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The Punjab government today announced a string of measures for the welfare of Dalits on the occasion of celebration of birth anniversary of Guru Valmiki. More...

An SGPC committee has found "violation" of Sikh code of conduct in a recent move to ship copies of Guru Granth Sahib to Canada and referred the matter to the highest Sikh temporal body Akal Takht for action. More...

A book has triggered a row between Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) and Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC), with the latter today alleging that attempts were being made to inject "saffronisation" into Sikhism. More...

A book has triggered a row between Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) and Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC), with the latter today alleging that attempts were being made to inject "saffronisation" into Sikhism. More...

Reacting to divergent statements by Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Finance Minister Manpreet Badal on the financial health of the state, opposition Congress today termed the state government as "confused and directionless". More...

Punjab police today claimed to have got some "vital clues" in the Ludhiana cinema hall bomb blast in which six people were killed and 25 others were injured. More...

The probe into the terror attack on the cinema hall here focussed today on the suspicion that it could have been a joint effort by Sikh separatists and Islamic militants as 12 persons were detained for questioning and police said a breakthrough in the case was expected in a day or two. More...

Investigators were today probing whether the "high intensity" theatre blast that left six killed was a joint effort by sikh militants and jehadi groups and did not rule out the use of deadly RDX, as 12 persons were detained by police for questioning. More...

Close on the heels of developments in Karnataka, an uneasy relationship prevails in Punjab where the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and its ally BJP appears to be in sombre mood over certain contentious issues, including the recent proposed hike in power tariff by the state government. More...

Punjab's finance minister is fast becoming unpopular with his Akali Dal colleagues for his talk on abolishing subsidies and cracking down on tax evaders. More...

Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana and parts of Delhi face shortage of girls for marriages due to lowering sex ratio and more than 10 lakh female foeticide deaths are reported in the country every year, Union Minister Renuka Chowdhary said today. More...

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) today accused the Shiromani Akali Dal-led Punjab government of not fulfilling a "single promise" after coming to power in the state. More...

Unidentified gunmen today fired on a vehicle of Dera Sacha Sauda, which is in conflict with Sikh clergy, but its occupants were unharmed. The vehicle carrying newspaper published by the Dera for distribution in the wee hours, however, suffered damage in the attack, police said. More...

A local court today extended the police remand of former Additional Advocate General of Punjab Harpreet Singh Sadhu, arrested in connection with the Ludhiana City Centre Scam, by two days. More...

About 50 Dera Sacha Sauda followers have "left" the Dera and "embraced" Sikhism at a function in the district, a caretaker of a Gurudwara has claimed. More...

The National Commission for Scheduled Castes has issued notices to the Chief Secretary and Home Secretary of Punjab after receiving complaints of "atrocities" on Dalits in the Malwa region of the state. More...

The CBI today closed a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case against senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Jagdish Tytler saying it was unable to find witnesses to support its charges against him. More...

The Punjab government has banned the book 'Shri Guru Granth Sahib - Sant Panapdasji Ki Wani' by a Hindi author from Uttar Pradesh as it allegedly contains offensive material that is defamatory to the Sikh religion. More...

Prime suspect in the 1985 Air India bombing Talwinder Singh Parmar had reportedly told Punjab Police that leaders of a Sikh youth organisation might be behind the attack that claimed 329 lives, according to evidence presented to a public inquiry today. More...

Activists of Bharatiya Janata Party, Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal held protest demonstrations at various places in Punjab on the Ram Setu issue today. More...