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Chandigarh, Oct 30 (IANS) A business school in Punjab Tuesday celebrated published reports that Indian industrialist Mukesh Ambani has become the world's richest man Monday, even though his company clarified that the conclusions were based on wrong calculations. More...

Chandigarh, Oct 29 (IANS) The Punjab government Monday announced that a world-class professional university, the Guru Granth Sahib World University, would be set up in the Sikh holy city of Fatehgarh Sahib. More...

Lahore, Oct 28 (IANS) Pakistani Punjab's Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi is making an independent bid to become the country's prime minister after next year's general elections, raising the hackles of incumbent Shaukat Aziz and other policymakers of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q)...

Chandigarh, Oct 24 (IANS) The Spinning Wheel Film Festival (SWFF) showcasing outstanding Sikh films and movies made by Sikh men and women the world over will get under way in Hollywood next month. More...

New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) Punjab Governor Gen. (retd) S.F. Rodrigues will deliver the 12th Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa Memorial Lecture on 'Resurgent India - The Way Ahead' here on Wednesday. More...

Chandigarh, Oct 23 (IANS) Close relatives of Louisiana Governor-elect Bobby Jindal in a Muslim dominated town of Punjab are eagerly awaiting his visit to the ancestral home -- which in all probability will happen next year. More...

Chandigarh, Oct 22 (IANS) The Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC), the mini parliament of Sikhs, Monday sought the excommunication of two Delhi-based Sikh leaders from the community for 'anti-religious activities'. More...

Amritsar, Oct 22 (IANS) The city of the holy Sikh shrine of Golden Temple has been left in a state of shock after thieves stole Rs.20 million worth of gold here Monday. More...

New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) The remnants of Sikh separatists hiding in Punjab or living abroad are under increasing pressure from Pakistan's premier intelligence agency to rekindle terrorism in the border state, say Indian counter-terrorism officials and security experts. More...

Mumbai, Oct 18 (IANS) Though his 'Loins Of Punjab Presents' hasn't done half as well at the box office as he hoped it would, director Manish Acharya is now gearing up to release a longer edition of the 90-minute film on DVD. More...

Ludhiana/Chandigarh, Oct 15 (IANS) Punjab's hard-earned peace was shattered by the blast inside a cinema hall in the bustling industrial city of Ludhiana Sunday, at a time when the people of this largely prosperous state were preparing for the upcoming festival season. More...

Attari (India-Pakistan border), Oct 14 (IANS) Hundreds of acres of fertile land that belong to India but fall outside its fenced border with Pakistan are now being acquired by the Punjab government, but farmers are fuming that they are getting only half the market price. More...

Chandigarh, Oct 13 (IANS) Government agencies and private millers in Punjab have procured over 4.87 million tonnes of paddy by Saturday, a government spokesman said here. More...

Chandigarh, Oct 9 (IANS) Ludhiana - one of the biggest industrial cities in Asia located in Punjab - will soon have a metro rail. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the Punjab government and the Delhi Metro Rail Corp (DMRC) Tuesday for setting up the state's first mass rapid...

Rajpura (Punjab), Oct 7 (IANS) An ex-armyman, apparently suffering from depression, shot himself and four other members of his family here Sunday, using his 12-bore gun. More...

New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) Punjab's Malwa region, once referred to as 'Makheon meetha Malwa' (sweeter than honey) for its rich agricultural produce and cotton farming, is today battling environment-related health problems including a noticeable rise in cancer cases, kidney ailments and infertility...

New York, Oct 4 (IANS) A hate crime against a Sikh schoolboy here has led to the start of Khalsakids.com, a website dedicated to helping Sikh students fight bullying in school. More...

Talwara (Punjab), Oct 2 (IANS) Bringing the legal system virtually to the people's doorstep in one of the most backward areas of Punjab, the state's first mobile court - the second in the country - was inaugurated Tuesday in this town of Hoshiarpur district. More...

Ludhiana, Sep 28 (IANS) Punjab's vigilance bureau Friday arrested the state's former additional advocate general Harpreet Singh Sandhu here. He has been charged with involvement in the controversial multi-million-rupee Ludhiana City Centre scam. More...

Chandigarh, Sep 27 (IANS) Punjab's vigilance officials Thursday evening raided and opened the lockers of former director general of police (DGP) S.S. Virk in a leading private bank here. More...