Chandigarh, Feb 7 (IANS) The teachings of Guru Ravidas are not only spiritual guidance but also show the path to creating an ideal society, said Punjab BJP working President Ashwani Sharma on Saturday.He was addressing a programme organised by the Scheduled Caste (SC) Morcha Punjab in Chandigarh on the occasion of the 649th birth anniversary of Guru Ravidas, a 15th-century saint, poet and social reformer.In the presence of SC Morcha BJP State President S.R. Laddhar, Sharma said that considering …
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Chandigarh, Feb 6 (IANS) Marking a decisive institutional commitment to the legacy of Guru Ravidass, the Punjab government on Friday formally launched year-long celebrations for the 650th Guru Purb, laying out a clear sequence of religious, cultural and academic initiatives that will run across the state until February 20, 2027.Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann inaugurated the commemorations with the announcement of sustained congregations, Sant Sammelans, katha-kirtan programmes, conventions and uni…
Chandigarh, Jan 29 (IANS) The high-security Punjab and Haryana Civil Secretariat, guarded by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), was evacuated on Thursday after a bomb threat email was received in the office of the National Informatics Centre (NIC), officials said.Besides the CISF, Chandigarh Police, along with its counterparts from Punjab and Haryana, bomb squads and the Fire Brigade, were deployed in the Secretariat, which houses offices of the Chief Ministers of both states, their C…
Chandigarh, Jan 28 (IANS) Eighteen schools in Chandigarh on Wednesday received bomb-threat emails, causing widespread panic among the police and local administration. As the schools, both public and private, received the email in the morning, the police were informed. An alert was issued from the police control room within minutes.Upon receiving the information, the bomb detection team, the operations cell, and the local police station personnel reached the spot and began searching all school pr…