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Vijay Dabur Chandigarh, Nov 18 (PTI) In a victory of sorts in rural versus urban competitive politics, the smaller partner, BJP, of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)-led coalition in Punjab has been able to put Parkash Singh Badal on the backfoot by pressurising him to pay the additional burden of hiked...

Chandigarh, Oct 24 (PTI) The official website of Punjab Cricket Association (PCA), has been out of order since yesterday, raising suspicion that the site may have been hacked. More...

Toronto, Sep 24 (PTI) Prime suspect in the 1985 Air India bombing Talwinder Singh Parmar had reportedly told Punjab Police that leaders of a Sikh youth organisation might be behind the attack that claimed 329 lives, according to evidence presented to a public inquiry today. More...

Vijay Dabur Chandigarh, Sep 17 (PTI) It is tough time for one time close associates of the former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh as the Parkash Singh Badal government appears to be paying back in a similar fashion what happened in the state during the previous Congress regime. More...

Chandigarh, September 12 (PTI) Rats have literally driven a hole in the foodgrain stock of Punjab, destroying over ten lakh tonne of crops on an annual basis. More...

Washington, Sep 1 (PTI) A Sikh man has sued a Texas judge who allegedly ordered him out of a courtroom for refusing to remove his turban while defending himself in a traffic citation case. More...

New Delhi, Aug 22 (PTI) Members in the Rajya Sabha today asked the Government to immediately take up with Pakistan the issue of capturing of the 300-year-old Sikh Gurudwara in Lahore. 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...

Chandigarh, Aug 8 (PTI) Attacking the Centre for allegedly ignoring the interests of people, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today expressed dissatisfaction over limited powers available with the states to resolve problems in industry and agriculture. More...

New Delhi, Aug 1 (PTI) Six persons were awarded rigorous imprisonment (RI) for varying terms by a city court for misappropriation of funds meant for the 1984 anti-Sikh riot victims. More...

Chandigarh, July 29 (PTI) Punjab has entered a major phase of development with the Centre giving its nod to several major projects, including the Rs 18991-crore Sri Guru Gobind Singh Oil Refinery at Bathinda, the state government said today "It is the biggest ever development project in the...

Chandigarh, July 27 (PTI) The bird flu outbreak in Manipur has caused panic among poultry traders in Punjab, as a result of which wholesale prices of eggs and broilers in the state have dipped by three and 12.5 per cent respectively. More...

New Delhi, Jul 26 (PTI) The US had an "interest" in Punjab militancy and hatched a "covert action plan" in collusion with Pakistan's ISI in 1971 to encourage a separatist movement in the border state, says a new book by a former top Indian Intelligence officer. More...

Endless buffets, rivers of alcohol and extravagant decorations have become staples at upper-class Indian weddings _ but Sikh leaders are considering creating guidelines to tone down the glittering events, a newspaper reported Saturday. More...

DEARBORN - The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) joined Muslim, Sikh and South Asian American organizations in a July 1 conference call with U.S. Departments of Homeland Security (DHS), State, Justice, Treasury, and Health and Human Services officials to discuss unclassified...

Panesar a soft target for racist abuse: Brearley (Press Trust of India) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/sikh/SIG=12t6429ff/*http%3A//www.ptinews.com/pti/ptisite.nsf/$All/96EE753AC5E94BA96525717E005BB550?OpenDocument Array Tue, 30 May 2006 16:38:29 GMT London, May 30 (PTI) Rookie...

Top court quashes school ban on Sikh daggers, citing religious freedom (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/sikh/SIG=125a5ksre/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/cpress/20060302/ca_pr_on_na/scoc_kirpan_6 Array Thu, 02 Mar 2006 20:11:00 GMT OTTAWA (CP) - The...

School ban on Sikh daggers not justified, says Supreme Court (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/sikh/SIG=125bvjnol/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/cpress/20060302/ca_pr_on_na/scoc_kirpan_5 Array Thu, 02 Mar 2006 16:08:00 GMT OTTAWA (CP) - A Montreal...

Top court quashes school ban on Sikh daggers, citing religious freedom (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/sikh/SIG=125a5ksre/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/cpress/20060302/ca_pr_on_na/scoc_kirpan_6 Array Thu, 02 Mar 2006 20:11:00 GMT OTTAWA (CP) - The...

Air India accused to make B.C. court appearance in mid-March: lawyer (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/sikh/SIG=129b2d1qp/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/cpress/20060216/ca_pr_on_na/air_india_reyat_1 Array Thu, 16 Feb 2006 19:09:00 GMT VANCOUVER (CP) -...