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Germany drops its longest word: Rindfleischeti... By Jeevan Vasagar, Berlin1:31PM BST 03 Jun 2013 Germany's longest word - Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz - a 63-letter long title of a law regulating the testing of beef, has officially ceased to exist. The...

August 29, 2011 Centre drops proposal for separate Sikh Marriage Act Aditi Tandon/TNS New Delhi, August 29 The government has decided to drop the proposal for a separate law covering marriages solemnised within the Sikh community. Dealing a major blow to the aspirations of Sikhs, who...

By Asraa Mustutua Anti-birthright citizenship Arizona state Rep. John Kavanagh has changed his mind about possibly removing a post 9/11 hate crime victim’s name from a memorial. Earlier this year, Kavanagh introduced House Bill 2230, which would remove panels containing 11 phrases that...

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/indicators/census-of-india-2011-child-sex-ratio-drops-to-lowest-since-independence/articleshow/7836942.cms NEW DELHI: Indicating a continuing preference for boys in society, the child sex ratio in India has dropped to 914 females against 1,000...

Britain's Commission for Racial Equality has argued that creating a Sikh regiment would amount to racial segregation. More...

London, June 24 (IANS) Britain has abandoned plans to raise an exclusive regiment of British Sikhs on the ground that it would be seen as a move encouraging racial segregation, a media report said Sunday. More...

LAHORE (June 14 2007): Poverty level has declined while GDP growth rate has gone up in the Punjab. Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi said this in his pre-budget policy address here on Wednesday. More...

(RTTNews) - Wednesday, Punjab National Bank said that its fourth quarter net profit for the period ended March 31, declined 18% to Rs. 237.70 crores from Rs. 288.67 crores in the year ago quarter. Total income grew to Rs. 3,712.79 crores from Rs. 2,926.93 crores in the same period last year...

Indian Court Drops Murder Charges against Poohla and Henchmen Wednesday 8th of November 2006 Panthic Weekly News Bureau Nawashahar, Punjab (KP) - The notorious Police-Cat, Ajit Poohla, and his associates...

SGPC chief drops suffix ‘Makkar’ from name Varinder Walia Tribune News Service Amritsar, November 27 Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) chief Avtar Singh has stopped caste ‘Makkar’ as suffix. All advertisements, inserted in different newspapers by the SGPC thanking well-wishers...

Reuters - Singapore's richest charity has dropped a libel suit against a local media group after revelations about its chief's half a million dollar salary, first class travel and gold-plated office bathroom fittings...

UNI New Delhi June 7: The National Commission for Minorities (NCM) chief, Mr Tarlochan Singh has slammed what he called a rat race among Sikh leaders to capitalise on Operation Bluestar as hard-liners hijacked Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)’s plans to dedicate a memorial to the 1984 army action on...