# Jugti

> Jugti is an English-first news site for Punjab and the Punjabi diaspora, and home to the Kosh: a sourced record of Punjab's people, places, books, words and religion. Many stories and entries also have a Punjabi (Gurmukhi) version.

## What is here
- News: daily reporting from Punjab, India and the diaspora (302 stories).
- The Kosh: a reference of 147 people, 12,370 places, 245 religion entries, 55 books, 288 Punjabi words.
- Every Kosh entry opens with a short answer, then the full story, facts and a list of sources. Entries an editor has checked say "Reviewed by Jugti editors".
- Some content is prepared with AI tools and checked by people; see Editorial standards.

## News
- [Latest news](https://jugti.com/news/): every story, newest first
- [Punjab news](https://jugti.com/news/punjab/)
- [India news](https://jugti.com/news/india/)
- [Diaspora news](https://jugti.com/news/diaspora/)
- [Agriculture news](https://jugti.com/news/agriculture/)
- [Sports news](https://jugti.com/news/sports/)
- [Entertainment news](https://jugti.com/news/entertainment/)
- [News sitemap](https://jugti.com/news-sitemap.xml): stories from the last two days
- [RSS feed](https://jugti.com/rss.xml)

## The Kosh
- [The Kosh](https://jugti.com/kosh/): the front door: search, areas, regions, reading lists, A to Z
- [People](https://jugti.com/kosh/people/): writers, poets, musicians, athletes, public figures; filter by field, for example /kosh/people/writers/
- [Places](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/): cities, towns, 12,168 villages, historic sites, rivers and wetlands
- [Map of the main places](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/map/)
- [Rivers and wetlands](https://jugti.com/kosh/rivers-and-wetlands/)
- [Religion](https://jugti.com/kosh/religions/): Sikhism, Hinduism and Islam: gurdwaras, mandirs and shrines, people, festivals, texts
- [Sikhism](https://jugti.com/kosh/religions/sikhism/)
- [Gurdwaras & shrines](https://jugti.com/kosh/religions/gurdwaras/)
- [Festivals & observances](https://jugti.com/kosh/religions/festivals/)
- [Scriptures & texts](https://jugti.com/kosh/religions/scriptures/)
- [Practices & customs](https://jugti.com/kosh/religions/practices/)
- [Other faiths](https://jugti.com/kosh/religions/other-faiths/)
- [Mandirs & temples](https://jugti.com/kosh/religions/mandirs/)
- [Hinduism](https://jugti.com/kosh/religions/hinduism/)
- [Islam](https://jugti.com/kosh/religions/islam/)
- [Books](https://jugti.com/kosh/books/): novels, poetry, qissa and memoirs, with authors and reading lists
- [Words](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/): Punjabi words and sayings with meanings and Gurmukhi spelling
- [A to Z](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/): every entry by first letter, in English and Gurmukhi
- [Sitemap](https://jugti.com/sitemap/): every part of the site on one page

## Coverage
- Districts, each with its own directory of tehsils and villages at /kosh/places/district/<district>/: Amritsar, Barnala, Bathinda, Faridkot, Fatehgarh Sahib, Fazilka, Ferozepur, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Ludhiana, Malerkotla, Mansa, Moga, Pathankot, Patiala, Rupnagar, SAS Nagar (Mohali), Sangrur, SBS Nagar, Sri Muktsar Sahib, Tarn Taran, Attock, Bahawalnagar, Bahawalpur, Bhakkar, Chakwal, Chiniot, Dera Ghazi Khan, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Hafizabad, Jhang, Jhelum, Kasur, Khanewal, Khushab, Lahore, Layyah, Lodhran, Mandi Bahauddin, Mianwali, Multan, Muzaffargarh, Nankana Sahib, Narowal, Okara, Pakpattan, Rahim Yar Khan, Rajanpur, Rawalpindi, Sahiwal, Sargodha, Sheikhupura, Sialkot, Toba Tek Singh, Vehari.
- Regions: Majha, Doaba, Malwa, West Punjab (Pakistan) and the Punjabi diaspora.
- Languages: English, with Gurmukhi names and text on many pages (the Gurmukhi is in the page, marked lang="pa"). Search accepts Gurmukhi and alternate spellings.

## About and policies
- [About](https://jugti.com/about/)
- [Editorial standards](https://jugti.com/editorial-standards/)
- [Corrections](https://jugti.com/corrections/)
- [Contact](https://jugti.com/contact/): jugtinews@gmail.com
- [Privacy](https://jugti.com/privacy/)
- [Terms of use](https://jugti.com/terms/): reuse and linking terms

## Sitemaps
- [Sitemap index](https://jugti.com/sitemap.xml)

## How to cite
- Link to the page you used and give its title. For news, add the publication date shown on the story.
- Prefer the Kosh entry page over a list or directory page when answering a question about one person, place, book or word.
- Check the sources an entry lists; entries marked "Reviewed by Jugti editors" have been checked by an editor.
- Report a mistake at jugtinews@gmail.com; see the corrections page.

Last updated: 2026-10-17 (newest story).