Punjab, India Current Affairs, GK & News

Vijay Kumar Chopra appointed as chairman of Press Trust of India (PTI)

The Chief Editor of the Punjab Kesari Group, Vijay Kumar Chopra has been appointed the chairman of Press Trust of India (PTI). Chopra succeeded N Ravi, Publisher and former Editor-in-Chief of The Hindu. PTI is the largest news agency in India & is headquartered in New Delhi.

Topics: Chopra • Delhi • India • Newspapers • Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf • Press Trust of India • PTI • Punjab Kesari • Punjab, India • States and union territories of India • The Hindu • Vijay Kumar Chopra

Virasat-e-Khalsa becomes most visited museum in Asian sub-continent

Virasat-e-Khalsa, the pioneer museum depicting 550 years’ history and culture of Punjab and Sikhism, has scripted new chapter in its rising glory by becoming the most visited museum in the Asian sub-continent on a single day. The museum had witnessed a record footfall of 20,569 visitors on a single day on March 20. Hence, the ..

Topics: Asia Book of Records • Khalsa • Limca Book of Records • Punjab • Punjab, India • religion • Rupnagar • Sikhism • Theism • Virasat • Virasat-e-Khalsa

Prof. Kirpal Singh, renowned Sikh historian and chronicler, passes away

Prof. Kirpal Singh (95), the renowned Sikh historian and chronicler, has passed away in Chandigarh on May 7, 2019. He was the first chronicler of India’s partition. The historian had retired as professor and head of the department of Punjab Historical Studies in Punjabi University, Patiala. Before joining Punjabi University, he was lecturer at the ..

Topics: Akal • Akal Takht • Amritsar • Harjinder Singh Dilgeer • Panj Takht • Patiala • Punjab • Punjab, India • Punjabi people • religion • Sikhism • Sikhs

Services football team wins 2019 Santosh Trophy

In Football, the Services lifted the 2019 Santosh Trophy by defeating Punjab 1-nil in the final at the Guru Nanak Stadium in Ludhiana on 21st April. In the first half, both the teams were goal-less. In the second half, Services scored the lone goal and held on till the final whistle. With this victory, the ..

Topics: Football in India • Football in Kolkata • Guru Nanak Stadium • Ludhiana • Punjab, India • Santosh Trophy • services • Sport in India

Jallianwala Bagh massacre’s 100 years

On 13th April 2019, the nation paid homage to the martyrs of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre on the centenary of the incident. On this day in 1919, hundreds of innocent Indians were killed by troops under British Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer, during a peaceful meeting on Baisakhi at the park in Amritsar, Punjab. Here, the civilians ..

Topics: Amritsar • Amritsar district • Districts of India • In India • Indian independence movement • Jallianwala Bagh • Jallianwala Bagh massacre • Punjab Province • Punjab, India • Reginald Dyer • Saifuddin Kitchlew

Punjab declares Indus river dolphin as state’s aquatic animal

Punjab has recently declared the endangered Indus river dolphin as the state’s aquatic animal. The decision was recently taken at a meeting of the state board for wildlife chaired by chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh. Indus Dolphin is an endangered freshwater aquatic mammal found only in Indian and Pakistan in the Beas river. These are ..

Topics: India • Indus River • Kali Bein • Kanjli Wetland • Punjab, India • Rivers • States and union territories of India • Sultanpur Lodhi • Wetlands of India