Tag Archives: amritsar

Losing Saragarhi’s Heritage

Amritsar, Punjab: This was the memorial created after the battle in which 21 Sikhs heroically stood to the last against 10,000 Afghan tribesmen on the frontier. Their last stand, chronicled in my next book, cemented the reputation of Sikhs as ...

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Historic Company Bagh now wilting

Amritsar, Punjab: Garbage collected from the streets being dumped and burnt at the garden With the Municipal Corporation (MC) workers continuing to burn the garbage at the historic Company Bagh, it is taking a toll on the flora and fauna inside ...

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Canadian minister shown black flags in Amritsar

Amritsar,Punjab: Visiting Canadian minister Jason Kenny was on Friday shown black flags by a group of people who are waiting for their immigration clearance to Canada. Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Kenny, who was on a one-day visit to this ...

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Guru Ram Dass School of Planning to conduct study on Amritsar

Amritsar, Punjab: The Guru Ram Dass School of Planning of Guru Nanak Dev University has decided to conduct a nine-week comprehensive study on Amritsar with a special focus on the problem of traffic congestion and its rich heritage. A meeting ...

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