The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has asked the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to lift the ban on the release of the Punjabi film, ‘Sadda Haq’. SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar has sent a written communique to Dipesh Mehta, member of the CBFC. Copies of the communique were released to the media here on Tuesday. Makkar wrote to CBFC after receiving a report... 

Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal said here on Wednesday that Punjab was a much safer place than other states. Talking to reporters, Sukhbir claimed that the law and order situation in Punjab was better than in any other state of the country. He stated that during the past five years, the government had made a record seizure of RDX and explosives, made pre-emptive arrests of hardcore... 

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,... 

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... 

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... 

Raja Malwinder Singh, who parted ways with his elder brother and Punjab Congress president Capt Amarinder Singh just before the January 30 assembly polls, has claimed that he is being ignored by the party he joined – the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD). Malwinder, a scion of the Patiala royal family, said he was not being invited to functions organised by the SAD as well as the Punjab government.... 

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday granted bail to former Akali minister Bibi Jagir Kaur seven months after she was jailed for forcible abduction, kidnapping and wrongful confinement in connection with the killing of her daughter Harpreet Kaur. While granting bail to her, a division bench of the court comprising Justice Ajay Kumar Mittal and Justice G.S. Sandhawalia directed Kaur to seek... 

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) general secretary and spokesman Prem Singh Chandumajra on Friday blamed Punjab’s Congress leaders for the non-payment of drought relief to the state by the Centre. Talking to mediapersons here, Chandumajra said union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar had announced to provide a drought relief package to Punjab in New Delhi as well as during his visit to the state for...