PUNJAB, DEC 4 : A man attempted to shoot Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal outside the Golden Temple in Amritsar on Wednesday. The incident occurred while Badal and other SAD leaders were serving as ‘sewadars’ under the ‘tankhah’ (religious punishment) pronounced by the Akal Takht on December 2. Badal, seated in a […]Continue Reading
CHANDIGARH, OCT. 24: Punjab recorded nearly 3,700 stubble burning incidents between September 15 and October 22 and about 60 per cent of these were in three districts of Majha region — Tarn Taran, Amritsar and Gurdaspur. According to data from the Ludhiana-based Punjab Remote Sensing Centre, Tarn Taran reported 1,034 stubble burning incidents, maximum in […]Continue Reading
New Delhi/Amritsar, March 6 : At least five Border Security Force (BSF) personnel were killed on Sunday after their colleague allegedly opened fire at a force camp in Punjab’s Amritsar, officials said. The incident took place at the force mess in Khasa area, about 20 km short of the Attari-Wagah border crossing along the India-Pakistan […]Continue Reading
