Over 40 kg heroin seized along international border in Punjab
India | Aug 21, 2021, 11:22 AM ISTThe seizure was made in the Ramdas sector, around 300 km away from Chandigarh.
The seizure was made in the Ramdas sector, around 300 km away from Chandigarh.
The CM dedicated the memorial to the people of Punjab, saying this second memorial at the site of the gory massacre is a tribute to all those unknown martyrs who laid down their lives during the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
The Punjab government has made negative Covid-19 report or full vaccination mandatory for all people intending to visit the state from August 16.
Security forces have recovered arms and ammunition in Amritsar including grenades and tiffin bombs.
Indian Railways recently announced the cancellation of 26 trains on several routes.
An illegal mining racket was unearthed in Amritsar's Kassowal village in which two persons were arrested, and SHO was suspended.
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre: Hundreds of people were killed on April 13, 1919 as a result of indiscriminate firing by British troops in Jallianwala Bagh at Punjab's Amritsar.
General Manager Northern Railway Ashutosh Gagal on Sunday inspected the stations of Ludhiana, Jalandhar, and Vyas on the Delhi-Amritsar route where the trains will start running at the upgraded speed of 130 kilometers per hour in the coming days.
An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 hit Tajikistan while strong tremors were felt in Delhi-NCR, Punjab's Amritsar, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh for several seconds on Friday night.
Two bogies of Shaheed Express which runs between Amritsar in Punjab and Jaynagar in Bihar derailed near Lucknow Charbagh railway station on Monday morning.
The Civil Aviation Minister on Thursday announced that the direct flights between Amritsar and Nanded will restart from November 10.
Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Thursday said the Centre has granted permission to an Amritsar-based association to receive foreign funds to provide free food and other facilities to devotees of Golden temple.
At least four people were dead allegedly after consuming spurious liquor in Amritsar on Thursday. The incident was reported from Muchhal village in the city, the police said, adding an investigation in the matter is underway.
Indian Railways will resume services of 200 trains from June 1, informed Ministry of Railways on Wednesday. Golden Temple Mail (train no. 12904-12903) superfast on Mumbai-Amritsar route is one such train among 200 others which will resume service from June 1.
Over 500-pilgrims who were tested for possible coronavirus exposure in Punjab after they returned from Maharashtra's Hazur Sahib in Nanded, 167 of them have tested positive for COVID-19, as per reports. Out of 183, close to 149 had tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday.
In yet another case in the state, a family in Amritsar refused to claim the body of a coronavirus victim, forcing the district administration to perform his last rites.
Giani Nirmal Singh Khalsa, a Padma Shri awardee and former Hazoori Raagi at Amritsar's Golden Temple has died after getting infected with coronavirus on Thursday morning, a health official informed.
Four members of a family, including six-month-old twins, were killed when the roof of their house caved in early Friday morning in Amritsar due to rain, police said.
The J&K government has wrested the control of a prized piece of land in Amritsar which was under illegal occupation for nearly 56 years.
A 24-year-old youth, who had recently returned from Canada, was shot dead outside his house from a point blank range by unidentified assailants, police said here on Monday.
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