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Woman killed in Punjab for bearing daughters IANS | Apr 17, 2012, 08.41PM CHANDIGARH: A woman was allegedly strangulated to death by her husband in Punjab's Tarn Taran district as he was upset that she had given birth to three daughters, police said. Paramjit Kaur, 35, who was married...

Every night at 10.30 pm, a train leaves from small station in India’s northern state of Punjab to a very special destination. Passengers wear a sad and dismal face and comprise mostly of young children and adult men. Train 339 has been famously dubbed as India’s “Cancer Train”. It carries...

31 Mar, 2012, 04.46AM IST, Viney Sharma,ET Bureau Punjab minister Bibi Jagir Kaur gets 5-year jail term CHANDIGARH: Punjab minister Bibi Jagir Kaur was sentenced to five years imprisonment by a CBI court in Patila on Friday for her role in the mysterious death of her daughter Harpreet...

Elections results: SAD-BJP create history in Punjab with repeat win TNN | Mar 6, 2012, 04.56PM IST CHANDIGARH: Shiromani Akali Dal on Tuesday created history in Punjab. The party, along with its ally BJP, emerged as assembly poll winners, bucking anti-incumbency for the first time in the...

No one cures Punjab's drug problem By Jaideep Sarin, Chandigarh, Feb 10 : From leading politicians to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) to the mini-parliament of Sikh religion, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), everyone expresses concern about the growing menace of drug...

Poll percentage surges further, 78.67 per cent in Punjab Wednesday, 01 February 2012 00:33 Amitabh Shukla - The Daily Pioneer -Chandigarh The unprecedented turnout in the Punjab Assembly elections, the highest in the history of the State, has stunned the political parties here with a...

Over 9,000 deras in Punjab, some as old as Sikh religion itself Amrita Chaudhry - Indian Express - Sat Jan 28 2012, 03:18 hrs Ludhiana : Deras or sects are not new either to Punjab or the Sikh religion. With eyes on the January 30 polls, leaders are making a beeline for the deras where a...

Namdhari Darbar announces support to Congress Punjab Newsline Network Sunday, 29 January 2012 SRI BHAINI SAHIB: The Namdhari community on Satuday put a full stop to all the rumours that it is not supporting Congress party this time. In a press release issued on Saturday, Sri Uday Singh...

LIQUOR SHOCKER IN PUNJAB Over 5 lakh bottles of local brew seized in 34 days. Friday haul: 7,300 cases in Jalandhar Kanchan Vasdev Tribune News Service Chandigarh, January 27 A recent liquor haul by the Shambhu police. A Tribune photograph Living up to its notoriety of...

Punjab Newsline Survey: 74 percent people think SAD-BJP govt is corrupt Punjab Newsline Network Wednesday, 25 January 2012 By Sukhpal Kaur CHANDIGARH: As the Punjab assembly elections are slated for January 30, new issues and opinions have emerged making the battlefield more and...

Cop captured on camera beating up woman in Punjab NEWS WITH VIDEO - LINK: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Cop-captured-on-camera-beating-up-woman-in-Punjab/articleshow/11601736.cms

Now I do not have much knowledge in the Punjab elections. I am sure that most people know how Punjab is not developing at the same rate as the rest of India. And the issues about the Indian government and their discrimination on Sikhs. My question is does anybody know or hoping for any...

BKI And The Naxals In Punjab: Opportunist Allies? – Analysis Written by: IPCS January 18, 2012 By Medha Chaturvedi With the arrest of two Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) Operatives during the last few days, is the resurrection of insurgency in Punjab a possibility? What are the...

January 18, 2012 23:40 IST | Updated: January 18, 2012 23:42 IST Dera support to count in Punjab State has nearly 300 religious sects which command a large following As Punjab prepares for the January 30 elections for the 117 seats in the State legislature, the role of religious...

Sehajdhari Sikh Party jumps into Punjab poll fray PTI | 07:01 PM,Jan 05,2012 Chandigarh, Jan 5 (PTI) The Sehajdhari Sikh Party today jumped into the poll fray by releasing its first list of 21 candidates for the upcoming Punjab Assembly elections. "The party has fought a long legal battle...

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PL837C28180FE9B0E2&amp;hl=en_US" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> This story is a true description about Punjab's youth getting drowned in alcohol.

PM cancels Punjab trip, SGPC and Akalis upset India Gazette Thursday 3rd November, 2011 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's much awaited visit to Punjab to inaugurate the ambitious Khalsa Heritage Complex KHC at Anandpur Sahib has been cancelled, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak...

Away from Punjab - the south Indian Sikhs By Biswajit Choudhury , Bangalore, Oct 17 : South Indian Sikhs? The description may seem unfamiliar. While Sikhs are overwhelmingly associated with Punjab, much less known are those from the community who made their home in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh...

The Partition of Punjab: A Pakistani Perspective Book Review by PRAN NEVILE PUNJAB: BLOODIED, PARTITIONED & CLEANSED, by Ishtiaq Ahmed, Rupa, India, 2011, pp 808, Rs. 995. ISBN-HB: 9788129118622 There has been a spate of books on the Partition of Punjab and...