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High Court tells Muslim army officers: You
can't keep beards
23
July, 2008
Chandigarh:
Muslims will take this judgement with a pinch of salt though few
voices were heard in Indian media. Two Muslim Air Force personnel were
declined... |
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Soon, SMS facility to seek justice
23
July, 2008
Chandigarh: Hail SMS, the latest and the fastest way to disseminate
information. Companies are increasingly using this facility to the hilt for
providing... |
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NRI, kin booked for duping wife
23
July, 2008
FARIDKOT: A Canada-based
Indian family was booked by police on the charge of duping a local
girl by concealing her husband's previous marriage... |
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PAU to levy cess on farmers
23
July, 2008
Ludhiana: in a move that could have wider remifications,
Punjab Agricultural University in its board of management meeting has given
its approval for levying... |
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With Rs 50 crore suit, Navjot Singh makes a
point
23
July, 2008
CHANDIGARH: For
a dozen years, enough in which the face of India has changed beyond
recognition, a young man languished in jail because the Indian
nation... |
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Kirpal Singh Randhawa to file libel case
23
July, 2008
Amritsar: Kirpal
Singh Randhawa, the prime witness in the Jaswant Singh Khalra case
is now planning to file a defamation suit against state’s top police
officials... |
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Govt, Opposition, NGOs up the
pressure on Black List issue
16 July 2008
PUNJAB: After years of virtual and illegally imposed exile on
hundreds of Sikh youth, pressure seems to be building up on the Indian
Government to review... |
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Special Police Officer kidnaps boy, throws him into river
16 July 2008
JALANDHAR: A Special
Police Officer who kidnapped a 7-year-old boy and later threw him in
a river has been arrested. Seven-year-old Puneet Pal Singh's body... |
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Why CBI should not probe Bhadaur Gurudwara clash?
16 July 2008
Chandigarh: The
Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the Punjab government to
file a reply as to why it has been avoiding to hand over the... |
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Top Indian official impressed with Seechewal's work
16 July 2008
KAPURTHALA:
Nothing could serve as a better lesson in grassroots initiative in Punjab
than a trip around the countryside with Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal... |
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California NRI launches projects to treat
poor patients
9
July, 2008
Nawanshahr: A
California-based NRI, Lajpat Rai, has unleashed a major
philanthropic effort in health care with simultaneous projects in
Jalandhar, Nawanshahr... |
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Punjab policy on security demanded
9
July, 2008
CHANDIGARH: The
Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the Punjab government to
“place on record” the policy being adopted to provide security to
those... |
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High Court raps Govt for trying to shield tainted SSP
9
July, 2008
Chandigarh: Reacting
to the acquittal of a former discredited and disgraced SSP of Punjab
in a fake currency case, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has
said... |
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Tamil co-workers kill Sikh man in Dubai
9
July, 2008
GURDASPUR: A
45-year-old Sikh resident Randhir Singh of Maghar Mudian village, 6
km from here, succumbed to his injuries in a Dubai hospital on July
1 after... |
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India’s CBI says top Punjab cop Saini kidnapped two Sikhs, tortured them
9
July, 2008
CHANDIGARH: Finally,
the CBI has filed a chargesheet against Parkash Singh Badal’s
favorite police officer and hand-picked man heading the infamous... |
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India’s foreign minister says Kartarpur corridor possible
2
July, 2008
DERA BABA NANAK
(GURDASPUR): India's External
Affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee, who visited Dera Baba Nanak on
June 28 over the Kartarpur corridor... |
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Amritsar has its own passport office
2
July, 2008
AMRITSAR: Amritsar now has
its own regional passport office and there is talk in the air of a
visa collection centre too. The new passport office would cater... |
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Balwant Singh Rajoana shames death sentence
2
July, 2008
BURAIL (CHANDIGARH):
Every time, Kamaldip Kaur looks into her brother’s eyes, she knows
such occasions will be few and far between. Balwant Singh... |
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Punjab farmers get just 1 per cent of loan waiver bonanza
2
July, 2008
CHANDIGARH:
Punjab farmers would get a loan waiver/relief amounting to Rs 986.82
crore - just 1 per cent of the total loan waiver announced by the
Indian government... |
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High Court sets up panel for couples seeking security
2
July, 2008
CHANDIGARH: This is
the sign of the times. The Punjab and Haryana High Court has
constituted a committee comprising Home Secretaries and senior
advocates... |
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US cops caught them in cocaine
racket, villagers says they are good
2
July, 2008
JAGRAON: Three
Jagraon youth arrested by the Bakersfield Drug Enforcement Wing in
the USA on June 27 for allegedly running a cocaine racket are
regarded... |
