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As per High Court rule, Sehajdharis can vote: Another attack on Sikh Institutions

Chandigarh, Punjab: In a recent decision before the Assembly elections, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today announced that Sehajdhari Sikhs can exercise their right to vote in the Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee polls. The high court ruled: “The right ...

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Manpreet and his party on slippery slope as poll battle intensifies

Chandigarh, Punjab: In a short span of eight months, the People’s Party of Punjab (PPP) headed by Manpreet Singh Badal has faced enormous challenges at the political and other levels. Its troubles continue to breed. The latest jolt came for ...

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Bhai Fauja Singh shares how his life has turned around

Chandigarh, Punjab: Young at 100, the Turbaned Tornado Fauja Singh is all that one associates youth with — active, amusing and ambitious! In Chandigarh for book-signing with his biographer Khushwant Singh at Capitol Book Depot-17, the world’s oldest marathon runner ...

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Coming to Amritsar, the Pod Car

Amritsar, Punjab: ULTra Fairwood, an engineering company in India, announced this week that it reached an agreement with the Punjab government to build a personal rapid transit system in Amritsar, an Indian city of 1.5 million. The system would be ...

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