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Amritsar Blasts Cases Solved, Claims Punjab Police
Five alleged conspirators who were involved in planning and carrying out the blasts near the Golden Temple in Amritsar have been arrested. According to Punjab police, their intentions were to disturb peace in the state. Police also said that the explosives used in firecrackers were applied in the blast.DCP Gaurav Yadav, said during a press conference on Thursday, that Punjab police has taken five persons- Azadvir Singh, Amreek Singh, Sahib Singh, Harjeet Singh and Dharmendra Singh into custody.
11 May 2023Improve on professionalism, reduce expenditure: Sitharaman to PSEs
Referring to the new PSE policy announced in 2021, the FM said PSEs need to be aware of the competition they will face from the private sector for whom the government has opened the strategic sectors.
2 min read9 Jun 2022Amritsar: 170 passengers onboard flight from Rome test Covid positive on arrival
On Thursday, 125 passengers of an international chartered flight from Italy had tested positive for Covid-19 on arrival at the Amritsar airport
1 min read7 Jan 2022Farmers continue rail blockade in Amritsar over farm bills
Women wearing saffron dupattas joined the protest, raised slogans against the CentrePeople from nearby villages brought cooked food and other items for the demonstrators
1 min read27 Sep 2020Amrita Pritam: 'I wanted to write at all costs, and I did'
Ahead of Amrita Pritam’s 101st birth anniversary, a close friend of her girlhood shares with Lounge an unpublished interview conducted for a school magazine
8 min read30 Aug 2020Punjab sees record jump of 1,746 COVID-19 cases in a day, tally reaches 47,836
Punjab reported its sharpest single-day spike of 1,746 COVID-19 cases, taking the state's tally to 47,836, while 37 more fatalities pushed the toll to 1,256
1 min read27 Aug 2020Former PayU India boss Amrish Rau joins PineLabs as CEO
Rau will replace outgoing CEO Vicky Bindra, who after a two-year stint, will move back to San FranciscoHe had co-founded Citrus Payment Solutions, which was later acquired by PayU India for $130 million
2 min read3 Mar 2020Arun Jaitley's Amritsar link and love for 'Amritsari kulchas'
Arun Jaitley had once said he was getting a regular supply of 'Amritsari kulchas' even when he was in Delhi'If you ask me about my ancestral town, I would say Amritsar as I have at least 40 cousins and relatives who live here,' Jaitley was often quoted as saying
3 min read25 Aug 2019Breaking the mould: rise of the female voice in art
With significant retrospectives and women-led shows being organized by museums and galleries, the female voice in art is finally stronger than everThe change has been a long time in the making, with women artists, who came after Amrita Sher-Gil in the 1950s-70s
19 min read18 May 2019RBI clears ₹19,240 crore CCL for Punjab for Rabi marketing season
Bulk of the CCL sought by the state government for the purchase of 130 lakh tonne of wheat for this season has been released by RBIThe release of the CCL would facilitate the state government in making timely payments to farmers against purchases of food grains
1 min read29 Mar 2019Popular Topics
Budget
The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared