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By Sunil Sharma / Karan Kapoor Chandigarh, Nov 24 (ANI): Just like fashion, online gaming fever is now gripping young minds in Punjab. After a tiring day at school, playing on computer is one of the coolest relaxing activities for eight-year-old Khusi Sood. She accesses the internet and goes...

Chandigarh, Nov 23 (IANS) Film star Amitabh Bachchan, senior Congress leaders and police officials figure in a list of 200 persons against whom Sikh organizations will file a fresh petition in the Supreme Court, seeking action against them for their role in anti-Sikh riots in Delhi in 1984. More...

By Ravinder Singh Robin Amritsar, Nov.23 (ANI): The election of Avtar Singh Makkar as president of the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabhandak Committee (SGPC) for a third consecutive term has evoked a mixed response from the Sikh diaspora. Former SGPC secretary Manjit Singh Calcutta said that it was...

Chandigarh, Nov 23 (IANS) The central government has given the nod for a nearly 2,500-km-long inter-state highway that will link important Sikh religious shrines in seven states in the country. More...

Amritsar, Nov 23 (ANI): The Shiromani Gurudwara Prabhandak Committee (SGPC) has announced that a portrait of slain rebel Sikh leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale would be installed at a Sikh museum in Punjab. Avtar Singh Makkar, chief of the SGPC said that Bhindrawale's portrait would be put up at...

New Delhi, Nov 23 (ANI): Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari and Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today greeted the nation on the occasion of Guru Nanak's birthday, which will be celebrated on Saturday. Extending greetings to the people in his message, Ansari said that Guru Nakak Dev Ji, the...

The export of software from Punjab and Haryana is witnessing a hefty increase. This is evident from Haryana rising atleast six points to emerge at number nine position in the country from its number 15 position in 2006. The Mohali centre of Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) has also...

MUMBAI, Nov 22 - Punjab Chemicals & Crop Protection Ltd said on Thursday its board would meet on November 29 to consider raising funds though debt or equity. More...

MUMBAI, Nov 22 - Punjab Chemicals & Crop Protection Ltd said on Thursday its board would meet on November 29 to consider raising funds though debt or equity. More...

Amritsar, Nov 22 (IANS) The election for the next president of the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC), the world's richest Sikh organisation, takes place Friday and speculation is rife on whether sitting president Avtar Singh Makkar, a protege of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh...

Early next week, when Punjab and Haryana High Court senior advocate Daya Chaudhary takes oath as an additional judge of the High Court, she will make history in two states notorious for their poor sex ratio. In its history of over 88 years-the High Court was established on March 31, 1919 at...

Amritsar, Nov 21 (IANS) A 3,000-member delegation of Sikh devotees Wednesday left for the holy Sikh shrine of Nankana Sahib in Pakistan amid concerns of the recently imposed emergency in the neighbouring country and a word of caution from their leaders here. More...

By Ravinder Singh Robin Dehriwal (Punjab), Nov.21 (ANI): Overcoming problems like shortage of land or rising costs related to traditional crops, many farmers in Punjab's Dehriwal Village, 35 kilometers of Amritsar, have taken to mushroom cultivation. Mushroom cultivation is known to be a...

By Ravinder Singh Robin Amritsar, Nov 21 (ANI): Over three thousand Indian Sikh pilgrims left for Pakistan on Wednesday to attend the celebration of 538th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev. The Sikh community is celebrating this auspicious occasion on November 24. The groups left for Nankana...

By Ravinder Singh Robin Amritsar, Nov.21 (ANI): U.S. President George W. Bush has sent his warm greetings to Sikhs in America and India ahead of the 538th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism. The Sikh community is celebrating this auspicious occasion on November 24. The...

London, Nov 21 (IANS) As the issue involving a Sikh girl's suspension from a Welsh school for wearing a kada, a symbol of Sikhism, appeared headed for the courts, hundreds of people from around the world backed the girl through a website set up to support her. More...

London, Nov 21 (IANS) As the issue involving a Sikh girl's suspension from a Welsh school for wearing a kada, a symbol of Sikhism, appeared headed for the courts, hundreds of people from around the world backed the girl through a website set up to support her. More...

The burgeoning hospitality scenario in the northern region seems to be attracting major developers to set up their properties here. Another player to join the race is the Sarovar Hotel Group that has plans to develop three new hotels in Punjab and Chandigarh. The group has about 30 properties...

Nobody can match the doggedness of the Punjab Police. Since 1973, they have been pursuing a case of buffalo theft till three months ago when the two accused, natives of a village near Jalandhar, were sent behind bars. On Tuesday, the Punjab and Haryana High Court came to the rescue of the two...

New York, Nov 20 (IANS) US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton's abrupt cancellation of a scheduled appearance at a festival in a California town to mark the birth anniversary of Sikhism's founder Guru Nanak has reportedly annoyed the Sikh community. More...