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THE ALL India Football Federation (AIFF) on Thursday announced the draw for this year's Federation Cup, to be held in Ludhiana on September 4-15. It will be after a gap of 33 years that a national-level football tournament will be held in Punjab - the Santosh Trophy in Jalandhar in 1974 was the...

By Sunil Sharma Chandigarh, Aug 24 (ANI): Burgers, pizzas and sandwiches are making way for milk-processed products in Punjab, which is experiencing a boom. The Moudgil family of Chandigarh has taken a fancy to milk processed products like cheese and butter. They are among the many families in...

Actress Shabana Azmi will sing for her forthcoming English film, Loins of Punjab Presents. This film is directed by debutant filmmaker Manish Acharya More...

Chandigarh, Aug 24 (IANS) The Punjab Police Friday issued an alert against five women followers of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect, saying they could go to any extent to avenge the allegations levelled at their sect chief Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh. More...

THE Punjab Sports Department is planning to hold the Punjab Hockey League from August 29. The Punjab Education Department will also conduct a Hockey league for all Education Departments of the state which will see the participation of 12 School Wings in which six boys and girls teams, said...

Ludhiana (Punjab), Aug 23 (ANI): Police in Ludhiana, Punjab, have claimed to have busted an international drugs syndicate with the seizure of six kilograms of heroin and the arrest of three smugglers. Officials said the racket spanned Malaysia, Pakistan and Europe, and added that the consignment...

New Delhi, Aug 22 (PTI) Members in the Rajya Sabha today asked the Government to immediately take up with Pakistan the issue of capturing of the 300-year-old Sikh Gurudwara in Lahore. More...

The Punjab Olympic Association will construct a Punjab Olympic Bhavan in the two acres of land inside the Sports Stadium, Phase IX, Mohali. President of the Punjab Olympic Association Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa (Member of Parliament and Secy Gen. SAD), today visited the sports stadium along with...

Experts say the scanty rainfall could spell doom for the crops, especially paddy Monsoon in Punjab this year has been deficit by 22 per cent. The state, which till date should have received at least 480 mm of rainfall, has received only 300 mm. While districts of Abohar and Muktsar have been...

Dublin, Aug 21 (DPA) Sikh police officers from Britain have criticized a decision by the Irish police force to ban a Sikh recruit from wearing a turban on the job, according to reports in the Irish press Tuesday. More...

Chandigarh, Aug 21 (IANS) Tropicana, the world's largest juice manufacturer and a subsidiary of PepsiCo, has tied up with the Punjab government for the plantation of citrus fruits in the state. More...

Lahore, Aug 21 (IANS) An 18th century Sikh shrine in Naolakha Bazaar here has been 'taken over by a group hooligans' and the government is 'hesitating to take action' against the Muslims who have locked the Sikhs out, Daily Times said Tuesday. More...

"You say Rolls, I say Royce, You say God, Give me a Choice..." Unlike, Freddie 'Queen' Mercury, the politicians of Punjab don't have dearth of choice when it comes to selecting a vehicle. Exquisite sedans and robust SUVs are there for their taking! But some cursory observation skills and...

By Ravindra Sheoran New Delhi, Aug.20 (ANI): The turmoil in Afghanistan may have compelled a large number of Sikh families to flee their motherland, and now a majority of those living in India are seeking a new life here, and hope that the Indian Government will come forward to resurrect their...

London, Aug 20 (IANS) A Sikh couple in a village in Britain is contemplating converting their four-year-old daughter as a Roman Catholic in order to get her admission to the school of their choice. More...

London, Aug 20 (IANS) A Sikh couple in Ohio is contemplating converting their four-year-old daughter as a Roman Catholic in order to get her admission to the school of their choice. More...

MUMBAI, Aug 20 (Reuters) - India's Punjab National Bank may bid for a 26 percent holding in institutional lender IFCI Ltd. , the Economic Times reported on Monday, quoting the bank's chairman and managing director. More...

In an effort to spot and train rural youth of the state, the Punjab Sports Department has taken an initiative to involve the rural youth in developing sports culture by organising rural tournaments at block, district and sate level. According to Pargat Singh , Sports Director, Punjab...

The Rai-Sikh community has strongly criticised the tall claims of Rana Gurmeet Singh Sodhi, MLA from Guruharsahai, of a major role in the proposed Bill declaring the Rai-Sikh community as Schedule Caste. It is to be mentioned here that a Bill declaring the Rai-Sikh community as Schedule Caste...

The Shiromani Akali Dal (1920) has written a letter to Governor of Punjab to declare the state a "tobacco-free area" on the lines of Chandigarh. However, Dal president Ravi Inder Singh has also alleged in the letter that the Badal government accepted donations from Indian Tobacco Company. Ravi...