside the Akal Takht premises to observe the assassins’ death anniversary.

"BSF troops fired upon the miscreant in self-defence, killing him on the spot,” a note by BSF said. (Representative image)

BSF kills armed Pakistani intruder on Indo-Pak border

January 3, 2023 12:16 IST

According to a press note issued by the BSF, the intruder was spotted moving suspiciously near Dariya Mansoor village and was gunned down after a warning.

Sikka Khan reunited with his brother Sadiq in January. (Express Photo)

A few tears and a lot of cheers for families torn apart by PartitionSubscriber Only

December 31, 2022 01:50 IST

Punjabi-Urdu writer and poet Sultana Begum passed away in May this year at the age of 73, while searching for her family in Pakistan. Born in a Muslim family and raised by a Hindu one, Begum visited Pakistan several times in search of her loved ones.

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) President Harjinder Singh Dhami. (PTI)

Five reasons why Akal Takht Sahib and SGPC are not happy with Centre’s ‘Veer Bal Diwas’ nomenclatureSubscriber Only

December 27, 2022 07:15 IST

While ‘rejecting’ Veer Bal Diwas being observed by the Centre, SGPC president Harjinder Singh Dhami appealed to the Sikhs to be aware of the ‘government's conspiracy of undermining Sikh history'

Naib Subedar Onkar Singh’s four-year-old son lights the pyre at Najowal village in Pathankot on Sunday. Express

Sikkim gorge accident: Punjab’s Onkar Singh, Haryana’s Somvir cremated with full honours

December 26, 2022 05:02 IST

The two were among the 16 Army personnel who lost their lives when the truck they were travelling in plunged in a gorge in Sikkim on Friday.

An FIR was registered under sections 21 and 23 of the NDPS Act at Gharinda police station.

Two arrested with 10 kg heroin, Rs. 20-lakh drone

December 26, 2022 04:21 IST

The arrested smugglers identified as Dalbir and Jagdish, both residents of Gharinda in Amritsar, had been allegedly engaged in drug trafficking for the last three years and have no criminal case registered against them.

The minors were released in presence of their family members. (Representational Photo/File)

Seven minors released in RPG attack on police station case

December 22, 2022 11:08 IST

SSP Tarn Taran Gurmeet Singh Chauhan held a press conference on Wednesday to release the seven out of nine minors arrested in case.

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‘Must defeat forces bent on breaking Sikh institutions’

December 15, 2022 10:22 IST

The SAD president said that it was shameful that Transport Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar had referred to all transporters as mafia. He said, “Punjabis have done well in the transport sector in the country and even abroad. They have done so by the dint of their hard work.