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Vienna attack suspects do not belong to Punjab Punjab Newsline Network Friday, 29 May 2009 PunjabNewsline.com - Vienna attack suspects do not belong to Punjab CHANDIGARH: None of the five suspects arrested and identified by Austrian police, belonged to Punjab state where...

Punjab Riots Expose Sikh Caste Fault Lines The widespread violence in Punjab over the slaying of a Sikh religious sect leader in Vienna exemplifies the mushrooming of sects and the caste fault lines in the predominantly Sikh state. Mr Sant Rama Nand was killed by fellow Sikhs...

Majority of sikhs voted for akali dal in punjab http://www.hinduonnet.com/nic/howindiavoted2009/page6.pdf ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In Punjab, a resurgent Congress increased its vote share by 10 percentage...

PunjabNewsline.com - No reports of violence in Punjab No reports of violence in Punjab Punjab Newsline Network Wednesday, 27 May 2009 JALANDHAR: Road and rail traffic in Punjab was back to normal on Wednesday with no violence being reported in the state overnight. But...

Drug addiction spreads by Gobind Thukral Three decades ago we visited the inner Malwa area of Punjab to find out the level of drug addiction. We heard shocking tales of how youth were getting hooked to opium, bhuki and narcotics. Worse, pharmaceutical combinations meant to treat diseases were...

source: Punjab burns over Vienna shootout, 2 dead - India - The Times of India THE TIMES OF INDIA Punjab burns over Vienna shootout, 2 dead 25 May 2009, 1410 hrs IST, PTI JALANDHAR/CHANDIGARH: Two persons were killed and several injured as violence triggered by...

At a time when claims of turning even the most backward region of Punjab into nothing but California are unending, here is a new survey that underlines the massive urban-centric skew. Only 3.71 per cent of students enrolled in professional colleges of Punjab are from a rural background, a...

Every night at about 9:30, Train No. 339 pulls into the shabby station in the northern Indian farm town of Bathinda, in Punjab state. Locals call No. 339 by a chilling name — "the cancer train." It routinely carries at least 60 cancer patients who make the overnight journey with their families...

East Punjab and Sikh Bradri* Maqsood Hasni Translated By: Prof. Imran Khalid East Punjab is the fath of a vast community of the world. This region is not inferior to any part of the world in respect of resources. The resident of this region are the followers of Hazrat Baba Guru Nanak Dev...

BATHINDA: Punjab's revenue records show that some 130 farmers committed suicide between 2000 to 2007. Grassroot organisations put the number at 20,000 plus. Now, after the Punjab Government commissioned a survey cum study by the PAU, Ludhiana, it has come to light that some 2,890 farmers and...

In Punjab, older the candidate, better are his academic qualifications. A study of affidavits submitted by 36 of the 214 candidates in the run for the 13 Lok Sabha seats in the state makes interesting revelations. Most of the first-timers or fresh faces, including Harsimrat Kaur Badal, folk...

At a time when claims of turning even the most backward region of Punjab into nothing but California are unending, here is a new survey that underlines the massive urban-centric skew. Only 3.71 per cent of students enrolled in professional colleges of Punjab are from a rural background, a...

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Punjab suicides cast shadow on polls Jasbir discovered the body of her father, Sukhbinder Singh, whose photo is held by her mother By Suvojit Bagchi BBC News, Barnala, Punjab Mandip Kaur, a 29-year-old housewife from a farming family in southern...

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Punjab: The Knights of Falsehood ...paens of murder are sung and we anoint ourselves, not with saffron, but with blood. All the evil they did was in the name of God. And they did all that was evil. The murder of innocents, torture, rape, extortion, the desecration of temples, the abuse of...

Lest we forget…. Partition of Punjab Punjab is regarded as as the agricultural bread basket of India. It is a prosperous state, despite the great trauma it and its people have suffered since 1947. This is when partition of this great state began to occur, with two thirds of the population...

Preview: Demographic change is not a new phenomenon…people have always sought greener pastures from time immemorial. In fact the often quoted saying..the grass always seems greener on the other side proves that people are ready to move at the slightest incentive..real or perceived...

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This article was sent me by forum member Soul_Jyot. I found it interesting and want to share it with the forum. The author Inder T. Singh places the current and increasing trend of Christian proselytizing of Sikhs in India in a different context from the ones generally reported. He looks at the...

WJKK WJKF Sikhism bars a human from any intoxicant including Alcohal . Gujarat has done wonders in progress at the same time it is successful in Enforcing Prohibtion . Can Punjab start & implement Prohibtion ? What will be its pros & cons ? I wish all members to contribute with their views .'...