AMRITSAR: On the occasion of birth anniversary of first Sikh master Guru Nanak Dev, thousands of people including women and children, Thursday paid obeisance in the sanctum sanctorum of the Harmandhar Sahib (Golden Temple) the holiest Sikh shrine in the holy city of Amritsar.

PATIALA : The 540th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the first Sikh Guru, is being celebrated here in Patiala on Thursday. Devotees thronged Gurudwaras to pay their obeisance Hundreds of devotees thronged to the Gurdwara Dukhniwaran Sahib early this morning to pay obeisance.

CHANDIGAH: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Thursday appealed to the leaders of the some Kissan Union of Punjab to call off their purposed Rail Roko agitation scheduled from tomorrow.