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No meat, intoxicants to be sold in Punjab’s 3 new ‘Holy Cities’: Reasons for their selection

December 22, 2025 7:49 pm

Amritsar, Anandpur Sahib, and Talwandi Sabo are associated with three of the five Sikh Takhts. Here is what changes for them.

Finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema addressing masses in Dirba constituency of Sangrur district. (Express Photo)

Punjab rural polls: Parties make last-minute push as campaigning ends

December 12, 2025 7:51 pm

BJP Pathankot MLA Ashwani Sharma campaigned across the rural areas of his constituency on Thursday and Friday.

Anandpur Sahib security for Guru Tegh Bahadur martyrdom event: 3 special DGPs, 2, ADGPs, 8 DIGs among 110 DGPs Commendation Discs awardees

December 06, 2025 11:09 am

Among the top IPS officers of the state cadre who got the DGPs Commendation Disc for Anandpur Sahib are three Special DGPs.

The ruling, delivered on November 20 by Justice Harpreet Singh Brar, comes after decades of litigation and highlights the state’s failure to absorb the employee despite earlier court orders and undertakings.

HC directs Punjab to pay Rs 5 lakh to worker retrenched from hydel project in 1985: ‘State must act as model employer’

December 03, 2025 5:41 pm

The Punjab and Haryana High Court said the “very essence of a welfare state…is compromised when the instrumentalities of the state itself become a source of protracted litigation”.

On posters and walking barefoot, Bains drew attention for good and bad

November 26, 2025 10:29 am

AAP’s Harjot Bains took centre stage at the 350th martyrdom anniversary of Guru Teg Bahadur in Anandpur Sahib, overseeing large-scale arrangements, even as the absence of a district announcement drew local disappointment.

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann announces world-class university named after Guru Tegh Bahadur in Anandpur Sahib

November 25, 2025 5:26 pm

Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann made the announcement after AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal urged him to build a befitting tribute to Guru Tegh Bahadur in Punjab’s Anandpur Sahib.

Punjab launches ‘AnandpurSahib350.com’ to guide Sangat during 350th martyrdom anniversary events

November 22, 2025 8:27 am

Website and mobile app offer schedules, live streams, parking, accommodation and shuttle information in Punjabi and English

Explained: Evolution of Punjab’s districts, with the possibility of Anandpur Sahib becoming one

October 30, 2025 5:36 pm

As Punjab prepares to honour Guru Tegh Bahadur, here’s a brief history of how the state’s districts have evolved — from the 13 districts of undivided Punjab to the 23 that exist today.

350th martyrdom day of Guru Tegh Bahadur: Punjab govt plans to announce 24th district — Anandpur Sahib — carved out of Ropar

October 08, 2025 11:19 am

Likely to inform the special Assembly session on Nov 24

1991 fake encounter in Anandpur Sahib: Court rejects CBI closure report, orders fresh probe

September 01, 2025 12:26 am

The court underlined that this case is not limited to the killing of one individual but also concerns the disappearance and possible murder of four other innocent people