The state capital seems to have no dearth of innovative ideas aimed at attracting tourists and local revellers. After revolving and floating restaurants, a cruise will very soon be set afloat to ferry tourists from Patna collectorate ghat to Patna Saheb.
A designated national historic monument, the temple was completed in 1911 by struggling pioneers. The oldest, and longest standing building of its kind in North America, it is the only Gurdwara to have a national historic designation outside of India and Pakistan.
In the latest incident of Indian diplomats being apparently singled out for security checks in U.S. airports, Indian envoy to the United Nations Hardeep Puri was subjected to pat-down check removing his turban at an airport in Houston, Texas.
State Minister for Wildlife and Forests Tikshan Sud said he was not sure if there was a difference between a falcon and eastern goshawk but officials of the Wildlife Department must clarify it.
A luxury train will carry the devout and sightseers to four of the country’s five Sikh Takhts, with a flight to the fifth takht on the ninth day completing the circuit.
Asked to reflect on the few hours she and about 20 other visitors spent there Sunday, as part of the United Religious Community of St. Joseph County’s “Walks in Faith” program, Coleman said she was struck more by what the two denominations have in common.
For tirst time in more than two and half decades Chief of the Army Staff General Vijay Kumar Singh today along with his entire family members reached in the holy city to pay obeisance in the sanctum Sanctorum of Harmander Sahib.
Members of Vancouver's Sikh community gathered Sunday at the Ross Street Temple to applaud the announcement of federal funding for two projects commemorating the 1914 Komagata Maru incident in which 376 immigrants from the Punjab were refused entry to Canada.
He said: "Over the years more Europeans were attracted by the mansions and lifestyles they could get in the Punjab, and some British even deserted the East India Company."
What appears to have happened is the first deliberate misinformation campaign built around the WikiLeaks cables, something sure to happen again as the ever-swelling release of documents provides cover for those who have forged documents to peddle.