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Two police officers were suspended and booked after a youth they had arrested committed 'suicide' at a police station in Punjab. Police had picked up the youth in Hoshiarpur district some days ago on charges of stealing a mobile phone. More...

Punjab Police Friday confiscated the controversial dress that Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh had worn in likeness of a revered Sikh guru - the cause of the current stand-off between the Sikh community and dera followers. More...

A Punjab Police team arrived here Friday morning to interrogate chief of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect, Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh, in a case of hurting religious sentiments of the Sikh community by portraying himself as Sikh guru Gobind Singh. More...

A Punjab Police team arrived here Friday morning to interrogate chief of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect, Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh, in a case of hurting religious sentiments of the Sikh community by portraying himself as Sikh guru Gobind Singh. More...

Vacant land of various jails in Punjab will be commercially exploited and will be offered for setting up multiplexes and shopping malls. This was decided at a meeting of the Punjab cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal here Thursday evening. More...

Ludhiana/Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Wednesday launched the much-awaited 'atta-dal' (wheat and pulses) scheme for the poor during Independence Day celebrations in Ludhiana. More...

Fulfilling its much-awaited promise to provide atta (wheat flour) and dal (pulses) at highly subsidised rates to poor families to help them beat inflation, the Punjab government will Wednesday formally launch a scheme on the occasion of Independence Day. More...

At a time when the Sikh diaspora is set to complete a century of existence in the West, many of them settling to the riches of their adopted countries and thousands more aspiring to be part of those 'greener pastures', a book by a Punjab-based citrus farmer has attempted to chronicle the...

At a time when the Sikh diaspora is set to complete a century of existence in the West, many of them settling to the riches of their adopted countries and thousands more aspiring to be part of those 'greener pastures', a book by a Punjab-based citrus farmer has attempted to chronicle the...

International trading through this Sikh holy city promises to hold a good future, with cargo handling starting from the Rajasansi international airport here. More...

The Punjab police Thursday announced that it would get stricter with proclaimed offenders in the future. All district police chiefs have been asked to attach properties of such offenders to bring them back within the reach of law. More...

Trade and industry body Assocham Wednesday announced it will jointly establish with the Punjab government a mechanism to provide one-window facilitation to promote economic and trade activities between the state and the Arab countries. More...

The opposition Congress Wednesday cried foul over the polling in the one-day election to civic bodies in Punjab's four main cities even as incidents of violence occurred in all four cities. More...

The Punjab police Wednesday claimed it had nabbed ten members of a gang of migrants from Nawanshahr district, 85 km from Chandigarh, who were involved in a spate of dacoities at religious shrines in the area in recent months. More...

Punjab's ruling Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) combine is gearing up for its first test after coming to power in March, with four major cities holding civic polls Wednesday. More...

Power supply in most parts of Punjab was severely affected following a major technical snag in the power distribution system that brought major power generating units to a grinding halt Saturday evening. More...

The Punjab government will conduct a fresh livestock census in the state Sept 14-Oct 15 to find out exactly how many domestic animals and birds are there in the state. More...

The Punjab government will launch its much-publicised 'Atta-Dal' food scheme Aug 15 that will provide flour and pulses at subsidised rates to poor families, officials said Wednesday. More...

Two top Sikh religious leaders were Saturday provided extra security after they received a threatening letter from a relatively unknown Sikh organisation. More...

The Punjab government Thursday moved the Supreme Court to stop neighbouring Haryana from building a water channel off the Bhakhra canal to irrigate its farming land. More...