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Persecution of Bibi Ranjit Kaur continues
25
June, 2008
PUNJAB:
Following her arrest, persecution of Bibi Ranjit Kaur, whom the
police tried to implicate in the Shingar cinema bomb blasts, is
still on... |
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Lord Swraj Paul's Caparo group ditches PTU
25
June, 2008
JALANDHAR: The
Caparo PTU School of Manufacturing and Materials Technology was
hailed when Lord Swraj Paul had backed it up but now things have
taken... |
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Envoy McDonald backs Kartarpur corridor
25
June, 2008
DERA
BABA NANAK: Legendry global peace maker and a career diplomat for
over 40 years, John W. McDonald visited the site of proposed
Kartarpur Sahib Corridor... |
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Punjab pays Pak prisoners through its nose
25
June, 2008
CHANDIGARH: For
years, many Pakistani prisoners in Punjab jails have been
languishing despite having completed their jail terms and despite
the Punjab... |
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PM’s friend returns with memories to cherish
18
June,
2008
Amritsar: Prime Minister Dr Manmohan
Singh’s childhood friend Ali Mohammad, who had arrived from Pakistan to meet
his “Mohna” two weeks back... |
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Sikh devotees complain of mismanagement in Pak
18
June,
2008
Amritsar: Sikh devotees who returned from Pakistan after observing
the 402nd martyrdom anniversary of Guru Arjun Dev complained of
gross mismanagement... |
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Badal finds new love, it’s Rajiv
Gandhi
18
June,
2008
CHANDIGARH:
EERIE is the feeling one gets from such action. Just twenty years
ago, no one, not even Sukhbir Singh Badal, could have believed that
such a thing... |
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Plan to appease Bedi, Sidhu, Madan may not succeed
18
June,
2008
AMRITSAR: A move by
the Amritsar Games Association (AGA) to give key posts to former
Test cricketers Bishen Singh Bedi, Madan Lal and Navjot Singh Sidhu... |
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Jagraon police claims explosives, detonators seized
18
June,
2008
Jagraon:
Punjab Police has claimed that its cops in Jagraon have arrested two
ultras with 24.5 kg of explosives and 25 detonators... |
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Early Monsoon will mean lesser power cuts
18
June,
2008
PUNJAB: Monsoon has
hit Punjab at least a few days early, and the farmers are celebrating. The
monsoon is proving to be a great bonus for not just them... |
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Govt probe finds bigwigs in multi-crore land scam 2 km
from seat of power
18
June,
2008
CHANDIGARH: This is
a scam of gargantuan proportions, but few believe it will ever be taken to
its logical conclusion. A Punjab government probe... |
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Dalit woman's caste haunts her even after death
18
June,
2008
FEROZEPUR: Not once
has the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) or the Akal
Takht issued a clear cut warning to the Sikh community... |
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Karnataka man spreads word about Punjabi
11
June, 2008
Gurdaspur: A Karnataka citizen has been doing a yeoman's service in
spreading the message about love of mother tongue to the Punjabis
and thus helping... |
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Brothers get father killed 'coz he wanted to re-marry
11
June, 2008
JALANDHAR: In a
shocking incident which is also symptomatic of how a totally
materially-oriented world is affecting relationships, three brothers
allegedly... |
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Punjab DGP cannot even transfer an SHO
11
June, 2008
CHANDIGARH:
Sometimes it takes just one incident to underline and bring out the
total caving in of the set modes of functioning of a society. In
Punjab... |
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Virk CMD of Maharashtra police housing corporation
4
June,
2008
Chandigarh: Twelve days after the Supreme Court of India restored
the lost glory of former Punjab police chief, DGP SS Virk,
senior-most IPS officer of Maharashtra... |
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Two ruling Akali leaders murder man, pocket Rs 40 lakh
4
June,
2008
Bathinda: Bathinda police last Wednesday arrested two ruling Akali
Dal leaders for killing a cloth merchant after kidnapping him and
receiving Rs 40 lakh as ransom... |
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MoU inked, UK teachers to upgrade English
skills
28
May,
2008
Jalandhar: The
Punjab government on Wednesday signed an MoU with the UK-based
University of Wolverhampton as per which British academicians... |
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Sri Guru Granth Sahib varsity launch in July
next
28
May,
2008
Chandigarh: Sri Guru
Granth Sahib World University would be formally launched in July
next year as a decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of Sri
Guru Granth Sahib... |
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Rotten egg cops ask court to keep the
truth hidden
28
May,
2008
CHANDIGARH: Fear
of the truth, the ugly truth, coming out, has forced these Punjab
Police officials to rush to keep the veil intact. Fourteen Punjab
Police... |
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SGJC chairman: Brar likely to replace Patti
21
May,
2008
THE FORMER
chairman of the Sikh Gurdwara Judicial Commission (SGJC), Amritsar,
Manmohan Singh Brar, is likely to succeed Kashmir Singh
Patti... |
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He got High Court to order CBI probe into fake encounters
21
May,
2008
JALANDHAR:
Here
is the man who had dared to stand up for truth, and dug in for long.
