AMRITSAR: A day after the Amritsar (rural) police claimed to have unearthed a nexus of smuggling through the Attari border, the customs department on Monday assigned a probe to its anti-smuggling cell. Stating that an inquiry has been ordered, RK Duggal, deputy commissioner, customs, however ruled out the possibility of smuggling ...

AMRITSAR: Following the arrest of Pakistani businessman Sheikh Arif Mahmood for carrying live cartridges at Amritsar Airport, the Customs authority at the Attari border have decided to probe that why the bullets were not detected at the border itself. Arif had entered into India on Friday. Deputy Commissioner Customs at Attari ...

ATTARI: A team of the State Special Operations Cell, which had in the recent past made huge recoveries of drug and weapons, on Thursday visited the Attari border and looked into the procedures followed in importing goods from Pakistan. As part of the India-Pak trade, trucks carrying tonnes of goods cross ...

AMRITSAR: Following the detection of three dengues cases ­ one from Amritsar district arid two from Gurdaspur - the health authorities have deployed teams at the Attari border to screen people coming from Pakistan. A red alert has already been sounded in Lahore following a dengue outbreak there. Kamal, 23, a ...

AMRITSAR: Truckloads of vegetables, particularly tomatoes, are being sent across the border daily as heavy rain has damaged crops in the vegetable growing Sindh region of Pakistan. Besides 60-70 trucks of tomatoes, the vegetables being sent to the neighboring country include cucumber and bitter gourd. Talking to HT, exporter Anil Mehra said, "The demand for ...

ELEVATED ROAD Commissioner proposes recharging wells to solve water logging problem AMRITSAR: Commuters who have to wade through a puddle every time they use the elevated road on a rainy day can expect some relief with the municipal corporation proposing to install recharging wells on the sides of the road adjacent ...

ATTARI: Commerce secretary Rahul Khullar, who on Tuesday crossed over to Pakistan for two­ day trade talks, said Pakistan, should adhere to trade obligations under the South Asia Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA). Khullar, who will be meeting his Pakistani counterpart in Islamabad on April 27 and 28, said, "Pakistan is hesitant ...

AMRITSAR: India's commerce secretary Rahul Khullar said on Monday that he would meet his Pakistani counterpart with an “open mind", and hoped that trade relations between the neighbours improve. Khullar and Pakistan commerce secretary Zafur Mehmood are slated to meet in Islamabad on Wednesday and Thursday to discuss trade relations. "There is ...

AMRITSAR: Continuing with the repatriation of prisoners, the Indian government on Thursday sent home six Pakistani nationals through the Attari border route. Two Pakistan nationals were released from Tihar Jail in Delhi and four from jails in Jammu and Kashmir. Two of the prisoners released were lodged for terrorist activities, ...

AMRITSAR: In a goodwill gesture, the Pakistan government on Friday sent home 89 Indian fishermen, mostly from Gujarat, through the Attari border road route. The prisoners were released from the Karachi jail on Thursday and handed over to the Indian authorities around 3:45pm on Friday. India had recently released 39 Pakistani ...

CHANDIGARH: After a gap of two years, Punjab has made it to the 61st Republic Day celebrations in Delhi, getting an entry for its tableau at the prestigious parade. The theme would be a rural Punjabi wed­ding. The state is among 13 to be selected by the ministry of defence to ...

AMRITSAR: Pakistan has ordered to a halt transport of onions via the Attari border, to the cha­grin of traders in India who say locals will have to brace for higher onion prices once again. Import from Pakistan had moderated prices of the coveted onion, which has sold for as high as ...

ATTARI: Freedom, to him, came but coupled with sorrow. Bhupat, 21, entered India via the Attari border after spending almost three years in Pakistan's jails, but misses his elder brother, Babu, who still languishes there. Bhupat, who was released by the Pakistan government along with 11 other Indian fishermen, had mixed ...