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Mallawala (Sirsa), July 24 (ANI): Dera Sacha Sauda sect followers and Sikhs clashed in Mallawala village in Haryana's Sirsa District on Tuesday. At least eight people were injured. Trouble began when some Sikhs objected to a congregation of Dera followers. Sikhs, however, alleged that the Dera...

Sirsa (Haryana), July 24 (IANS) At least eight people were injured Tuesday after gunshots were fired in a clash between followers of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect and members of the Sikh community in a village close to this Haryana town. More...

A Team of Punjab government officials, including four senior IAS officials, are on a three-day visit to Gujarat to study the state's urban development plan and replicate it in their own state. The officials were on Monday shown a film on the urbanisation policy of the state. They were also given...

Chandigarh, July 23 (IANS) The Punjab and Haryana High Court Monday directed the Punjab government and its vigilance wing to produce Bharat Inder Singh Chahal, an aide of former chief minister Amarinder Singh, before it Tuesday to ascertain allegations of torture levelled by him. More...

MUMBAI, July 23 (Reuters) - Indian private sector lender Centurion Bank of Punjab said on Monday its board had approved setting up a subsidiary to undertake pension funds management. More...

The sprawling lounge at the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) pavilion proudly displays a group photograph of 1992-93 with a beaming Gursharan Singh posing in front of the Ranji Trophy. It was his first year as skipper and that, incidentally, remains the only season when Punjab went on to win the...

Accusing the Haryana government of giving step-motherly treatment to Sikhs by slapping cases against 1,200 Sikhs in Haryana, Jathedar of Nandgarh in Talwandi Sabo in Punjab Balwant Singh said the Ghukawali incident was the creation of the followers of Dera Sacha Sauda. Addressing Sikh leaders...

PCA offers contract to coach team in new Ranji season The sprawling lounge at the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) pavilion proudly displays a group photograph of 1992-93 with a beaming Gursharan Singh posing infront of the Ranji Trophy. It was his first year as skipper and that, incidentally...

Chandigarh, July 22 (IANS) Hardliner Sikh leader and former terrorist Daljit Singh Bittu was Sunday arrested on sedition charges, the Punjab police said. More...

Chandigarh, July 21 (IANS) District police chiefs in Punjab will have their field performances reviewed every month, Director General of Police N.P.S. Aulakh announced Saturday. More...

Persevere to reap. This holds true for a tiny percentage of wheat growers in Punjab who thought it made better business sense to hold on to their crop beyond the procurement season, which ended on July 15 this year. Punjab produces about 145 lakh metric tonnes of wheat every year and its...

Chandigarh, July 19 (IANS) Sixteen kilograms of heroin valued at Rs.160 million in the international market was recovered by Border Security Force (BSF) personnel from the India-Pakistan border in Punjab. More...

Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal has got down to some serious cost-cutting business for government officers. To begin with, their official cars will be replaced with cabs. Badal said the official transport fleet will be outsourced to private players to bring down the daily...

THE Joint Action Committee of Punjab Roadways organised a gate rally here today. The members of the Conductor Union, Driver Union, Inspector Union etc discussed their problems. They also discussed their long-pending demands. The unions warned the government that if their demands were not...

Chandigarh, July 18 (ANI): The Punjab University has reserved seats for students suffering from AIDS and cancer in various courses in its colleges. The University has reserved one seat for each of the fifty-six courses that it offers for people affected by AIDS or suffering from cancer. However...

Chandigarh, July 18 (IANS) The Punjab government Wednesday signed an agreement with the National Cadet Corps (NCC) to tap the national potential of up to 2 million jobs for Punjabi youth. More...

The Punjab Government has decided to build Punjab Bhawan in Nanded, Maharashtra, to mark the Guru-ta-Gaddi diwas in October 2008. The event is planned to commemorate the consecration of the Guru Granth Sahib and Parlok Gaman of Guru Gobind Singh. The government has cleared a grant of Rs 7 crore...

Chandigarh, July 17 (IANS) Defending their 'detention' of Congress legislator Joginder Pal Jain, the Punjab Police Tuesday said they had done so on the basis of a 19-year-old case under the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities (Cofeposa) Act. More...

Lahore, July 17 (IANS) Pakistan's tiny Sikh community has spoken out against suicide attacks being launched by militants in the country's tribal areas in the restive North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). More...