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Endless buffets, rivers of alcohol and extravagant decorations have become staples at upper-class Indian weddings _ but Sikh leaders are considering creating guidelines to tone down the glittering events, a newspaper reported Saturday. More...

The sulphur content in soil of the state is very less, thus the PH level has gone up in the soil resulting that many districts in Punjab have now alkaline soil. This was stated by Satyajeet Singh of Sulphur Mills Limited. He said as per the details of the project started by US-based The Sulphur...

ALL the soccer lovers of Punjab State would witness soccer mania as the 21st Punjab State Super Football League will commence from July 15, according to Inder Singh, an Arjuna awardee and secretary of the Punjab Football Association (PFA). Two teams from Punjab Division -II Football League have...

Toronto, July 12 (IANS) A Sikh organisation has filed a $110 million lawsuit against the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) for allegedly linking it to terrorism and damaging the reputation of the Sikh community. More...

The CPI today accused the Parkash Singh Badal-led SAD-BJP government in Punjab of failing to resolve the Dera-Sikh stand-off and demanded a CBI probe into the entire episode. "Whatever the Jathedar of Akal Takht Joginder Singh Vedanti did two days ago (indefinitely deferring Sikh conclave in...

Financial inclusion of whole of Punjab by March 2008 should top agenda of state banks, it was observed at the 100th meeting of Punjab State Bankers' Committee (SLBC) held here today. The Rangarajan Committee puts population with no access to banking at a high 57 per cent, underlining the need...

In order to keep a strict vigil upon tax evasion in the state, the Punjab government is deliberating to adopt the Gujarat pattern to plug loopholes in the collection of road tax and entry tax. Transport Minister Master Mohan Lal, along with senior officers of the department, is on a special...

Two Punjab Police constables have been placed under suspension on Wednesday, two days after the Punjab and Haryana High Court sought report from the Director General of Police (DGP), Punjab, on putting a 17-year-old undertrial in chains to his bed at PGI. The suspended policemen include Angerj...

Chennai, June 29: Former champions Punjab will take on Air India in the final of the 34th National Junior Hockey championship here tomorrow. More...

Amidst speculation of early municipal polls in the state, Punjab's Minister for Local Bodies Manoranjan Kalia today said the state government would soon inform the Election Commission for notifying an early date. This would happen once the revision of Jalandhar MC's voters' list completes on...

Ludhiana, July 10 (ANI): Pest infestation has led to major crop destruction in Punjab, causing immense loss to the farmers. Infestation by Mealy bug, a white fuzzy insect that sucks plant juice, has led to major damage of cotton crop in Punjab's Muktsar District. Farmers have tried various...

By Karan Kapoor Ludhiana, July 10 (ANI): Unlike most beauty pageants, where the contestants are budding chic girls in their teens and early twenties, Ludhiana recently played host to its maiden 'Mrs. Punjab' contest, featuring married aspirants from across the state. The Malhaar Art Gallery...

Toronto, July 10 (IANS) A paralysed Sikh, who entered Canada with a fake passport four years ago, has ducked deportation to India and sought asylum in a gurdwara. More...

A 48-year-old paralyzed man is expressing thanks to the Sikh community in Abbotsford, B.C., after a local temple offered him sanctuary on the verge of his deportation back to India. More...

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued notices to State of Punjab over the anticipatory bail application filed by Daljit Singh Bittu, vice-president, SAD (Amritsar). Bittu, who was booked by the Punjab Police on charges of sedition, had filed the anticipatory bail apprehending arrest. He...

On September 27, 2006, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh laid the foundation stone for the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) at Mohali. In his speech he had said it was his "earnest hope" that the institute would take Punjab to "a new horizon in science teaching and...

A 48-year-old paralyzed man has taken sanctuary in a Sikh temple in Abbotsford, B.C., after immigration authorities rejected his refugee claim and ordered his deportation. More...

Mohali (Punjab), July 9 (ANI): Punjab police on Monday halted a march by hundreds of Sikhs here protesting delay in the arrest of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Raheem Singh, charged with "blasphemy". The march organized by Khalsa Action Community, a Sikh organization from Mohali to...

By Savinder Singh Amritsar, July 9 (ANI): While a summer camp would mean mountaineering, camping in woods, crash courses in foreign languages or other hobby classes, for children in Amritsar a different kind of camp was organised this summer to teach them about the...

By Ravi Khandelwal Ludhiana, July 9 (ANI): If you want to see the real Punjab, go to its villages and if you want to see what its villages looked like 50 years back, then visit Ludhiana's Museum of Rural Life. The old tools, symbols, motifs and images have been carefully preserved, taking...