Khalchain (Amritsar), Mar 9 : Khaidan Khalchain Diyan, the sports meet organized here has inspired village youth in the region to be disciplined and become sportsmen.

Village Khalchain, located near Amritsar, has been holding the rural sports meet since 1952. Since then, event is growing bigger by the year.

The event was started by four sports teachers, who wanted to turn the village youth towards sports to prevent them from getting addicted to drugs.

Amritsar, Mar 9 : To explore trade potential between Punjab and East Midland (UK), a high-level delegation visited Punjab from February 28 to March 7 in association with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the Punjab Link Council, UK.

During their stay in India, the delegation met several business groups from Punjab.

Amritsar, Mar 9 : To pay tributes to the people who lost their lives in the Mumbai terror attacks, renowned artists from Maharashtra performed inspiring patriotic songs and drew a colorful Rangoli on the theme of the attack.

Eight artists from Maharashtra prepared Rangoli images of Golden Temple, Jallianwala Bagh, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, former Indian Police Service officer Kiran Bedi, and folk singer Gurmeet Bawa.

Amritsar Mar 6 : Describing the militant attack on Sri Lankan cricketers in Lahore as "unfortunate" and condemning the evil designs of terrorists, passengers of the Amritsar-Nankana bus service said the government should speed up the peace process between the two nations.

Though less in number, eight passengers, including one Pakistani, the passengers want the government not to discontinue public transportation between the two countries.

Amritsar, March 3 : To bring change in public life by active participation, a novel beginning has been made here under which 100 village heads have extended their support to district administration to fight social evils and ensure development.

The coming together of 100 village heads is a quite an unusual event in Amritsar city and has made the local governing bodies speed up their efficiency.

Not with army, says Antony; 'white lie' says SGPC

Even 25 years after Operation Bluestar, the controversy over missing Sikh manuscripts from the Golden Temple's Sikh Reference Library refuses to die down.

Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Thursday asked the Centre to come clean and treat the issue with respect as Sikh sentiments were involved.

The Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandak Committee (SGPC) is up in arms ever since defence minister AK Anthony told Rajya Sabha last week that the army did not possess the documents.