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The RSS has sought to blame Prime Minister Manmohan Singh directly for the controversial affidavit on Lord Ram and pointed to his Sikh faith and its sacred texts that contain numerous references to the revered figure. More...

Claiming that there is no human bomb in Punjab, Director General of Police NPS Aulakh today said there is no threat of terrorism reviving in the state. More...

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has sought granting of relief and rehabilitation package to Bhagalpur communal riot victims on par with with the package announced for the 1984 anti-Sikh riot victims. More...

Girls and women from West Bengal and Assam are being increasingly trafficked to states like Punjab and Haryana where they are sexually exploited until they bear a male child, a UN report said today. More...

The Head of Dera Sacha Sauda Baba Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh, who has been charged by CBI in rape and murder cases, today moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking anticipatory bail. More...

Moderate to heavy rains lashed a few places in Punjab and Haryana today causing temperatures to dip by a few degrees below the normal range. More...

To create awareness about bird flu, the Punjab Government will air CDs containing spots on local television and radio channels. This was decided at the meeting of a high-level panel set up by state Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Dairy Development Minister, Gulzar Singh Ranike. More...

The ruling SAD-BJP combine today swept the polls to four Municipal Corporations in Punjab routing the main opposition Congress. Candidates owing allegiance to the combine romped home in most wards of Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Patiala and Amritsar Municipal Corporations, official reports said. More...

Opposition Congress today criticised the Punjab government for the proposed hike in fees for MBBS and BDS courses in private medical colleges for the management quota. More...

Several parts of Punjab and Chandigarh today faced power cuts following disruption in power generation at major thermal as well as hydro power plants in the state following technical snag. More...

The Punjab government today decided to set up a panel of economists to compile a report on the difference between the cost of agricultural inputs and the MSP with 1960 as the base year that would be submitted to the Centre. More...

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today ordered that all cases pertaining to the 1984 anti-Sikh riot victims be cleared by August 31. More...

A delegation of Haryana Sikhs today met Akal Takht Jathedar Gyani Joginder Ver delegation expressed "resentment" before Vedanti at the postponement of the Sikh conclave scheduled in Ratia in Haryana on July 11. More...

Punjab's Director General of Police N P S Aulakh will appraise performance of all Senior Superintendents of Police every month. This was announced by Aulakh while presiding over a high-level review meeting of all the ADGPs, IGs, DIGs and SSPs held here today. More...

A blue print for new Police Act in Punjab is ready and a provision of 15 to 20 per cent reservation for women in the state force has been made in it, Director General of Police N P S Aulakh said here today. More...

The crusade to clean up the bastions of followers of Dera Sacha Sauda has begun and Sikhs will weed out such people, institutions and their patrons who are conspiring to undermine the dignity and pride of Sikh religion, Khalsa Action Committee (KAC) convener Mohkam Singh said here today. More...

UPA-Left Presidential nominee Pratibha Patil today met Congress MLAs and MPs in Punjab as part of her campaign to enlist support for her candidature for the July 19 election. More...

An American citizen who adopted Sikhism and has been living in India for the past 38 years, has made it his mission to teach Sikh values. Ralph Singh (58), who originally hails from Syracuse in New York, preaches, especially in Punjab, the importance of maintaining one's values and culture. More...

An American citizen who adopted Sikhism and has been living in India for the past 38 years, has made it his mission to teach Sikh values. Ralph Singh (58), who originally hails from Syracuse in New York, preaches, especially in Punjab, the importance of maintaining one's values and culture. More...

Chennai,Jun 30 (PTI): Air India thrashed Punjab 5-0 to lift the 34th National Junior Hockey Cham[pionship title here this evening. More...