Amritsar, Punjab: With the newly elected SGPC House caught in legal tangle over the Sehajdhari issue, the premier Sikh body seems to be heading towards a crisis and may find it difficult to pass its annual budget in March. The ...
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Only 7.2% rural Sikh students reach college
Chandigarh, Punjab: Only 7.2 per cent of the rural students in Punjab reach the college level and even lesser 0.4 per cent of them opt for post-graduation, as per a study conducted by the Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. Conducted at ...
Read More »High Court stay order on request of Sarna; DGMC polls delayed, no clarity on new date
Chandigarh, Punjab: Parties were gearing up for the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) elections on March 11, but a stay order by the Delhi high court on Tuesday has delayed the polls and upset calculations. The elections were initially ...
Read More »77 Punjab villages want liquor vends to go
Patiala, Punjab: For a state given to liquor like fish in water, this may sound as a dry fact: 77 panchayats in Punjab want liquor shops in their villages shut or relocated. Under the Panchayati Raj Act, a village body ...
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