Amritsar
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Lockdown 3.0: Retailers in Amritsar open shops with certain restrictions
News | May 15, 2020, 02:53 PM ISTShops selling non-essential commodities have been opened in Amritsar amid final days of lockdown 3.0.
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Nearly 1200 migrants in Amritsar leave for Bihar via special train amid lockdown
News | May 11, 2020, 07:46 AM ISTOver 1180 people, mainly migrant labourers will depart from Amritsar Railway Station on May 10. Thermal screening of passengers is being done before they boarded a 'Shramik Special' train.
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Over 250 NRIs depart for UK from Amritsar airport amid lockdown
News | May 04, 2020, 11:23 AM ISTAmid coronavirus lockdown, around 270 Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) departed for United Kingdom on May 03.
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167 pilgrims, who returned to Punjab from Hazur Sahib in Maharashtra, test COVID-19 positive
India | May 01, 2020, 10:51 AM ISTOver 500-pilgrims who were tested for possible coronavirus exposure in Punjab after they returned from Maharashtra's Hazur Sahib in Nanded, 167 of them have tested positive for COVID-19, as per reports. Out of 183, close to 149 had tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday.
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23 pilgrims tested positive for COVID-19 after returning from Maharashtra: Amritsar DC
News | Apr 30, 2020, 09:01 PM ISTPilgrims from Sri Hazur Sahib, stranded in Maharashtra's Nanded, returned to Punjab. As of now, around 3613 such pilgrims have returned to the state.
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Scared of catching coronavirus, Family refuses to claim COVID-19 victim's body in Amritsar
India | Apr 07, 2020, 08:47 PM ISTIn yet another case in the state, a family in Amritsar refused to claim the body of a coronavirus victim, forcing the district administration to perform his last rites.
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Who was Giani Nirmal Singh? Ex-Hazoori Raagi of Golden Temple, Amritsar
India | Apr 02, 2020, 09:12 AM ISTGiani Nirmal Singh Khalsa, a Padma Shri awardee and former Hazoori Raagi at Amritsar's Golden Temple has died after getting infected with coronavirus on Thursday morning, a health official informed.
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People of Amritsar celebrate Holi with flowers amid coronavirus fear
News | Mar 09, 2020, 03:40 PM ISTKeeping the tradition alive, people celebrated Holi with great zest in Amritsar keeping in mind coronavirus outbreak. They opted for flowers this time.
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4 of family killed in roof collapse in Punjab's Amritsar
India | Mar 06, 2020, 11:09 AM ISTFour members of a family, including six-month-old twins, were killed when the roof of their house caved in early Friday morning in Amritsar due to rain, police said.
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India's first canine centre inaugurated at Attari
News | Feb 16, 2020, 10:15 AM ISTThe first sniffer dog training centre for canines of the Customs Department was started at Attari in Amritsar on February 14.
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Jammu and Kashmir govt reclaims land in Amritsar after 56 years
India | Feb 11, 2020, 11:15 PM ISTThe J&K government has wrested the control of a prized piece of land in Amritsar which was under illegal occupation for nearly 56 years.
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24-yr-old youth shot dead in Amritsar's Baba Bakala
Crime | Feb 11, 2020, 02:33 PM ISTA 24-year-old youth, who had recently returned from Canada, was shot dead outside his house from a point blank range by unidentified assailants, police said here on Monday.
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In the aftermath of JNU violence, rail services on Delhi-Amritsar route closed
India | Jan 06, 2020, 01:24 PM ISTRail and road traffic in several areas in and around Delhi-NCR has been affected due to the recently erupted protests against the violence in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). A mob of around 100 goons entered the University campus with masked faces, iron rods and ran riot. Several students and faculty members of the university were injured in the process.
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Posters hailing Sidhu, Imran over Kartarpur corridor seen in Amritsar
India | Nov 06, 2019, 09:58 AM ISTDays after Navjot Singh Sidhu accepted Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's invitation for the inauguration of the Kartarpur corridor, hoardings hailing both Sidhu and Imran Khan were seen in Amritsar. The hoardings, which were later removed, referred Khan and Sidhu as real heroes of the Kartarpur corridor.
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100 envoys, embassy officials to visit Golden temple on October 22
India | Oct 19, 2019, 11:44 PM ISTSGPC chief Gobind Singh Longowal will receive them and present them 'siropa' (robe of honour). The shrine complex will be lit with millions of lights and a fireworks display will also be organised.
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Blast at paint factory in Amritsar, adjoining buildings develop cracks
India | Sep 30, 2019, 03:09 PM ISTThere was an explosion in a container filled with chemicals, police said, adding that investigations were underway to find out what caused it.
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Air India to begin Amritsar-Birmingham, Delhi-San Francisco flight from Independence Day
Travel | Aug 13, 2019, 06:26 PM ISTEarlier on Monday, Air India had announced its inaugural passenger flight over the North Pole region from August 15 between New Delhi and San Francisco.
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Amritsar: Two lovers murdered, honour killing suspected
India | Jun 27, 2019, 09:47 PM ISTPolice said the incident took place Wednesday at Majitha village, 20 km away from Amritsar.
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Security tightened up in Amritsar ahead of Operation Blue Star anniversary
India | Jun 05, 2019, 08:43 PM ISTAmritsar has turned into a virtual fortress ahead of the 35th anniversary of Operation Blue Star on June 6, with more than 3,000 security personnel deployed and police maintaining a hawk-eyed vigil in sensitive areas.
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Police seizes two hand grenades from two motorcycle-borne men in Amritsar
News | Jun 02, 2019, 06:07 PM ISTPolice seizes two hand grenades from two motorcycle-borne men in Amritsar