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Following the conviction of Jagtar Singh Hawara and Balwant Singh in the Beant Singh assassination case, Chandigarh Police is now waiting for the Punjab Police to reply to its request for transferring the two to Patiala Jail. Hawara and Balwant Singh were awarded death sentence earlier this week...

Chandigarh, Aug 2 (IANS) The Punjab government will conduct a fresh livestock census in the state Sept 14-Oct 15 to find out exactly how many domestic animals and birds are there in the state. More...

Chandigarh, Aug 2 (IANS) Punjab's Transport Minister Mohan Lal has told state Governor and Chandigarh Administrator S.F. Rodrigues about his harrowing experience in the stinking and clogged toilets at the city's premier bus stand - the inter-state bus terminus (ISBT). More...

By Ravinder Singh Amritsar, Aug 2 (ANI): Shopkeepers in Amritsar are doing good business these days as the five symbols of Sikh faith have become a fashion for the new generation. Introduced by the tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh, three centuries ago, five (symbols) K's are the 'Kirpan', the...

A CITY court has convicted six persons for misappropriating 1984 anti-Sikh riot compensation money even as some victims of the carnage still await compensation and justice. On Tuesday, the court sentenced Surinder Singh Zaidi and four associates - Ravinder Sharma and his three sons Ashwani...

Chandigarh, Aug 1 (IANS) The Punjab government will launch its much-publicised 'Atta-Dal' food scheme Aug 15 that will provide flour and pulses at subsidised rates to poor families, officials said Wednesday. More...

Ambala, Aug 1 (ANI): A day after filing a charge sheet against Dera Sacha Sauda Chief Baba Gurmeet Ram Raheem Singh, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today submitted a status report of the investigations made into the case in the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The CBI has registered...

The CBI has filed a chargesheet against the Dera Sacha Sauda chief -- Baba Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh -- in a special court. The question that everyone is asking now is whether Punjab see another showdown between the Dera and the Akalis. More...

The World Sikh Organization of Canada has read the story "Operation Silence" by Tehelka.com with considerable interest. More...

Sirsa (Haryana), July 30 (IANS) A Punjab Police team Monday 'arrested' Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh from the sect headquarters near here and then bailed him out to complete a legal formality regarding a case registered against him in Punjab. More...

Sirsa (Haryana) July 30 (IANS) A Punjab police team arrived at the headquarters of the Dera Sacha Sauda religious sect near here Monday to formally arrest its chief Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh. More...

New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) {censored}tails, lavish luncheons and grand receptions during Sikh marriages will soon become passe. Religious leaders of the community have come up with a set of guidelines to curb ostentation associated with weddings it to rein in female foeticide. More...

Punjab Minister for Livestock and Dairy Development, Syed Haroon Ahmad Sultan, has said that 500 model farms will be established in the province with the cooperation of Pakistan Dairy Development Corporation (PDDC) for the development of dairy sector at a cost of Rs. 500 million (US$8.3...

Livestock Punjab Minister for Livestock and Dairy Development, Syed Haroon Ahmad Sultan, has said that 500 model farms will be established in the province with the cooperation of Pakistan Dairy Development Corporation (PDDC) for the development of dairy sector at a cost of Rs. 500 million...

With no sign of they being given the possession of land allotted to them at Mohali for their projects, IT majors Tata Consultancy Service (TCS) and Azim Premji-owned Wipro have finally told the Punjab government to hand over the land to them or else they will shift their projects to other...

Dislodging the big fat Punjabi wedding is not going to be easy for the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) that tried to discipline the community by issuing a diktat banning non-vegetarian food and alcohol at Sikh weddings. More...

Sikh leaders in India want an end to ostentatious weddings involving litres of alcohol and mounds of tandoori chicken because they encourage "dowry harassment". More...

Sikh leaders in the Indian capital want an end to ostentatious weddings involving gallons of alcohol and mounds of tandoori chicken because they encourage "dowry harassment", newspapers reported on Sunday. More...

Amritsar, July 28 (IANS) Two top Sikh religious leaders were Saturday provided extra security after they received a threatening letter from a relatively unknown Sikh organisation. More...

THE KCW branch of Punjab and Sind Bank organised an educational loan camp at Khalsa Institute of Management and Technology (KIMT) for Women, Civil Lines, today. This was stated by Director KIMT Dr R S Gupta, in a statement issued here today. Paramjit Singh Mann, Chief Manager of Punjab and Sind...