Amritsar, India News

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Swarleen Kaur Posted: Monday, Nov 09, 2009 at 0004 hrs IST Updated: Monday, Nov 09, 2009 at 0004 hrs IST Chandigarh: For over seven months now, the electronic data interface system, which facilitates smooth movement of cargo traffic, has not been activated at the Raja Sansi International Airport, Amritsar.

Punjab's ruling Shiromani Akali Dal and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee leadership Sunday kept up the pressure to seek justice for victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in the country and led people in offering prayers for the victims.

India Gazette Saturday 7th November, 2009 President Pratibha Patil Saturday postponed her proposed visit to Amritsar in Punjab scheduled for Monday, officials said.

Rail traffic on the busy Amritsar-New Delhi section was severely affected Friday morning as protesters, who are seeking justice for the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, stopped trains at various places.

Karachi News.Net Friday 6th November, 2009 A group of actors based here has returned from India where they received a 'brilliant response' from the people during their performance.

A Shatabdi Express from Amritsar to the national capital was prevented from leaving Tuesday by activists of a Sikh outfit, while another Shatabdi was stopped in Haryana by villagers after it ran over six people.

To cash in on the growing demand of hotel rooms in Amritsar, not only local players but also major national and international hospitality chains are setting up new properties in the city.

Dal Khalsa activists stopped trains at the Amritsar Railway station Tuesday following a call for a strike across Punjab.

Acoording to media reports, Dal Khalsa supporters have block trains in Amritsar.

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.

Activists of Shiromani Akali Dal , a regional political party in Punjab, staged a protest in the national capital against the lack of justice to the families of those who were killed after the assassination of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, 25 years ago.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pays tribute to late Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi during a commemorative ceremony on the occasion of Indira Gandhi's 25th death anniversary at Shakti Sthal in New Delhi, capital of India, Oct.

The families of both assassins were feted by radical Sikh organisations after the incident and Beant Singh's wife, Bimal Kaur Khalsa, was even elected to the Lok Sabha from the Ropar parliamentary constituency.

The Punjab government Friday ordered the transfer of Amritsar's senior superintendent of police Kanwar Vijay Pratap Singh following his ongoing spat with a Bharatiya Janata Party lawmaker.

It was a moment in time; it shook India and stunned the world. As prime minister Indira Gandhi walked briskly up to the picket gate dividing her home from her office that fateful Wednesday morning 25 years ago, a hail of gunfire from two of her Sikh bodyguards sent her crumpling to the ground in a blood-soaked heap.

Pakistani forces backed by heavy artillery have also been attacking Taliban insurgents since last week in a bid to gain control of militant strongholds in South Waziristan, a lawless northwestern region on the Afghan border.

AMRITSAR: It has been 25 years since prime minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated Oct 31, 1984 perhaps, as a consequence of Operation Bluestar at Amritsar's Golden Temple four months earlier.

Taking a serious view of the ongoing spat between a lawmaker and the Amritsar police chief, the Punjab and Haryana High Court Saturday said that police were free to initiate action against the Bharatiya Janata Party legislator for his recent utterances.

People exchanged sweets and decorated their homes with earthen lamps as fireworks lit the sky across the country today on Diwali which also witnessed perfect bonhomie prevailing along the Indo-Pak borders with soldiers of the two countries shaking hands and mixing with each other.