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 ...

AMRITSAR: A colony in the Kot Khalsa area, where a majority of the voters boycotted the assembly elections, intends to do it in the Municipal Corporation elections as well if nothing is done soon to under­ take development in the area. Residents claim that the main road in their locality has ...

AMRITSAR: Guru Nanak Dev University would confer the doctor of science (DSc) honoris causa degree on NR Narayana Murthy, chairman-emeritus, Infosys Technologies Limited, at its 38th annual convocation to be held on Wednesday at the Dashmesh auditorium. Stating this, registrar Dr Inderjit Singh said the honorary degree to Dr Murthy was ...

AMRITSAR: Despite a healthy turnout of voters across the city, some Amritsar residents failed to cast their ballot for various reasons. Many voters turned up at polling stations only to find their names missing from the voter lists. Some voters chose not to use their franchise in favor of any candidate. Social ...

AMRITSAR: The Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) MP, Abhay Chautala, on Friday termed All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary Rahul Gandhi's public declaration that Capt Amarinder Singh would be the next chief minister of Punjab "as an act of frustration". "Rahul is aware that the Congress party is riddled with ...

AMRITSAR: A joint committee of India and Pakistan formed to discuss the issues of prisoners i of countries visited the Amritsar Central Jail on Friday. Retired judges AS Gill and MA Khan headed the committee from India, while retired judges Nasir Aslam Zahid and Mian Mohamat Azmal represented Pakistan. The committee ...