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Bathinda (Punjab), July 7 (IANS) An undercurrent of tension prevailed in south Punjab Saturday following the death of Dera Sacha Sauda sect follower Jaswinder Singh at a hospital in Rohtak in neighbouring Haryana earlier in the day. More...

Chandigarh, July 5 (IANS) Stagnating and polluted ponds in rural Punjab will get cleaned under a new Rs.800 million scheme announced by the state government Thursday. More...

Chandigarh, July 5 (IANS) Leading Japanese financial institution, Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), will fund a Rs.30 billion public health project in Punjab to provide 100 percent water supply and sewerage connectivity in all major cities. More...

Chandigarh, July 3 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Tuesday ordered the setting up of five citrus estates this year, bringing 18,000 acres in 400 villages under citrus cultivation. More...

New York, July 3 (IANS) A Sikh religious flag displayed at a soon-to-be-opened gurdwara in California is at the centre of a controversy, with some residents saying the American flag should also be put up there. More...

Sydney, July 2 (IANS) Police in Sydney have finally circulated CCTV images of the two suspects who had ripped off a Sikh man's turban in a bus four months ago, after a Sikh group took up the incident with the local MP. More...

Toronto, July 1 (IANS) The continuing failure of Canadian politicians to take Sikh extremism seriously has contributed to a resurgence in the militant movement, says an award-winning Canadian journalist. More...

Chandigarh, June 29 (IANS) Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Friday accused the Akali Dal government in Punjab of violating his fundamental rights as the ongoing controversy between the sect and Sikhs reached the Punjab and Haryana high court. More...

Amritsar, June 27 (IANS) Sikh high priests from five temporal seats of the religion met here Wednesday to discuss a sealed letter sent by Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmit Ram Rahim to resolve the ongoing controversy between the clergy and the sect leader. More...

Chandigarh, June 27 (IANS) The Punjab government late Wednesday gave permission to the state police to execute the non-bailable warrant issued against Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh on the charge of hurting religious sentiments of the Sikh community. More...

Amritsar, June 27 (IANS) The Akal Takht, highest temporal seat of Sikhism, Wednesday kept in abeyance its decision on the second apology from Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh to the Sikh community for hurting their sentiments even as it maintained its tough stance. More...

Chandigarh, June 25 (IANS) Thousands of farmers in Punjab Monday protested against the acquisition of their land at nominal prices for setting up industrial units. More...

London, June 24 (IANS) Britain has abandoned plans to raise an exclusive regiment of British Sikhs on the ground that it would be seen as a move encouraging racial segregation, a media report said Sunday. More...

London, June 22 (IANS) Mourners lined up a street in Kent to pay their last respects to a Sikh cab driver and a prominent member of the community who was allegedly murdered. More...

New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) The cabinet Thursday approved the formation of a joint venture between an arm of the Mittal group and a state-owned oil major for reviving a refinery project in Punjab. More...

London, June 19 (IANS) A Sikh priest in Birmingham has come under attack for allegedly conducting an inter-religious marriage. More...

Washington, June 19 (IANS) Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama admits his campaign's Punjab jab against rival Hillary Clinton was a mistake and owns responsibility for the offending memo although he had not seen it before distribution. More...

Chandigarh, June 18 (IANS) Taking serious note of doctors using advertisements to lure patients to their clinics and hospitals, the Punjab government Monday asked the state's medical council to take steps to ban such advertisements. More...

Chandigarh, June 18 (IANS) The Punjab government Monday announced its decision to replace 100 percent wheat seeds every three years in order to end stagnation in production in the agriculture sector. More...

Hoshiarpur (Punjab), June 17 (IANS) The 'jumbo' wedding plans of many a groom in parts of Punjab now have a last minute hurdle with marriage palace owners at some places refusing to allow elephants inside their complexes. More...