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Another arrest in Sukhraj murder case

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 15:24:18 GMT

The Tarn Taran police claimed to have arrested Sarwan Singh, the third accused in the Sukhraj Singh murder case. Sarwan's two brothers - Harcharan Singh and Sukhwinder Singh - had already been arrested.

Panel holds convention to save Nehru Park from turning into a parking lot

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 15:22:22 GMT

The Nehru Park Bachao Sangarsh Committee organised a convention of various bodies of employees, farmers, labourers, youth and social activists on saving the local Nehru Park from being turned into a car parking lot by the municipal authorities at Ram Singh Hall here on Saturday.

Memorials cannot exist on gurdwara premises Calcutta

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 15:19:22 GMT

Former secretary of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) and Akali leader Manjit Singh Calcutta has taken a strong exception to the raising of the 1984 genocide memorial inside the historic Gurdwara Rakabganj Sahib Complex in New Delhi, contending that it is "against Sikh traditions and ethics".

SGPC welcomes holy city status to Panja Sahib

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 15:15:28 GMT

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has welcomed the reported decision of the Pakistan government to grant the holy city status to Panja Sahib, one of the holiest Sikh shrines associated with Guru Nanak Dev, in Pakistan.

Amritsar to get a new look in two years Badal

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:52:47 GMT

Claiming that Amritsar will get a facelift and best of infrastructure in the next two years, Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Badal on Friday approved the revised master plan for the holy city that would put the city on par with international cities.

Tantriks son rapes 17yearold 2 arrested

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:49:54 GMT

A day after a 15-year-old girl approached the police alleging rape by her former school senior, the Amritsar city police arrested 21-year-old Sumeet Kumar, alias Pathan, and 29-year-old Deepika, both residents of Sultanwind Road, on charges of raping a 17-year-old girl.

DC earmarks places for selling sand concrete

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:46:47 GMT

Deputy commissioner Abhinav Trikha on Friday earmarked specific sale points for dealing in sand and concrete in the district on Friday.

Man gets life term for burning wife to death

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:42:56 GMT

The court of additional sessions judge Baljinder Sidhu has sentenced Lakhwinder Kumar to life imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on him for killing his wife Usha Rani. The court also sentenced Usha's mother-in-law Asha Rani to 10-year imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on her.

Hospital attendant held for raping patient

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:10:13 GMT

The local police have arrested an attendant of the local Arora Hospital, Sandeep Kumar, for allegedly molesting a young woman admitted in the ICU ward.

20member of SGPC jatha return from Pak complain of shabby treatment

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:08:23 GMT

Pilgrims returning from Pakistan after observing the martyrdom day of the fifth guru, Guru Arjan Dev, have complained of 'shabby treatment' by the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (PSGPC) and the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB), which looks after the gurdwara affairs.

Clash between communities spills on to streets

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:05:30 GMT

A dispute between two communities threatened to aggravate on Thursday with supporters of one of these surrounding the Civil Lines police station.

Senior rapes girl at home

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:03:23 GMT

A 15-year-old girl was raped by her school senior at her house on June 1 and then again a few days later. The accused is the son of a Punjab police employee.

Demand peaks for carryforward of 8hour power supply

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:21:23 GMT

A major demand of the farmers, voiced normally only during the paddy growing season, relates to compensation for working hours lost due to power breakdowns, in the assured 8-hour uninterrupted power supply promise of the government. The compensation that demanded is not in cash, but in kind.

Fouryearold abducted in city

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:19:21 GMT

A four-year-old girl was kidnapped from the Fatahpur area on Wednesday. Talking to HT, Gate Hakima SHO inspector Parvesh Chopra said, "A man named Baljinder Singh came to us with a complaint that his daughter Preet (4) had gone out of the house to play but did not return back."

Gurdaspur gets Rs 56 crore for cleaning of drains

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:17:39 GMT

Local MLA and chief parliamentary secretary Gurbachan Singh Babbehali has said that Rs 56 crore would be spent on flood control measures and cleaning of the drains in the district. He was addressing a rally at the Hardan village after inaugurating the desilting of a 15-km drain Hardan-Kila Nathu Singh and 20 km Nabipur cut-drain at a cost of Rs 22 lakh and Rs20 lakh, respectively, on Wednesday.

Makkar slams as shameful stopping of Sikh pilgrims in Pak

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:15:55 GMT

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) chief Avtar Singh Makkar has taken strong exception to reports that some Sikh pilgrims were stopped by members of the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandik Committee (PSGPC) from visiting Gurdwara Dera Sahib in Lahore for participating in a religious function on the occasion of the martyrdom day of Guru Arjan Dev.

Two newborn girls found dead in drain

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:46:21 GMT

The bodies of two newborn girls, with stray dogs huddling around, were on Tuesday found in a drain in Batala area of the district. According to the police, a farmer in Ranger Nangal village noticed that some dogs had assembled near the drain and on a closer look he found the bodies.

Amritsar to get a facelift

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:39:28 GMT

Amritsar, considered a holy city by Sikhs, will get a facelift with development projects worth Rs.1,668 crore ($280 million) to be made operational in the next 12 months, Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal said on Tuesday.

PCMS strike hits medical services in border districts

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:25:36 GMT

Health and medical services in the border district of Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Pathankot and Tarn Taran were affected on Monday on account of the strike call made by Punjab Civil Medical Services (PCMS) Association in protest against the recent mass transfer of doctors throughout the state.

Gurdaspur MC halts work on controversial parking lot

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:19:44 GMT

The local municipal council authorities have halted, at least for the timebeing, the ongoing work to convert half of the land of the Nehru Park here into a parking lot.

Farmers block traffic on AmritsarGurdaspur road for an hour

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:16:47 GMT

Demanding payment of arrears of sugarcane growers who supplied their produce to sugar mills around five months ago, hundreds of farmers blocked traffic on the Amritsar-Gurdaspur national highway on Monday for an hour and demanded the immediate settlement of their dues.

4 killed around 30 injured in road mishap

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:14:41 GMT

Four persons were killed and about 30 others injured after a private bus belonging to Baba Budha Sahib bus service, owned by the family of former speaker Nirmal Singh Kahlon, rammed into a tree near Awan village, around 40 km from here on the Ajnala-Ramdas road, on Monday morning.

Boy kidnapped from Golden Temple found

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 16:39:32 GMT

The city police and the family of kidnapped child Gurmilap Singh heaved a sigh of relief as persons who had kidnapped him from the Golden Temple complex on late Friday night abandoned the three-and-a-half-years-old child at a city gurdwara on Sunday evening.

City hospital employs folk theatre to overcome myths on joint replacement

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 16:38:00 GMT

Nothing can remove a misconception better than folk theatre even in the present mechanised world. That was exactly the course adopted by the city's Amandeep Hospital, which employed the histrionics of actor, director, producer and theatre personality Kewal Dhaliwal, to explode the myths related to joint replacement surgeries.

BJP SAD in war of words in Batala

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 16:35:08 GMT

A day after Shiromani Akali Dal inducted expelled BJP municipal councillor Vijay Thappar into its fold in the presence of SAD leader and Batala halqa incharge Lakhbir Singh Lodhinagal, a war of words began within the ruling alliance partners.