AMRITSAR, Aug. 29 -- A 45-year-old woman drowned near Dera Baba Nanak town, with the rising water levels forcing the administration to evacuate nearly 2,000 people to safer places in Gurdaspur distric... Read More
AMRITSAR, Aug. 28 -- As many as 381 students and around 70 teachers, along with their family members, were rescued from Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Daburri in Gurdaspur district after the swollen Ravi... Read More
AMRITSAR, Aug. 27 -- Teams of the Indian Army, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF),SDRF, and BSF were pressed into service on Tuesday to launch an extensive humanitarian assistance and disaster re... Read More
AMRITSAR, Aug. 18 -- With a large quantity of water being released into the Ravi, Beas, and Sutlej from the respective dams after heavy rains in the catchment areas in Jammu and & Kashmir and Himachal... Read More
AMRITSAR, Aug. 15 -- Akal Takht acting jathedar Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj on Thursday slammed the formation of a separate faction of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), saying that it is not in full accordanc... Read More
AMRITSAR, Aug. 14 -- Punjab education minister Harjot Singh Bains on Wednesday performed ardas (Sikh prayer) for atonement at Akal Takht after completing his tankhah (religious punishment) awarded to ... Read More
AMRITSAR, Aug. 13 -- A day after getting unanimously elected as president of the breakaway Shiromani Akali Dal faction, Giani Harpreet Singh, 52, on Tuesday sharpened his attack on Akali Dal chief Suk... Read More
AMRITSAR, Aug. 12 -- Giani Harpreet Singh, 52, who on Monday was elected as the president of the breakaway faction of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), is an outspoken religious leader with good command ... Read More
AMRITSAR, Aug. 9 -- Senior SGPC employee Bibi Satwant Kaur is set to be the new chief of the breakaway Akali Dal faction as former Akal Takht acting jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh on Friday said he is ... Read More
AMRITSAR, Aug. 7 -- The Akal Takht on Wednesday awarded tankhah (religious punishment) to Punjab education minister Harjot Singh Bains for violation of Sikh maryada at an event organised by the Punjab... Read More