Ludhiana, Punjab: Books on the lives of Panj Pyare—the five beloved ones, who offered to sacrifice their heads and were later baptised as the first members of the Khalsa, have been penned by Beant Singh. The writer said although several books and “granths” have been written on the five beloved ones, his books were written after 10 years of extensive research. ...

Jalandhar, Punjab: The Sikh Talmel Committee, along with several other Sikh organisations, today laid siege to the Guru Nanak Mission chowk allegedly against a news channel for airing objectionable content against the religion. As per the protesters, the news channel telecast a programme in which it named five Indian team cricketers as “Panj Pyare”. Traffic came to a standstill at the ...