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Lucknow Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (LGPC) on Friday said it would hold a meeting of all Sikh leaders in Lucknow to discuss Dera Sacha Sauda issue and demanded an inquiry into allegations that illegal activities being carried out inside Deras. More...

LUDHIANA: Procurement agencies in Punjab may not be able to achieve the set target of 90 lakh tonne of wheat during this Rabi season due to hoarding, experts feel. More...

As the markets around the Golden Temple started reopening after a day-long Punjab bandh on Tuesday evening, the mood at the Akal Takht, the fountainhead of spiritual and temporal authority of Sikhism, appeared clearly reconciliatory inside the holy precincts. 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...

An elderly Sikh taxi driver was knocked down and killed by his own cab after a passenger hijacked the vehicle in what murder squad detectives believe could have been a racial attack. More...

Luxury car brands like Audi, Porsche and BMW till date did not have any authorised dealer in the Punjab-Haryana region, despite it boasting 15% of the Indian luxury car marketshare. Ludhiana and Jalandhar, for instance, are home to the largest number of Mercs in India. More...

Reports from Dera Sacha Sauda headquarters indicated that Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was ready for some form of compromise to mollify the angry Sikh clergy. More...

The violence that has spilled over from Punjab to neighbouring areas brings back memories of the Nirankari agitation of the 1970s. Sectarian violence has been the bane of many parts of modern India and Punjab is no exception. More...

Uttarakhand Sikh Federation has given a call for Dehradun bandh tomorrow protesting alleged sacrilege by Dera Sacha Sauda. More...

Punjab National Bank posted net profit at Rs 237.7 crore in the three months ended March 31, 2007 as compared to Rs 288.6 crore in the corresponding period in 2006. More...

Punjab National Bank said on Wednesday it planned to raise Rs 50 lakh ($123 million) in debt and sell shares to raise funds, a senior official said. More...

Sikh extremism in Canada mushroomed far more quickly than Canadian security officials were prepared for, a former intelligence agent told the commission of inquiry into the 1985 Air India bombing. More...

AMRITSAR: Security forces were on high alert in the northern state of Punjab yesterday as Sikh religious leaders called a general strike over what they see as blasphemy by a rival sect. More...

Scores of Sikh activists on Tuesday blocked the busy Ludhiana-New Delhi rail route to protest Dera Sacha Sauda Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim's alleged insult to Sikh Guru Gobind Singh. More...

CHANDIGARH — Punjab was crippled yesterday with a curfew-like situation in several places due to a state-wide shutdown called by Sikh groups and religious leaders against controversial sect leader Gurmit Ram Rahim. More...

TODAY'S EDITORIAL:Sikh Schisms-Editorial-Opinion-The Times of India TODAY'S EDITORIAL:Sikh Schisms 23 May, 2007 l 0026 hrs IST Even though the head of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect, who is at the centre of a violent controversy for reportedly dressing up as Guru Gobind Singh at a public...

Punjab was crippled on Tuesday with a curfew like situation in several places due to a state-wide shutdown called by Sikh groups and religious leaders against controversial sect leader Gurmit Ram Rahim. More...

The textbook contained a depiction of the founder of the Sikh religion wearing a crown and was deemed offensive. More...

1984 anti-Sikh riot victim stands by her complaint (Hindustan Times) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/sikh/SIG=123679p7e/*http%3A//www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1797081,000600010001.htm Array Thu, 14 Sep 2006 16:07:45 GMT The 1984 anti-Sikh riot victim Harvinder Kaur, who lost...

From Landscapes by Constable to Lyrics by Dylan (New York Times) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/sikh/SIG=12bfdcs8c/*http%3A//www.nytimes.com/2006/09/10/arts/design/10artlist.html?ref=design Array Tue, 12 Sep 2006 03:39:21 GMT A roundup of art exhibitions in museums across the...