Chandigarh: The Netherlands will set up two centers in the field of post harvesting for potato crop and dairy sector in Punjab to help farmers enhance the yield. “One Centre of Excellence (COE) will be set up in Punjab for post harvesting of potato crop and second COE will be for dairy sector (genetic and animal health),” the Netherlands Counselor for Agriculture Nature and Food Quality,... 

Mohali: It was a promise delivered floor by floor. In just 48 hours, an entrepreneur has constructed a 10-floor building in this suburban town in Punjab. The red and grey facade building, Instacon, stood tall on an industrial plot in Mohali, 10 km from Chandigarh, Saturday, two days after Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal had laid its foundation stone. Work on the building’s construction... 

Sikhs urged the Haryana government and administration to arrest the supporters of Dera Sacha Sauda – booked for attacking Sikhs on November 24 – during a meeting at Dasham Patshahi Gurdwara here on Friday. The meeting was attended by heads of various Sikh organisations and gurdwaras from Punjab and nearby areas of the district. Gyani Balwant Singh Nandgarh, jathedar of Sri Damdama Takt,... 

The British Army is embroiled in a damaging row after the first Sikh soldier allowed to wear a turban rather than a bearskin on ceremonial duties suffered abuse from his colleagues. Guardsman Jatinderpal Singh Bhullar, 25, who joined the Scots guards this year, has been given permission to wear a turban outside Buckingham Palace, breaking hundreds of years of tradition. The decision by Army bosses... 

A court case that lasted many years would have made headlines in most western countries, but this is India, where hardly anyone has batted an eyelid over this (’12 Convicted for 1987 Bank Heist’) lengthy trial. One of the convicted is over 93 years of age and have been sentenced to 10 years, some indicate that concerns about health have been disregarded, and argue it is a death sentence rather... 

The Indian government voted against an abolition of the death penalty put forward by the UN. Judicial system is eye for an eye. Wednesday 21/11/2012: Ajmal Kasab, last surviving gunman of the 26/11 Mumbai attack was hung till death. His execution was clouded in secrecy and was only announced after the hanging. He was hung in Pune’s Yerwada jail at 7.30am and according to Indian media, he was buried... 

UK: 19th Annual Barsi of Baba Joginder Singh Ji Khalsa, father of Sant Jarnail Singh Ji Khalsa Bhindranwale, on 18th November 2012 at Guru Nanak Sikh Temple, 239 Peniel Green Road, SA7 9BA, Swansea (UK). We urge all to attend and pay tribute to the life and the greatest achievements for the Sikh Nation of Baba Joginder Singh Ji. Special Miri-Piri session organised by International Panthic Dal (I.P.D)... 

HOSHIARPUR: Punjab Chief minister Parkash Singh Badal has welcomed tabling of a petition in the Australian parliament which has sought recognition of violence against Sikhs in 1984 as ‘genocide’. Talking to media persons here on Saturday, Badal said it was “good” that the issue of carnage of Sikhs had come up in the Australian parliament. “It is a welcome move. It shows how the international... 

New Delhi: It’s the 28th anniversary of the anti-Sikh riots today that left more than 3,000 Sikhs dead in Delhi. To mark the occasion, victims’ families and other Sikh groups have planned to take out a march today from Jantar Mantar towards Parliament. These Sikh groups also plan to hand over a memorandum to the Prime Minister demanding a Special Investigating Team should be set up to probe... 

In 2006, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had announced an enhanced rehabilitation package for survivors of the 1984 riots. “We cannot undo the past, but we have the option of building a better future. Let us help the Sikh community get over the trauma of 1984,’’ he had promised in a speech in Rajya Sabha in 2005. Soon after the PM’s announcement, the ministry of home affairs (MHA) had issued...