London,UK:The PR-soaked launch of JK Rowling’s latest book, The Casual Vacancy, has been accompanied by a sharply-angled side-story. It’s about the family of Sikhs that the Harry Potter author has introduced in her first book for adults. They are the ...

London, UK:Celebrated author JK Rowling, whose latest book has a Sikh family at the heart of a fictional village in south-west England called Pagford, says she did a “vast amount of research” on Sikhism – and it shows in the ...

Sangrur,Punjab: The Wadda Ghallughara memorial at village Kup Rohira here, which was inaugurated 10 months back in November 2011 by chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, has still not been opened to public because of incomplete construction. Taking a serious note ...

New Delhi,Even as the government sits on declaring a much-awaited policy on acquisition of items of historical value, another auction of items relating to India’s heritage is being conducted by London-based auctioneer Mullock’s Among the scores of paintings, artefacts and ...