Panj Pyares ask jathedars to resign over pardon to dera head Amritsar, Punjab: In an unprecedented development, the Panj Pyares (five beloved ones of the Guru) of the Akal Takht on Friday morning asked the five Sikh high priests to resign as they had failed to respond to their summons over their decision to pardon Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet ...

Amritsar, Punjab: Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today demanded that Haryana’s Punjabi-speaking areas and Chandigarh be transferred to Punjab. Interacting with mediapersons on the sidelines of a function organised to pay tributes to Shaheed Darshan Singh Pheruman here today, the Chief Minister said every Punjabi was concerned about these issues which had yet been hanging fire because of the “discriminatory” attitude ...

Amritsar, Punjab: Evacuees from floodravaged Jammu and Kashmir continued to land at Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport in the holy city on Monday, where the administration and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) have made elaborate arrangements for them. On Monday, the India Air Force (IAF) brought in 252 people, a majority of whom were migrant labourers from Bihar ...

Amritsar, Punjab: Even as the Union Ministry of Tourism has released a grant of Rs 2.32 crore for accelerating the conservation work of the historic Ram Bagh Garden — the Summer Palace of legendary Sikh ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh – it continues to remain one of the most neglected heritage sites. The tussle between the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and ...

Amritsar, Punjab: Researcher Surinder Kochhar, who played a key role in digging out the mortal remains of 282 martyrs from historic Kalianwala Khu in Ajnala, today hit out at the state government for not facilitating a piece of land for performing the last rites of the martyrs. In a statement released here, Kochhar said he recently held a meeting with the ...