Chandigarh Accepting Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh’s request for special trains for Sultanpur Lodhi to meet the rush of pilgrims expected there during the 550th Prakash Purb celebrations of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the Ministry of Railways has decided to run 14 special intra-state and long distance inter-state trainsRead More

Ludhiana Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday clarified that his government had merely sent to the Union Home Ministry a list of all long-term TADA prisoners, and had no role in the Centre’s reported decision to release Chief Minister Beant Singh’s killer or any other particular prisoner. His governmentRead More

Chandigarh Eminent journalist Gobind Thukral passed away after prolonged illness at Panchkula, on Sunday. He was 79. Thukral is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. He was suffering from cancer. The cremation will be take place on September 30 at 4 pm, at electric crematorium, Sector 25,Read More

Chandigarh Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Saturday condemned the killing of an Indian-American Sikh police officer in the US State of Texas. Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal, who made headlines in the US when he was allowed to grow a beard and wear a turban on the job, was shotRead More

New Delhi Eight Sikh prisoners, lodged in different jails in the country for committing crimes during the militancy period in Punjab, will be released by the government on 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev in November as a humanitarian gesture. The Union Home Ministry also announced that through aRead More

Chandigarh Sikhs are the fastest-growing religious minority in New Zealand, their number having doubled in the past five years, as per New Zealand’s 34th Census of Population and Dwellings report. The Sikh population in the country was 19,191 in 2013. It swelled to 40,908 in 2018. Not just the SikhsRead More

Chandigarh Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh will lead an all-party delegation across the border to Kartarpur Sahib on the opening day of the corridor on November 9. The Chief Minister made the announcement while reviewing the progress of the various works related to the 550th Prakash Purb Celebrations atRead More

Chandigarh Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Wednesday took on Congress MP Partap Singh Bajwa for joining hands with the Opposition in attacking his own party’s government on the sensitive Bargari issue on the basis of a totally misleading and biased newspaper headline. Hitting out at Bajwa for beingRead More

Amritsar, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) chief secretary Roop Singh on Monday cleared the air on the authenticity and religious significance of Mangu Mutt in Jagannath Puri. Roop Singh, who had visited Jagannath Puri umpteen times earlier, said both Mangu and Bauli Mutts had associational significance with the Sikh faith.Read More

Chandigarh Punjabi singer Gurdas Maan’s endorsement to Amit Shah’s statement of ‘One nation, one language’ has triggered a storm in Punjabi-speaking people across the world. The singer, who once expressed isolation of Punjabi language through the beautiful song ‘Punjabiyejubane ni rakane mere desh diye phiki pai gaye chehre de nuharRead More