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Sirsa (Haryana), Aug 17 (IANS) 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...

Chandigarh, Aug 16 (IANS) Vacant land of various jails in Punjab will be commercially exploited and will be offered for setting up multiplexes and shopping malls. More...

Ludhiana/Chandigarh, Aug 15 (IANS) 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...

Chandigarh, Aug 14 (IANS) 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...

London, Aug 14 (IANS) A Sikh man belonging to a volunteer reserve police force in Ireland has been banned from wearing his headgear. More...

Chandigarh, Aug 13 (IANS) 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...

Amritsar, Aug 12 (IANS) International trading through this Sikh holy city promises to hold a good future, with cargo handling starting from the Rajasansi international airport here. More...

Chandigarh, Aug 9 (IANS) 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...

London, Aug 9 (IANS) An English aristocrat and the heir apparent to the dukedom of Marlborough has been accused of racially abusing a Sikh taxi driver who had arrived to collect him for an appearance in court last month. More...

Chandigarh, Aug 8 (IANS) 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...

Chandigarh, Aug 8 (IANS) 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...

Nawanshahr (Punjab), Aug 7 (IANS) 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...

Nawanshahr (Punjab), Aug 5 (IANS) Three youths, including two brothers, were killed when a truck loaded with cement drove over them here Sunday. The accident occurred 85 km from Chandigarh. More...

Chandigarh, Aug 2 (IANS) 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...

Chandigarh, Aug 2 (IANS) Punjab's Transport Minister Mohan Lal has told state Governor and Chandigarh Administrator S.F. Rodrigues about his harrowing experience in the stinking and clogged toilets at the city's premier bus stand - the inter-state bus terminus (ISBT). More...

Chandigarh, Aug 1 (IANS) 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...

Sirsa (Haryana), July 30 (IANS) A Punjab Police team Monday 'arrested' Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh from the sect headquarters near here and then bailed him out to complete a legal formality regarding a case registered against him in Punjab. More...

Sirsa (Haryana) July 30 (IANS) A Punjab police team arrived at the headquarters of the Dera Sacha Sauda religious sect near here Monday to formally arrest its chief Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh. More...

New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) {censored}tails, lavish luncheons and grand receptions during Sikh marriages will soon become passe. Religious leaders of the community have come up with a set of guidelines to curb ostentation associated with weddings it to rein in female foeticide. More...

Amritsar, July 28 (IANS) Two top Sikh religious leaders were Saturday provided extra security after they received a threatening letter from a relatively unknown Sikh organisation. More...