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The Punjab government has decided to ask the Centre to increase its Haj quota from 558 to 1,000 and to declare Chandigarh the demarcation point instead of Delhi for those from the state undertaking the pilgrimage. More...

Punjab government is considering making it mandatory for students to pass in Mathematics, General Science and English in order to succeed in board examinations, Education Minister Upinderjeet Kaur said today. More...

Bollywood diva Madhuri Dixit's comeback film "Aaja Nachle" was today back in theatres in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh with the state authorities deciding to give it a green signal after some controversial lines were removed from the title song. More...

Bollywood diva Madhuri Dixit's comeback film "Aaja Nachle" was today back in theatres in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh with the state authorities deciding to give it a green signal after some controversial lines were removed from the title song. More...

The Punjab government has decided to lift the ban on Bollywood movie "Aaja Nachle" starring Madhuri Dixit, who is on a comeback trail after 5 years. The decision in this regard was taken by the state government late last night, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister D S Guru said here today...

There was more trouble for popular actress Madhuri Dixit's comeback movie "Aaja Nachle" with Punjab, which has a sizable dalit population, today banning it, a day after it was taken off theatres in Uttar Pradesh over its title song which allegedly humiliated the community. More...

In order to maintain law and order in the state, the Punjab government today banned Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit's comeback movie "Aaja Nachle", a day after it was pulled off from theatres in Uttar Pradesh. More...

A 23-year-old Sikh woman, who stabbed her Muslim lover's wife to death as she was carrying his baby, has been sentenced to life in prison. More...

UP skipper Mohammed Kaif scored an impressive 71 on the fourth and final day to manage a draw with Punjab in their Ranji Super League Group 'B' match here today. More...

Concerned over spate of farmers suicides in Punjab in recent years, the Congress today decided to set up a panel to chalk-out programmes for solution of the prolonged problem hitting the state. More...

New York/Washington, Nov 20 (PTI) Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton today clarified that a "scheduling conflict" had forced her to miss Guru Nanak's birthday celebrations and a breakfast fundraiser in California, which had infuriated the Sikh community. More...

Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton may have severely damaged her standing among Sikhs, who have backed her nomination, after she suddenly cancelled a scheduled appearance at Guru Nanak's birthday celebrations in California. More...

A 14-year-old Sikh student, who was suspended from her school in South Wales for wearing a religious bangle, has been barred again from attending her classes for declining to remove the bangle. More...

Punjab Labour Minister Tikshan Sud today issued directions to his department to launch a sustained campaign to eliminate child labour from the state. The state government would deal with the problem effectively, he said and sought people's cooperation in ending the menace. More...

The Pakistan People's Party's "long march" against the emergency made its way through Punjab province today despite party chief and former premier Benazir Bhutto being placed under house arrest to prevent her from leading it. More...

Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee (DSGMC), the city's top Sikh body, today banned use of cellphones in its schools and said the order will soon be extended to all its colleges as well. More...

The Punjab government today said it would develop eco-tourism in the state and has hired the services of a Kerala-based company for the purpose. More...

The 'Adarsh' (Model) school system was today launched by Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal at his ancestral village Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh here. More...

Declaring that Chandigarh belongs to Punjab, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said he will soon meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to demand transfer of the Union Territory to the "parent state". More...

A new book on the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in the capital claims that the Ranganath Misra Commission which probed the carnage presented a "diluted" version of events and also blames the police for the mass killings. More...