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Chandigarh, Nov 16 (IANS) Paddy purchase in Punjab has hit a high this year, beating last year's figure well before the end of the procurement season and leaving farmers happier with record payments made within 72 hours of purchase. More...

Amritsar (Punjab), Nov 14 (IANS) The Punjab police Wednesday arrested a Nigerian national Nwabudu Chijioke Dasil and recovered one kilogram of heroin from him. More...

Chandigarh, Nov 14 (IANS) A newly formed British Army kabaddi team will participate in a kabaddi festival in Punjab this month. More...

London, Nov 14 (IANS) Prominent London-based human rights organisation Liberty is mounting a legal challenge against a school in Wales for excluding a Sikh student for wearing a kada, a symbol of Sikhism. More...

Chandigarh, Nov 13 (IANS) An eco-friendly building in an integrated forest complex will be the new home of Punjab's forest department. More...

Ludhiana (Punjab), Nov 12 (IANS) A woman in a Punjab village Monday poisoned herself and also her two children. More...

Chandigarh, Nov 12 (IANS) Punjab's Director General of Police N.P.S. Aulakh Monday instructed field officers to monitor activities of former terrorists and their sympathisers in the state. More...

Patiala (Punjab), Nov 10 (IANS) Three members of a family were killed when their Maruti van fell into the Bhakra main line canal while returning after Diwali festival celebrations Friday night. More...

Ludhiana, Nov 10 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Saturday called upon leaders of all political parties to come forward for the development of the state, saying his government had not unleashed any vendetta against its opponents. More...

London, Nov 8 (IANS) Sarika Watkins-Singh, the Sikh teenager who has been excluded from her school in south Wales for refusing to remove the 'kada', a symbol of Sikhism, has been backed by the local race equality council. More...

London, Nov 8 (IANS) Sarika Watkins-Singh, the Sikh teenager who has been excluded from her school in south Wales for refusing to remove the 'kada', a symbol of Sikhism, has been backed by the local race equality council. More...

London, Nov 7 (IANS) A Sikh teenager in South Wales has been temporarily barred from attending school after she refused to remove her kara -- a bracelet worn for religious reasons. More...

Islamabad, Nov 7 (IANS) Seven relatives of a 100-year-old Kashmiri Sikh who died in September and was cremated in Indian Kashmir have arrived in Pakistan to immerse his ashes in the Jhelum river in accordance with his last wish. More...

Seham (Punjab), Nov 7 (IANS) A top British cop came visiting Punjab six years ago and so appalled was he at the quality of education in rural areas that he took on the task of raising funds for building proper schools. More...

Chandigarh, Nov 5 (IANS) The Punjab government has decided to auction vehicle registration numbers, taking a cue from the union territory of Chandigarh that auctions all VIP and preferential vehicle numbers, generating millions in revenue annually. More...

Chandigarh, Nov 3 (IANS) A consumer court here has slapped a fine of Rs.500,000 on Punjab's biggest milk supplier, Milkfed, for selling an underweight milk pouch to one of its customers four years ago. More...

Amritsar, Nov 3 (IANS) Ten members of a family, including seven children, were killed when their overloaded car fell into a drain in Tarn Taran district of Punjab, 80 km from here. More...

Chandigarh, Nov 2 (IANS) Health officials in Punjab are not going to like this. State Health Minister Laxmi Kanta Chawla, known as an upright and no-nonsense person, is engaging detectives to keep a tab on officials and doctors accepting gifts on Diwali. More...

Jalandhar, Nov 2 (IANS) A deputy superintendent of police in Punjab has been booked following a complaint by a woman alleging that he sought sexual favours to end an immigration case registered against her. More...

Chandigarh, Oct 31 (IANS) At least 100 students from a technical college in Punjab were admitted to hospital for food poisoning Wednesday after they ate food served at a langar (community kitchen) following a religious ceremony on the college campus Tuesday. More...