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Terror plot foiled as BSF recovers 4.8kg IEDs, huge cache of arms from Amritsar village

AMRITSAR, April 26 -- In a significant anti-terror success, the BSF troops on Friday recovered a massive cache of arms, ammunition and explosives near Balbe Dariya village falling in Amritsar (Rural).... Read More


Punjab: Drug dealer linked to Pak-based smuggler held with heroin, arms

AMRITSAR, April 17 -- Punjab Police's anti-narcotics task force (ANTF) has arrested a drug trafficker linked to a Pakistan-based smuggler after recovering 3.105kg heroin, two .32-bore country-made pis... Read More


Punjab: Papalpreet remand extended by 3 days

AMRITSAR, April 16 -- The local court in Ajnala on Tuesday extended the police remand of Papalpreet Singh, a key aide of radical Sikh preacher and Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh by three more days. ... Read More


Amritsar: Three masked gunmen kill petrol pump employee, injure two others

AMRITSAR, April 15 -- Three unidentified armed men, wearing masks, barged into a petrol pump in Kaler Mangat village situated near Majitha and shot dead a petrol pump employee while injuring two other... Read More


Constitution under threat, people's movement need of hour: Congress at Amritsar rally

AMRITSAR, April 15 -- Congress national spokesperson Pawan Khera and Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Monday addressed a 'Samvidhan Bachao Rally" organised at Chheharta locali... Read More


Drug smuggler held with over 18 kg heroin by Punjab police

AMRITSAR, April 12 -- The anti-narcotics task force of Punjab Police has apprehended a man, who was linked to a Pakistan-based drug trafficker, and recovered over 18.2kg heroin, officials said on Frid... Read More


Over 1,900 pilgrims granted visas by Pakistan for Baisakhi

AMRITSAR, April 8 -- As many as 1,942 Sikh pilgrims, part of the jatha being sent by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), have been granted visas to visit gurdwaras in Pakistan to atten... Read More


SGPC seeks suggestions on framing rules for Akal Takht jathedar's appointment

AMRITSAR, March 30 -- Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Harjinder Singh Dhami on Saturday appealed to all Sikh organizations, scholars and intellectuals residing in India and ab... Read More


Smuggler held with 4.5kg heroin in Amritsar

AMRITSAR, March 23 -- Amritsar rural police on Saturday arrested a drug smuggler and recovered a consignment of 4.5 kg of heroin from his possession, officials said. "The SHO of Lopoke police station... Read More


Punjab: Cops-farmers clash over land acquisition in Gurdaspur

AMRITSAR, March 12 -- A clash broke out between farmers and police officials on Tuesday morning in two villages-Nangal Jhor and Bharath - in the Gurdaspur district over land acquisition for the Delhi-... Read More