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MUMBAI (Reuters) - Punjab Chemicals & Crop Protection Ltd. said on Monday it has agreed to acquire 100 percent stake in Pegevo Beheer BV for an enterprise value of 39.5 million euros. More...

MUMBAI, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Punjab Chemicals & Crop Protection Ltd. said on Monday it has agreed to acquire 100 percent stake in Pegevo Beheer BV for an enterprise value of 39.5 million euros. More...

THE PUNJAB Cricket Association on Saturday announced it would offer retainerships to 20 players each in all age groups and Ranji Trophy. 'The PCA is the first unit in the country to offer retainerships to its players,' said PCA president I.S. Bindra. More...

By Karan Kapoor Ludhiana, Aug 26 (ANI): After making a mark in the metros, multiplexes are all set to boom in cities like Ludhiana. Ludhiana has just got its first multiplex, and another hundred are in the pipeline. PVR Cinemas, Inox, Fame, IMAX and many more are keeping a close watch on cash...

Chandigarh, Aug 26 (IANS) Fortis Healthcare, a Ranbaxy group firm, will set up two 'health cities' - integrated townships with hospitals and medical colleges - in Punjab with an investment of Rs.10 billion. More...

London, Aug 26 (IANS) A Sikh organisation in Ireland is planning to challenge a ban on Sikhs in a volunteer reserve police force from wearing the turban while on duty. More...

New York, Aug 26 (IANS) A Sikh youth has approached the US justice department after he was allegedly denied entry into two nightclubs in California because he was wearing a turban. More...

The Indian Cricket League should have been a natural choice for someone like Punjab's Pankaj Dharmani. The 33-year-old played his only One-Day International in 1996 against South Africa in Jaipur. And the wicketkeeper batsman is not even in contention for a comeback to the national team. So he...

The Sikh Coalition, the nation's largest Sikh civil rights organization, strongly opposes new headwear screening procedures put in place by the Transportation Security Administration on August 4, 2007. TSA officials told the Sikh Coalition that the new Standard Operating Procedure includes a...

Chandigarh, Aug 25 (ANI): Police in Punjab have tightened the personal security of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal after intelligence reports of a threat to his life. Police also released the sketches of seven women who are intent on harming the Chief Minister and his family. The women are...

A paralyzed Indian refugee claimant is heading back to the Sikh temple that gave him sanctuary when he initially faced the prospect of being removed from Canada in July. More...

THE ALL India Football Federation (AIFF) on Thursday announced the draw for this year's Federation Cup, to be held in Ludhiana on September 4-15. It will be after a gap of 33 years that a national-level football tournament will be held in Punjab - the Santosh Trophy in Jalandhar in 1974 was the...

By Sunil Sharma Chandigarh, Aug 24 (ANI): Burgers, pizzas and sandwiches are making way for milk-processed products in Punjab, which is experiencing a boom. The Moudgil family of Chandigarh has taken a fancy to milk processed products like cheese and butter. They are among the many families in...

Actress Shabana Azmi will sing for her forthcoming English film, Loins of Punjab Presents. This film is directed by debutant filmmaker Manish Acharya More...

Chandigarh, Aug 24 (IANS) The Punjab Police Friday issued an alert against five women followers of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect, saying they could go to any extent to avenge the allegations levelled at their sect chief Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh. More...

THE Punjab Sports Department is planning to hold the Punjab Hockey League from August 29. The Punjab Education Department will also conduct a Hockey league for all Education Departments of the state which will see the participation of 12 School Wings in which six boys and girls teams, said...

Ludhiana (Punjab), Aug 23 (ANI): Police in Ludhiana, Punjab, have claimed to have busted an international drugs syndicate with the seizure of six kilograms of heroin and the arrest of three smugglers. Officials said the racket spanned Malaysia, Pakistan and Europe, and added that the consignment...

By Karan Kapoor Chandigarh, Aug 22 (ANI): Olympian Pargat Singh, who is presently the Sports Director of Punjab, is keen to see the State make a mark again in the national and international sporting arena. Singh said: "If we have a base of 600,000 budding players, then we can select 600 out of...

New Delhi, Aug 22 (PTI) Members in the Rajya Sabha today asked the Government to immediately take up with Pakistan the issue of capturing of the 300-year-old Sikh Gurudwara in Lahore. More...

The Punjab Olympic Association will construct a Punjab Olympic Bhavan in the two acres of land inside the Sports Stadium, Phase IX, Mohali. President of the Punjab Olympic Association Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa (Member of Parliament and Secy Gen. SAD), today visited the sports stadium along with...