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IB, CBI sleuths kidnap engineer in Amritsar over ‘biz rivalry’, arrested

Amritsar police commissioner Amar Singh Chahal refused to give the media more details of the case that has shocked the investigators and embarrassed the two central investigation agencies. Police have sent a report to the Punjab government.

Suspense over Sidhu: AAP candidate pays visit to Dr Navjot Kaur

Amid suspense surrounding former MP Navjot Singh Sidhu joining the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), AAP candidate from Amritsar (south) Dr Inderbir Singh Nijjar called on the cricketer-turned-politician’s wife and Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Dr Navjot Kaur Sidhu at her residence here late on Wednesday evening.

Independence Day celebrations: Taking no chances, Amritsar put on alert

Security was heightened in the city in view of the Independence Day celebrations, as seven companies including two of the Rapid Action Force (RAF) were put on job to keep the city safe.

Akalis trade punches in Amritsar, senior dy mayor’s turban tossed

Akalis came to abusing and punching each other on Thursday in Amritsar, as the meeting room of the deputy commissioner turned into a boxing ring.

Showdown in Amritsar: Kejriwal gets bail; AAP-SAD clash averted

It took Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal just 15 minutes to get bail in the defamation case filed by Punjab revenue minister Bikram Singh Majithia but the city was prisoner to their invading supporters for hours on Friday.

Kejriwal gets bail in defamation case amid tense showdown with Akalis

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal secured bail from an Amritsar court where he appeared on Friday in a defamation case filed by Punjab revenue minister Bikram Singh Majithia.

In war of placards, AAP-SAD clash averted as Kejri comes to court

Delhi CM, Sanjay Singh get bail in Amritsar after Majithia supporters block court entrance; next hearing on Oct 15

350-foot high National Flag at Attari border project still on paper

The project to install a 350 feet high national flag at Attari border is yet to see light of the day as the Amritsar Improvement Trust, which was to execute the project is yet to procure land for the project.

Sidhu won’t return to BJP: Wife

Sidhu’s wife says he has left BJP, rules out comeback, hints at AAP tilt

Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu’s legislator-wife confirmed on Tuesday that her husband’s innings with the BJP was over, and hinted that he could join the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

Sidhu quits as MP amid buzz he could lead AAP in Punjab

Apologetic Kejriwal does ‘sewa’ at Golden Temple

Sidhu resigns: Cheery AAP drops hints of entry; BJP, SAD call him opportunist

While the Aam Aadmi Party’s chief Arvind Kejriwal commended Navjot Singh Sidhu’s decision to resign from his MP post in Rajya Sabha, the BJP and Shiromani Akali Dal sought to paint the former cricketer as an opportunist.

Navjot Singh Sidhu stumps BJP, quits Rajya Sabha amid AAP buzz

Cricketer-turned-BJP leader Navjot Singh Sidhu resigned from the Rajya Sabha on Monday at a time speculations were rife that he might join the Aam Aadmi Party ahead of next year’s Punjab election.

Sidelined in presence of Badal and Suresh Prabhu, Sampla scowls

After being cold-shouldered here at a college’s inaugural function that was presided over by chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and Union railway minister Suresh Prabhu, Punjab BJP chief Vijay Kumar Sampla refused to address the gathering apparently ‘as a mark of protest’.

Kejriwal says sorry for manifesto goof-up, performs ‘sewa’ at Golden Temple

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal apologised at the Golden Temple on Monday morning for gaffes by that party that included equating a manifesto with the Guru Granth Sahib and printing its symbol, the broom, on the cover of the document alongside a picture of the holiest Sikh shrine.

Eyeing November completion, approach to Golden Temple starts seeing changes

As the construction work goes on at war scale on the approach road to Golden Temple, the project has started to change the face of the area and is eyeing completion by November.

BSF guns down 3 Pak intruders, nabs 3 in Ajnala near Amritsar

The Border Security Force (BSF) gunned down three Pakistani intruders on Tuesday before they could cross the Ravi river in the Ajnala sector.

Apology doesn’t help, AAP’s Khetan booked for hurting Sikh sentiments

The Amritsar police registered a case against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Ashish Khetan on Tuesday for allegedly hurting religious sentiments.

AAP leader Khetan booked for ‘hurting’ Sikhs’ sentiments

AAP will end Punjab drug menace in a month, claims Kejriwal

Sounding the poll bugle in Punjab, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said his party would end the drug menace and mafias in Punjab within a month.

Kejriwal faces ‘pamphlet protest’ at Golden Temple

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal was targeted by unidentified persons who threw leaflets towards him terming him “anti-Sikh” when he visited the Golden Temple on Sunday afternoon.

Kejriwal to roll out AAP’s ‘youth manifesto’ as he tours Punjab for 3 days

AAP leader expected to speak on jobs, drugs, education, a system to keep politicians out of liquor and sand contracts, promise sports varsity

Turkey attack: Security beefed up at Amritsar airport

Additional security forces are being deployed to the Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport in Amritsar on Thursday after a terror attack at the airport in Istanbul, Turkey.

We’ll weed out drug menace like terrorism, says Dullo

A day after chief minister Parkash Singh Badal downplayed Punjab’s drug problem at a ‘sangat darshan’ in Lopoke in Rajasansi constituency, Congress was quick to remark that the state’s drug problem will be the party’s main poll agenda and that it was committed to make Punjab ‘nasha mukt’.

Cops clueless as crime rises in Amritsar

As crime in the city increases at a brisk pace, surveillance and security seem to be lagging behind.

After health minister, now CM Badal downplays drug issue in Punjab

After health minister Surjit Kumar Jyani said that only 1% of Punjab’s population was on drugs, chief minister Parkash Singh Badal said on Tuesday that the situation was far worse in other states.

For 5 days, zero trade between India, Pakistan at Attari border

There was zero trade between India and Pakistan through the Integrated Check Post (ICP) at the Attari border for the fifth consecutive day on Monday.

As Badal worries over farm crisis in Punjab, Jaitley favours industrialisation

As Punjab goes through crisis in the agrarian sector and chief minister Parkash Singh Badal looks up to the Centre for a solution, finance minister Arun Jaitley advised the border state to shift its focus towards industrialisation and education as farming was no more a profitable sector.

Jaitley to lay foundation stone of IIM in Amritsar on June 19

As it’s all set for Union finance minister Arun Jaitley to lay the foundation stone of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Amritsar on June 19, the state government is making all efforts to make the ceremony a grand affair.