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Punjab CM, Asha Kumari denied me ticket from Amritsar: Navjot Kaur
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], May 16 (ANI): Congress leader Navjot Kaur Sidhu hit out at Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh and alleged that it was because of him and party general secretary in-charge for state Asha Kumari, that she was denied a ticket from Amritsar in the ongoing na
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India frees 19 Pakistani prisoners
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], May 15 (ANI): 19 Pakistani prisoners returned home from the Attari-Wagah border after being released by Indian authorities on Tuesday.
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Will stop flow of river water to Pak if it continues supporting terrorism:
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], May 9 (ANI): Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has said India is mulling on the prospects of stopping the flow of river water to Pakistan in the backdrop of its "continuous support" to terrorism.
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BJP has unnecessarily brought Rajiv Gandhi into picture: Sam Pitroda
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], May 8 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has unnecessarily brought Rajiv Gandhi into the picture and "the people like me who have worked with him are very upset," said Indian Overseas Congress (IOC) chief Sam Pitroda here on Wednesday.
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Pakistan releases 60 Indians as goodwill gesture
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Apr 30 (ANI): Pakistan on Tuesday released 60 jailed Indians, including 55 fishermen, at the Wagah border as a goodwill gesture.
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Third batch of fishermen released by Pak reaches India
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Apr 23 (ANI): A batch of 100 fishermen, who were released by Pakistan as a goodwill gesture, reached India through the Attari-Wagah border here on Monday.
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Amit Shah meets Sunny Deol, fuels speculation for Amritsar seat
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Apr 20 (ANI): BJP president Amit Shah met Bollywood actor Sunny Deol at Pune Airport lounge on Friday evening. The meeting which lasted around five minutes sparked speculations that the BJP might field the actor from Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency.
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ECI appoints IPS officer Vikram Jeet Duggal as SSP Amritsar (Rural)
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Apr 17 (ANI): The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday appointed a 2007 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Vikram Jeet Duggal as Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Amritsar (Rural).
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100 Indian fishermen from Pakistan return home
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Apr 15 (ANI): As many as 100 fishermen, who were released by Pakistan a day before, reached India through Attari-Wagah border here on Monday.
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Humbled to pay my homage to Jallianwala Bagh martyrs, says Vice President
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Apr 13 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday said that he was humbled by paying homage to the martyrs of Jallianwala Bagh, "who sacrificed their lives fighting the evil hegemony of oppressive British rule."
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Rahul visits Jallianwala Bagh memorial, says 'cost of freedom must never b
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], April 13 (ANI): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday laid a wreath at the Jallianwala Bagh memorial to mark the completion of 100 years of the massacre.
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UK envoy lays wreath at Jallianwala Bagh memorial, expresses 'deep regret'
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab)[India], Apr 13 : British High Commissioner to India Sir Dominic Asquith laid a wreath at the Jallianwala Bagh memorial here on Saturday on the centenary of the massacre and said Britain "deeply regretted" the suffering caused to the victims.
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