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    Sikh News Jhona-2, A Musical To Combat Water Paucity In Rural Punjab (ANI Via Yahoo! India News

    By Karan Kapoor Ludhiana, July 27 (ANI): An upcoming artist from rural Punjab has come up with a music video album Jhona-2 that highlights the depleting water condition and farmers' plight in the State. The music video is said to be an attempt to generate mass support by spreading general...
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    Sikh News Punjab Court Convicts Six In Beant Singh Assassination Case (ANI Via Yahoo! India New

    Chandigarh, June 27 (ANI): A special Punjab court today convicted six persons in connection with the 1995 assassination case of the then Chief Minister Beant Singh. Giving the verdict, which comes almost twelve years after the assassination took place on August 31 in 1995, the special court of...
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    Sikh News Lliquor Used As Pesticides In Punjab (ANI Via Yahoo! India News)

    By Mittha Devivada (Punjab), July 27 (ANI): Believe it or not, many farmers in Punjab are using locally brewd liquor as pesticides. They claim that the brew kills pests and also helps in getting better yields. Farmers in Punjab's Faridkot District have been using liquor as pesticides for the...
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    Sikh News Punjab Finally Pardons Youths Implicated At Behest Of Rapists (Indian Express Via Yah

    On Wednesday, the Punjab Governor finally gave his nod to grant of pardon to Narain Dutt, Manjit Singh and Prem Kumar, three youths who had been implicated and then convicted for the murder of a girl from their village. The formal notification in this regard was issued on Thursday by the Punjab...
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    Sikh News Punjab Govt Moves SC Over Sharing Of River Water With Neighbours (Indian Express Via

    The Punjab Government today filed a civil suit in the Supreme Court to keep its control over the waters of rivers Ravi, Beas and Sutlej. The petition, filed under Article 131 of the Constitution, challenges the distribution of the river water to Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jammu &...
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    Sikh News Canada Nixes Controversial Sikh Name-change Policy (Reuters Via Yahoo! News)

    Canada nixed a decade-old policy on Thursday that required prospective Sikh immigrants to change their last names to avoid confusion with other Sikhs. More...
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    Sikh News Punjab Moves Court Against Haryana's Water Channel Plan (IANS Via Yahoo! India News)

    New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) The Punjab government Thursday moved the Supreme Court to stop neighbouring Haryana from building a water channel off the Bhakhra canal to irrigate its farming land. More...
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    Sikh News Farmers In Punjab Use Liquor As Pesticide (ANI Via Yahoo! India News)

    By P S Mitha Devivada (Punjab), July 26 (ANI): Farmers in Punjab's Faridkot District are using locally brewed liquor as pesticide to get better yield of their crops. According to farmers, it is not only cheap but gives better results than pesticides available in the market. Farmers claim...
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    Sikh News Jharkhand Minister's Remark Irks Sikh Community (IANS Via Yahoo! India News)

    Ranchi, July 26 (IANS) The Sikh community in Jharkhand has taken out processions in different parts of the state and have demanded the removal of Health Minister Bhanu Pratap Shahi over his reported remarks disparaging the community. More...
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    Sikh News Teenager Arrested For Killing Sikh Cabbie In US (IANS Via Yahoo! India News)

    Chicago, July 26 (IANS) A teenager was charged with the murder of a Sikh cab driver whose burnt body was found early this month in Seattle. More...
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    Sikh News Punjab Chemicals Approves Raising Rs. 400 Cr. Via Securities (Nasdaq)

    (RTTNews) - Punjab Chemicals and Crop Protection said that it approved raising funds up to Rs. 400 crores or equivalent thereof through FCCBs, GDRs, ADRs, and private equity, structured debt, QIP or other debt instruments. More...
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    Sikh News Former Sikh Activist Sentence In Bank Robbery (CBC Via Yahoo! Canada News)

    Amrit Singh Rai, once a prominent Sikh activist, was sentenced to three years in a federal prison on Wednesday for robbing a bank in Surrey, B.C., last October. More...
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    Sikh News Strive For A Greener Punjab: Dr Kang (Indian Express Via Yahoo! India News)

    AN effort is on to make PAU, the lungs of the city, even greener. Van Mahautsav was organised by the university authorities today to increase the green cover on the campus. Dr MS Kang planted 'neem' on the campus to mark the occasion. Speaking at the function, Dr Kang said Punjab cannot dream to...
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    Sikh News Monica Bedi Arrives In Her Village In Punjab (IANS Via Yahoo! India News)

    Hoshiarpur (Punjab), July 25 (IANS) Monica Bedi, who walked free Wednesday after spending five years behind bars in Portugal and India, reached her ancestral village Chabewal in Punjab where she was born in 1976. More...
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    Sikh News Punjab Chemicals To Raise Foreign Fund Limit (Reuters Via Yahoo! Asia News)

    MUMBAI, July 25 (Reuters) - Punjab Chemicals & Crop Protection Ltd. said on Wednesday its board approved raising up to 4 billion rupees. More...
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    Sikh News Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh To Market Region As IT Hub (IANS Via Yahoo! India News)

    Chandigarh, July 25 (IANS) Punjab, Haryana and the union territory of Chandigarh have decided to jointly market the region for making it a knowledge and information technology hub. More...
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    Sikh News L.N. Mittal Brings In Funds For Punjab Refinery (IANS Via Yahoo! India News)

    New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) Thanking the Indian government for speedy clearance of his group's joint refinery project in Punjab, London-based steel mogul L.N. Mittal Wednesday injected Rs.5 billion ($120 million) in the company that would set up the $4.6 billion venture. More...
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    Sikh News Sikh Group Slams Canada's No-Singh No-Kaur Rule (IANS Via Yahoo! India News)

    Toronto, July 25 (IANS) A Sikh group has slammed the long-standing Canadian immigration policy that forces Sikhs with the surname Singh or Kaur to change their last names if they want to migrate to the country. More...
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    Sikh News Kansal Case: HC Pulls Up Punjab (Indian Express Via Yahoo! India News)

    The Division Bench of Punjab and Haryana High Court comprising Chief Justice Vijender Jain and Justice Mahesh Grover expressed shock over the manner in which the common village land, shamlat land, at Kansal village got mutated in favour of VVIPs like Sumedh Singh Saini, who is Director of...
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    Sikh News Punjab Judge Unfazed As Bar Body Announces Boycott (Indian Express Via Yahoo! India N

    A day after the unusual order by Justice Uma Nath Singh of the Punjab and Haryana High Court directing the CBI to send Advocate Tahar Singh to a mental asylum created a furore in the legal fraternity, the High Court Bar Association announced an indefinite boycott of the judge and demanded his...
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