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Chandigarh, Sep 10 (IANS) Leading Japanese automobile manufacturer Isuzu Motors will set up a Rs.3 billion ($74 million) facility in Punjab for manufacturing buses and trucks. More...

Chandigarh, Sep 10 (IANS) Former Punjab director general of police S.S. Virk was admitted to hospital here Monday, a day after he went on 'hunger strike' to protest his arrest on corruption charges. More...

After making waves in the festivals circuits and numerous screenings in USA, crossover film LOINS OF PUNJAB PRESENTS would be seeing an Indian release this month. More...

A team of the Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) arrested former Punjab Director General of Police and Maharashtra-cadre IPS officer S.S. Virk in New Delhi on Sunday. The case against the officer, who is considered close to former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, is that he misused his official...

Agriculture, the mainstay of Punjab's economy since the Green Revolution, has become the main cause for the slow growth of the state's economy. For, enquiries reveal that the growth rate in the primary sector, which comprises agriculture and allied sectors, was just 2.17% in 2004-05. It went...

FORMER PUNJAB DGP S.S. Virk was on Sunday arrested by the state Vigilance Bureau on charges of corruption and amassing wealth beyond his known sources of income. He was arrested from New Delhi and brought here for questioning. The VB has also arrested a property dealer, Vijay Pal Singh, in...

Chandigarh, Sep 9 (PTI) Former Punjab DGP S S Virk, who was removed before the assembly poll in the state, was today arrested on charges of possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources More...

New Delhi, Sept 9 (ANI): Punjab Vigilance Bureau here today arrested former Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) S S Virk in connection with a disproportionate assets case. A case is registered against Virk, a Maharashtra cadre IPS officer, for allegedly possessing assets disproportionate to...

By Ravinder Singh Robin Amritsar, Sep.9 (ANI): Golden Temple, the holiest pilgrimage centre for Sikhs, in Amritsar draws a large number of devotees from across the country and world. The shrine also houses a museum showcasing the origin and growth of Sikh religion through several artefacts...

Ranchi, Sep 9 (IANS) Armies of India and Thailand are sharing anti-terror tactics in a joint exercise underway at The Sikh Regiment Centre at Ramgarh in Jharkhand. More...

New Delhi/Chandigarh, Sep 9 (IANS) Former Punjab Police chief S.S. Virk was Sunday morning arrested in New Delhi for amassing assets 'worth Rs.1 billion' through corrupt means. More...

By Ravi Khandelwal Chandigarh, Sept 9 (ANI): After making a name in television and stage anchoring, Sattinder Satti has debuted as a singer through her Punjabi album title 'Peeng' or "The Swing". The daughter of an army officer from a baptised Sikh family, Satti was born and brought up in...

By Ravi Khandelwal / Sunil Sharma Hoshiarpur (Punjab), Sept. 9 (ANI): Herbal medicine is perhaps the oldest form of treating any illness known to mankind. The excessive reliance on allopathy, however, has kept people from using herbal medicines. Fortunately, herbal gardens have now been set up...

By Sunil Kataria Amritsar, Sept 9 (ANI): The rise in value of the Indian rupees in dollar terms appears not to have augured well for country's export community, affecting exporters' competitiveness in the global market and causing the closure of many companies. In Punjab, the textile industry...

New Delhi/Chandigarh, Sep 9 (IANS) Former director general of Punjab police S.S. Virk was arrested Sunday by the Punjab Police from the Maharashtra Bhavan in New Delhi in connection with a disproportionate assets case registered against him. More...

Chandigarh, Sep 7 (IANS) A multi-million rupees kerosene oil scam has been busted in Punjab's Amritsar district by the state's food and supplies department, officials said Friday. More...

Lahore, Sep 7 (ANI): The Musharraf regime has arrested over 1500 Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) workers, cutting into their plans to prepare for the return of the Sharif brothers, on September 10. The party's provincial leadership claimed that their activists were arrested were picked up...

The first Punjab State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament is being organised by the Mohali District Table Tennis Association at the Table Tennis Hall in Sector 23 here from September 15 to 17. More than 250 players from all over Punjab will take part in the tournament. The events would be played...

Swedish car major-Volvo Car Corporation (VCC) is now set to woo Punjab customers, after Germany based DaimlerChrysler and BMW entered the state with their luxury car segments. The company is planning to debut in Punjab market by launching two models-S80 and XC90 priced at Rs 38 lakh and Rs 45...

Baby corn, the emerging crop in Punjab More...