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Punjab: 23kg heroin recovered from Amritsar village, hunt on to arrest smuggler

India, March 5 -- Punjab Police on recovered 23kg of heroin from Devi Daspura village in Amritsar district, with the consignment linked to a smuggling network operated by a US-based smuggler. "In a m... Read More


Multi-storey building coming up near Golden Temple triggers row

Amritsar, March 4 -- A multi-storey building which is coming up in the galliara outside the Golden Temple Complex has drawn flak from Sikh groups as two storeys of the under-construction facility are ... Read More


Bhagwanpuria gang aides nabbed with six pistols, ammo in Amritsar

Amritsar, March 2 -- The counter-intelligence (CI) team of Amritsar police busted an illegal weapon smuggling module with the arrest of a member of the Jaggu Bhagwanpuria gang and recovered six .32-bo... Read More


Jathedar to panel: SAD cooperation not a must for recruitment drive

AMRITSAR, March 2 -- : Akal Takht jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh on Saturday stated that the seven-member committee constituted by the highest Sikh temporal seat to conduct the recruitment drive of the ... Read More


Punjab Cong in-charge rules out any change in state leadership

AMRITSAR, March 1 -- Punjab Congress in-charge and former Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel ruled out any change in the state leadership. Baghel, who reached Amritsar for his first visit to ... Read More


NHAI scraps contract for Tarn Taran stretch

Amritsar, Feb. 28 -- Due to Punjab government's failure to acquire land, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has terminated the contract with the firm concerned for construction of the Amr... Read More


Takht jathedar-SGPC tussle: 1999 resolution surfaces, adds new twist to row

India, Feb. 26 -- The ongoing controversy over questioning of authority of the Akal Takht jathedar by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has intensified following the resurfacing of a ... Read More


'99 resolution surfaces, adds new twist to row

Amritsar, Feb. 26 -- The ongoing controversy over questioning of authority of the Akal Takht jathedar by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has intensified following the resurfacing of... Read More


SAD 'unwilling' to conduct drive under Takht panel, jathedar told

Amritsar, Feb. 24 -- Five members of the committee appointed by the Akal Takht on December 2 to oversee the reorganisation of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) met Takht jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh on Su... Read More


Jathedar hits back, flays SGPC for 'questioning his authority'

AMRITSAR, Feb. 23 -- A day after Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) said that it was the appointing authority of the jathedars, Akal Takht jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh on Saturday hit back... Read More