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The Punjab Government will set up memorials in the memory of all the Kuka martyrs of freedom movement at their native villages in the state. This was announced by the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on the occasion of a function held in continuation of a year-long state level celebrations of...

Nawanshahr (Punjab), Aug 5 (IANS) Three youths, including two brothers, were killed when a truck loaded with cement drove over them here Sunday. The accident occurred 85 km from Chandigarh. More...

River fronts in Punjab will now be used to promote tourism. The state government plans to develop select river fronts to attract tourists from world over with a host of water sport and other adventure activities. Broadly, the plan is to develop select river fronts as tourism destinations, where...

Following the conviction of Jagtar Singh Hawara and Balwant Singh in the Beant Singh assassination case, Chandigarh Police is now waiting for the Punjab Police to reply to its request for transferring the two to Patiala Jail. Hawara and Balwant Singh were awarded death sentence earlier this week...

Chandigarh, Aug 2 (IANS) The Punjab government will conduct a fresh livestock census in the state Sept 14-Oct 15 to find out exactly how many domestic animals and birds are there in the state. More...

Chandigarh, Aug 2 (IANS) Punjab's Transport Minister Mohan Lal has told state Governor and Chandigarh Administrator S.F. Rodrigues about his harrowing experience in the stinking and clogged toilets at the city's premier bus stand - the inter-state bus terminus (ISBT). More...

By Ravinder Singh Amritsar, Aug 2 (ANI): Shopkeepers in Amritsar are doing good business these days as the five symbols of Sikh faith have become a fashion for the new generation. Introduced by the tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh, three centuries ago, five (symbols) K's are the 'Kirpan', the...

A CITY court has convicted six persons for misappropriating 1984 anti-Sikh riot compensation money even as some victims of the carnage still await compensation and justice. On Tuesday, the court sentenced Surinder Singh Zaidi and four associates - Ravinder Sharma and his three sons Ashwani...

Chandigarh, Aug 1 (IANS) The Punjab government will launch its much-publicised 'Atta-Dal' food scheme Aug 15 that will provide flour and pulses at subsidised rates to poor families, officials said Wednesday. More...

The CBI has filed a chargesheet against the Dera Sacha Sauda chief -- Baba Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh -- in a special court. The question that everyone is asking now is whether Punjab see another showdown between the Dera and the Akalis. More...

Sirsa (Haryana), July 30 (IANS) A Punjab Police team Monday 'arrested' Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh from the sect headquarters near here and then bailed him out to complete a legal formality regarding a case registered against him in Punjab. More...

Sirsa (Haryana) July 30 (IANS) A Punjab police team arrived at the headquarters of the Dera Sacha Sauda religious sect near here Monday to formally arrest its chief Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh. More...

New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) {censored}tails, lavish luncheons and grand receptions during Sikh marriages will soon become passe. Religious leaders of the community have come up with a set of guidelines to curb ostentation associated with weddings it to rein in female foeticide. More...

Dislodging the big fat Punjabi wedding is not going to be easy for the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) that tried to discipline the community by issuing a diktat banning non-vegetarian food and alcohol at Sikh weddings. More...

Sikh leaders in the Indian capital want an end to ostentatious weddings involving gallons of alcohol and mounds of tandoori chicken because they encourage "dowry harassment", newspapers reported on Sunday. More...

Amritsar, July 28 (IANS) Two top Sikh religious leaders were Saturday provided extra security after they received a threatening letter from a relatively unknown Sikh organisation. More...

By Karan Kapoor Ludhiana, July 27 (ANI): An upcoming artist from rural Punjab has come up with a music video album Jhona-2 that highlights the depleting water condition and farmers' plight in the State. The music video is said to be an attempt to generate mass support by spreading general...

Chandigarh, June 27 (ANI): A special Punjab court today convicted six persons in connection with the 1995 assassination case of the then Chief Minister Beant Singh. Giving the verdict, which comes almost twelve years after the assassination took place on August 31 in 1995, the special court of...

By Mittha Devivada (Punjab), July 27 (ANI): Believe it or not, many farmers in Punjab are using locally brewd liquor as pesticides. They claim that the brew kills pests and also helps in getting better yields. Farmers in Punjab's Faridkot District have been using liquor as pesticides for the...

Canada nixed a decade-old policy on Thursday that required prospective Sikh immigrants to change their last names to avoid confusion with other Sikhs. More...