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Posters of Sidhu embracing Gen Bajwa emerge in Ludhiana
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Feb 20 (ANI): While posters of Congress leader and former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu hugging Pakistan General Qamar Javed Bajwa hung high in many of the city here, Sidhu once again on Wednesday received condemnation for his controversial remarks in connection
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BJYM activists protest against Sidhu’s remark on Pulwama terror attack
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Feb 17 (ANI): The members of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) on Sunday held a protest march against Punjab Cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu for his remark that “for a handful of people, you cannot blame the entire nation,” which he made in the wake of dastar
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200 pc hike in customs duty on Pak goods will be ‘half-effective’ if illeg
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Feb 17 (ANI): IFCC, a body of businessmen doing trade with Pakistan, is not sure if the Centre’s decision to hike basic customs duty on all goods imported from Pakistan to 200 per cent will be so effective.
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Punjab cabinet approves filing 153 vacant direct quota posts in medical co
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh [India], Feb 17 (ANI): For strengthening the state’s healthcare system, the Punjab Cabinet led by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday approved filling up of 153 vacant sanctioned direct quota posts of 42 professors, 46 associate professors and 65 assistant professors
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UP: Man arrested for supplying weapons to Khalistani supporters
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Feb 16 (ANI): A man, named Sanjay Rathi alias Guddu, was arrested from Muzaffarnagar on Friday in a joint operation between the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) and the State Special Operation Cell, Amritsar, for allegedly supplying weapons to K
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Priyanka’s entry won’t make any difference, it’s a drama: SAD
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Jan 24 (ANI): A day after Congress president Rahul Gandhi appointed his sister Priyanka Gandhi as the AICC General Secretary for Uttar Pradesh East, SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal poked fun at her political entry and called it a ‘drama,’ which he feels will not make
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Punjab DGP asks CM Captain Amarinder Singh to relieve him from his duties
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Jan 19 (ANI): Punjab Director General of Police, Suresh Arora on Friday requested state Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh to relieve him from his duties.
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Festivity grips Amritsar, city gears up for Lohri
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Jan 11 (ANI): Lohri, the festival that marks the beginning of the harvest season, is just around the corner and Amritsar, the land of the Golden Temple, is all decked up for the festival.
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Harsimrat Kaur Badal terms Sajjan Kumar's arrest 'historic'
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab), Dec 31, (AN): After Congress leader, Sajjan Kumar surrendered on Monday in the Delhi's Karkardooma Court, Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal stated that it is a 'historic day' and hailed the High Court's decision which convicted Kumar in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.
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India to release 2 jailed Pakistani nationals today
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Amritsar [India], Dec 26 (ANI): India is all set to release two jailed Pakistani nationals, Abdullah and Mohammed Imran Qureshi Warsi, through the Attari-Wagah border on Wednesday.
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Newborn found abandoned in train's toilet in Amritsar
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Dec 24 (ANI): An infant was found abandoned in the toilet of Howrah Mail at Amritsar railway station on Sunday.
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Passenger adamant on smoking on-board delays flight
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Dec 22, (ANI): A Vistara airlines flight was delayed by three hours after a passenger engaged in an argument with on-board crew as he wished to smoke on the plane.
The UK-707 flight from Amritsar to Kolkata flight was scheduled to have a halt in Delhi, which is whe
