New Delhi, Nov. 25 -- The Punjab Assembly has banned sale and consumption of liquor, meat, tobacco and other intoxicants in three cities of the state after unanimously passing a resolution declaring them as holy. The Punjab government has declared Anandpur Sahib in Rupnagar district, Talwandi Sabo in Bathinda and the Galiara area around the Golden Temple in Amritsar as holy cities.

According to the resolution, a complete ban on sale and consumption of liquor, meat and tobacco items has been placed in these places, according to the resolution. The resolution was introduced by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann during a special session of the Punjab Assembly, convened to commemorate the 350th martyrdom anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur in Anandpu...