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MUMBAI, Nov 5 - Textiles firm Punjab Woolcombers Ltd said on Monday its board had approved splitting each share into ten. More...

By Sunil Sharma Chandigarh, Nov 5 (ANI): Keeping a dog as a pet is becoming an obsession in Punjab's major cities like Patiala, Chandigarh and Ludhiana, reminding one of royalty of Punjab of yore. Going on an evening stroll with a handsome dog is picture perfect in city like Chandigarh. One can...

The 28th Annual Sikh Parade in Yuba City turned in record crowds this weekend, exceeding the expectations of organizers. Near perfect weather brought in an estimated 75,000 to 80,000 Sikhs and non-Sikhs on Sunday to enjoy one of the Sacramento Valley's largest religious and cultural...

Chandigarh, Nov 5 (IANS) The Punjab government has decided to auction vehicle registration numbers, taking a cue from the union territory of Chandigarh that auctions all VIP and preferential vehicle numbers, generating millions in revenue annually. More...

Punjab has decided to spare apex cooperative institutions, Markfed and Milkfed, from the disinvestment axe. The decision follows reservations expressed by cooperation minister Kanwaljit Singh. "How can one disinvest consistently profit-making cooperatives", he told the media recently. "The...

By Karan Kapoor Moga (Punjab), Nov 4 (ANI): Kulwant Singh Dhaliwal, a non-resident Indian (NRI), has adopted a village in Punjab's Moga District to bring about social reform there. Dhaliwal, who migrated to Manchester in England in 1985, is back in his ancestral Badni Kala village. For Dhaliwal...

By Sunil Sharma Jalandhar, Nov 4 (ANI): A large section of non-resident Indians (NRIs), belonging to Punjab, continues to play an important role in the economic development of their homeland. Over five million, almost one third of the total estimated number of Indians overseas, belong to Punjab...

Chandigarh, Nov 3 (IANS) A consumer court here has slapped a fine of Rs.500,000 on Punjab's biggest milk supplier, Milkfed, for selling an underweight milk pouch to one of its customers four years ago. More...

Amritsar, Nov 3 (IANS) Ten members of a family, including seven children, were killed when their overloaded car fell into a drain in Tarn Taran district of Punjab, 80 km from here. More...

Chandigarh, Nov 2 (IANS) Health officials in Punjab are not going to like this. State Health Minister Laxmi Kanta Chawla, known as an upright and no-nonsense person, is engaging detectives to keep a tab on officials and doctors accepting gifts on Diwali. More...

Jalandhar, Nov 2 (IANS) A deputy superintendent of police in Punjab has been booked following a complaint by a woman alleging that he sought sexual favours to end an immigration case registered against her. More...

Today is the 23rd anniversary of the anti-Sikh riots of 1984. Now a new book levels serious charges against top Congress leaders implicated in the riots. The book, When A Tree Shook Delhi , authored by journalist Manoj Mitta and lawyer HS Phoolka will be released later this week. More...

The land records of Punjab will be fully computerised by July 2008. The government has engaged Microsoft to perform the task that suggested the model being implemented in Andhara Pradesh fro digitalisation. Incidentally, Andhra Pradesh was the first state in the country to achieve 100%...

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Chandigarh, Oct 31 (IANS) At least 100 students from a technical college in Punjab were admitted to hospital for food poisoning Wednesday after they ate food served at a langar (community kitchen) following a religious ceremony on the college campus Tuesday. More...

New Delhi/Amritsar, Oct 31 (ANI): Sikhs on Wednesday took out protest rallies in different parts of the country, demanding justice in the 1984 anti Sikh riots. On this day in 1984, the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards that triggered anti-Sikh riots in...

Chandigarh, Oct 30 (IANS) A business school in Punjab Tuesday celebrated published reports that Indian industrialist Mukesh Ambani has become the world's richest man Monday, even though his company clarified that the conclusions were based on wrong calculations. More...

By Ravi Khandelwal Muktsar (Punjab), Oct 30 (ANI): Farmers in Punjab are taking to horse breeding as an alternative source of income. Farmers in south-west Punjab have adopted horse breeding as an allied profession. The fertile soil and green pastures give Punjab a natural advantage to breed...

By Ravinder Singh Robin Amritsar, Oct 30 (ANI): Bhawna, the youngest BJP councillor of Punjab, could be a role model for many of her senior. She has been working hard to eradicate drug abuse among the youth of her constituency. Twenty one-year-old Bhawna, a second-year student of Bachelor of...

Majitha (Punjab), Oct 30 (ANI): Ignoring the fact that Punjab is known as the granary of India, Radio Pakistan's 'Punjabi Durbar' programme continues to broadcast the view that Sikh farmers are struggling to obtain proper water and electricity supply. The broadcast that is aired from Lahore...