Tag: Amritsar
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AAP cancels nominee for Amritsar seat second time
Embarrassed by its candidate's decision to join the Congress, the AAP on Wednesday cancelled the candidature of its nominee for Amritsar-Central assembly seat Darbari Lal. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had named Darbari Lal, a former Congressman, as its candidate on January 7, after cancelling the candidature of Rajinder Kumar. The AAP was forced to …
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January 11, 2017 -
Thousands throng Golden Temple complex on New Year’s Day
Thousands of devotees thronged the 'Harmandir Sahib', also popularly known as the Golden Temple, here on Sunday to offer prayers on the first day of the New Year. The rush of devotees started on Saturday evening with the shrine complex getting jampacked by midnight itself. With the dawn of the first day of the New …
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January 1, 2017 -
Sartaj Aziz not allowed to visit Golden Temple
Pakistan on Sunday claimed that its Prime Minister’s Foreign Affairs Advisor Sartaj Aziz was not allowed to visit the Golden Temple and speak to Pakistani mediapersons at the hotel where he was staying, even as India said it was done due to security considerations. Sources in the Pakistani High Commission said Aziz had planned to …
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December 4, 2016 -
Modi to open Afghan peace meet on Sunday
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here on Saturday evening and is scheduled to meet Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani for talks on bilateral issues before the Sunday inauguration of ministerial deliberations of a peace meet on Afghanistan, an official said. Ghani also arrived in the holy city in Punjab later in the evening for participation in …
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December 3, 2016 -
Heart of Asia conclave focuses on tackling terror
As Afghanistan faces the resurgence of Taliban, a conference of major regional and global powers began on Saturday in this holy city to explore ways to effectively deal with threat of terrorism in the region, its complex security matrix and help the war-ravaged nation in its transition. Being attended by nearly 40 countries and leading …
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December 3, 2016 -
The last junction: Amritsar
Beating drums… patriotism in the air, the soldier in khaki marches towards the Indian flag. Salutes and ceremoniously lowers the flag to mark the end of the day while the sun sets. On the other side of the thin red line is the soldier in black who does the same for his country’s flag. There …
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November 25, 2016