For the first time during the anniversary of Operation Blue Star, the acting Jathedar of Akal Takht, the highest temporal body of Sikhs, Kuldeep Singh Gargaj, did not deliver the customary message to the Sikh community.
In a series of coordinated operations on Sunday, the Border Security Force (BSF), in collaboration with Punjab Police, conducted multiple raids across Amritsar and Tarn Taran districts, officials said.
A stray bullet struck the leg of a three-and-a-half year old girl here on Tuesday, police said.
A terrorist with suspected links to the Babbar Khalsa terror group died while removing an explosive in Amritsar's Majitha, police said this morning.
The Amritsar Commissionerate Police has dismantled an organised crime network linked to the foreign-based Kishan Gang, arresting 4 operatives within 8 hours. The arrests were made in connection with the murder of Municipal Councilor Harjinder Singh.
A Shiromani Akali Dal Councillor was shot dead by three bike-borne men in Punjab's Amritsar earlier today. The victim, Harjinder Singh Bahman, was killed near a Gurdwara in Amritsar.
Punjab Police on Thursday demolished illegal properties of two drug smugglers constructed on Panchayat's land. The illegal property was constructed by Jagpreet alias Jagga and Satnam alias, currently in jail for peddling drugs.
After 10 days of ceasefire between India and Pakistan, the Beating Retreat ceremony by the Border Security Force (BSF) is set to resume on Tuesday evening
In a big breakthrough, the Punjab Police has busted terror networks that were backed by Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence spy agency and involved in an attempted grenade attack near Amritsar last week.
Indian Air Defence systems, including AKASH missile system, L-70 Air Defence Guns, saved the Golden Temple in Amritsar and cities of Punjab from Pakistani missile and drone attacks.
Flight operations across 32 airports in North and West India are expected to return to normal, as cross-border military action between India and Pakistan came to a halt over the past few days.
As many as 17 people have died after allegedly consuming spurious liquor in Punjab's Amritsar district, police said on Tuesday.
These airports are among those that were reopened for civilian flights on Monday after being temporarily shut amid rising tensions between India and Pakistan.
Air India on Tuesday announced the cancellation of two-way flight operations to and from Jammu, Leh, Jodhpur, Amritsar, Bhuj, Jamnagar, Chandigarh and Rajkot for Tuesday.
IndiGo has cancelled its flights to and from Jammu, Amritsar, Chandigarh, Leh, Srinagar and Rajkot for May 13.
Keeping up its misinformation warfare alongside three waves of drone and missile attacks on military and civilian targets in India, the Pakistani establishment and people backed by it have continued to spread lies.
New Delhi on Saturday said the Pakistani officials were making "lame attempts" to "divide India" by claiming that Indian missiles were being fired at a religious site.
Indian forces downed multiple Pakistani drones over Amritsar early this morning as Islamabad continues to target military installations and civilian air facilities in India.
Thirty-two airports across northern and western parts of the country, including Srinagar and Amritsar, have been closed for civilian flight operations till May 15, according to the civil aviation regulator.
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri condemned the May 8 attacks by Pakistan targeting multiple locations in India, including Amritsar, dismissing as "preposterous and outrageous" the claim by Islamabad that India was attacking its own territories.
The Indian Army successfully detonated an unexploded ordnance in Punjab's Amritsar. The nature of the ordnance, which was found in the Makhan Windy village, is unclear.
India successfully intercepted and destroyed several missiles and drones launched by the Pakistani military at 15 cities in northern and western India in the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday, the government said today.
A fake video of the claim was also circulated on social media, with the Press Information Bureau (PIB) Fact Check division noting that the footage is from a wildfire in 2024.
All schools border districts of Punjab's Ferozepur, Pathankot and Amritsar will remain closed on Wednesday in the wake of tension between India and Pakistan.
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