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... 

The seizure of around two hundred pro-Khalistani T-shirts in Ludhiana by Punjab police has turned into a controversy. The police had on Thursday seized the T-shirts from a manufacturing unit. The T-shirts, bearing Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale’s picture with “Pakke Khalistani” (True Khalistani) written on them, were being manufactured in this unit. The matter took a political turn as the police... 

CHANDIGARH: Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday refused to pass any order on a petition seeking appointment of an administrator for managing affairs of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC). The issue came up before the division bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Surya Kant while they heard a petition filed by Sehajdhari Sikh Party. Petitioners had also sought directions... 

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal’s photos may soon be off the free ambulances that traverse the length and breadth of the State. But, the photos are likely to remain on the ration cards. Badal’s snapshots are prominently displayed on the ambulances, ration cards, and other social welfare schemes. Taking cognisance, the State Election Commission has asked for the removal of the... 

AMRITSAR: While a delegation of Sikhs from Italy has come to Amritsar to clarify its stand on complaints of disrespect of Guru Granth Sahib, its meeting with the Sikh high priests has been postponed to January 3. The delegation led by national Sikh Dharam Parchar Committee president Harwant Singh Daduwal had arrived from Italy to submit its clarification on the complaint lodged by SGPC secretary Dalmegh... 

JALANDHAR: A number of Sikh organizations have announced to stage a dharna outside the BJP head office in New Delhi on December 20, to express their displeasure against the Uttarakhand government “inaction” on the issue of historic Gurdwara Gian Godri in Haridwar. “Sikh organizations and activists have been requesting the Uttrakhand government to restore the gurdwara land to them... 

The Jammu and Kashmir government has given a notice to Punjab seeking Rs 8,500 crore in compensation for the losses incurred on sharing water and power generated from Ravi river. “The government has sent a compensation notice seeking Rs 8,500 crore, including Rs 2,500 crore as a cost of sharing power, in compensation from Punjab,” Minister for Irrigation and Flood Control, Taj Mohi-ud-Din said... 

CHANDIGARH: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandhak Committee will be challenging the verdict delivered by Punjab and Haryana high court granting voting rights to Sehajdhari Sikhs, in the Supreme Court. A day after the Punjab and Haryana high court gave a verdict the SGPC and the SAD went into a huddle to discuss the issue. The matter will also come up for in depth discussion in core committee meeting of SAD... 

NEW DELHI: The Sikh community has again demanded for a corridor connecting Dera Baba Nanak (India) and Kartarpur Sahib(Pakistan) across the Indo-Pak border to allow the pilgrims to have access to the Kartarpur shrine without passport or visa. Partap Singh Bajwa, Congress MP from Gurdaspur has asked the government for construction of corridor across the border to facilitate visits to Kartarpur Sahib... 

AMRITSAR: After the General elections of SGPC here on Monday fifteen members of SGPC has been co-opted by Avtar Singh Makkar who was empowered by the elected house to chair the meeting which was meant exclusively to co-opt new members. Fifteen new members were co-opted in the presence and observation of Election Commissioner Gurdwara H.S. Brar and officiating Deputy Commissioner Amritsar Satwant Singh...