Satwant Singh Manak, who got the Punjab and
Haryana High Court... |
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SC gives relief to Virk, Punjab will pursue case
21
May,
2008
CHANDIGARH:
The
Supreme Court has cleared S S Virk for posting in Maharashtra,
vacating a stay by the High Court... |
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Miri Piri Academy gets Cambridge affiliation
21
May,
2008
The Miri Piri Academy, on the outskirts of Amritsar,
having many Sikh Americans as students, has recently been conferred the
Cambridge International... |
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Aid flows in from US for patients
14
May,
2008
Chandigarh:
The plight of poor Indians, especially of those who can’t afford
medical treatment, continues to be a source of worry for Dr Sukhpal
Inder... |
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Poohla in custody, finally
14
May,
2008
THE AMRITSAR
(Rural) police on Tuesday arrested Nihang Ajit Singh Poohla from
Darawali village in Gurdaspur district. An inquiry ordered by the Punjab... |
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Push a dalit family to suicide, kill a youth
in firing, then pay and get away
14
May,
2008
NURMAHAL:
What happens under the law if a poor dalit family is forced and
pushed to committing suicide? Compromise... |
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Col. Bala appointed secretary of Sikh Educational
Society
7
May,
2008
CHANDIGARH: Col.
(Retd.) Jasmer Singh Bala was appointed Secretary of Sikh
Educational Society as the post was lying vacant since the demise... |
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Wheat production sets new record in Punjab
7
May,
2008
Inspite of
inclement weather and an insensitive state The food bowl of
IndiaWheat lifting in Punjab has touched 93.70 lakh tonnes ... |
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Kali Bein
film bags award
7
May,
2008
JALANDHAR:
After
the project to rejuvenate the historic Kali Bein won accolades, its
documentation, which captures the spirit of unprecedented efforts on tape... |
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Punjab fields on
fire
7
May,
2008
MUKTSAR:
Two women
were charred to death at Ahulana in Haryana’s Sonepat district when
they were trapped in a burning... |
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Dalbir now to fight for other PoWs
7
May,
2008
AMRITSAR:
Global
Human Rights Council chief Arvind Thakur and Dalbir Kaur, sister of
alleged Indian spy Sarabjit Singh, would travel to Pakistan... |
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Talk of Ma-Boli back in Punjab, Punjabi compulsory now
30
April 2008
CHANDIGARH: More than
60 years after British left India and the Brahamanical rulers
ensured Muslimization of Urdu and Hinduization of Hindi... |
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A Rights saga: 8 years, 200 hearings, but innocent
30
April 2008
AMRITSAR: For some, the
fight for human rights becomes a life long story. Punjab
Human Rights
Organisation (PHRO) chief investigator... |
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Raspberry honors list of Punjab officers, courtesy High Court
30
April 2008
CHANDIGARH:
This
is how dirty secrets are forced out of the governmental closets.
