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We have been able to shoot down six drones in a months times: BSF ADG

AMRITSAR: Stating that despite being a challenge, the Border Security Force (BSF) has been effectively responding to the drone threat, P V Rama Sastry, Additional Director General (Western Command) , BSF, Chandigarh said that with the preventive measures taken by the force including installation of anti-drone technology, they had been…

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Punjab: Biggest ever drone shot down by BSF, two in a night

AMRITSAR: There were several firsts for the Border Security Force (BSF) in Punjab Frontier on Monday night. Not only the two women constables of BSF shot down a Pak drone, but for the first time two enemy drones were brought down in a single night, and for the time BSF…

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DRI seizes Rs. 1.52cr worth foreign currency from Amritsar and Chandigarh airports, 2 arrested

LUDHIANA: In a major success to the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) Zonal Unit Ludhiana, its different teams have foiled back to back two significant attempts of smuggling of foreign currency out of India via airports of Punjab.

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Punjab: Security beefed up in Ludhiana after Shiv Sena leader's murder in Amritsar

Security has been tightened in Punjab's Ludhiana after Shiv Sena (Taksali) leader Sudhir Suri's broad daylight murder in Amritsar on Friday, the police said. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Bharti Singh and husband Haarsh Limbachiyaa host baby Gola's 'Annaprashana' ceremony in Amritsar; watch

Bharti Singh and Haarsh Limbachiyaa, who gave birth to their first child, Laksh, in April, hosted a lovely 'Annaprashana' ceremony for their baby boy. Laksh (lovingly called as Gola) is in his 7th month. And Bharti thought it was the perfect time for them to host a function whilst their…

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Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar pays obeisance at Golden Temple

AMRITSAR: Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday offered prayers at the sanctum sanctorum of the Golden Temple in Amritsar.

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Punjab witnessed reduced levels of pollution this Diwali, AQI reduction of 16.4% from last year

BATHINDA: Punjab environment minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer has stated that this year's air quality improved as compare to last years on the day of Diwali.

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Punjab: Farmer leaders come out in support of legal mining to save construction industry

AMRITSAR: Following acute shortage and soaring prices of sand and gravel, the farmers' organizations of border areas have come out in support of legal mining and have demanded from the government to allow the miners to carry out the legal excavation of major components of the concrete to save the…

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Haryana SGPC members march from Ambala to Amritsar, to protest against separate Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Act

AMBALA: Three members of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Friday carried out a Panthic Ros March from Gurdwara Manji Sahib, Ambala City towards Akal Takht Sahib, Amritsar, in protest against Supreme Court's judgment of giving recognition to separate Haryana Sikh Gurdwara (Management) Committee (HSGMC), 2014.

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Birmingham Airport chiefs 'thrilled' as Air India launches new flights to Delhi and Amritsar

'We’re doing backward somersaults of joy at the prospect of increasing our India flight frequency'

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Entertainment: Allu Arjun celebrates wife Sneha’s Birthday in Amritsar

South superstar Allu Arjun is on a trip to Amritsar to celebrate the birthday of wife Sneha Reddy. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Punjab: One more arrested in Amritsar IED case

CHANDIGARH: A man was arrested for allegedly arranging a motorcycle which was used by accused persons for planting an IED under a sub-inspector's car in Amritsar on August 16, police said on Saturday. The arrested accused was identified as Satnam Singh alias Honey from Patti village in Tarn Taran.

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SGPC to file review petition in HSGMC case: Harjinder Singh Dhami

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has announced to file a review petition following the Supreme Court (SC) judgment in the case regarding challenges to the validity of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (HSGMC) Act, 2014.

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Former bureaucrat turned BJP leader seeks SGPC’s support to eradicate liquor and other drugs from Punjab

AMRITSAR: While claiming that Sikhs have become the largest consumers of alcohol, BJP leader Jagmohan Singh Raju has sought from Sikh’s single largest representative body Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to lead an agitation against government's liquor policy demanding to declare dry day on Gurpurab among other measures.

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Punjab: A project for farmers to adopt a no-burn cropping system

MAKOWAL(AMRITSAR): Farmers in Amritsar's Makowal have usually been setting their crop residue to fire after harvesting to prepare the fields for another crop but Promoting Regenerative And No-burn Agriculture (PRANA),a project launched for Crop Residue Management (CRM) by The Nature Conservancy (TNC), a conservation organization, may help prevent another round…

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Six members of Jaggu Bhagwanpuria gang arrested in Punjab

AMRITSAR: Amritsar (rural) police arrested six members of Jaggu Bhagwanpuria group and recovered 5 different weapons, 1.5 kg of heroin, and around Rs 9 lakh drug money from their possession on Monday.

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Dubai asks for more seats on India air routes

NEW DELHI: Dubai — the biggest destination for both transit and point-to-point Indian travellers — has sought flying rights for an additional 50,000 weekly seats to and from India. It has also sought permission for its airlines to fly direct to additional points of call — Amritsar, Tiruchirapalli, Coimbatore, Kannur,…

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Tyler Cowen: The future of travel is less exotic

I am writing this from Amritsar, India, in the state of Punjab. The Sikh Golden Temple here is one of India’s leading attractions, and last night I shared space with thousands of people over the course of four or five hours. In that time, I saw only two people who…

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CWG 2022 gold medallists Mirabai Chanu, Achinta Sheuli receive warm welcome in Amritsar

AMRITSAR: Mirabai Chanu and Achinta Sheuli were showered with love as they were welcomed by the people at Amritsar Airport in Punjab after winning a gold medal each for the country in CWG 2022.

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Raghav Chadha gives suspension of business notice in Rajya Sabha

NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party MP Raghav Chadha has given a suspension of business notice in Rajya Sabha to discuss the imposition of 12 per cent Goods and Services Tax (GST) on 'Sarais' around Shri Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) Amritsar and demanded a discussion on it.

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Raipur: Actress and writer Deepti Naval shares her childhood stories, the inspiration for her book

RAIPUR: ‘A country called childhood’ is a metaphor for the childhood I experienced in Amritsar, a childhood filled with love, adventure, mystery, tragedy, and joy. Said actress and writer Deepti Naval, during The Write Circle event held by The Ehsaas Women in the state capital.

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BJP writes to SSP Mohali seeking registration of FIR against Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

AMRITSAR: Former bureaucrat and BJP leader Jagmohan Singh Raju has sought registration of an FIR against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal for allegedly giving hate speech against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Irregularities in allotment of Amritsar plots: Punjab vigilance bureau

AMRITSAR: The Punjab vigilance bureau on Monday claimed to have found a number of irregularities in the allotment of tenders for development works in Amritsar and in the allotment of Verka milk booths in the city, during the tenure of Dinesh Bassi as the chairman of Amritsar Improvement Trust (AIT).

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Punjab: Batala MLA Sherry Kalsi's PA, kin among three killed in road accident

AMRITSAR: Batala MLA Sherry Kalsi's personal assistant (PA), a cousin and a friend were killed in a road accident while his brother and another friend sustained injuries after the car they were travelling in hit the divider following a sudden tyre burst in the wee hours of Sunday.

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Ludhiana: Akali leader's nephew held in Sidhu Moose Wala murder case

LUDHIANA: Nephew of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Nirmal Singh Kahlon, who is former Punjab assembly speaker, was on Saturday arrested by the Ludhiana police in connection with the murder of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala. The arrested accused, on the instructions of gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria, had helped three 'suspected…

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