AMRITSAR: Unidentified assailants reportedly lobbed a grenade at the Hindu temple, Thakurdwara, located in the Khandwala area, here on Saturday at around 12.35 am. Fortunately, no loss of life or injuries have been reported. However, some portions of the temple building was damaged in the incident.According to CCTV footage, two attackers, carrying a flag, arrived…
Representative image (Picture credit: PTI) AMRITSAR: Five people, including three devotees and two sewadars (attendants) of the Golden Temple, were injured in an attack by a person wielding an iron rod during a gathering at Sri Guru Ramdas Niwas in the Golden Temple to celebrate the New Nanakshahi Year on Friday. The condition of two…
AMRITSAR: A 20-year-old Indian man who crossed into Pakistan illegally in pursuit of love now finds himself behind bars after his romantic hopes were dashed.Badal Babu, from Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh, met Pakistani woman Sana Rani on social media more than two years ago. Their online relationship deepened, prompting Badal to take a perilous journey…
AMRITSAR: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Sukhbir Badal narrowly escaped an assassination attempt on Wednesday when a hardline Sikh activist opened fire at him near the Golden Temple in Amritsar.An alert ‘sewadar’ standing beside Badal quickly intervened, bravely confronting the attacker and overpowering him, despite the assailant managing to fire a bullet. As the assailant…
NEW DELHI: A non-resident Indian (NRI) was shot by two unidentified assailants at his Daburji village residence on the outskirts of Amritsar on Saturday, police reported. Sukhchain Singh, recently back from the US was attacked in front of his wife and his two children.Singh was intercepted by the assailants while he was going for a…
