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Ludhiana (Punjab), Nov 12 (IANS) A woman in a Punjab village Monday poisoned herself and also her two children. More...

Chandigarh, Nov 12 (IANS) Punjab's Director General of Police N.P.S. Aulakh Monday instructed field officers to monitor activities of former terrorists and their sympathisers in the state. More...

The Punjab government, whose new industrial policy is being framed by international agency, Unido, has decided to "delink" agro processing units from the purview of the proposed industrial policy and come up with a separate agro industrial policy. The decision follows a recent meeting between...

The Punjab government, whose new industrial policy is being framed by international agency, Unido, has decided to delink agro processing units from the purview of the proposed industrial policy and come up with a separate agro industrial policy. The decision follows a recent meeting between...

Patiala (Punjab), Nov 10 (IANS) Three members of a family were killed when their Maruti van fell into the Bhakra main line canal while returning after Diwali festival celebrations Friday night. More...

Ludhiana, Nov 10 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Saturday called upon leaders of all political parties to come forward for the development of the state, saying his government had not unleashed any vendetta against its opponents. More...

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London, Nov 8 (IANS) Sarika Watkins-Singh, the Sikh teenager who has been excluded from her school in south Wales for refusing to remove the 'kada', a symbol of Sikhism, has been backed by the local race equality council. More...

London, Nov 8 (IANS) Sarika Watkins-Singh, the Sikh teenager who has been excluded from her school in south Wales for refusing to remove the 'kada', a symbol of Sikhism, has been backed by the local race equality council. More...

This Diwali could well be a dark one for Punjab with Ropar and Bathinda thermal plants on the verge of closure due to paucity of coal stocks. Sources say the two thermal power plants, responsible for the majority of power produced in the state, are left with coal stocks for only two days. Though...

London, Nov 7 (IANS) A Sikh teenager in South Wales has been temporarily barred from attending school after she refused to remove her kara -- a bracelet worn for religious reasons. More...

London, Nov 7 (PTI) A Sikh student of Indian origin has been excluded from her school in Britain for refusing to take off her iron bangle. More...

London, Nov 7 (ANI): A Sikh teenager has been sent back from her school for wearing a Kara (steel bracelet), one of the religious symbols which reminds a Sikh of his or her bondage to the Guru. Sarika Singh (14) refused to remove her Kara because she felt that it is "a constant reminder to her...

Islamabad, Nov 7 (IANS) Seven relatives of a 100-year-old Kashmiri Sikh who died in September and was cremated in Indian Kashmir have arrived in Pakistan to immerse his ashes in the Jhelum river in accordance with his last wish. More...

Seham (Punjab), Nov 7 (IANS) A top British cop came visiting Punjab six years ago and so appalled was he at the quality of education in rural areas that he took on the task of raising funds for building proper schools. More...

Punjab Chief Minister, Pervaiz Elahi, has said that the Punjab government would establish 'Punjab Internet City' at a cost of Rs 1.28 billion (US$21 million) near Kala Shah Kaku where local and foreign IT companies would be provided land to enhance direct foreign investment, strengthen...

Pakistan **Punjab Chief Minister, Pervaiz Elahi, has said that the Punjab government would establish 'Punjab Internet City' at a cost of Rs 1.28 billion (US$21 million) near Kala Shah Kaku where local and foreign IT companies would be provided land to enhance direct foreign investment...

In a major move that is certain to boost investors sentiments, the Punjab government s empowered committee on mega projects, under the chairmanship of chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, on Tuesday cleared industrial projects worth Rs 1,345 crore. Disclosing this, a spokesman of the Punjab...

The Congress-led UPA Government's much flaunted National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) is gasping for breath in Punjab. Not a single person has benefited from the scheme since April 1. The scheme was first introduced in the districts of Amritsar, Jalandhar, Nawanshahr and Hoshiarpur...

Vodafone Essar has come out as the fastest growing telecom provider in the last year-and-a-half in one of the fastest growing telecom GSM subscriber market in Punjab. The company has notched a growth of 127% in its subscriber base during March 2006 and September 2007 followed by Bharti Airtel...