Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) In a major success in the ongoing crackdown on Pakistan’s ISI-backed terror networks, the Amritsar Commissionerate Police have successfully dismantled an extortion module linked to the banned outfit Babbar Khalsa International (BKI). The module, allegedly orchestrated by BKI operative Jeevan Fauji, has been neutralised following … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chandigarh, May 27 (IANS) An explosion in a residential colony on the Majitha Road Bypass in Punjab’s Amritsar city on Tuesday killed a man who was there to collect a “consignment”. The police are probing a terror angle and suspect the man of being linked to a terrorist organisation. The … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chandigarh, May 26 (IANS) In a major breakthrough, Punjab Police on Monday claimed to dismantle an organised crime network linked to the foreign-based Kishan gang in connection with the murder of Shiromani Akali Dal councillor Harjinder Singh in Amritsar. Within eight hours, four gang operatives were arrested, leading to the … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday said it has arrested an important associate of the two Khalistan Liberation Force-linked terror operatives who had carried out a grenade attack on a temple in Punjab’s Amritsar district in March. Absconder Bhagwant Singh, alias Manna Bhatti, was … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chandigarh, May 13 (IANS) Punjab BJP chief Sunil Jakhar on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government following the tragic deaths of 17 labourers in Amritsar’s Majitha area, allegedly after consuming spurious liquor. Jakhar questioned the accountability of the Punjab … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chandigarh, May 13 (IANS) At least 15 men have died after allegedly consuming spurious liquor in four villages of the Majitha area in Amritsar district, officials said on Tuesday. The deceased, mostly labourers working in brick kilns, include residents of Bhangali, Marari Kalan Therwal and Patalpuri villages. Superintendent of Police … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chandigarh, May 10 (IANS) Multiple enemy-armed drones were spotted flying over Khasa Cantonment in Amritsar in Punjab and they were instantly engaged and destroyed by air defence units, the Indian Army said on Saturday. “Pakistan’s blatant escalation with drone strikes and other munitions continues along our western borders. In one … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Amritsar, May 8 (IANS) The Amritsar District Public Relations Officer (DPRO) has said that the Amritsar district administration resumed the blackout measures as part of a nationwide civil defence drill and asked people not to panic and stay indoors. “Taking utmost caution, the Amritsar district administration has again started the … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chandigarh, May 7 (IANS) In view of the prevailing situation, two international flights en route to Amritsar were diverted to Delhi on Wednesday, and educational institutions along the Pakistan border shut. Air India, in a statement, said it has cancelled all its flights to and from Jammu, Srinagar, Leh, Jodhpur, … Read more