Amritsar man, relatives held for subjecting minor to sexual abuse

Saturday 2 February '13

The local police have arrested a man, his two sisters and his mother for kidnapping and subjecting a minor girl to "natural and unnatural sex".

Man who served seven years for conspiracy to kill Rajiv Gandhi held for truck theft, contract killing

Friday 1 February '13

A man who served seven years in jail after being arrested in a conspiracy to kill slain Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is on the wrong side of law yet again with as many as three cases, from contract kil...

'Unaccounted'' chemical drums arrive from Pakistan in Samjhauta

Friday 1 February '13

Customs officials at Attari launched investigations Thursday into a case where as many as 28 drums carrying chemicals reached India through parcel bogies attached with Samjhauta Express without there ...

Akali sarpanch''s husband fires at cop in Tarn Taran village

Friday 1 February '13

The husband of the Akali sarpanch of Tarn Taran''s Daudpura village fired on a Punjab Police head constable for entering his house in the wee hours on Thursday.

Pak 'publisher'' detained with 20 international brand watches

Tuesday 29 January '13

Hasan, who claimed to be associated with the print media in Pakistan, and four others, were bound for Kolkata, and 'did not declare that he was carrying the watches''

One-third BSF personnel to be shifted from Attari retreat ceremony job every year

Thursday 24 January '13

In a move that would prevent BSF personnel from facing health problems caused by the "high rise stomping" during the beat the retreat ceremony every day at the Attari border, the force will shift one ...

ASI murder: Police yet to file chargesheet

Thursday 24 January '13

One-and-a-half months after then SAD leader Ranjit Singh Rana had shot dead ASI Ravinderpal Singh when the officer asked him to stop harassing his daughter in broad daylight, the Amritsar police is ye...

Pak officers go hunting, confusion in BSF camps

Wednesday 23 January '13

Amid growing hostilities between India and Pakistan in the aftermath of the alleged killing of two Indian army soldiers at LoC by Pakistani army personnel, hunting of wild boars and rabbits along the ...

Punish those who disrespect Guru Granth Sahib under Section 302 of IPC: SGPC

Wednesday 23 January '13

The SGPC is set to write to the Centre seeking amendment in Section 302 (punishment for murder) of the IPC.

'India a mature nation, never opposed supplying uranium to it''

Monday 21 January '13

day ahead of the scheduled meeting between the foreign ministers of India and Australia, in which negotiations for a Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement are expected to begin, the Leader of Opposition...

SGPC to get Sikh history rewritten, forms five-member panel

Friday 18 January '13

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), which is referred to as mini Parliament of Sikhs, has decided to get Sikh history re-written following research in this regard.

On sets, an animation film on Sikh Guru''s sons

Thursday 17 January '13

In a big budget animation film, Bollywood director Harry Baweja is set to direct Char Sahibzade a film on the lives of the four sons of tenth Sikh master Guru Gobind Singh.

Huge variation in purity of heroin from Pak

Thursday 17 January '13

The average quantity of diamorphine medical term for pure heroin has been found to be less than 30%. It means a 1 kg packet had 300 gm of pure heroin mixed with diluting substance

Indian grabs visa to Pak before service is put on hold

Wednesday 16 January '13

One Indian national managed to cross over to Pakistan before the visa-on-arrival service was put on hold within hours of its launch on Tuesday.

BSF jawan shoots colleague, kills self

Wednesday 16 January '13

A BSF constable posted at Amar border outpost in Khemkaran sector allegedly shot his colleague dead before committing suicide by turning the gun on himself near the international border about 50 km f...

BSF man kills colleague, self on Pak border

Wednesday 16 January '13

A BSF constable shot his colleague and then himself on the border with Pakistan in Punjab

Indian grabs visa to Pak before service freeze

Wednesday 16 January '13

One Indian national managed to cross over to Pakistan before the visa-on-arrival service was put on hold within hours of its launch

Coolie Number 934

Sunday 13 January '13

Porter Prem Singh hopes Indo-Pak tensions won''t affect trade at the Attari post

LoC protocol violations by Pak disgusting: Canadian minister

Saturday 12 January '13

Terming the situation in Kashmir as "very sensitive" and condemning reported violations of protocol along Line of Control where two Indian soldiers were brutally killed by their Pakistani counterparts...

3 undertrials cut iron grille, scale 20-ft wall to flee high-security Amritsar Central Jail

Wednesday 9 January '13

In an incident that puts a question mark on the security measures in prisons in Punjab, three undertrials escaped from the high-security Amritsar Central Jail by cutting the iron rods of the barrack ...

Javed Miandad a cricketer so granted visa: Salman Khurshid

Monday 7 January '13

External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Sunday defended Centre''s decision to grant visa to former Pakistani cricket captain Javed Miandad even as he played down the latter''s calling off his vis...

1,700 boxes of cigarettes seized from Pak fans

Saturday 5 January '13

As many as 1,700 boxes of cigarettes were recovered by the Customs department from Pakistani cricket fans who crossed over to India through the Attari border on Samjhauta Express on Thursday to watch ...

Biometric details of Pak cricket fans taken at border

Saturday 5 January '13

Pakistani cricket fans, who arrived in India through the Attari border for the Sunday ODI between India and Pakistan, have been put through biometric machines at the Integrated Check Post (ICP) and At...

In Amritsar, neglect elderly parents, lose inheritance

Saturday 5 January '13

In an attempt to ensure the well-being of elderly parents, who transfer or gift their property to their children or legal heirs, the Amritsar administration has incorporated a stringent provision in l...

Well where British buried 1857 martyrs to be dug, remains immersed in Ganga

Friday 4 January '13

To pay tribute to the martyrs of the 1857 uprising, who swam across river Ravi to reach Ajnala but were killed by the British, the gurdwara management committee of Gurdwara Shaheed Ganj has decided to...