Author Archives: Guest Writer

SGPC executive passes 905-cr (over $200m) budget for 2014-15

Amritsar, Punjab: The Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) passed its budget of ` 905.06 crore for 2014-15 here on Thursday.  Budget is more than 200 million US dollars. The budget was passed at a meeting of the SGPC executive chaired ...

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Arrow In The Blue

Anandpur Sahib, Punjab: The little town in Roopnagar district of Punjab with the Sutlej a shimmering blue presence on its south-west border—is painted yellow-orange for Hola Mohalla, the spring festival of colours. The Nihangs (Sikh warrior-mendicants) with their distinctive electric-blue ...

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US rapper makes racist comments about Sikh

New York, USA: An American rapper has made racist comments about a Sikh man in a picture he posted on a website but withdrew it later after drawing flak for his remarks online. Joe Budden, a member of the hip hop ...

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Cong, SAD-BJP ruined state’s prosperity: Phoolka

Ludhiana, Punjab: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate from the Ludhiana constituency, HS Phoolka, took out a rally in the Dakha region, beginning from Ferozepur Road to Mullanpur Chowk, College Road, Dakha, Pandori, Dhat, Kyalpur, Varaich, Mullanpur village and Rakba, which ...

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