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Chandigarh, Dec 1 (ANI): The Punjab Government today its counterpart in Uttar Pradesh in banning Madhuri Dixit's come back film 'Aaja Nachle', alleging that the lyrics of a song in the movie were derogatory to Dalits. Harcharan Bains, Media Advisor to Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal...

Murali Kartik has been officially promoted as the 12th man for the second India-Pakistan Test at Eden - not that he has much competition. The man who did that duty in the first Test at Ferozeshah Kotla was exempted this time around, and released officially from the team today morning to join his...

New Delhi, Nov 30 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today demanded a statement from the UPA government on media reports of a key witness in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots that he was very much traceable after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) decided to close the case against former...

The ghost of the 1984 Sikh riots keeps haunting the Government. A short while ago there was uproar in the Rajya Sabha over witness Jasbir Singh s appearance on CNN-IBN on Thursday. More...

By Paramjeet Nawanshair (Punjab), Nov. 30 (ANI): Krishan Singh Ramgarhia of Punjab has earned a name as a maker of Sarangis, the traditional bowed string instrument used during Gurubani recitation and musical concerts. Sixty three-year-old artist Krishan Singh Ramgarhia's claim to fame is...

London, Nov.30 (ANI): Twenty-three-year-old Sikh woman Harmohinder (Mindy) Sanghera, who was destined for a lucrative career as a dentist, will now spend the next 14 years in jail, after being convicted for the murder of a pregnant Muslim woman. According to the Daily Times, Mindy fell in love...

New York, Nov 30 (IANS) In what the police say may have been a hate crime, a Sikh taxi driver was brutally assaulted in Seattle by a passenger. More...

By Ravinder Singh Robin Amritsar, Nov 29 (ANI): The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandhak Committee (SGPC) on Thursday installed a portrait of slain rebel Sikh leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwala at a Sikh museum situated in the premises of the Golden Temple. SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar had earlier...

New Delhi, Nov.29 (ANI): A Delhi court is likely to scrutinise the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI's) decision to close its case against former Union Minister Jagdish Tytler in 1984 anti-Sikh riots is likely to come under the scrutiny of a city court which has sought the address of a...

MUMBAI, Nov 29 - Punjab Chemicals & Crop Protection Ltd said on Thursday its board approved alloting 1.51 million warrants convertible to equity shares at 136 rupees each. More...

Shimla, Nov 29 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh police have finally nabbed a man from the neighbouring state of Punjab, almost a decade after he had allegedly abducted and raped a local woman, the police said Thursday. More...

The CBI has virtually given a clean chit to Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in the 1984 anti-Sikh riot case, saying it has ‘no evidence’ or ‘witness’ to establish his complicity in the riots. Tytler had earlier been implicated by two judicial commissions for allegedly masterminding the Sikh...

The imposition of entry tax by Punjab government on certain items, which has been made effective from November 21, has left the industry in confusion and even forced it to resist its implementation tooth and nail, industry experts say. Last month, the state government had announced the...

Punjab won the second prize at the India International Trade Fair 2007 at Pargati Maidan, New Delhi. While disclosing this here on Tuesday, media advisor to the chief minister Harcharan Bains said that the jury, constituted by India Trade Promotion Organisation, has made the declaration of the...

By Ravinder Singh Robin Amritsar, Nov 27 (ANI): Sikh leaders of various countries on Tuesday met Pakistan's caretaker Prime Minister Muhammad Mian Soomro in Islamabad and urged him to set up a visa centre in Amritsar. They also asked for providing a corridor for Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib, where...

The Punjab government would soon formulate a health care policy to cater to the needs of the poor patients who cannot afford treatment for deadly and incurable diseases like Cancer and AIDS. The new policy would entitle 25% of the economically disadvantaged patients free treatment in private and...

Islamabad, Nov 25 (ANI): Police detained hundreds of supporters of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ahead of his return from exile, his party has said. In a crackdown that began late Saturday, some 1,800 activists of the PML-N were detained in Punjab, party spokesman Ahsan Iqbal said. There...

New Delhi, Nov 24 (ANI): Displays of alternative sources of energy at the Punjab pavilion in the ongoing India International Trade Fair being organised here have attracted hundreds of onlookers. The State has highlighted the development in the field of alternative and non-conventional sources of...

By Ravinder Singh Robin Amritsar, Nov.24 (ANI): Pakistan's Law Minister, Syed Afzal Haider, today assured the Sikh congregation that his government would enact the "Anand Karaj Act" for the Sikhs living in Pakistan soon. Addressing Sikhs gathered at Gurdwara Nankana Sahib near Lahore, where the...

Chandigarh, Nov 24 (ANI): Pakistan Radio comments criticising Sikh leadership has evoked displeasure among members of the community here. Sikhs, particularly those living along the border, have questioned the credentials of Pakistan Radio. What has upset them are comments like "Sikh leadership...