

Tuesday 20 January '09
Exposing a bid on the part of Pakistani drug smugglers to arm their Indian counterparts, the Special Narcotics Cell of the police and the 130 Battalion of the BSF today recovered a cache of arms and ammunition.Saturday 17 January '09
Hosts Punjab topped the charts at the 14the National Youth Festival that concluded here today.Friday
16 January '09Punjabi beats and assorted cuisines from all across the country marked the ongoing 14th National Youth Festival here.Monday
12 January '09“We wish India well.” This was the emotion reflected by the Pakistani delegation visiting India for a seminar on Indo-Pak relations organised today by the Folklore Research Academy (FRA) with the association of Punjab Jagriti Manch, Jalandhar...Sunday
11 January '09With Lok Sabha elections around the corner, MP Navjot Singh Sidhu today remembered the hoardings dotting the nooks and crannies of the holy city for the past several years...Tuesday
6 January '09The boundary of the walled city of Amritsar, which dates back to the time of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, is crumbling.Tuesday
6 January '09On the directions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, the Tarn Taran police today registered a rape case against a doctor, more than two years after the incident.Sunday
4 January '09The Textile Processors Association today held a training programme on ‘Wastewater Management in Textile Dyeing, Printing and Finishing industry’ today.Wednesday
31 December '08Despite tension escalating between the two countries in the aftermath of the Mumbai terror attack, India today freed 66 Pakistani prisoners, including 28 women and four children, in a gesture termed by many as a New Year gift.Wednesday
31 December '08Despite tension escalating between the two countries in the aftermath of the Mumbai terror attack, India today freed 66 Pakistani prisoners, including 28 women and four children, in a gesture termed by many as a New Year gift.Wednesday
31 December '08Despite tension escalating between the two countries in the aftermath of the Mumbai terror attack, India today freed 66 Pakistani prisoners, including 28 women and four children, in a gesture termed by many as a New Year gift.Tuesday
30 December '08Concerned over the increasing drop-out rate among girl students in the state, Samvad, a NGO, has decided to offer scholarships to the deserving ones to help them complete their education.Monday
29 December '08Son fixation boomeranged on a couple in Tarn Taran district today, when fearing birth of a second daughter, they aborted their five-month-old foetus, which turned out to be of a male child.Tuesday
23 December '08The Vigilance Bureau today registered a case against Tarsikka Block BDPO Dhanwant Singh on charges of bungling of funds amounting to lakhs of rupees...Saturday
20 December '08In order to conserve the more-than-a-century-old heritage building, the State Department of Cultural Affairs has asked the Amritsar Municipal Corporation to vacate the Town Hall.Thursday
18 December '08Stressing the need to strengthen security arrangements in the state, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said that DGP NPS Aulakh has been asked to reduce the security provided to VIPs by 25 per cent to ensure enough manpower for general policing.Tuesday
16 December '08His inability to repay loans taken from various sources to build a church prompted Younus Masih, a resident of Dashmesh Nagar and priest working for a Hyderabad-based Christian organisation in Amritsar, to commit suicide by consuming a poisonous substance.Saturday
13 December '08Finally taking note of traffic congestion in the walled city area, the resultant pollution and its ill effects on heritage sites in the vicinity, Amritsar Municipal Corporation has chalked out a plan to introduce state-of-the-art transport system in the area.Thursday
11 December '08In the wake of terror attacks in Mumbai, the railway authorities have enhanced security of the Samjhauta Express, the only rail link between India and Pakistan, and are conducting rigorous security checks.Monday
8 December '08The five-day International Trade Fair organised by the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry saw over Rs 100-crore business and queries of more than Rs 200 crore.Thursday
4 December '08Fear psychosis seems to have gripped Pakistani traders in the aftermath of the Mumbai terror acts, as a result of which the turnout of Pakistani businessmen is abnormally low at the five-day Punjab International Trade Expo (PITEX-08) organised by the PHDCCI...Wednesday
3 December '08To spread the message of peace between India and Pakistan, a group of 25 young cyclists from Bangalore pedaled off to the Attari border and prayed for global harmony.Tuesday
2 December '08Two village youth, who had arrived to take part in a recruitment rally held by the Indian Army at its conscription centre in Khasa, Amritsar, died in a stampede..Thursday
27 November '08The 101 Indian prisoners released by Pakistan as a goodwill gesture today blamed unhealthy conditions in Pakistani jails for deaths of several Indian prisoners.Tuesday
25 November '08Batting for peace between India and Pakistan by invoking the spiritual...