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  Eco-friendly theme for 479th birth anniversary of Guru Ramdas

  India | October 09, 2013 8:42 IST

  Amritsar: 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 | September 25, 2013 7:30 IST

  Amritsar: 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 | September 20, 2013 9:05 IST

  Chandigarh: 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 | September 10, 2013 18:11 IST

  Amritsar: 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 | August 17, 2013 12:07 IST

  Amritsar: 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 | August 10, 2013 6:38 IST

  Moga, 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

  July 04, 2013 17:40 IST

  New 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 22:43 IST

  Chandigarh, 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 | April 17, 2013 10:43 IST

  Amritsar, 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 | March 29, 2013 20:01 IST

  Amritsar, 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 | March 26, 2013 11:25 IST

  Amritsar, 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 | March 21, 2013 11:24 IST

  Amritsar, 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 | January 30, 2013 7:19 IST

  Amritsar, 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 | November 02, 2012 23:02 IST

  Chandigarh, 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 | July 25, 2012 22:04 IST

  Amritsar, 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 | July 20, 2012 9:08 IST

  Islamabad, 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

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  Native city Amritsar remembers Rajesh Khanna

  India | July 18, 2012 18:51 IST

  Amritsar, Jul 18: The demise of superstar Rajesh Khanna came as another shock to his native place Amritsar after Dara Singh who was also born in the same city passed away last week.Khanna (69) died

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  MLA De Naal MP Free Is Sidhu's Slogan In Amritsar

  India | January 21, 2012 23:22 IST

  Amritsar, Jan 21: Firebrand BJP leader Navjot Singh Sidhu's doctor wife, Navjot Kaur, is pitted against another greenhorn and independent candidate, Simperpreet Kaur Bhatia, in Amrtisar East, with both candidates hoping to cash in on

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  PM To Address Poll Rallies In Amritsar, Ludhiana

  National | January 12, 2012 20:27 IST

  Chandigarh, Jan 12: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be addressing poll rallies in Amritsar and Ludhiana on January 21, Punjab Congress President Amarinder Singh said today.“The Prime Minister will address the first meeting at Amritsar

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  Hegde Deprecates Black Flag Protests Against PM In Amritsar

  India | January 01, 2012 21:08 IST

  New Delhi, Jan 1: Former Karnataka Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde today condemned the protest against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Amritsar and suggested that the agitation did not have the blessings of Anna Hazare.Hegde, a