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DOUBLE STANDARD?: You decide! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Modi's decision to seek death for Maya Kodnani a deadly attack on Hindus: Shiv Sena PTI Posted online: Sat Apr 20 2013, 17:02 hrs Mumbai : Terming as "a deadly attack on...

A new online exhibition exploring the history and tradition of the Nishan Sahib. Bahi Lehna (later Guru Angad) and his companions visit Baba Nanak Gurmukhi Manuscript Panj. B40, ca. 1733, India Office Library Nihang Chieftain and Attendants ca. 19th century, paint on paper, private...

Dispossessed: The homeless who slide down rubbish chute to their beds For the last two months, father of three Pirthy Sandhu has been sleeping rough on the Havelock Estate in Southall, and at 10pm every night, he climbs through a hole in a wall below a sign that says "please put your rubbish...

Use of Bible for Garda Oath in contrast with force’s ban on religious headwear By Catherine Reilly THE HOLY BIBLE’S presence when new gardaí take their oath of allegiance has been questioned by a prominent member of the Sikh community. During a recent Garda Reserve graduation ceremony at...

Cultural and spiritual awareness: a guide African/Caribbean, Asian, Chinese, Travellers, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Sikhism, Baha'i, Christian Science, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormons, Rastafarianism, Seventh Day Adventists, Other faiths... More...

Punjab National Bank has raised Rs 800 crore through private placement bonds under Tier I and Tier II series. More...

The comeback film of actress Madhuri Dixit courted further trouble today with Punjab and Haryana governments also banning its screening offended by controversial lyrics in a song and the National Commission for Scheduled Castes also issuing summons. More...

Public sector lenders Punjab & Sind Bank (PSB) and United Bank of India (UBI) are likely to pick up a stake in development financial institution Small Industries Development Bank of India’s (Sidbi) proposed asset reconstruction company (ARC) for loans to the small and medium enterprises (SME)...

This book seeks to bring out the truth, redressing the failure of the two judicial inquiries conducted by Supreme Court judges,” write Manoj Mitta and H S Phoolka in the preface to their survey of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi. More...

Chandigarh, Nov 7: Punjab cooperation Minister Kanwaljit Singh today accused the Central Water Commission (CWC) of adopting double standards and discriminatory attitude towards Punjab on the sharing of Satluj-Beas waters and in the specific case of Hansi-Butana issue. More...

Chandigarh, Nov 7: Punjab cooperation Minister Kanwaljit Singh today accused the Central Water Commission (CWC) of adopting double standards and discriminatory attitude towards Punjab on the sharing of Satluj-Beas waters and in the specific case of Hansi-Butana issue. More...

Delhi-based biotech firm Panacea Biotec has joined hands with Punjab University for collaborative drug discovery programmes in the area of psychiatric disorders. More...

Agrochemicals firm Punjab Chemicals and Crop Protection (PCCPL) has acquired a 30% stake in US-based Source Dynamic LLC for an undisclosed sum. PCCPL also has an option to acquire the remaining 70% stake in the US firm. It is also planning to invest $25 million to expand the US operations. More...

Ranbaxy Laboratories today said that it would invest $500-600 million (around Rs 2,025-2,430 crore) in Punjab's healthcare sector. "We have submitted our project proposal with the Punjab government. More...

The parents of a Sikh girl want to convert her to Roman Catholicism to win a place at the school of their choice. More...

The Marquess of Blandford was arrested amid claims that he racially abused a Sikh taxi driver, it was revealed today. More...

The installation of three power plants of 5,000 Mw on a build-operate-transfer (BOT) basis will begin soon to make Punjab self-sufficient with surplus power within three and a half years. More...

Punjab National Bank today reported a 16% rise in net profit at Rs 425.07 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2007 when compared with Rs 367.52 crore for Q1FY07. More...

The board of directors of Punjab Tractors (PTL), which met today, appointed Anjanikumar Choudhari as chairman of the company. Choudhari is currently president (farm equipment sector), Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M). More...

The Punjab & Sind Bank management has sought the reconstitution of the bank’s board by removing its five independent directors, who, it has alleged, are helping defaulters. More...