ANANDPUR SAHIB: Bhog of 'akhand path' began at Takht Sri Kesgarh Sahib on Tuesday as per Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal's wish to thank the Almighty for the Shiromani Akali Dal's victory in the assembly elections. A ragi jatha recited Gurbani kirtan Takht Sri Kesgarh Sahib Jathedar Giani Tarlochan Singh ...

ANANDPUR SAHIB: Thousands of people from various parts of the country and abroad thronged Virasat-e-Khalsa on the very first day it was thrown open to public on Sunday. The heritage centre staff had a tough time managing the crowds throughout the day. About 4,000 visitors would be able to tour the centre ...

ANANDPUR SAHIB: Subdivisional judicial magistrate Kewal Krishan on Friday demanded the three accused in the attack on Baba Piara Singh Bharuarawala in police custody till October 31. Harvinder Singh, Gurvinder Singh and Dharminder Singh were produced in the court in the afternoon. The police will interrogate the accused to ascertain the ...

ANANDPUR SAHIB: About a dozen villages of Anandpur Sahib sub-division have been flooded due to increased inflow of water into the Sutlej river from the Swan rivulet. Heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh resulted in increased flow of water into the Swan rivulet. The water flow into the rivulet, which enters Sutlej near ...

ANANDPUR SAHIB NEWS: "I don't have words to express my joy," said Amolpreet Kaur, who topped the matriculation examinations. "I have opted for the medical stream in Class 11 and want to make it to AIIMS to become a heart surgeon," she said. Amolpreet, a student of SGPC-run Bhai Nand Lal Public ...

ANANDPUR SAHIB: The first phase of the prestigious Khalsa Heritage Complex at Anandpur Sahib would be dedicated to the ration by August 31, disclosed Punjab finance minister and Anandpur Sahib Foundation executive committee chairperson Upinderjit Kaur after viewing the project's progress curing a high-level meeting here on Friday. She said that ...

ANANDPUR SAHIB: The Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) has demanded that the management of Gurdwara Manji Sahib (Dera Badhbhag Singh) in Una district in Himachal Pradesh be handed over to the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPG). Talking to reporters here on Monday after submitting a memorandum, addressed to Himachal chief minister Prem ...

ANANDPUR SAHIB: A book 'Teesre Badal Da Sach: Akal Takht Sahib Di Global Drishti', authored by noted Sikh scholar Harsimran Singh was released here on Wednesday. It is sixth book authored by him. While releasing the book, Harsimran Singh said he had started writing the book after performing 'ardas' at Akal ...

ANANDPUR SAHIB: The birthplace of Khalsa on Thursday welcomed the train headed for all five Sikh takhts. The train, 'Didar-e-Takht Nishan-e­ Khalsa', which started its nine­ day journey from Delhi on Wednesday, was received here by Avtar Singh Makkar, president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC). The 89 tourists on ...

ANANDPUR SAHIB: SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar on Wednesday accused the Central government of giving preferential treatment to the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC). Talking to the media here, Makkar alleged the Centre takes immediate action on plain-paper letters written by DSGMC president Paramjit Singh Sarna, but does not pay ...

ANANDPUR SAHIB: The students of SGPC-run Bhai Nand Lal Public Senior Secondary School are up in arms against the mid-session transfer of physics lecturer Kuldeep Singh Verma to Tarn Taran. The Class 11 and 12 students have been on strike for the last two days. They said that studies would suffer. ...

ANANDPUR SAHIB: The rising waters of the Sutlej left 12 villages in Anandpur Sahib and Nangal sub divisions of Rupnagar district inundated following the release of excess water from the Bhakra dam. The water entered fields and houses in Burj, Ballowal, Hariwal, Mendli Kalan, Gajpur, Mataur, Amarpur Bela, Dasgrain, Laudipur, Jindwari ...

ANANDPUR SAHIB: The Sutlej river and the Swan rivulet passing through Rupnagar district would be channelised to solve the problem of floods in the district permanently, announced Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday while talking to mediapersons after visiting villages inundated by the breach in the Sutlej in ...