Singh Sahib Bhai Jasvir Singh Ji Khalsa and all members of International Panthic Dal (I.P.D) congratulate the Sikh Panth on the Gurpurb of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji. Guru Gobind Singh Ji was the tenth and last of the ten human form Gurus of Sikhism. He became Guru in 1675 at the age of nine, following in the footsteps of his father Guru Teg Bahadur ji. Guru Tegh Bahadur, the Ninth Guru, was traveling... 

SANGRUR: The number of farmer suicides in Punjab seems to vary according to the source providing information about that. An NGO, Movement Against State Repression (MASR), has stated that Punjab is a glaring example of neglecting the factor of farmer suicides when it comes to determining the amount of funds that should be spent on assisting agriculturists. MASR’s convener Inderjit Singh Jaijee... 

Amritsar Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) MP Navjot Singh Sidhu, who is seeking an assembly ticket for his wife Dr Navjot Kaur from Amritsar (East) is facing tough competition from another strong contender, Chairman Punjab State Small Industries and Export Corporation (PSSIEC) Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhina. Chhina is close to BJP top brass and has good rapport with Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh... 

The Shiromani Akali Dal has accused the Congress Government in Delhi of interfering in the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee affairs and of using its apparatus to even deny the Opposition parties access to the electoral rolls, which are public documents. President of the youth wing of Delhi Shiromani Akali Dal Manjinder Singh Sirsa said on Wednesday that the Directorate of Gurdwara Elections... 

Chandigarh, Dec 29 (PTI) Punjab trade and industry today threatened to boycott the forthcoming Assembly elections if the Election Commission of India did not withdraw its direction of cash confiscation over Rs 1 lakh without proof, saying it was affecting its business transactions. “We can think of boycotting Assembly elections if Election Commission does not rollback the guidelines of cash seizure... 

Factionalism in Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) was on full display in the presence of (SAD) chief and Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal and Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal during the party’s conference on the occasion of Shaheedi Jor Mela here on Tuesday. As things unfolded, Sukhbir in his speech went on to acknowledge that there was “factionalism” within the party. “The factionalism in Akali... 

Not happy with the poor representation of youth in political parties, youngsters in Patiala district are feeling marginalised. The winds of change, they feel, will blow only if they have a greater say in the political system. To begin with, they want the ban on student elections in universities and colleges of Punjab to be lifted and the practice of promoting kith and kin of political heavyweights... 

Chandigarh, (IANS) Just hours before the full team of the Election Commission (EC) of India arrives in poll-bound Punjab Tuesday, authorities confiscated nearly Rs.85 lakh of unaccounted money in cash from various places in the state, state election officials said Monday. “On the guidelines of the EC, unaccounted money worth Rs.40 lakh was confiscated from various places in Patiala district. Besides... 

Chandigarh : Punjab’s ruling Shiromani Akali Dal Tuesday announced the names of 15 more candidates for the Jan 30 state polls, including that of party president and Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal. Badal will once again contest from Jalalabad. He had won the seat in a by-election in August 2009 by a margin of over 80,000 votes. It had last week announced the names of 48 candidates,... 

Punjab has been lagging, but it will slip further if the political class fails to set a positive agenda for the state. Political parties can continue to differ on ideologies and indulge in mudslinging if they wish to, but they should at least evolve a consensus on major issues in the larger interest of the state otherwise the coming generations will never forgive them. This is what emerged from the...