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New York, Dec 7 (IANS) A US based Sikh leader has been nominated trustee of the Council for Parliament of the World's Religions (CPWR). More...

By Karan Kapoor Chandigarh, Dec 7 (ANI): A family in Punjab's Nawanshahr District has for generations been engaged in crafting rare folk instruments to uphold the true spirit of Punjabi folk traditions. Sixty-three-year-old Krishan Singh Ramgarhia is the fourth generation creator engaged in...

Toronto, Dec 7 (IANS) The death of a Sikh bus driver from Brampton, a South Asian-dominated suburb of Toronto, in a hospital, allegedly due to negligence, has snowballed into a controversy with calls for a thorough probe into it. More...

Toronto, Dec 7 (IANS) The death of a Brampton Sikh bus driver in a new hospital allegedly due to negligence has snowballed into a controversy, with calls for a thorough probe into it and a P-3 scheme under which the hospital operates. Brampton is a South Asian-dominated suburb of Toronto. More...

For Punjab's farmers plagued by heavy debts and low profits, it's the latest tool for empowerment. Cooperative societies, which rent out agricultural equipment and implements, including tractors and laser land levellers, are beginning to find favour among the state's farmers. The initiative is...

Chandigarh, Dec 6 (IANS) A local court in Patiala in Punjab Thursday found six Punjab police officials, including a deputy superintendent of police (DSP), guilty of murdering a villager and throwing his body in a canal 11 years ago. More...

The dream project of Punjab governmnet to make the state power surplus by allocating Rs 12,948 crore of a total of Rs 37,314 crore during 2007-2012 Plan to the sector might never see the light of the day as the state might fail to stick to its deadline of December 9 for unbundling of Punjab...

Chandigarh, Dec 5 (IANS) Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Vijender Jain Wednesday administered the oath of office to five new judges - including the first woman lawyer from the bar to be elevated. More...

An FIR has been lodged against Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group Chairman Anil Ambani and senior officials of Reliance Communications for allegedly circulating derogatory jokes against the Sikh community through its mobile Internet services. The FIR was lodged by Lucknow Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee...

Vancouver, Dec 4 (IANS) The Indo-Canadian community in Canada's British Columbia province has come out in support of paralysed Sikh Laibar Singh who has been ordered to be deported to India on Dec 10. More...

RED CROSS societies in Punjab, which receive huge central government grants for 'specifically earmarked projects', are spending a major chunk of that money for purposes that are not even authorised under Red Cross aims and objectives. More...

The government will give money to families that allow the birth of a girl child in Fategarh Sahib, Punjab, the district with lowest sex ratio in the country. This means all pregnancies will have to be registered and the number of girls born be monitored. More...

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MUMBAI, Dec 3 - India's state-run Punjab National Bank is looking to raise 5 billion rupees through a sale of Upper Tier II bonds on Wednesday, merchant bankers close to the deal said on Monday. More...

MUMBAI, Dec 3 - India's state-run Punjab National Bank is looking to raise 5 billion rupees through a sale of Upper Tier II bonds on Wednesday, merchant bankers close to the deal said on Monday. More...

Chandigarh, Dec. 2: Less than 24 hours since they banned the screening of Madhuri Dixit’s comeback film Aaja Nachle, the state governments of Punjab and Haryana have separately communicated the decision to permit screening of the film. More...

The government will give money to families that allow the birth of a girl child in Fategarh Sahib, Punjab, the district with lowest sex ratio in the country. It would mean that all pregnancies would have to be registered and the number of girls being born will be monitored. More...

IT WAS going to be a battle of attrition and Bengal won all the rounds on Day Two to occupy the driver's seat in this Ranji Trophy Elite Group B match against Punjab on Sunday. More...

Chandigarh, Dec 2 (IANS) The Haryana and Punjab governments Sunday allowed the screening of Madhuri Dixit's comeback film 'Aaja Nachle', but asked officials to ensure that the offending portion of its title song with alleged derogatory references to a community was deleted. More...

Chandigarh, Dec 2 (ANI): A day after banning the screening of Madhuri Dixit's come back film 'Aaja Nachle', the Punjab Government today lifted the bar. The Uttar Pradesh Government, yesterday, lifted the ban after an apology from film producer Yash Chopra and chopping of lines from the title...