Punjab

Russian, Greek artists in Punjab to share the cultures

Chandigarh, Mar 17:Punjabi Dhol The tour of cultural troupes of Greek and Russian folk artist

Hockey industry hit by national teams' debacle at Olympics

Hockey KitJalandhar, Mar 17 : Hockey sports kit manufacturers in Punjab claim that the failure of

Jagdish Tytler's role in '84 anti-Sikh riots features in US rights report

Chandigarh, Mar 16: former Union Cabinet Minister Jagdish Tytler

Defence Ministry to probe General Deepak Kapoor's misdemeanours: Pallam Raju

Minister of State for Defence M M Pallam Raju

Sikh devotees take a holy dip at Golden Temple on New Year

Golden TempleAmritsar, March 14 : A large number of Sikhs visited the Golden Temple on Friday to mark the beginning of the Nanakshahi Samvat (New Year).

They took a dip in the holy pond in the shrine and offered special prayers.

The Nanakshahi Calendar is a solar calendar adopted by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to determine the dates for important Sikh events. It was created by Pal Singh Purewal and replaced the Hindu calendar in 1998. The calendar begins from the birth of the first Sikh Guru, Nanak Dev in 1469.

According to the calendar, the year 2008 is the 540th year of the calendar.

Vintage car rally in Ludhiana

Vintage car rally in LudhianaLudhiana, Mar 14 : Glorious relics of an age go

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