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The Shiromani Akali Dal, with all its recent efforts to broaden the support base in urban Punjab by building infrastructure, increasing road and air connectivity and tackling the endemic power crisis, cannot simply afford to annoy its core constituency: the Jat Sikh peasantry Punjab: Traditional...

German companies are betting big on Punjab Ruchika M Khanna Tribune News Service Chandigarh, September 11 When home-grown industrial units are moving out their investments, some German companies are reposing faith in the state’s growth story by hiking their investment and expanding their...

punjabi being our mother tongue is missing from punjab especially from urban areas, the attitude towards punjabi is changing. new generation even does not know that punjabi is our mother tongue. according to peoples now a days punjabi speaking person is having low standard and pendu (this is...

September 1, 2011 SGPC elections cancelled by Punjab and Haryana Court, notification withdrawn Punjab Newsline Network Thursday, 01 September 2011 CHANDIGARH: Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday ordered the Gurdwara Election Commission to withdraw the notification for...

By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS, Book: "The Sufis of Punjab"; Edited by Muzaffar Ali, Anoo C. Nayar and Syeda Bilgrami Imam, Publisher: Rumi Foundation, Price: Rs.1,895, Pages: 208 The birth of the Punjabi literary tradition is built into Sufi mysticism, which dates back to the birth of...

August 29, 2011 Punjab Police ‘keeping tabs’ on govt rivals Saurabh Malik Tribune News Service Chandigarh, August 29 <email id removed> is the email ID that the Punjab Police is using to gather intelligence inputs on the political opponents of the ruling alliance, just as Punjab gears up for...

With skewed sex ratios it is impossible to find a local mate for each man Decades of unchecked sex-selective abortions have made the once fertile States of Punjab and Haryana suffer a drought of brides, making human-trafficking a lucrative and expanding trade. Often projected as a voluntary...

Punjab population touches 2.77 crores Punjab Newsline Network Friday, 26 August 2011 CHANDIGARH: The population of Punjab has been recorded as 27,704,236 (2.77 crores) out of which 17,316,800 (17.31 crores) are rural and 10,387,436 (10.38 crores) are urban according to...

Luxury car sales boom in Punjab, Haryana NEW DELHICHANDIGARH: The fact that Punjab is a major market for luxury cars is old hat, but proceeds from real estate deals for Punjab and Haryana-based farmers have added fuel to that trend. Luxury car makers such as Daimler Chrysler are now...

Per capita income in India has doubled between 2004-05 and 2010-11 to touch Rs 54,835 per annum. The PCI figure gives a fair idea of the standard of living of the people. India's per capita income in 2009-10 was Rs 46,492...

Satnaam Ji. Bewildered by Treachory from Nehru and Gandhi, Kharak Singh had raised this movement as a face-saver. What was intended to achieve ? I guess a Sikh Chief Minister who could have greater chance to come to power and loot the Public money as his successor Badal...

Korean ambassador offers tremendous investment opportunities in Punjab Punjab Newsline Network Thursday, 18 August 2011 CHANDIGARH:Korean Ambassador Joong Keun today called on Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and evinced keen interest to set up automobile &...

August 2, 2011 Punjab's senior judges fail test for promotion August 02, 2011 10:48:50 PM Monika | Chandigarh Even some judges do not know law. This is what a test for promotion of judicial officers has proved in Punjab and Haryana. Senior judges in Punjab have failed to make...

July 26, 2011 Barnala biggest traitor of Punjab, says Badal Gagandeep Ahuja - Punjabnewsline Tuesday, 26 July 2011 Barnala has done an irreparable loss to the state by playing a dubious role NABHA(Patiala): Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today dubbed the former...

July 15, 2011 Punjab's new political agenda development and good governance Gobind Thukral - The South Asia Post - July 15, 2011 Of late Punjab's politics, largely hinged to personalities or at best dictated by communal oddities of the state is moving towards issues of development...

Punjabdigital library site is great. I urge everyone to sign up. You can view every page of many granths including, panth parkash, suraj parkash, gyan parkash, bhai mani singh ji granth's etc. These are all handwritten granths written in larivar(no spaces between word) form. The handwriting is...

July 6, 2011 Punjab CM's shocker: Is this 'living with the masses'? 9 Jul 2011, 1126 hrs IST, AGENCIES In yet another shocker, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal misuses government machinery by converting a classroom into a bathroom. The chief minister yesterday set out on a...

July 8, 2011 SAD Vice-President Gurdev Singh Badal endorses visits to offending Deras legitimate. Akal Takht & other Jathedars feign ignorance of the issue & maintain total silence! ਗੁਰਦੇਵ ਸਿੰਘ ਬਾਦਲ ਦੇ ਬਿਆਨ ਮਗਰੋ ਜਥੇਦਾਰਾਂ ਦੀ ਚੁੱਪ ਬਣੀ ਚਰਚਾ ਦਾ ਵਿਸ਼ਾ Friday, 08 July 2011 13:34 ਮੈਂ ਤਾਂ...

MOGA: The Punjab Government has decided to conduct a special statewide survey to identify villages/tracts affected by the problem of Uranium.Talking to media persons Sukhbir Singh Badal, Deputy Chief Minister at village Rajeana after holding Sangat Darshan for 53 Panchayats and dedicating to...

Baba Sewa Singh is on a green mission. The head of the kar sewa of the Khadur Sahib gurudwara in the village near Amritsar that goes by the same name, has ensured that nearly 250 kilometres of roads in Punjab are covered with about a lakh trees. Nearly a 100 villages are covered under this...