Several top officials in the Punjab IAS and IPS ... |
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Sangat paying toll tax for visiting gurdwaras
30
April 2008
CHANDIGARH:
Thousands of Sikh sangat are being forced to pay heavily for
visiting the holy places. For just travelling 10 km by car on a
quality... |
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Badals mum, but British MEP raises issue of Prof Bhullar
30
April 2008
AMRITSAR:
At a time
when Indian media was full of reports about Pakistan
death row victim Sarabjit Singh and Indian Parliament was tying
itself up... |
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Rabi crop procurement in Punjab, Haryana to cross target
30
April 2008
CHANDIGARH: Rabi crop
procurement for the ongoing season towards the Central pool in
Punjab and Haryana has surpassed last year’s purchase, raising... |
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Teachers' retirement age now 65 in Punjab
23 April 2008
CHANDIGARH:
Teachers in Punjab’s government and private medical, dental,
ayurvedic colleges and other such institutions can now work up to 65
years... |
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New hope for Sarabjit as family lands in Pak
23 April 2008
TARN TARAN/ISLAMABAD:
Death row prisoner in Pakistan Sarabjit Singh, who faces possible
execution for spying and for his alleged involvement in a bomb... |
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Minor theft leads to major expose on bloody face of Punjab Police
23 April 2008
CHANDIGARH: It
was sensational not only because the police had tumbled on a cache
of arms in the home of a retired police officer while
investigating... |
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Punjab to now take Centre to apex court on tax waiver
23 April 2008
CHANDIGARH:
For
years, Punjab has been crying hoarse that its industry is suffering
and migrating to neighbouring states because of skewed tax
rebates... |
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Run
for the turban on Vaisakhi
16
April 2008
Amritsar: An unlikely fashion trend as any, turbans were all over
the place for Baisakhi this season. The Shiromani Gurdwara
Parbandhak Committee... |
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M.L. Koser of Pracheen Kala Kendra
16
April 2008
CHANDIGARH:
Diaspora people with any links to Chandigarh or to the world of
culture and performing arts would have known the founder of Pracheen.. |
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Dal Khalsa leader Sarabjit Singh Ghuman surrenders in court
9
April
2008
Tired of promises by the police and political top brass of the state
not to falsely implicate him, after pleading his innocence and
non-involvement... |
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Prisoners in Jalandhar run riot after inmate dies
2
April
2008
JALANDHAR: Hundreds
of jail inmates in Jalandhar wrecked property, set fire to many
rooms and had a free run inside the 137-year-old dilapidated jail... |
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Darbara Singh’s grandson mows four with BMW
2
April
2008
NEW DELHI:
In a chilling reminder of the BMW accident of 1999 that claimed six lives,
but with less tragic consequences, a drunken driver rammed... |
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Shoddy ways of Punjab Govt
2
April
2008
CHANDIGARH:
This is how governments work in most shoddy ways. Punjab CM Parkash Singh
Badal's media advisor Harcharan Bains has asked... |
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Punjab to have institute for Punjabi language
2
April
2008
PATIALA: Punjab will
soon have a National Institute of Punjabi Language, Literature and
Culture at Patiala that will incorporate the already... |
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Ethnic nationalities join hands
26
March 2008
New Delhi- To strengthen the spirit of cooperation and to build
effective coordination among the constituent units, an
interimcoordination committee was... |
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All schools in Punjab to teach Punjabi till 10th
26
March 2008
CHANDIGARH: The
Punjab Vidhan Sabha has unanimously decided that all the schools in
the state - affiliated with any board — will have to teach... |
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Bhai Daljit Singh,
Gamma acquitted
19
March 2008
Ludhiana:
After 22 years, an Indian court was finally forced by the force of
evidence to discharge Bhai Daljit Singh Bittu and Gursharan Singh
Gamma, wrongly accused... |
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New twist in Kiranjit related case: High
Court quashes pardon
12
March 2008
CHANDIGARH: In a
development that has sent shock waves among activists and public
aware of the twists and turns in the Kiranjit rape and murder
case... |
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Punjab wants land freebie back from Sainik school
12
March 2008
KAPURTHALA:
This is a debate that many sides will try to stretch in manu
directions, but on the key question of equal opportunities, why
should a school... |
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Eh tuhada nikka puttar je
5
March 2008
Thirty five
years ago, when a strapping Kashmir Singh bid goodbye to his wife
Paramjit Kaur, before going to Rawalpindi on a business trip, he
promised... |
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Sukhbir designs rally to do some Insaaf to
himself
27
February 2008
NEW DELHI:
Debate has long gone out of favour in Punjab politics, and
de-politicization of the political parties and its rank and file has
long taken roots... |
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Casteist politics the bane of Punjab polity says Dal Khalsa
27
February 2008
With
an aim to search for solutions to various problems confronting the
Sikhs, the organization held a conference at Hoshiarpur to have a
deeper look... |
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Punjab’s big ‘No’ to Rajasthan
27
February 2008
CHANDIGARH:
The Punjab government has rejected the Rajasthan government's
demand to supply 20,000 cusecs of canal water over and above... |
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Govt didn’t do it in years, Seechewal took 15 minutes
27
February 2008
JALANDHAR: For years, the residents had complained of the stink from
