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NEW DELHI: Even though the Dera Sacha Sauda tendered an apology, addressed to 10th Sikh Guru Gobind Singh, on Sunday — the deadline set by the Akal Takht for the Dera to vacate its premises in Punjab — the state continued to be in the throes of uncertainty. More...

NEW DELHI: Even though the Dera Sacha Sauda tendered an apology, addressed to 10th Sikh Guru Gobind Singh, on Sunday — the deadline set by the Akal Takht for the Dera to vacate its premises in Punjab — the state continued to be in the throes of uncertainty. More...

LUDHIANA: Procurement agencies in Punjab may not be able to achieve the set target of 90 lakh tonne of wheat during this Rabi season due to hoarding, experts feel. More...

Luxury car brands like Audi, Porsche and BMW till date did not have any authorised dealer in the Punjab-Haryana region, despite it boasting 15% of the Indian luxury car marketshare. Ludhiana and Jalandhar, for instance, are home to the largest number of Mercs in India. More...

Punjab National Bank posted net profit at Rs 237.7 crore in the three months ended March 31, 2007 as compared to Rs 288.6 crore in the corresponding period in 2006. More...

Punjab National Bank said on Wednesday it planned to raise Rs 50 lakh ($123 million) in debt and sell shares to raise funds, a senior official said. More...

Sadako Ogata was not the obvious choice to head the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees when she took over in February 1991. She broke precedent in several ways. She was the first women, the first Japanese, and the first academic to run the world’s refugee agency...

When the first Sikh immigrants arrived in California’s fertile Central Valley more than a century ago, they were reminded of the plains in their homeland, the Punjab. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/sikh/SIG=11vmn7j52/*http%3A//economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1152803.cms

AP - Wall Street extended its selloff Friday after industrial production figures pointed to a slowing economy and higher prices on imports fed investors' inflation worries. Disappointing earnings from IBM Corp. exacerbated the selling...