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Thousands carry the knowledge home

Amritsar, Punjab: Thousands of devotees on Monday paid obeisance at the Golden Temple and listened to ‘kirtan’ on the 410th anniversary of the installation of Guru Granth Sahib at Harmandir Sahib, which Sikhs celebrate as Parkash Utsav of the holy scripture. ...

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Diamond-studded Chaur Sahib offered at Golden Temple

Amritsar, Punjab: Surjit Kaur, a woman from Mumbai, offered a diamond-studded Chaur Sahib (ceremonial whisk waved over Guru Granth Sahib) worth ` 16 lakh on Tuesday at the sanctum sanctorum of the Golden Temple here. The diamonds on the handle alone ...

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Harsimrat Badal turns to FB to muster support for SAD

Chandigarh: Union Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal, wife of Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh, has turned to the social media to drum up support for the SAD on the issue of a separate gurdwara panel for Haryana shrines. In ...

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Labour Party MP reacts to India Today story, to seek statement from House of Commons

New Delhi: Labour Party MP Tom Watson on Saturday said he wanted “an urgent statement” from the UK government in the House of Commons on Monday after an India Today magazine story revealed how then Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi ...

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