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Gurdaspur first Punjab district under complete blackout from tonight

A view of Golden Temple during a blackout rehearsal as part of a nationwide civil defence mock drill, Operation Abhyaas, in Amritsar on Wednesday night. Gurdaspur is 50km to the north of Amritsar. (PTI Photo)
Published on May 08, 2025 04:17 PM IST

Schools in Punjab border districts to remain closed

Students return home after schools closed, following the air strike by India on terrorists in Pakistan, in Amritsar on Wednesday. (Sameer Sehgal/Hindustan Times)
Published on May 08, 2025 05:32 AM IST

BSF apprehends Pakistani national for intruding in Punjab's Gurdaspur

The BSF is tasked to guard the 2,289 km-long India-Pakistan border.
Updated on May 05, 2025 07:57 PM IST

{Delhi-Katra expressway project} Farmers to block rail traffic on May 7 against land acquisition

Farmers owing allegiance to the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee on Sunday announced to lay siege to the Amritsar-Delhi rail route in Devidaspura village on May 7 to protest the “forcible” land acquisition. (HT File)
Published on May 04, 2025 09:42 PM IST

Brother arrested for sheltering rape-accused Gurdaspur pastor

Police have intensified efforts to nab the pastor Jashan Gill after the victim’s father moved the Punjab and Haryana high court, seeking CBI inquiry in the case and accused the police of showing laxity in arresting the accused. (HT File)
Published on Apr 08, 2025 05:58 AM IST

Punjab pastor Jashan Gill accused of rape, abortion, bribing police in Gurdaspur

A screenshot of the photo shared by the victim’s family during a press conference in Chandigarh.
Published on Apr 05, 2025 01:52 PM IST

Speeding truck hits tractor, leaves 2 dead in Ludhiana

The overturned tractor and the truck that were involved in the accident in Ludhiana’s Sahnewal on Monday. (HT Photo)
Published on Apr 01, 2025 05:26 AM IST

Ludhiana: Gurdaspur judokas shine in state tourney

Players in action during the 45th junior state judo championship in Ludhiana on Sunday. (Manish/HT)
Published on Mar 17, 2025 05:28 AM IST

Tarn Taran, Dera Baba Nanak, Talwara civic body polls on March 2

Punjab state election commissioner Raj Kamal Chaudhuri said a formal notification regarding the election schedule will be issued on February 17. (HT File/Representational image)
Published on Feb 16, 2025 07:00 AM IST

Farmers’ Punjab bandh passes off peacefully in Amritsar

Farmers raising slogans after blocking a road during the Punjab Bandh in Amritsar on Monday. (Sameer Sehgal/HT)
Published on Dec 30, 2024 02:36 PM IST

Punjab: Now, ‘blast’ in Batala police post, seventh in state since November 23

The police post Wadala Bangar village near Batala town of Gurdaspur district where the blast-like sound was heard.
Updated on Dec 22, 2024 07:46 AM IST

Ludhiana, Amritsar record win in Punjab baseball tourney

Ludhiana women’s team lifts the trophy at 19th Senior State Baseball Championship at Government School in Ludhiana on Monday. (HT Photo)
Updated on Nov 18, 2024 10:23 PM IST

Gurdaspur Sainik School to see the light of day soon

The Sainik School in Kapurthala.
Updated on Aug 30, 2024 09:28 AM IST

Mann inaugurates 51.74 cr ROB to ease traffic woes in Dinanagar

Chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday inaugurated the newly constructed railway overbridge (ROB) on the Amritsar-Pathankot railway section near the Dinanagar railway station in Gurdaspur district. The ROB, constructed with an outlay of 51.74 crore, will streamline the traffic in Dinanagar.
Updated on Jul 30, 2024 07:40 AM IST

Punjab exports first shipment of Pathankot’s litchi to England

The litchi cultivation in Punjab covers 3,250 hectares with production of approximately 13,000 metric tonnes, says horticulture minister Chetan Singh Jouramajra. (Picture for representational purpose only)
Published on Jun 30, 2024 10:05 PM IST

