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Hoshiarpur (Punjab), Aug 19 (IANS) Two police officers were suspended and booked after a youth they had arrested committed 'suicide' at a police station in Punjab. More...

Toronto, Aug 18 (IANS) A new Indo-Canadian organisation fostering Hindu-Sikh unity in British Columbia province will hold its first event Sunday when it celebrates the 60th anniversary of India's independence. More...

A spokesperson for Passport Canada said Friday the rejection of three Sikh children's passport photographs because they were wearing religious headgear was an isolated mistake. 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...

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

Chandigarh, Aug 17 (PTI) Dera Sacha Sauda chief Baba Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was today questioned by Punjab Police in connection with a case filed against him for allegedly hurting the religious More...

Jalandhar, Aug 17 (ANI): In an initiative aimed at motivating farmers to take up the production of export quality Basmati rice crop, the Punjab Agriculture Department has opened Kisan-Khet schools under a crop diversification programme here. The agricultural department has been educating farmers...

Chandigarh, Aug 17 (ANI): The Punjab Police will question Dera Sacha Sauda Chief Baba Gurmeet Ram Raheem Singh today in connection with a case filed against him for allegedly hurting religious sentiments. According to sources, around 15 policemen led by an officer of the rank of DSP will visit...

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...

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...

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...

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...

NRIs settled in UK are very keen to improve the environment of their native state, Punjab, and have expressed their desire to work in their native villages here, revealed Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal, who has taken up the task of cleaning Bein river. He said he conducted nearly 100 meetings with...

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...

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...

Chandigarh, Aug 16 (PTI) Low supply of raw material has resulted in escalation of steel prices in Punjab by Rs 500 per metric tonne in the last one week. 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...

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 12 (PTI) Heavy rains lashed many parts of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana, disrupting normal life. Madhopur in Punjab received 144 mm of rain, while Barnala received 20 mm. 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...