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Akal Takht Jathedar Sahib visits activist on hunger protest

SAS Nagar, Punjab: Akal Takht jathedsar Giani Gurbachan Singh and Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Avtar Singh Makkar have finally visited rights activist Gurbakhsh Singh, whose hunger sit-in demanding the release of the detenues of militancy period in Punjab ...

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More lodging facility near Golden Temple on cards

Amritsar, Punjab: Come New Year and the pilgrims visiting the holy city to pay obeisance at the Golden Temple will have more and better lodging facilities as the SGPC will be adding around 500 rooms in the form of three “sarais” ...

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Pollution around Golden Temple to be curtailed

Amritsar, Punjab: To keep the Golden Temple environs pollution-free, the state government will soon install an ‘air control monitoring station’ worth Rs 1.5 crore at the shrine. It will also set up a power substation to ensure uninterrupted supply in the ...

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PPCB fails to crack whip on illegal hotels near Golden Temple

Patiala, Punjab: The functioning of the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) is under the scanner for its failure to take strict action against a hundred unauthorised upcoming hotels in the ‘galliara’ in the vicinity of the Golden Temple. The PPCB could ...

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