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Patiala, Punjab: Kamaldeep Kaur, sister of Balwant Singh Rajoana, a Sikh Activist jailed innocently by Punjab Government, announced her candidature from Patiala for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Her move came a week after Rajoana had announced to field candidates in the elections. Rajoana had announced through a letter from the high security Patiala Central Jail, whrere he is lodged, that he would... 

LUCKNOW: BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Friday, while addressing a rally at Jhansi in Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh, launched a direct attack on Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi. Modi slammed Rahul for accusing the BJP of spreading hatred and engineering riots. He also took a dig at Rahul’s statement that the Pakistani intelligence agency ISI has been trying... 

PATIALA: To ascertain the exact count of farmer suicides in the state, the government has finally decided to conduct the second round of survey, which would reveal the number of farm suicides from 2010 up to March 2013. However, giving a cold shoulder to the demand for a fresh survey from various farmers’ organizations, who said that scores of cases were not recorded in the first survey conducted... 

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court made it clear that the trial proceedings against Congress leader Sajjan Kumar and others in the killing of six persons during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots will go on during pendency of their plea before it on quashing of charges against them. “We are not staying the trial proceedings,” a bench headed by Justice A K Patnaik said when it was told that Kumar and others... 

CHANDIGARH: Punjab’s former director general of police (prisons) Shashi Kant on Tuesday claimed before the Punjab and Haryana high court that drug smuggling worth over Rs 60,000 crore took place annually in the state and the money went into funding elections in the state. In a petition filed before the HC, the former DGP also submitted that drugs were not just being smuggled from Pakistan but... 

AMRITSAR: Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today said the state government has formulated a Rs 2,000 crore master plan to refurbish Amritsar city by 2016. Stating this here after paying obeisance at the Golden Temple, Badal said another set of welfare projects worth Rs 500 crore for transforming the walled city, keeping intact its originality, would also be in progress.  Read More »

Chandigarh, Sept 13: Rice exporters and farmers in Punjab have asked the state government to reverse its decision of giving market fee exemption on basmati paddy to state rice millers or processors, saying that it would lead to exploitation of state based basmati growers. Exporters further pointed out that those exporters or traders availing exemption in the state would resort to giving lower prices... 

We request Sadh Sangat to attend the Remembrance March and Freedom Rally in Central LONDON on Sunday 9 June 2013, commemorating 29 years of the Sikh Holocaust. Details: 11am Assemble at Temple Place, then march through LONDON finishing with a rally at Parliament Square. ALL Gurdwaras are urged to arrange transportation for your local Sangat. Coach Drop off 11am Victoria Embankment (Temple) Coach Pick... 

Operation Blue Star, a military offensive, launched by the Indian Government at Harmandir Sahib, also known as the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine for the Sikhs, in Amritsar. The operation continues until June 6, with casualties, most of them civilians, in excess of 5,000.  Read More »