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Amritsar firing exposes Badal’s claim of Punjab being the safest Wednesday, April, 03 2013 - 11:08 By Jagtar Singh- CHANDIGARH: It was not without an element of iron that Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal made the tall claim of Punjab being the safest state on April 1 when an Assistant...

admin note: The image attached to this article is described in the next paragraph. The image had to be resized and attached because if not a black window displays in the Spotlight. Unavoidable. I apologize for any unwanted changes to the OP. The building that Houses the Patwari, next to the...

Youth of Punjab facing multiple challenges: Dal Khalsa chief By Hainder Singh http://www.sikhsiyasat.net/2013/03/21/youth-of-punjab-facing-multiple-challenges-dal-khalsa-chief/ Hoshiarpur, Punjab (March 21, 2013): Referring to the incident of thrashing of women, her father and brother in...

Punjab emerging as major drug producing centre Party drugs, such as Ecstasy, being made locally, says Narcotics Bureau Sanjeev Singh Bariana Tribune News Service Chandigarh, March 12 From a transit point for supply of drugs, Punjab is now emerging as a major drug...

Law and order falling apart in Punjab as governance takes backseat Thursday, March, 07 2013 - 10:46 By Our Political Editor - Punjab Newsline Network CHANDIGARH: Things are falling fast apart in Punjab. The government seems to be losing hold over the administration. There is hardly any...

Punjab policemen beat up woman after she complains of sexual harassment Punjab, Updated Mar 04, 2013 at 08:55pm IST Jyoti Kamal, CNN-IBN Jalandhar: Several personnel of the Punjab Police were caught on camera beating up a woman in Taran Taran on Sunday. The woman had reportedly...

School buses turning ‘Yellow Coffins’ in Punjab but who's bothered Monday, March, 04 2013 - 16:37 AMRITSAR: Even as the fatal accidents involving the school buses, which are turning 'Yellow Coffins' are being reported from all over Punjab, speaking loud about the 'bloodier roads' in the...

High Court demands explanation from Punjab Government on the sale of Patiala’s heritage by News Editor http://news.ukpha.org/2013/02/high-court-demands-explanation-from-punjab-government-on-the-sale-of-patailas-heritage/ In a major embarrassment for the Punjab Government, Justice Ranjit...

Cancer incidence in Punjab higher than rest of India put together By Abhijit Prashar- Thursday, February, 14 2013 - 18:00 CHANDIGARH: There are at least 90 cancer patients for every 1,00,000 population in Punjab. Cancer incidence in the state is higher than the national average of 80...

Punjab school boycotts gang-rape victim By Rohan Dua, TNN - Feb 9, 2013, 03.24 AM IST CHANDIGARH: A 14-year-old victim of gang rape in Bathinda, facing boycott by her government school, peers and neighbours, has written to the Punjab state women commission in details that have shocked...

Uranium, metals make Punjab toxic hotspot by Balwant Garg http://epaper.timesofindia.com Chemical, Radiation & Biological Toxicity Rampant, Says Study Bathinda: After discovery of high levels of uranium in hair samples of a large number of mentally retarded children in Punjab’s...

101 years old Sikh marathon runner led anti-drugs awareness rally at Amloh (Punjab) By HAINDER SINGH http://www.sikhsiyasat.net/2013/01/23/101-years-old-sikh-marathon-runner-led-anti-drugs-awareness-rally-at-amloh-punjab/ Amloh, Punjab (January 22, 2013): As per information 101 years...

Punjab shame piles on: Gang-raped and dumped, nurse critical BATHINDA: Even before the memories of Patiala gang rape and suicide case fade, another abduction and gang-rape of a 26-year-old nurse, who was in Chandigarh to attend a job interview, shocked Punjab on Sunday. In an observation in...

Drug epidemic grips India’s Punjab state Simon Denyer - THE WASHINGTON POST - Tuesday, January 1, 4:10 AM MAQBOOLPURA, India — A boy just 12 years old was offering opium and hashish on a scrubby patch of land outside this village on a recent day. His cellphone rang incessantly as he...

From Rozana Spokesman

MOHALI (Punjab): It was a promise delivered floor by floor. In just 48 hours, an entrepreneur has constructed a 10-storey building in this suburban town in Punjab. The red and grey facade building, Instacon, stood tall on an industrial plot in Mohali, 10 km from Chandigarh, Saturday, two days...

Missionaries in Punjab – A Growing Concern By: Sikh24 Editors - November 8, 2012, 12:07 am This is Part 1 in a series of articles that will address the growth of Christian Missionaries in Punjab. “Just as we do not see any Buddhists in the country except in images, in the same...

Comedian, satirist-cum-actor Jaspal Bhatti died in a road accident near Shahkot in Punjab on Thursday morning. Bhatti, 57, died after his car hit a trolley while he was travelling for a film promotion. He was on his way to Nakodar from Bhatinda. Bhatti , a constant thorn in the flesh of...

Do you support Truth and Reconciliation Commission for Punjab? Published on October 21, 2012 by Jim Jamieson Former Indian Army General, K.S. Brar, a key player in the controversial military assault on the Golden Temple in 1984, was recently attacked in London. By Gurpreet Singh...

Punjab to fight drug addiction jointly with Art of Living Saturday, 20 October 2012 16:40 - Monika Malik - Chandigarh The Punjab Government will soon launch a joint venture with the Art of Living Foundation — a non-Government organisation — for helping the Punjabis to get rid of drug...