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SGPC honours sacked head granthi on retirement

Punjab: The Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) here today honoured the sacked additional head granthi of the Golden Temple at Akal Takht on his retirement. Acting head granthi Giani Jaswinder Singh and SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar honoured Giani Mohan ...

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Punjab bleeding itself to stay afloat

Punjab: Deprived of cash flow and faced with a huge subsidy bill, the cash-strapped Punjab government has virtually been selling off over Rs 400 crore of its government securities each month this year, in order to stay afloat. Since January ...

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How-to CDs, clinics to get the Sikh turban right

Chandigarh, Punjab: Just how serious is the threat to the Sikh turban from the community’s youth, increasingly at odds with the headgear? Pretty grave, it seems. Worried at the trend of Sikh boys shorn of long hair and sans turban, ...

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Barnala family revives SAD (Longowal)

Chandigarh, Punjab: The Shiromani Akali Dal (Longowal) was revived today at a function held by the family of Tamil Nadu Governor Surjit Singh Barnala and its supporters to mark the 24th death anniversary of Sant Harchand Singh Longowal here. Bibi ...

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