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Of 50 ministerial portfolios in Punjab, 27 held by Badal family Friday, September, 21 2012 - 19:17 CHANDIGARH: Of about 50 ministerial portfolios in Punjab, 27 are held by the 4 members of the Badal family, while the rest 23 are shared by other 11 ministers. And all the important...

SC: Punjab must give flats to ’84 riot victims Legal Correspondent New Delhi, September 19 The Supreme Court today observed that it was the responsibility of the nation and the government to provide flats to all those rendered homeless in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. A Bench...

Sikh Sangat in Shock After Another Gurdwara Attacked in Punjab Drunk Man Sets Pothis and other Gurdwara Belongings to Fire By: Sikh24 Editors (September 6, 2012)–Following the sacrilege incident at Sahnewal village Gurdwara, Sikh Sangat living in Punjab has been met with another blow...

SIKHS AND Scots will gather at Kenmore tomorrow to remember a young Indian prince and his infant son, who is buried in the village churchyard, writes Billy Briggs. In a tiny graveyard in Perthshire tomorrow, a piper will play a lament and the gathered crowd will pay homage to an infant Indian...

Punjab women lead the way in arming themselves Prabhjot Singh Tribune News Service Amrik Kaur of Tarn Taran has three weapons in her name. - Tribune photo Chandigarh, September 1 Septuagenarian Amrik Kaur of Amarkot, a recipient of the Shaurya Chakra, a top civilian gallantry...

Perform or perish; Punjab govt tells all its employees Thursday, August, 30 2012 - 17:45 By: Punjab Newsline Network CHANDIGARH: In a major decision that may certainly help in improving the efficiency if implemented properly, the Punjab government has decided to forcibly retire all...

Let us all do Ardaas to Waheguru for Rakhya of Punjab: Forget about canting off to Macau or Las Vegas strip to roll a dice and revel in a tantalising gambling carousal. Get ready to spin a ball on a little wheel popularly called roulette, see it running around and cheerfully call a bet to...

source:http://sikhsangat.org/1699/punjab-the-birth-of-the-uranium-anomaly/ In June 2010, studies carried out amongst mentally retarded children in the Malwa region of Punjab, revealed 87% of children below 12 years and 82% beyond that age having uranium levels high enough to cause...

Headgear compulsory for Sikh women cops in Punjab police Wednesday, June 27, 2012 - 19:15 CHANDIGARH: Akali government might project itself as the sole representative of Sikh identity and principles when it comes to the issue of ban on turban in France but the very same government in its...

Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale resurrected as cult icon in Punjab http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bhindranwale-memorial-golden-temple-operation-blue-star/1/200819.html

Maintaining peace in Punjab, our responsibility: Damdami Taksal chief Thursday, June 14, 2012 - 17:30 By Sukhpal Kaur CHANDIGARH: Radical Sikh organization Damdami Taksal which has been entrusted the task of Operation Bluestar Memorial in Golden Temple complex has now taken...

Centre worried over developments in Punjab Last Updated: Sunday, June 10, 2012, 11:00 New Delhi: The move to set up a memorial for those killed during 'Operation Blue Star' in Golden Temple has set the alarm bells ringing as the Home Ministry fears that it could resurrect militancy in...

Union Home Ministry warns Punjab government over Bluestar Memorial PunjabNewsline - Friday, June 8, 2012 - 19:30 By Sukhpal Kaur CHANDIGARH: Taking serious note of the setting up of the Operation Bluestar Memorial at the Golden Temple, the Union Home Ministry has warned the Akali-BJP...

Punjab at crossroads: Sikh clergy gives in to radical rhetoric India Gazette (IANS) Friday 8th June, 2012 Once touted as the most progressive state in the country, Punjab is today at a crossroads. The contradictory actions of the state's leadership, especially the ruling elite, are sending...

Punjab to enact law to rein in NRI bridegrooms Wednesday, 30 May 2012 22:59 PNS | JALANDHAR With rising cases of NRI grooms deserting their wives soon after wedding, Punjab Government has decided to implement a strict law to check frauds being committed by such grooms...

In Punjab, three farmers kill selves every two days Kanchan Vasdev Tribune News Service Chandigarh, May 26 Forced by financial crunch, an estimated 5,000 farmers and farm labourers committed suicide in the agrarian state of Punjab, popularly known as grain bowl of India, in the last...

Politicizing death row in Punjab and at the Surrey Vaisakhi parade Gurpreet Singh - straight.com - Publish Date: April 22, 2012 , Vancouver, B.C. The imagery of a convicted Sikh militant on death row in India, Balwant Singh Rajoana, dominated the annual Vaisakhi parade in Surrey...

A New Vision for Punjab's Future VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - April 19, 2012) - Recently, I floated the idea of Punjab becoming a sovereign state within India, similar to how Scotland and Wales are separate countries but still a part of the United Kingdom. Perhaps the one...

Woman killed in Punjab for bearing daughters IANS | Apr 17, 2012, 08.41PM CHANDIGARH: A woman was allegedly strangulated to death by her husband in Punjab's Tarn Taran district as he was upset that she had given birth to three daughters, police said. Paramjit Kaur, 35, who was married...

Every night at 10.30 pm, a train leaves from small station in India’s northern state of Punjab to a very special destination. Passengers wear a sad and dismal face and comprise mostly of young children and adult men. Train 339 has been famously dubbed as India’s “Cancer Train”. It carries...