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Putting an end to speculations, the Punjab Jails Department has communicated it to the Chandigarh Police that they cannot accommodate Jagtar Singh Hawara and Balwant Singh in Patiala Jail. Citing "apprehension of trouble in Patiala Jail considering the profiles of both the convicts, who could...

4,000 educational service providers to be recruited: Upinderjit Kaur The Punjab Education Department has promoted 527 ETT, classical and vernacular (C & V) teachers and non-teaching staff to master cadre in the state and initiated recruitment process of 4,000 educational service providers for...

In an interim report, the Justice N N Singh Inquiry Commission on Tuesday recommended that victims of the 1989-90 Bhagalpur communal riots be treated at par with those of the 1984 Sikh riots and handed over a similar compensation package. "Looking into various aspects and looking at all the...

A former Chief Justice of India once called it "the Punjab experience", while the Government of India has officially acknowledged it as an experiment worth emulating. Now, even the United Nations has given its stamp of approval to the concept called lok adalats. The mega success of lok adalats...

"Unless everyone gets sufficient food to eat, there will be no peace in the world," said Punjab Agricultural University Vice-Chancellor Dr Manjit Singh Kang at a panel discussion on 'Punjab's lost pride: what should be done?' organised by NGO Kadam today. He stressed that the investing in...

With an all time high cropping intensity of 189 per cent and the highest per hectare use of fertilisers (192.5 kg) and pesticides (923 grams) in the country, Punjab is not only overdrawing its water and soil resources but is also producing crops laced with poison. The state with a yen for the...

Punjab Chemicals and Crop Protection Ltd has entered into an agreement with Pevobel NV and Gevobel NV to acquire 100% in Dutch company Pegevo Beheer BV, for Euro 39.5 million. More...

THE book is fiction, but the events that it talks about or refers to are real. At that point of time, there were many forces that were out to destroy India; divisive forces which only plotted for their benefits and nobody suffered more than the people of Punjab," says Maloy Krishna Dhar on his...

The Indian Cricket League should have been a natural choice for someone like Punjab's Pankaj Dharmani. The 33-year-old played his only One-Day International in 1996 against South Africa in Jaipur. And the wicketkeeper batsman is not even in contention for a comeback to the national team. So he...

THE Punjab Sports Department is planning to hold the Punjab Hockey League from August 29. The Punjab Education Department will also conduct a Hockey league for all Education Departments of the state which will see the participation of 12 School Wings in which six boys and girls teams, said...

Putra Jaya : The Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism and Sikhism (MCCBCHS) wants the authorities to investigate a Tamil newspaper, which published on its front page a picture of Jesus Christ holding a cigarette in one hand and a can, which looks like a beer can, in...

Girls and women from WB and Assam are being increasingly trafficked to states like Punjab and Haryana where they are sexually exploited until they bear a male child, a UN report said. More...

The Punjab Olympic Association will construct a Punjab Olympic Bhavan in the two acres of land inside the Sports Stadium, Phase IX, Mohali. President of the Punjab Olympic Association Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa (Member of Parliament and Secy Gen. SAD), today visited the sports stadium along with...

Experts say the scanty rainfall could spell doom for the crops, especially paddy Monsoon in Punjab this year has been deficit by 22 per cent. The state, which till date should have received at least 480 mm of rainfall, has received only 300 mm. While districts of Abohar and Muktsar have been...

"You say Rolls, I say Royce, You say God, Give me a Choice..." Unlike, Freddie 'Queen' Mercury, the politicians of Punjab don't have dearth of choice when it comes to selecting a vehicle. Exquisite sedans and robust SUVs are there for their taking! But some cursory observation skills and...

A Sikh couple in Britain is considering to convert their four-year-old daughter to Roman Catholicism so that she can attend their favoured school in September More...

In an effort to spot and train rural youth of the state, the Punjab Sports Department has taken an initiative to involve the rural youth in developing sports culture by organising rural tournaments at block, district and sate level. According to Pargat Singh , Sports Director, Punjab...

In a bid to mark the birth centenary of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, the Punjab Government has made elaborate plans to hold a national-level function in Amritsar on September 28. Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal met President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh last week to invite...

The Rai-Sikh community has strongly criticised the tall claims of Rana Gurmeet Singh Sodhi, MLA from Guruharsahai, of a major role in the proposed Bill declaring the Rai-Sikh community as Schedule Caste. It is to be mentioned here that a Bill declaring the Rai-Sikh community as Schedule Caste...

The Shiromani Akali Dal (1920) has written a letter to Governor of Punjab to declare the state a "tobacco-free area" on the lines of Chandigarh. However, Dal president Ravi Inder Singh has also alleged in the letter that the Badal government accepted donations from Indian Tobacco Company. Ravi...