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NEW DELHI: Punjab’s Malwa region, once referred to as ‘Makheon meetha Malwa’ (sweeter than honey) for its rich agricultural produce and cotton farming, is today battling environment-related health problems including a noticeable rise in cancer cases, kidney ailments and infertility as a result...

SANGRUR: Hoping to uplift education standard in the state, minister Upinderjit Kaur said Punjab government would fill up 22,000 teacher posts. More...

Punjab government has decided to prepare a comprehensive master plan for 40 towns in the state to ensure planned and gregulated urban development. More...

Punjab government has decided to prepare a comprehensive master plan for 40 towns in the state to ensure planned and gregulated urban development. More...

A hate crime against a schoolboy led him to start Khalsakids.com , a website dedicated to helping students fight bullying. More...

A hate crime against a Sikh schoolboy in New York has led to the start of Khalsakids.com , a website dedicated to helping Sikh students fight bullying in school. More...

Raj Khera, an Indian American entrepreneur, has been honoured with this year's Pride of India Gold Award by the NRI Institute of India. More...

Cops in the US are being taught about cultures alien to them, including Sikhism. More...

The CBI closed a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case against senior Congress leader Jagdish Tytler saying it was unable to find witnesses to support its charges against him. More...

With the maternal mortality rate pegged unusually high at 178 per lakh in Punjab, the state government aims to reduce it to 100 and less by 2010. More...

TORONTO: Prime suspect in the 1985 Air India bombing Talwinder Singh Parmar had reportedly told Punjab police that leaders of a Sikh youth organisation might be behind the attack that claimed 329 lives, according to evidence presented to a public inquiry on Monday. More...

TORONTO: Prime suspect in the 1985 Air India bombing Talwinder Singh Parmar had reportedly told Punjab Police that leaders of a Sikh youth organisation might be behind the attack that claimed 329 lives, according to evidence presented to a public inquiry on Monday. More...

While skewed sex ration has been a reason for concern in Punjab for a long time, a village here is suggesting a new trend, that of near negligible birth rate. More...

FATEHGARH SAHIB: While skewed sex ration has been a reason for concern in Punjab for a long time, a village here is suggesting a new trend, that of near negligible birth rate. As per official records, there have been only two births in Jalalpur village of Amloh sub-division in the last two...

Punjab lodged its protest with the Union food ministry that they should be getting at least Rs 1,200 per quintal of wheat as the MSP. More...

PATIALA — At least four persons were killed when two groups of the Nihang Sikh sect clashed outside a religious shrine here yesterday evening, 90km from Chandigarh. More...

Sikhs in LA are planning a protest against a radio station after being described as wearing a "diaper" on their head. More...

A Sikh man belonging to a volunteer reserve police force in Ireland has been banned from wearing his headgear. More...

CHANDIGARH: Power tariff in Punjab has gone up by 19 paisa to 30 paisa per unit. According to the tariff order released by Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC) on Wednesday, consumers will now end up paying Rs 423 crore in 2007-2008. More...

LONDON: A 70-year-old British Sikh woman has been jailed for life for the so-called "honour" killing of her daughter-in-law while holidaying in India nine years ago. More...