AMRITSAR: Recognizing the performance of its star athlete Jagdeep Singh, who recently set a new high jump record of 2.15 meters in the All-India Inter­ University Athletics Meet held in Karnataka, Khalsa College has awarded him a certificate of excellence, Jagdeep had bro­ ken his own record of2.11 metres he ...

AMRITSAR: With the Attari border witnessing long queues of trucks on both the sides, customs officials of India and Pakistan have decided to continue with the practice of keeping the border route for trade between the two countries open on Sunday as well till further orders. A decision in this regard ...

AMRITSAR: The local police have booked more than 10 persons for allegedly beating up two persons in separate incidents. In his complaint to the police, Vijay Kumar, a resident of Jandiala town under Amritsar rural police district, alleged that Dilbagh Singh, Sukhwinder Goldy, Bittu, Amardeep and two other persons barged ...

AMRITSAR: Rotary Club, Amritsar North East, organized a blood investigation camp in collaboration with Tuli’s Diagnostic Centre, Majitha Road, on Sunday. The camp was inaugurated by club president Rotarian Taminder Singh. Tests on 200 patients were conducted free of cost. Singh said such camps are organised on the first Sunday ...

AMRITSAR: A seminar on cancer awareness was organized for classes 8, 9 and 10 at Disciplined Disciples International School. Preeti, a social worker from Lucknow, spoke about the hazards of cancer and motivated students to eat right and consult doctor. A documentary on hazards of smoking and ill-effects of nicotine ...

AMRITSAR: The city police on Friday claimed to have made a breakthrough in a case pertaining to the death of a 10­ year-old child, whose body was found in the local Ranjit Avenue area on January 30. The boy was reportedly hit by a car and was abandoned after he died, ...

AMRITSAR: The local police claimed to have busted a gang that was allegedly involved in looting gullible people after making them sit in auto-rickshaws and looting them at a secluded place. Eight persons have been arrested and a pistol has been recovered from one of them, police commissioner RP Mittal said. Mittal ...

AMRITSAR: An art and craft fete titled 'Srishti – a panorama of ventures and vistas' was held at DAV International School. Chief guest Dr Satish K Sharma, director, DAV college managing committee, New Delhi, and guest of honour Dr KN Kaul inaugurated the event. Science, mathematics and social studies models, besides ...

AMRITSAR: Jagtar Singh, a patwari in the Sultanwind tehsil revenue circle, Amritsar-1, was dismissed on Thursday on the charges of corruption. The court of Ashok Pal Batra, special judge, Amritsar, had ordered deputy commissioner-cum-collector Rajat Aggarwal to dismiss Jagtar under rule 5(9) of the Punjab Civil Services Rules 1970 (punishment ...

AMRITSAR: Set up a few months ago, the University Grants Commission (UGC)­ sponsored coaching centre for competitive examinations at the local Khalsa College is helping border area students for IAS, PCS and probationary officers (POs) exams, besides the UGC's National Eligibility Test (NET). College principal Dr Daljit Singh said 100 ...

AMRITSAR: Juhi Pandey of BBK DAV College for women has received a commendation card from the directorate general of the National Cadet Corps (NCC). She attended the NCC girls' expedition held from August 23 to October 2 and has scaled Mt Thelu, situated at a height of 20,000 ft. She ...

AMRITSAR: Bigg Boss 4 contestant and actor Dolly Bindra is keen to join politics and is already working in this direction. The TV star revealed her plans to jump into the political arena during her visit to Amritsar on Wednesday. Bindra, who paid obeisance at the Golden Temple, said there were ...

AMRITSAR: The Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union has slammed the state government for not disbursing funds under the 95% deficit grant-in-aid scheme to government-aided colleges of Punjab. As the grant under the scheme is meant for payment of salaries to teachers and other employees, delay in its release has led ...