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The Punjab Government today proposed to raise taz on non-ferrous minerals and state lottery draws, besides imposing a levy on Change of Land Use (CLU) as part of the Rs 29,890 crore budget for 2007-08. More...

LUDHIANA: : The USD 4.5-billion Mahindra Group on Tuesday said it will invest Rs 100 crore in the IT sector in Punjab, besides tapping its agri potential by taking up potato seed development in the state. More...

How silly are these Pakistani comments on Indian secularism! May I remind this learned man that four major world religions, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism, originated here, while Islam, Christianity, Judaism and Zoroastrianism arrived in the first millennium. More...

His Juhu apartment smells of dhoopbattis , his music-cum-prayer room has books on Hinduism, Sikhism and Islam. On a calm Sunday morning, I catch up with the 80-year-old music composer Khayyam to ask: More...

A Sikh priest in Birmingham has come under attack for allegedly conducting an inter-religious marriage. Three cars parked outside the Handsworth Wood home of Jarnail Singh Bhogal, president of the Ramgharia Sikh gurudwara in Hockley, were set on fire Monday. More...

Democratic presidential hopeful Barak Obama admits his campaign's Punjab jab against rival Hillary Clinton was a mistake and owns responsibility for the offending memo although he had not seen it before distribution. More...

Several Sikh organisations on Monday demanded a ban on screening of Bollywood multi-starrer 'Shootout at Lokhandwala', alleging the film tarnished the image of the community by portraying them as "terrorists". More...

Punjab police has moved a local court seeking an arrest warrant against Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh for allegedly hurting religious sentiments. More...

Punjab police on Monday moved to a local court seeking arrest warrants against the head of Dera Sacha Sauda, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of Sikhs. More...

CHANDIGARH: Taking serious note of doctors using advertisements to lure patients to their clinics and hospitals, the Punjab government on Monday, asked the state's medical council to take steps to ban such advertisements. More...

Industries body in Punjab urged the state government to introduce a freight equalisation scheme that will compensate exporters against extra transportation charges. More...

CHANDIGARH: Days before he presents his maiden budget, Punjab’s Finance Minister Manpreet Badal yesterday did some straight-talking saying he was “embarrassed” by the state’s performance in recent years. More...

A white US national who had embraced Sikhism about 35 years ago avidly supports the turban. More...

LUDHIANA: Britain has shown interest in promotion and development of agri-processing industry in Punjab by providing technical know-how to the state farmers. More...

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Wednesday asked Britain to send English teachers to schools in the state's rural areas to help teachers and students sharpen their skills in English. More...

A young Indian American Sikh entrepreneur has been awarded the Rising Star award by a US magazine for his contribution in the area of political consulting in the country. More...

Leading Indian American hotelier and community leader Sant Chatwal has been honoured by Sikh Council on Religion and Education (SCORE) for his contribution to humanitarian causes worldwide. More...

Hotelier Sant Chatwal was honoured by Sikh Council on Religion and Education for his contribution to humanitarian causes. More...

WASHINGTON: Leading Indian American hotelier and community leader Sant Chatwal has been honoured by Sikh Council on Religion and Education (SCORE) for his contribution to humanitarian causes worldwide. More...

Several Sikh students who wear turbans to schools in US have been subjected to some form of physical harassment. More...