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Sikh leaders in the Indian capital want an end to ostentatious weddings involving gallons of alcohol and mounds of tandoori chicken because they encourage "dowry harassment", newspapers reported on Sunday. 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...

Two top Sikh religious leaders were Saturday provided extra security after they received a threatening letter from a relatively unknown Sikh organisation. More...

Amu is a movie that revisits a time when thousands of Sikh males in India were killed or forced to remove their turbans and cut their hair to survive. But it is also about today and about how the life of a young girl amongst many others changed. More...

By Karan Kapoor Ludhiana, July 27 (ANI): An upcoming artist from rural Punjab has come up with a music video album Jhona-2 that highlights the depleting water condition and farmers' plight in the State. The music video is said to be an attempt to generate mass support by spreading general...

Amu is a movie that revisits a time when thousands of Sikh males in India were killed or forced to remove their turbans and cut their hair to survive. But it is also about today and about how the life of a young girl amongst many others changed. More...

A trial court in Chandigarh on Friday convicted six people for the 1995 assassination of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh. More...

By Mittha Devivada (Punjab), July 27 (ANI): Believe it or not, many farmers in Punjab are using locally brewd liquor as pesticides. They claim that the brew kills pests and also helps in getting better yields. Farmers in Punjab's Faridkot District have been using liquor as pesticides for the...

Canada nixed a decade-old policy on Thursday that required prospective Sikh immigrants to change their last names to avoid confusion with other Sikhs. More...

The Punjab government Thursday moved the Supreme Court to stop neighbouring Haryana from building a water channel off the Bhakhra canal to irrigate its farming land. More...

New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) The Punjab government Thursday moved the Supreme Court to stop neighbouring Haryana from building a water channel off the Bhakhra canal to irrigate its farming land. More...

The Sikh community in Jharkhand has taken out processions in different parts of the state and have demanded the removal of Health Minister Bhanu Pratap Shahi over his reported remarks disparaging the community. More...

By P S Mitha Devivada (Punjab), July 26 (ANI): Farmers in Punjab's Faridkot District are using locally brewed liquor as pesticide to get better yield of their crops. According to farmers, it is not only cheap but gives better results than pesticides available in the market. Farmers claim...

Ranchi, July 26 (IANS) The Sikh community in Jharkhand has taken out processions in different parts of the state and have demanded the removal of Health Minister Bhanu Pratap Shahi over his reported remarks disparaging the community. More...

Chicago, July 26 (IANS) A teenager was charged with the murder of a Sikh cab driver whose burnt body was found early this month in Seattle. More...

Amrit Singh Rai, once a prominent Sikh activist, was sentenced to three years in a federal prison on Wednesday for robbing a bank in Surrey, B.C., last October. More...

AN effort is on to make PAU, the lungs of the city, even greener. Van Mahautsav was organised by the university authorities today to increase the green cover on the campus. Dr MS Kang planted 'neem' on the campus to mark the occasion. Speaking at the function, Dr Kang said Punjab cannot dream to...

Monica Bedi, who walked free Wednesday after spending five years behind bars in Portugal and India, reached her ancestral village Chabewal in Punjab where she was born in 1976. More...

Hoshiarpur (Punjab), July 25 (IANS) Monica Bedi, who walked free Wednesday after spending five years behind bars in Portugal and India, reached her ancestral village Chabewal in Punjab where she was born in 1976. More...