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Punjab bleeding itself to stay afloat Rs 400 cr worth of govt securities sold every month Deprived of cash flow and faced with a huge subsidy bill, the cash-strapped Punjab government has virtually been selling off over Rs 400 crore of its government securities each month this year, in order...

Panjab Digital Library Punjab Digital library ORG has the most comprehensive array of rare manuscripts, books on Punjab and Sikhism and related areas... A mine of information.. please do visit..and see the wonders of digitization.. For Immediate Release 20 August 2009...

source: South Asia Post SOUTH ASIA POST August 15, 2009 EDITORIAL Punjab waits for miracles as governance takes back seat SUKHBIR Singh Badal is back as deputy to his father Parkash Singh Badal, chief minister of Punjab. Between father and son, they control the ruling Akali Dal. Father is...

CHANDIGARH: NRIs of Punjab have urged the state and Union governments to allow them to set up a nuclear power plant which they feel would help reduce the appalling power scenario in their beloved land. Representing the group of Indian diaspora keen on setting up a highly cost-intensive...

Chandigarh, July 31 Farmers of the state may head for Mongolia soon with the Ministry of External Affairs considering a proposal to send them to farm land in that country for six months every year. It may also take up the issue of opening a visa office at Amritsar and has asked its Ambassador...

Study shows fewer new jobs in Punjab July 6th, 2009 Patiala, July 1: A comparative study by the Economics Department at Punjabi University, Patiala, has revealed that Punjab is lagging behind for providing...

Pak terrorists fire rockets at Punjab border villages 6 Jul 2009, 0028 hrs IST, Yudhvir Rana, TNN AMRITSAR: Pakistan-based terrorists attacked two villages, Dhandae and Baherwal, in Attari block in Amritsar with rockets...

A tipsy government in Punjab Gobind Thukral - South Asia Post - June 30, 2009 NO one doubts that Mr. Parkash Singh Badal is the senior most political figure leader in Punjab. Yet how come his skills in managing the affairs of the state or coalition politics falter so often. His tenure this...

UP, Bihar labourers find jobs at home, Punjab agriculture hit Mansewak Singh CHANDIGARH: At a time when major ideological fights across the world are being impacted by economic models, there is need for the Sikh community to deal with a rather intriguing problem of migrant labour in...

The Judgment: Gurleen Kaur v. The State of Punjab by JASBIR SINGH SETHI The 154-page Judgment given on May 30, 2009 by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana in Case # CWP 14859 of 2008, titled Gurleen Kaur, et al vs. State of Punjab, et al is historic for Sikhs all over the world. The court...

Punjab attracts Rs.1450 crore record investment in non-conventional energy sector NAVDEEP Sunday, 21 June 2009 CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) has finalized the allocation 31 decentralized Biomass Power Projects with aggregate capacity of 338 MW to...

Lessons for Punjab from Oz attacks WSN Bureau Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal's Cabinet-rank advisor Daljit Singh Cheema was recently in a TV studio to participate in a panel discussion programme on racist attacks against Indian students in Australia. It seemed to be a...

Ruling SAD-BJP alliance in Punjab on verge of split Punjab Newsline Network Friday, 19 June 2009 BJP ministers boycott cabinet meeting CHANDIGARH: The ruling alliance of Shiromani Akali Dal and BJP in Pun jab is on the verge of split following serious differences erupted...

Swine Flu grips Punjab, eight confirmed cases, 93 suspected cases identified NAVDEEP Monday, 15 June 2009 CHANDIGARH: Full alert has been sounded in Punjab following detection of eight confirmed caces of swine flu and 93 suspected cases in Jalandhar. Punjab Chief Minister...

source: Outrage in Punjab over replica of Golden Temple - National News ? News ? MSN India - News Monday, June 15, 2009 Outrage in Punjab over replica of Golden Temple Sangrur (Punjab): The Sikh leadership in Punjab is furious over attempts by a sect to replicate the design and...

The recent violence in Punjab has taken place as a repercussion of the shootings in a Ravidass temple in Vienna in which the Dera Sachkhand head, Saint Niranjan Dass, was injured and his second- in-command, Saint Ramanand, was killed. This hurt the feelings of the followers of the Dera all over...

I would like to recommend this website for Punjabi lovers... It has got so much to offer...on Punjab and Punjabiat...my favourite site when i am bored or nostalgic for punjabiness APNA, Academy of the Punjab in North America

118 year old Punjab resident passed away SAMEER KAURA Monday, 08 June 2009 PHAGWARA: S Diwan Singh (118) oldest resident of the area and head of more than one hundred family members of five generations breathed his last at his residence in daddal mohalla phagwara last night.He...

New age sports fascinate youth in rural Punjab RAVINDER SINGH ROBIN Tuesday, 02 June 2009 AMRITSAR: Punjab is known for its rural sports like Kabaddi and wrestling. But, an increasing number of youth in rural areas are today taking to modern-day sports to carve out of career out...

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