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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.

The Times of India

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…

The Times of India

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.

The Times of India

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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'

Birmingham Post

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.

The Times of India

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.

The Times of India

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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.

The Times of India

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…

The Times of India

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.

The Times of India

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,…

The Times of India

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.

The Times of India

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.

The Times of India

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.

The Times of India

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).

The Times of India

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…

The Times of India

Punjab: Inflation hits Bakar-Eid festivities in Amritsar

AMRITSAR: After facing losses for the past consecutive two years owing to coronavirus pandemic-induced restrictions, the sacrificial animal dealers in Amritsar are reaping windfalls with the high demand for sheep and goats not only from Punjab but also from neighbouring Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory (JKUT).

The Hindu

With Amritsar in her heart: Deepti Naval on her book, ‘A Country Called Childhood’

Deepti Naval’s A Country Called Childhood is both a memoir and a commentary on life in the late 20th century

The Hindu

When there was space to make a little allowance for the sentiments of others

The cinemas of Old Delhi provide a unique lens through which to recall the tradition of shared living that helped Indian cities find equilibrium after the violence of Partition

The Hindu

With Sangrur bypoll win, Simranjit Singh Mann makes a comeback

Surprise win of radical Sikh leader Simranjit Singh Mann seen as a measure of three-month old AAP government’s popularity

The Times of India

‘Lovestruck’ teacher from Madhya Pradesh held during attempt to cross over to Pakistan

AMRITSAR: Lovelorn Fiza Khan, a 24-year-old teacher from Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, couldn’t cross the international border at Attari to meet her Pakistani friend Dilshad whom she had met over social media. She was ‘held’ at the Attari border post and handed over to the Madhya Pradesh police.

The Times of India

Punjab: Of 4 Lok Sabha bypolls in 15 years, turnout lowest this time

BARNALA: Punjab has witnessed three parliamentary byelections in the last 15 years, and the voter turnout had been much higher than Sangrur. The first byelection was conducted for Amritsar parliamentary constituency in February 2007 after then MP Navjot Singh Sidhu had resigned from Parliament in December 2006 after being convicted…

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