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Sikh Youth To Hold Seminar On Murdered Punjab Human Right Activist The BC Sikh Youth is holding a seminar on the life and murder of late human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra and his efforts to highlight human rights issues in Punjab, India. Khalra was kidnapped by police and...

Youths recognised for voluntary efforts in Punjab, India Channel NewsAsia - Youths recognised for voluntary efforts in Punjab, India - channelnewsasia.com SINGAPORE : Twenty youth volunteers from Singapore gave a school - which was poorly maintained, with little or no electricity - a...

Bhatinda, Punjab, India — Indian Medical Association (IMA) and the medical fraternity today raised concern over the discovery of high levels of nitrate contamination of drinking water based on a Greenpeace study. The study, ‘Chemical fertilisers in our Water(1), conducted in farms across...

No signs of revival of militancy in Punjab fullstory New Delhi, May 20 (PTI) There are no signs of revival of militancy in Punjab, despite attempts from across the border, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal said today. "Though there are attempts from across the border, there is no...

Gurmukh Singh: Sikh violence wanes in Punjab, grows in Canada Read more: Gurmukh Singh: Sikh violence wanes in Punjab, grows in Canada - Full Comment Recent violent incidents at two Brampton, Ont. Sikh temples (or gurdwaras, as they’re called), and threats against former health...

To May 19, 2010 The Executive Engineer, Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd, Phagwara Ref: Complaint Centre Tel Nos: 01824-260443 (AE), 27137- (Addl. SE) Bazar Bansawala Mobile: removed the mobile phone number of an individual...

How Punjab was won Inder Malhotra - Mon May 17 2010 While language as the basis for redrawing India’s political map was accepted generally — even if it was enforced belatedly in the case of Maharashtra and Gujarat (IE, May 3) — Punjab remained a conspicuous exception to the rule. Since...

Three memorials for Punjab martyrs: CM Three memorials for Punjab martyrs: CM - Express India Fatehgarh sahib The Punjab government has decided to set up three memorials for its martyrs. While one such memorial would come up in Chhappar Chiri in memory of Baba Banda Singh...

A newly wed woman and her mother-in-law were brutally murdered by the bride’s family members in what appears to be an honour killing in Punjab’s Tarn Taran district late on Tuesday night. Gurveen Kaur (19), her husband Amarpreet Singh (22) and her mother-in-law Kuljit Kaur were attacked by...

Sikh Fateh March enters Punjab Sikh Fateh March enters Punjab The Sikh Fateh March from Nanded to Sirhind, to commemorate the tercentenary of Sirhind Fateh Diwas, entered Punjab to a rousing welcome from the crowds on Wednesday. Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Deputy Chief Minister...

source: http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/honour-killing-claims-two-lives-punjab Honour killings have become commonplace in Punjab. Wednesday, 12 May 2010 AMRITSAR: In another case of 'honour killing', a woman was murdered Wednesday in Punjab's Tarn Taran district by her family for...

Punjab Research Group The Hermeneutics of Sikh Music (rāg) and Word (shabad) Posted in Conferences by Pippa on May 8, 2010 May 21-23, 2010 Hofstra University Organized by the S.K.K.Bindra Chair in Sikh Studies Is music a language? Is there meaning in music? Perhaps...

Bathinda, India (CNN) -- The northwest state of Punjab is popularly known as the breadbasket of India. But many local farmers say that decades of using chemicals and pesticides, encouraged by the government, has caused health problems including cancer. It's a point of view borne out by...

Two Punjab Congress MP’s face Sikh ire for ‘intrrupting’ SAD MP on 1984 anti-Sikh riots issue Two Punjab Congress MP’s face Sikh ire for ‘intrrupting’ SAD MP on 1984 anti-Sikh riots issue | Amritsar Metro Two Congress members of Parliament from Punjab-Partap Singh Bajwa and Ravneet...

Diasporizing Punjab, Disorienting Bhangra Sikh Nugget: Diasporizing Punjab, Disorienting Bhangra Aseries of public talks on the Punjabi diaspora and the role of popular culture within it… A century ago, Sikh migrants built the oldest extant gurdwara in British Columbia, Abbotsford’s...

Punjab Lawmaker Wants No Beard Clause Dropped From Boxing BERNAMA - Punjab Lawmaker Wants No Beard Clause Dropped From Boxing NEW DELHI, April 24 (Bernama) -- A prominent Punjab woman lawmaker has sought the Indian government's help to rescind an international clause that bars...

NOBODY'S FOOD Punjab warehouses stock bottles as wheat rots in open http://epaper. hindustantimes. com/ArticleText. aspx?article= 23_04_2010_ 001_013&kword=&mode=1 Between the golden grain and the liquid, the state government's priorities seem clear. As lakhs of tonne of wheat rots in...

Rozana Spokesman editor fails to get relief from Punjab PunjabNewsline.com - Rozana Spokesman editor fails to get relief from Punjab HC CHANDIGARH: Rozana Spokesman’s editor Joginder Singh has filed petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court for pre-arrest bail a week after the Punjab...

Gatka, a traditional martial art, an Indian Art of self defence, was introduced to India around 4 thousand years ago by the Aryans and is the mother of all martial arts. It is an art by which one becomes extremely graceful and brings dignity, divinity, grace and self defence but it requires...

Punjab police booked Spokesman Editor for hurting Sikh sentiments PunjabNewsline.com - Punjab police booked Spokesman Editor for hurting Sikh sentiments CHANDIGARH: Punjab police on Thursday registered a case against Joginder Singh (Sawhny) the editor of Punjabi vernacular...