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Over 11 years after they kidnapped a man from a village on a petty charge of stealing utensils from a gurudwara and killed him, six Punjab police officials were Friday given life imprisonment by a court here. More...

Patiala (Punjab), Dec 7 (IANS) Over 11 years after they kidnapped a man from a village on a petty charge of stealing utensils from a gurudwara and killed him, six Punjab police officials were Friday given life imprisonment by a court here. More...

New York, Dec 7 (IANS) A US based Sikh leader has been nominated trustee of the Council for Parliament of the World's Religions (CPWR). More...

By Karan Kapoor Chandigarh, Dec 7 (ANI): A family in Punjab's Nawanshahr District has for generations been engaged in crafting rare folk instruments to uphold the true spirit of Punjabi folk traditions. Sixty-three-year-old Krishan Singh Ramgarhia is the fourth generation creator engaged in...

For Punjab's farmers plagued by heavy debts and low profits, it's the latest tool for empowerment. Cooperative societies, which rent out agricultural equipment and implements, including tractors and laser land levellers, are beginning to find favour among the state's farmers. The initiative is...

A local court in Patiala in Punjab Thursday found six Punjab police officials, including a deputy superintendent of police (DSP), guilty of murdering a villager and throwing his body in a canal 11 years ago. More...

Chandigarh, Dec 6 (IANS) A local court in Patiala in Punjab Thursday found six Punjab police officials, including a deputy superintendent of police (DSP), guilty of murdering a villager and throwing his body in a canal 11 years ago. More...

SIKH students would be allowed to carry small daggers to school under a plan that has outraged teachers and principals. More...

Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Vijender Jain Wednesday administered the oath of office to five new judges - including the first woman lawyer from the bar to be elevated. More...

Chandigarh, Dec 5 (IANS) Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Vijender Jain Wednesday administered the oath of office to five new judges - including the first woman lawyer from the bar to be elevated. More...

An FIR has been lodged against Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group Chairman Anil Ambani and senior officials of Reliance Communications for allegedly circulating derogatory jokes against the Sikh community through its mobile Internet services. The FIR was lodged by Lucknow Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee...

RED CROSS societies in Punjab, which receive huge central government grants for 'specifically earmarked projects', are spending a major chunk of that money for purposes that are not even authorised under Red Cross aims and objectives. More...

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Chandigarh, Dec. 2: Less than 24 hours since they banned the screening of Madhuri Dixit’s comeback film Aaja Nachle, the state governments of Punjab and Haryana have separately communicated the decision to permit screening of the film. More...

The government will give money to families that allow the birth of a girl child in Fategarh Sahib, Punjab, the district with lowest sex ratio in the country. It would mean that all pregnancies would have to be registered and the number of girls being born will be monitored. More...

IT WAS going to be a battle of attrition and Bengal won all the rounds on Day Two to occupy the driver's seat in this Ranji Trophy Elite Group B match against Punjab on Sunday. More...

Chandigarh, Dec 2 (IANS) The Haryana and Punjab governments Sunday allowed the screening of Madhuri Dixit's comeback film 'Aaja Nachle', but asked officials to ensure that the offending portion of its title song with alleged derogatory references to a community was deleted. More...

The Punjab government Sunday allowed screening of Madhuri Dixit's comeback film 'Aaja Nachle', but asked officials to ensure that the offending portion of the title song with alleged derogatory references to Dalits was deleted. More...

BRIDGEWATER -- The Sikh temple that began here 23 years ago with some 10 families per service will open a new and much larger building next month to serve the temple's more than 1,000 members. More...

Chandigarh, Dec 2 (ANI): A day after banning the screening of Madhuri Dixit's come back film 'Aaja Nachle', the Punjab Government today lifted the bar. The Uttar Pradesh Government, yesterday, lifted the ban after an apology from film producer Yash Chopra and chopping of lines from the title...