'Missing' Navjot Sidhu posters come up in AmritsarSeptember 21st, 2009 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 IANS that the posters of the 'missing' Sidhu had been put up outside government buildings and other prominent places across this city, 250 km from state capital Chandigarh.
Congress supporters file online missing complaint for Sidhu in AmritsarSeptember 21st, 2009 AMRITSAR - A group of local Congress party leaders in Amritsar on Monday lodged an 'online complaint' about the 'missing' BJP leader Navjot Singh Sidhu, who represents their Amritsar constituency in Parliament. Rajkumar Verka, a former Congress MLA, told media persons that he had lodged an online complaint in the Civil Lines police station here for registration of an FIR on behalf of the public of Amritsar, stating Sidhu has gone missing from his LS constituency.
Stationary train catches fire in Amritsar, no casualtiesJuly 22nd, 2009 AMRITSAR - A coach of a stationary train caught fire here on Wednesday. However, no casualties were reported.
Two coaches of Golden Temple express burntJuly 22nd, 2009 AMRITSAR - Two air-conditioned coaches of the Golden Temple express train were badly damaged Wednesday after they caught fire, railway officials said here. The coaches, which did not have any passengers, were at the Amritsar railway station when the incident took place.
Burglary suspect cornered, captured in storm drain under LA freeway after resisting for hoursJune 17th, 2009 Burglary suspect is captured in LA storm drainLOS ANGELES — Police say a burglary suspect has been captured after holing up for hours in a storm drain under a busy freeway. The standoff Tuesday snarled traffic on one of the city's major commuter routes.
LA traffic snarled as police try to get suspected burglar to leave freeway storm drainJune 16th, 2009 LA police corner suspected burglar in storm drainLOS ANGELES — Traffic on one Los Angeles freeway has gotten more snarled than usual as police, hazardous materials crews and firefighters try to coax a burglary suspect out of hiding in a storm drain. Traffic on southbound Interstate 405 was halted for hours early Tuesday.
Voting starts on a dull not at Golden Temple cityMay 13th, 2009 AMRITSAR - The city of Golden Temple started voting on a not so enthusiastic note on Wednesday in the fifth phase of general elections, with not many people turning up at polling booths despite wide awareness. Though polling started at 7 a.m, in the urban areas of Amritsar despite a dull beginning the voting is likely to pick up later in the day.
Voting starts on a dull note in Golden Temple cityMay 13th, 2009 AMRITSAR - Voting in the city of the Golden Temple started on a not so enthusiastic note on Wednesday in the fifth phase of general elections. Polling started at 7 a.m, in the urban areas of Amritsar.
Women held with fake currency in AmritsarMay 8th, 2009 AMRITSAR - The customs staff posted at the Attari railway station, Amritsar, seized fake Indian currency worth Rs one lakh fifty thousand from a lady passenger Shakila, coming from Pakistan in Samjhauta Express last night. Taking to reporters here, S.
BJP's Navjot Singh Sidhu enters poll frayApril 23rd, 2009 AMRITSAR - Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu and sitting MP of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Navjot Singh Sidhu entered the poll fray to seek re-election. Accompanied by the state's deputy chief of the state, Sukhbir Singh Badal,idhu proceeded to the office of the Returning Officer, astride an elephant.
Heroin, fake currency seized in Amritsar, three nabbedMarch 30th, 2009 AMRITSAR - Police seized four kilograms of heroin and fake currency worth rupees one million from three suspects in Amritsar. The three suspects were from neighbouring Tarn Taran district, said P K Rai, Senior Superintendent of Police, Special Narcotic Cell of Punjab police.
Bangladeshi prisoner attempts suicide in Amritsar jailMarch 21st, 2009 AMRITSAR - Upset over not being released even after his prison term ended two years ago, a Bangladeshi national Friday attempted suicide inside the Amritsar central jail in Punjab, police officials here said. Mohammed Kasel stabbed himself in the stomach with a sharp-edged weapon.
One killed in Punjab train-tractor collisionMarch 2nd, 2009 AMRITSAR - One person was killed when the Amritsar bound Paschim Express late Sunday evening rammed into a tractor-trolley that was loaded with green chillies near here, the police said. According to the police, both the engine driver and the tractor driver were seriously injured in the accident and were taken to the hospital.
Navjot Sidhu stops train to protest freight corridor planFebruary 8th, 2009 AMRITSAR - Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu Monday blocked the way to a train in this Punjab city to protest the non-inclusion of Amritsar in the railway freight corridor plan. Sporting black flags and banners against the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, Sidhu, who is the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha member from Amritsar, and his supporters squatted on the railway track at the Amritsar station, delaying the departure of the Amritsar-Ambala train.
Two Nigerians held with five kg heroin in PunjabJanuary 31st, 2009 AMRITSAR - Two Nigerian nationals were arrested in Punjab's Amritsar district Sunday in possession of five kg heroin, the police said. The Nigerians, Beleth and Emiko, were arrested following a trap laid by the Amritsar police near Rayya town, 40 km from here, on the Amritsar-Jalandhar national highway.
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