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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...

Jathedar Vedanti says dera magazine distorting Gurbani Sikh high priests today issued fresh appeal to the community to make the July 11 Sikh congregation at Ratia a mega success. Continuing with their tirade against Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, they reiterated that the...

This is the matrimonial bio-data of the most eligible bachelor of Punjab. Bikram Singh Majithia, Minister for Information and Public Relations, Water Supply, Sewerage, Science, Technology and Non-conventional Energy, is looking for a "suitable" match. And, needless to say, he is under tremendous...

Ferozpur (Punjab), July 8 (ANI): Several people were injured here today after police intervened to disperse Sikhs, who were clashing with Dera Sacha Sauda members. The incident occurred when a mob of Sikh followers armed with spears, swords and sticks were demonstrating against the Dera sect...

Angry Sikhs clashed with the police at Ferozepur in Punjab over the Dera issue on Sunday. The incident occurred when hundreds of Nihangs, Sikhs who follow a militant ideology, ransacked the meeting place of the Dera Sacha Sauda. More...

Chandigarh, July 8 (IANS) Sportspersons from Punjab winning an individual gold medal at any Olympic Games - a feat not yet achieved in the 111-year history of the modern Olympics - will become millionaires. More...

Bathinda (Punjab), July 7 (IANS) An undercurrent of tension prevailed in south Punjab Saturday following the death of Dera Sacha Sauda sect follower Jaswinder Singh at a hospital in Rohtak in neighbouring Haryana earlier in the day. More...

Any proud and self-respecting Indian would share the prime minister's anguish and loss of sleep over the arrest of some Indian Muslims for suspected Al-Qaeda links. Similarly, you'd also understand his statement that, being a Sikh, he particularly understands the implications of a community...

Even as the Punjab Government prepares to launch its most populist atta-daal scheme through the public distribution system (PDS), a Tata Economic Consultancy Service report revealed that a whopping 69 per cent of PDS wheat supplied to the state is diverted back to the market triggering a major...

M and M ups stake in Punjab tractors to 64.6% More...

LAHORE, July 6 Asia Pulse - The Fisheries Department in Punjab has started supplying fish seed to farmers throughout the province with the program to continue till October 31. More...

Punjab and Haryana have a long and contentious history when it comes to sharing river waters. The water war between the states seems all set to intensify with the Badal Government deciding to mount a legal challenge to the construction of the Rs 260-crore Hansi-Bhutana Branch Multipurpose Canal...

The Punjab chapter of Indian Media Centre (IMC) will be launched at Hotel Le Baron near Punjab Agricultural University on July 7. According to IMC Punjab chapter general secretary Dr Harjinder Singh Lall, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal will be the chief guest at the launching ceremony. Lall...

Chandigarh, July 5 (IANS) Stagnating and polluted ponds in rural Punjab will get cleaned under a new Rs.800 million scheme announced by the state government Thursday. More...

Chandigarh, July 5 (IANS) Leading Japanese financial institution, Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), will fund a Rs.30 billion public health project in Punjab to provide 100 percent water supply and sewerage connectivity in all major cities. More...

Rechristen it as Attari border, Govt makes a plea to Centre The Punjab government has written to the Union government to rename the international Wagha border, which is the only road route to Pakistan apart from Jammu and Kashmir. The state government has proposed that it should be called Attari...

Punjab asks college for blueprint of model jail They have designed the Chandigarh War Memorial, several properties for the Haryana Tourism and a beautification plan for Nanda Devi, a major pilgrimage centre in Himachal Pradesh. But even by this lofty standard, designing a jail would be a...

By Ravinder Singh Robin Washington D.C., July 4 (ANI): US Congressman Mike Honda has assured the Sikh community in the United States that he would take up the issue of ban on turbans with the French Government. Talking to ANI, Honda said that the decision to ban the wearing of turbans in schools...

Chandigarh, July 3 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Tuesday ordered the setting up of five citrus estates this year, bringing 18,000 acres in 400 villages under citrus cultivation. More...

New York, July 3 (IANS) A Sikh religious flag displayed at a soon-to-be-opened gurdwara in California is at the centre of a controversy, with some residents saying the American flag should also be put up there. More...