3% dip in polling across 3 LS seats in Majha

Voters show their ink-marked fingers after casting their vote in Amritsar on Saturday. (ANI)
Updated on Jun 02, 2024 07:58 AM IST

Farm leaders in Punjab detained, placed under house arrest ahead of PM’s rally

Police stop the farmers from moving towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally venue in Gurdaspur on Friday. (Sameer Sehgal/HT)
Updated on May 25, 2024 09:14 AM IST

PM Modi’s Punjab campaign from May 23

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to address four rallies in Punjab.
Updated on May 19, 2024 05:54 AM IST

Big guns among 82 LS candidates file 95 nominations in Punjab on Day 4

Radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh, who is detained under NSA and presently lodged in Dibrugarh jail in Assam, filed his papers from Khadoor Sahib as an Independent. His papers were submitted by his uncle Sukhchain Singh.
Updated on May 11, 2024 07:48 AM IST

Gurdaspur BJP candidate Dinesh Babbu again faces farmers’ ire

This is the second time that Dinesh Babbu, BJP’s Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat nominee, has faced a protest by farmers. He had also faced the farmers’ wrath in Batala on April 21.
Updated on Apr 28, 2024 07:58 AM IST

Chohan, Janotra are BSP pick for Faridkot, Gurdaspur LS seats

The Mayawati-led party has already announced candidates for Hoshiarpur, Ferozepur, Sangrur, Patiala and Jalandhar. (HT File Photo)
Updated on Apr 21, 2024 05:36 AM IST

Liquor meant for sale in Gurdaspur, Bathinda smuggled into ‘dry’ Bihar

Liquor meant for sale in vends across Punjab’s Gurdaspur and Bathinda districts is being smuggled into Bihar, which was declared a dry state in April 2016
Updated on Apr 07, 2024 07:30 AM IST

Taranjit Sandhu, Preneet Kaur get BJP tickets from Punjab; Sunny Deol dropped

Sunny Deol dropped from Gurdaspur, BJP fields Taranjit Sandhu from Amritsar, Preneet Kaur from Patiala
Updated on Mar 31, 2024 04:59 AM IST

Cops, inmates injured in Gurdaspur central jail clash

Five policemen including station house officer of Dhariwal police station Mandeep Singh Salgotra, and some inmates were injured, said officials.
Updated on Mar 15, 2024 09:16 AM IST

Yuvraj Singh to contest LS polls from Gurdaspur on BJP ticket? His response

Former cricketer Yuvraj Singh. (HT File Photo)
Published on Mar 02, 2024 06:26 AM IST

Farmers’ Bharat Bandh call leaves commuters stranded as buses stay off roads in Punjab

Members of the trade union and Saunkat Kisan Morcha during a protest in Bathinda on Friday. (Sanjeev Kumar/HT)
Updated on Feb 17, 2024 07:54 AM IST

BSF shoots down China-made drone near Pak border in Punjab’s Gurdaspur

The quadcopter drone entering Indian territory from Pakistan was intercepted during its movement on the border near Rossey village in Gurdaspur district and shot down by the BSF troops in the night hours on Friday.
Updated on Feb 11, 2024 07:28 AM IST

Weapons, ammo, heroin seized in BSF-STF joint op, 2 held

The BSF and Punjab Police personnel recovered a drone and a packet of heroin weighing 519 gm from a field in Amritsar district’s Mode village. (Source: X)
Updated on Jan 28, 2024 06:18 AM IST

'Ever seen his face?' Arvind Kejriwal slams Sunny Deol over 'betrayal'

Actor and politician Sunny Deol
Published on Dec 02, 2023 07:26 PM IST

Bajwa slams Mann govt for announcing ‘meagre’ hike in SAP

Leader of Opposition (LoP) Partap Singh Bajwa on Friday slammed chief minister Bhagwant Mann for announcing a “meagre” hike in state agreed price .
Updated on Dec 02, 2023 08:48 AM IST