http://www.samachaar.in Smachaar.in en-us 2010 Samachaar.In Thu, 20 Jan 2011 08:03:44 GMT Thu, 20 Jan 2011 08:03:44 GMT http://samachaar.in/Punjab/__Fake_currency_of_Rs45_lakh_face_value_seized_in_Punjab_114784 Amritsar (Punjab), Jan 20 (IANS) The state's Special Operations Cell (SOC) seized fake currency of face value nearly Rs.4.5 lakh here on the basis of a smuggler's interrogation, police said Thursday. According to police, working on a tip-off, t... Thu, 20 Jan 2011 08:03:42 GMT http://samachaar.in/Punjab/Tiger_skins_seized_in_Punjab_two_Karnataka_women_held_114149 Amritsar (Punjab), Dec 29 (IANS) Forest department officials have arrested here two Karnataka-based women for possessing tiger skins  and other wildlife material, an official said Wednesday."We have recovered skins of two tigers, aged arou... Wed, 29 Dec 2010 06:52:37 GMT http://samachaar.in/Weather/___Amritsar_coldest_at_25_degrees_cold_wave_sweeps_Punjab_113987 Chandigarh: A cold wave continued to sweep Punjab and Haryana Saturday with Amritsar turning the coldest in the riverine plains at a minimum temperature of 2.5 degrees Celsius, the weather office said. Amritsar city in Punjab, famous for the h... Sat, 25 Dec 2010 06:36:54 GMT http://samachaar.in/Punjab/Obama_security_team_visits_Amritsar_Lead_111302 Amritsar: Ahead of US President Barack Obama's visit to India in November, an American team has surveyed various sites in Amritsar in Punjab."A six-member team inspected tourist spots, important roads and Sikh shrines" Wednesday, Deputy C... Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:51:33 GMT http://samachaar.in/Punjab/Five_held_in_Punjab_with_RDX_detonators_heroin_106223 Amritsar: Five people have been arrested from a village in Punjab and six kilograms of RDX as well 20 detonators, time-devices and heroin recovered from them, police said Thursday. The special operation cell of the intelligence wing of Punjab Poli... Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:28:39 GMT http://samachaar.in/Punjab/BSF_seizes_15_kg_heroin_at_IndiaPakistan_border_101046 Amritsar:Nearly 15 kg of heroin was seized Thursday from close to the India-Pakistan border in Punjab's Ajnala sector after suspected smugglers abandoned the consignment following an exchange of fire with forces on the Pakistani side.The Border Secu... Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:18:20 GMT http://samachaar.in/Amritsar/_Former_BSF_official_nabbed_with_heroin_near_Amritsar_99610 Amritsar: In a major success for the special narcotics cell of the Punjab police in busting the drugs cartel in border areas of Punjab, a dismissed official of the Border Security Force (BSF) was nabbed Wednesday with one kg of heroin.BSF's former d... Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:46:42 GMT http://samachaar.in/Amritsar/London_mugging_hero_declared_Sikh_martyr_99299 Amritsar: A man who became a hero in London earlier this month for chasing and confronting muggers and being fatally stabbed has been declared a martyr of the Sikh community.The announcement declaring Sukhwinder Singh of Dholanwal village near Khann... Sat, 30 Jan 2010 09:49:10 GMT http://samachaar.in/Amritsar/Pakistani_rockets_fired_into_India_no_casualties_Lead_97806 Amritsar: Border Security Force (BSF) troopers fired from machine-guns and automatic weapons after suspected terrorists fired seven rockets into Punjab's Amritsar district but there were no casualties, officials said Saturday.The rockets were found ... Sat, 09 Jan 2010 05:04:42 GMT http://samachaar.in/International/Pakistani_rockets_fired_into_India_97804 Amritsar: Suspected terrorists fired seven rockets into Punjab\'s Amritsar district but there were no casualties, officials said Saturday.The rockets were found in an agricultural field in Kangarh chowki (post) in Attari sector early Saturday. It is... Sat, 09 Jan 2010 04:36:07 GMT http://samachaar.in/Amritsar/Pakistani_smuggler_killed_in_Punjab_border_district_97365 Amritsar: A Pakistani "smuggler" who entered India early Tuesday was shot dead by Border Security Force (BSF) personnel in a border area in Punjab while three others went back into Pakistan under the cover of darkness when the fighting sta... Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:09:01 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Canadian_PM_to_pay_obeisance_at_Golden_Temple_94198 Amritsar: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper Wednesday arrived in Amritsar at the Golden Temple, the holiest Sikh shrine, to pay obeisance. Harper was accorded a warm welcome by Sikh religious leaders at the Golden Temple complex when he arrive... Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:28:34 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Canadian_PM_to_visit_Golden_Temple_Wednesday_94141 Amritsar: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will arrive in this Punjab city Wednesday and visit the Golden Temple, the holiest of Sikh shrines. Harper will arrive here by a special flight at Amritsar's Rajasansi airport and drive straight to t... Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:01:23 GMT http://samachaar.in/Punjab/Dal_Khalsa_activists_stop_trains_in_Amritsar___92688 Amritsar:    Dal Khalsa activists stopped trains at the Amritsar Railway station Tuesday following a call for a strike across Punjab. The radical activists are demanding justice for the thousands of victims who were killed in the 1984... Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:30:35 GMT http://samachaar.in/Punjab/Dal_Khalsa_halts_trains_in_Amritsar_threatens_strike_92677 Amritsar:   Trains, including the Shatabdi Express from Amritsar to Delhi, were stopped Tuesday by radical Sikh activists at the railway station here following a call for a strike by Dal Khalsa and other organisations who are seeking justi... Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:31:59 GMT http://samachaar.in/Festivals/Punjab_India_celebrate_Gurparab_92566 Amritsar/Chandigarh:   Millions of devotees lined up at gurdwaras across Punjab and elsewhere in the country early Monday morning to celebrate Gurparab -- the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism. A heavy rush of de... Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:22:44 GMT http://samachaar.in/Punjab/10_kg_heroin_recovered_in_Amritsar_one_arrested_92386 Amritsar:   The special narcotics cell of the Punjab police Friday arrested one person and recovered 10 kg of heroin from his possession. Police said the heroin consignment was worth Rs.50 crore (Rs.500 million) in the international marke... Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:41:44 GMT http://samachaar.in/Punjab/Nigerian_held_on_charges_of_duping_91329 Amritsar:   A Nigerian national has been arrested for duping scores of people in this Punjab city, police said Wednesday. Innocent Amaechi and his Indian partner Sukanta Goswami were arrested Tuesday after police laid a trap. They were ru... Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:28:54 GMT http://samachaar.in/Punjab/Sixyearold_raped_in_Punjab_91066 Amritsar: A six-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a man in Sultanwind area of this Punjab city Saturday night, police said Sunday. According to residents of the area, the police were initially lax in registering the case but relented after they ... Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:11:54 GMT http://samachaar.in/Punjab/Golden_Temple_glitters_in_Diwali_celebration___91005 Amritsar: Zillions of lights, tens of thousands of devout and a scintillating fireworks display were part of the Diwali celebrations at the holiest of Sikh shrines Harmandar Sahib (popularly called Golden Temple). The Golden Temple complex was Satu... Sun, 18 Oct 2009 05:45:29 GMT http://samachaar.in/Punjab/Blast_in_Amritsar_factory_two_injured_89710 Amritsar: At least two people were injured and property worth millions of rupees was damaged when a powerful explosion rocked the boiler of a ghee manufacturing factory here Wednesday. The factory is located in Gumtala area of the city. The blast c... Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:16:55 GMT http://samachaar.in/Punjab/Rat_delays_Air_India_AmritsarLondon_flight_89438 Amritsar: A rat delayed a London-bound Air India flight from the Rajasansi airport here Saturday morning. Flight AI-187, which was scheduled to depart at 6.30 a.m. Saturday, had not left the airport even three hours later. There were 238 passengers... Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:37:08 GMT http://samachaar.in/Punjab/Missing_Navjot_Sidhu_posters_come_up_in_Amritsar_89073 Amritsar: Congress activists Monday put up posters claiming that cricketer-turned-politician and Amritsar MP Navjot Singh Sidhu was "missing" and also filed a police complaint. Congress leader and former legislator Raj Kumar Verka told IA... Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:44:59 GMT http://samachaar.in/Punjab/BSF_fires_into_Pakistan_after_rocket_attack_88469 Amritsar: Border Security Force (BSF) troopers fired from machine-guns into Pakistan after rockets were fired into Indian territory in the Amritsar sector from across the border Friday night. BSF officials Saturday morning launched an operation to ... Sat, 12 Sep 2009 04:52:52 GMT http://samachaar.in/Punjab/Women_will_man_IndiaPakistan_border_come_Friday_88446 Amritsar: Indian women troopers are just a few hours away from creating history at the India-Pakistan border. Newly inducted into the Border Security Force (BSF), they will be the first lot of women to guard the international border in Punjab from F... 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