Anandpur Sahib, Nov. 25 -- The Punjab government has decided to grant holy city status to Amritsar walled city, Talwandi Sabo and Anandpur Sahib, chief minister Bhagwant Mann said on Monday.

The chief minister was addressing mediapersons here shortly after the Punjab assembly unanimously passed a resolution declaring Anandpur Sahib in Rupnagar district, Talwandi Sabo in Bathinda and the Galiara area around the Golden Temple in Amritsar as holy cities.

The sale and use of meat, liquor, tobacco, and other intoxicants will be prohibited in these cities, he added.

The resolution was moved by Mann during a special session of the assembly, which was convened to mark the 350th martyrdom anniversary of Guru Teg Bahadur. It was for the first ti...