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  Punjab Elections 2022: Navjot Singh Sidhu files nomination papers from Amritsar East

  Elections | January 29, 2022 12:42 IST

  Sidhu is currently a sitting MLA from Amritsar East seat.

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  Missing in action! 5 Congress MPs skip Rahul Gandhi Golden Temple visit

  Elections | January 27, 2022 17:46 IST

  Gandhi was flanked by Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and party's state unit chief Navjot Singh Sidhu.

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  SAD patriarch Parkash Singh Badal, 94, to be in fray from stronghold Lambi

  Elections | January 26, 2022 21:19 IST

  Five-time Chief Minister Badal had won the 2017 Assembly elections from this seat by defeating Capt Amarinder Singh with 22,770 votes. Last week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called up Badal on phone to enquire about his health as he tested positive for the Covid-19.

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  Sacrilege bid: Centre issues alert to Punjab govt, asks to increase security at religious places

  India | December 20, 2021 17:36 IST

  The Centre issued instructions to the authorities to increase security measures and closely monitor the situation at all religious shrines in the state to avoid such incidents

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  Sacrilege case: SGPC demands capital punishment for those desecrating religious texts

  India | December 20, 2021 19:00 IST

  SGPC said that in the matter of sacrilege attempt at the Golden Temple, 'whatever happened was a reaction in the defence'. The accused youth, it appeared, had taken commando training.

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  Sacrilege incident at Golden Temple is conspiracy to create unrest: RSS

  India | December 19, 2021 23:57 IST

  In a statement RSS general secretary, Dattatreya Hosabale said that such incidents should not be allowed to shatter mutual harmony.

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  Punjab CM visits Golden Temple after sacrilege attempt, suggests cases linked to elections

  India | December 19, 2021 22:09 IST

  The chief minister met senior police and administration officials in the city. A special investigation team (SIT) has been set up to probe the case.

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  Sacrilege bid at Golden Temple: Case registered against dead accused

  India | December 19, 2021 16:47 IST

  The footage obtained from all the cameras at the Golden Temple is being examined to collect information about the accused.

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  Amritsar: SIT formed to probe Golden Temple sacrilege incident

  India | December 19, 2021 15:56 IST

  The SIT which will be headed by Amritsar’s deputy commissioner of police (law and order), will give its report on the incident in two days, suggested sources.   

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  Another man beaten to death by mob over alleged sacrilege attempt in Punjab

  India | December 19, 2021 16:08 IST

  Another man was beaten to death by a mob over a sacrilege attempt in Punjab's Kapurthala, a day after a person who hailed from UP was killed by an angry crowd for sacrilege attempt inside the sanctum sanctorum of the Golden Temple.

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  CM Channi orders investigation into alleged sacrilege in premises of Golden Temple

  News | December 19, 2021 7:20 IST

  CM Charanjit Singh Channi has ordered investigation into the case of alleged sacrilege attempt in premises of holy Golden Temple of Amritsar. According to officials, a man was beaten to death on Saturday after his alleged sacrilege attempt at the Golden Temple.

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  Amritsar: Man allegedly attempts sacrilege in Golden temple, gets beaten to death

  India | December 18, 2021 22:44 IST

  The man tried desecrating the holy book (Guru Granth Sahib) with a sword; was taken out by the Sangat people. He died in the altercation, said officials.

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  In late night surprise visit, Sukhjinder Randhawa checks police ‘nakas’ near Indo-Pak border

  India | October 16, 2021 7:54 IST

  Randhawa, who also holds Home Dept portfolio, late Friday evening conducted checking of the Punjab Police 'nakas' at Jagdev Khurd in Ajnala, Amritsar, officials said.

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  Navjot Singh Sidhu's close aide appointed chairman of Amritsar Improvement Trust

  India | September 22, 2021 16:31 IST

  Daman Uppal replaced Dinesh Bassi, a loyalist of former chief minister Amarinder Singh.

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  Explosives seized from terrorists in Delhi similar to recoveries in Amritsar drone incident: Sources

  India | September 15, 2021 14:50 IST

  ​The arms and recoveries from terror suspects arrested by the Delhi Police on Tuesday appeared to be similar to the explosives dropped from a drone at India-Pakistan border in Amritsar on August 9 this year, sources told India TV.

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  'Congress didn't invest a rupee there': BJP after Rahul calls Jallianwala Bagh renovation 'insult'

  India | August 31, 2021 23:48 IST

  Hitting out at Gandhi, BJP general secretary Tarun Chugh said the Congress leader should explain as to what his party did for the famous memorial, which commemorates the sacrifice of hundreds of unarmed civilians killed by the British forces in 1919, during its rule for decades.

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  Slogans raised against Navjot Singh Sidhu in Amritsar

  News | August 30, 2021 14:00 IST

  Slogans raised against Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Navjot Singh Sidhu in Amritsar.

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  Over 40 kg heroin seized along international border in Punjab

  India | August 21, 2021 11:22 IST

  The seizure was made in the Ramdas sector, around 300 km away from Chandigarh. 

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  Punjab CM inaugurates Jallianwala Bagh memorial park in Amritsar on Independence day eve

  India | August 14, 2021 20:29 IST

  The CM dedicated the memorial to the people of Punjab, saying this second memorial at the site of the gory massacre is a tribute to all those unknown martyrs who laid down their lives during the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.  

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  Full vaccination or negative Covid report must for those entering Punjab

  India | August 14, 2021 15:32 IST

  The Punjab government has made negative Covid-19 report or full vaccination mandatory for all people intending to visit the state from August 16.