Amritsar
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Navjot Sidhu may shift from Amritsar to Kuruksheta
India | Mar 13, 2014, 08:12 AM ISTChandigarh: BJP MP from Amritsar Navjot Singh Sidhu may contest the Lok Sabha elections from Kurukshetra in Haryana on BJP ticket, party sources said.Sidhu is at loggerheads with the Punjab BJP and Akali Dal leaders
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Untimely showers cause maximum crop loss in Amritsar in Punjab
India | Mar 12, 2014, 06:49 PM ISTChandigarh: Amritsar district faced maximum crop loss in Punjab because of untimely rains and hailstorm, with state's overall crop yield getting affected by 5-7 per cent.There was a crop loss to the extent of 20-25
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Three Pakistan intruders shot dead by BSF along International Border in Amritsar
India | Jan 21, 2014, 04:33 PM ISTAmritsar: Three Pakistani intruders were shot dead by BSF during an infiltration bid along the Indo-Pak border in Pul Mohra area of the district. Suspicious movement was noted by a BSF patrolling party last night.
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The unofficial food capital of India- Amritsar
India | Oct 30, 2013, 06:59 AM ISTNew Delhi: The variety, quality, taste of the food of the Golden Temple city is unmatched. The Amritsari Kulchas, Lassi, Amritsari Fish/Paneer have featured on menus of restaurants across India but very few have been
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Eco-friendly theme for 479th birth anniversary of Guru Ramdas
India | Oct 09, 2013, 08:42 AM ISTAmritsar: Several organisations yesterday came together to celebrate the 479th birth anniversary of fourth Sikh Guru Ramdas with nature preservation as its theme.NGO EcoAmritsar, an initiative by US-based EcoSikh, in association with SGPC and others,
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Pictures of Sikh gurus in US bar a blasphemous act: SGPC
India | Sep 25, 2013, 07:30 AM ISTAmritsar: The SGPC, apex religious bodies of the Sikhs, yesterday sought removal of pictures of Sikh gurus from a bar in the US, saying such acts hurt the sentiments of the community. In a statement
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BRTS project for Amritsar, Ludhiana
India | Sep 20, 2013, 09:05 AM ISTChandigarh: The Punjab government yesterday approved Bus Rapid Transit System project (BRTS) for Amritsar. Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today gave in principle nod for setting up BRTS at Amritsar and Ludhiana at
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Sukhbir promises a new look Amritsar by 2016
India | Sep 10, 2013, 06:11 PM ISTAmritsar: Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today said the state government has formulated a Rs 2,000 crore master plan to refurbish Amritsar city by 2016.Stating this here after paying obeisance at the Golden
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Rain claims six lives in Amritsar
India | Aug 17, 2013, 12:07 PM ISTAmritsar: Six persons were killed in the incessant rains here in the last three days, officials said.Three persons, including a six-month-old child, died when a rented accommodation in which they were living in Bangla Basti
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UPA has failed to protect Sikhs abroad, says Sukhbir Badal
India | Aug 10, 2013, 06:38 AM ISTMoga, Aug 10: Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal Friday lashed out at the Congress-led UPA government for failing to check hate crimes against Sikhs residing in foreign countries, particularly Philippines.Speaking to reporters after
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AI to launch Amritsar-Delhi-Birmingham flight from August 1
Jul 04, 2013, 05:40 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jul 4: Expanding its global network with Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, Air India will be launching its Amritsar-Delhi-Birmingham flight from August 1. The flight, which would operate four days a week, would be
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Amritsar sees hottest day in 30 years
India | May 22, 2013, 10:43 PM ISTChandigarh, May 22: Amritsar in Punjab today recorded its hottest day in over three decades as the mercury shot to 47.2 degrees Celsius in the city while the rest of the region, too, saw temperatures
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Amritsar girl fights for life as stray dogs bite her savagely
India | Apr 17, 2013, 10:43 AM ISTAmritsar, Apr 17: A five-year-old girl was going to school with three of her friends on Tuesday, when four stray dogs pounced upon her and bit her head and neck savagely. The girl was rescued
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Assault on college girl, family: 5 youths arrested
India | Mar 29, 2013, 08:01 PM ISTAmritsar, Mar 29: Five of the eleven youths, who had allegedly thrashed a girl and her family members after barging into their house in Sadar area here, were arrested today. “The five arrested persons are
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Girl alleges rape in moving car in Punjab
India | Mar 26, 2013, 11:25 AM ISTAmritsar, Mar 26: A 22-year-old girl has alleged that she was raped by four men in a moving car here last night.ADCP Crime Harjit Singh Brar said that as per the statement of the girl,
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BJP hails proposed rapid transport system for Amritsar
India | Mar 21, 2013, 11:24 AM ISTAmritsar, Mar 21: Hailing the proposed move to introduce a Rapid Transport System for Amritsar, the BJP on Wednesday said the Rs 198 crore will prove to be of great help for the large number
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Shiv Sena workers try to stop Delhi-Lahore bus near Amritsar
India | Jan 30, 2013, 07:19 AM ISTAmritsar, Jan 30: Police on Tuesday foiled an attempt by the activists of Shiv Sena to allegedly stop the Delhi-Lahore bus here in protest against the brutal killing of two Indian soldiers along the LoC
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Sukhbir Badal wants a Pak consulate in Amritsar
India | Nov 02, 2012, 11:02 PM ISTChandigarh, Nov 2 : Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today sought Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde's intervention for opening of consulates in Amritsar and Lahore respectively.In a communique sent to the Home Minister
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Interior designer dies after falling into open manhole in Amritsar
India | Jul 25, 2012, 10:04 PM ISTAmritsar, Jul 25: For all the talk of lives being lost because of uncovered borewells in Haryana, Amritsar saw a similar tragedy unfold. A 25-year-old woman going home on a Kinetic scooter died after she
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Rajesh Khanna was born in Pakistan, not Amritsar
Bollywood | Jul 20, 2012, 09:08 AM ISTIslamabad, July 19: Pakistani media reported that Bollywood legend Rajesh Khanna was born on December 29, 1942 in Burewala city of Pakistan and not in Punjab's Amritsar.He was born in his ancestral house located in