He was the first Sikh Indian Physician to become a Colonel in the United States Army. He retired from the Army after 25 years of meritorious service on January 30, 2009.
The lawn of the Summit Christian Church was the venue for the Interfaith Prayer Vigil for the victims of the Oak Creek, Wisconsin, Sikh Temple Shooting. The Sun was shining bright and Mother Nature was kind as if trying to soothe the somber mood of all who gathered to mourn, the nature was kind.
Amritsar Vikas Manch has demanded establishment of centrally funded and managed Amritsar Sikh University much on the pattern of Aligarh Muslim University and Banaras Hindu University and affiliating Khalsa College Amritsar with it...
Mr. Badal said that these games were my passion and I have institutionalized the arrangement that these games become an Annual Feature in the Sports Calendar of the State. He said that the one of the main objectives of these games is to wean away the youth from drugs as well as a sedentary way of life by encouraging them to join sports as a movement.
The Guru Nanak Dev University will establish a Center on Studies in Sri Guru Granth Sahib with the cost of Rs. 4705 Lacs. This Center would be fully funded by the University Grants Commission (UGC) and Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) on the Long Term Basis.
Emphasizing attracting additional tourists to Amritsar city, Mr. Badal approved the plan of Heritage Village to be set up on G.T. Road, in the area provided by GNDU. Mr. Badal said that the management and construction of Heritage Village would be outsourced to private specialized agency.
Chidambaram laid the foundation stone of Rs. 6.22 crore expanded viewers gallery at Joint Check Post to Hussainiwala to facilitate more and more tourists to visit this Indo – Pak border.
The success of the Amritsar-London-Toronto flight lies only in the fact that it originates from Amritsar. Diverting it via New Delhi will not only cause avoidable hardships to a majority of the air passengers but will be tantamount to surrendering a large chunk of the passenger pie to private airlines..
Air India has been displaying a negative attitude vis-à-vis Amritsar from day one. Punjabis form more than 30% of all international air passengers landing at Delhi and more than 600,000 passengers alighted or took off from Amritsar in 2007...
Amritsar Vikas Manch has demanded revival of the hub and spokes flights, withdrawn since December 15, 2009 from and to Amritsar.