the drain, but an apathetic regime did not listen and the trade did
not bother... |
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Top cops arrested in Moga sleaze case
27
February 2008
CHANDIGARH: In
a case exposing how the law enforcers can turn law breakers, India’s
top sleuthing agency, the CBI, has arrested former Moga SSP... |
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Daljit Singh thrown in jail,
Harinder Khalsa under house arrest
7
February 2008
LUDHIANA/BATHINDA:
In a desperate bid to thwart the Khalsa Action Committee's proposed
Bathinda rally on February 10 focused on the Dear... |
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COURTING NRIs? Punjab fails to give NRI power
connection, he goes to Rajasthan
6 February 2008
For want of an
electricity meter, Punjab
has lost foreign direct investment worth Rs 100 crore. Jalandhar-born
Canadian millionaire Narinder Kaushik... |
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UK visa centre likely to be set up in Punjab: Byrne
6 February 2008
Chandigarh: The United Kingdom on
Tuesday offered to open a Visa Centre in Punjab in order to check the
growing trend of illegal immigration from... |
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Badal gave 'em Red Lights, High Court waves red rag
30 January 2008
CHANDIGARH: In a rare
gesture of panthic sewa as he understands it, Parkash Singh Badal
announced official permission for SGPC members... |
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On India’s R-Day, Sikhs tell world we
too are here
30 January 2008
FRANKFURT/AMRITSAR/LONDON:
Whilst referring to the situation of black Americans, civil rights
activist, Martin Luther King had pleaded that there... |
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Pingalwara's Dr Inderjit
Kaur, Hans Raj Hans awarded
30 January 2008
AMRITSAR: Among those who were nominated for India's civilian
honours on the country's Republic Day were All India Pingalwara
Charitable Society... |
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Punjab Vision
revealed: Sell people's land, raise malls
and hotels, call it development
30 January 2008
CHANDIGARH: After much
hype and noise about the "vision" of the Punjab Government, and of
course after many a Power Point presentations... |
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Easy lies the head on throne as complainant
makes somersault
23 January 2008
ROPAR: In keeping with the pattern of
witnesses turning hostile in court with the change of the government, a key
complainant in the case against Badals... |
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Criminalisation of Punjab polity: The shrieking evidence
23 January 2008
JALANDHAR: Criminalisation of politics is a much
talked about subject in India but what happened in Jalandhar in the last
fortnight is an eye opener... |
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Cherie Blair-headed trust walks the NRP conclave talk
16 January 2008
Chandigarh: Within
days of a whole lot of Non-Resident Punjabis (NRPs) meeting in
Chandigarh and Jalandhar in a bid to find ways as to how they can
engage... |
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Canadian group to set up eye hospital at
Amritsar
16 January 2008
Chandigarh: The Canadian Eyesight International has planned to set up an eye
hospital at Chabba village of Amritsar district soon. The Canadian... |
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Bramptom MP Dhalla faces flak over thrashing
of kids
16 January 2008
CHANDIGARH: It almost threatened at one stage to blow up as a major
gaffe. Ontario Liberal MP Ruby Dhalla's assistant's purse was... |
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Forget harm to Punjabi under my watch: V-C
16 January 2008
PATIALA: Vowing not to allow under his
stewardship any bid to relegate the status of Punjabi downwards, the Punjabi
University V-C Dr Jaspal... |
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Badal's Lohri Gift for core saffron vote bank
is 90 pc discount sale
16 January 2008
CHANDIGARH: How will you
interpret it: Punjab Government's wake up sign to the crisis being faced by
prospective investors and the industry... |
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World Sikh News Special Edition released
9 January 2008
In a proud
moment for the World Sikh News and the Amritsar Times, both
publications of the Amritsar Publications... |
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Sajjan Pardesi Aaye Ghar Apne
9 January 2008
CHANDIGARH/JALANDHAR:
The problem with a lot of good intentions thrown into a venture is that they
only serve to pave a path we all know to where... |
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Gimme the Gobindgarh Fort, I will make it into
a hotel
9 January 2008
CHANDIGARH: In plans which may trigger a controversy
immediately, Sant Singh Chatwal, the Indian-American... |
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Gurpurb launch for
Ishmeet's album
9 January 2008
Ludhiana: Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker Charanjit Singh Atwal has
launched the maiden ‘gurbani' album of Star Voice of India winner
Ishmeet, ‘Satguru... |
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Six dolphins confirmed at Harike in Punjab
9 January 2008
CHANDIGARH: Experts of
the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) have confirmed the sighting of six rare
Indus freshwater dolphins in the Harike barrage... |
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Now, Seechewal sets sights on Sidhwan
9 January 2008
LUDHIANA:
Now, there's some hope
for those who want to see a cleaner Sidhwan. On Sunday, Baba Balbir Singh
Seechewal, the man behind... |
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Badal govt set to roll out red carpet for
non-resident Punjabis
2 January 2008
CHANDIGARH: The Akali
Dal-BJP government has set "we care for you" motto as one of the major
messages to be sent across to the Punjabi... |
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US States outsource F&A Activities to Punjab
2 January
2008
CHANDIGAH: Finance and Accounts outsourcing has now reached the Tier II and
Tier III cities of Punjab. One such town... |
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Key Khalra case witness
acquitted of rape charges |
