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Amritsar, Sep.10 (ANI): An endeavour is underway to preserve various heritage buildings of Punjab State in a bid to treasure the cultural heritage including historical monuments, which can help in boosting tourism in Punjab.

The palaces and Havelis across Punjab bespeak glorious heritage. These [...]

Punjabi University reschedules interviews
Patiala Punjabi University, Patiala, has revised its schedule for interviews, aptitude tests and last dates for accepting applications for its various courses.
M S Saini, Dean, Academic Affairs, said the interviews for admission to various university departments, which were earlier scheduled to be held on July 8, 9 and 10, will now be [...]

Sonepat, July 5 (ANI): Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Dr. Manohar Singh Gill, today inaugurated the newly laid synthetic hockey surface at Sports Authority of India (SAI), northern regional centre at Bahalgarh in Sonepat.

The new hockey surface will be used during national coaching camps for training the elite hockey players as well [...]

Punjabi University ~ Punjabi University 2009 Education Result ~ Punjabi University 2009 Results ~ Punjabi University BPharm & BPT Entrance Results and Marks of 2009 ~ www.punjabiuniversity.ac.in
Punjabi University, Patiala has declared Results of B.Pharm and BPT Entrance Exam 2009.
These Results are available on Punjabi University Website – http://www.punjabiuniversity.ac.in/
Direct Link to Results – http://www.punjabiuniversity.ac.in/pages/bpharmbpt09.htm
All candidates who [...]

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Ludhiana, June 22 (ANI): An air-conditioned Radio taxi service has been introduced in Ludhiana, which makes it the third city after Mohali and Amritsar to have such a facility in Punjab. /pp
Air-conditioned radio cabs will now ensure a comfortable journey in Ludhiana. /pp
The new service was recently flagged [...]

Phagwara/Jalandhar/Patiala/Amritsar, May 25 (ANI): Several parts of Punjab are experiencing and witnessing heavy bouts of violence in protest of a shooting incident that took place on Sunday in Austrian capital Vienna inside a Sikh Gurdwara.

Thousands of agitated protestors came onto the roads on Sunday and Monday, creating a law and order probelem in Patiala, [...]

Jalandhar, May 25 (ANI): At least three bogies of Kanyakumari-Jammu Tawi Express were put on fire and another train near Phagwara attacked by agitated protestors on Monday morning over Sikh Gurudwara shooting incident in Vienna.

Authorities have closed down the Jalandhar-Phagwara National Highway to prevent escalation of the violence.

In Amritsar and Patiala, a large [...]

Patiala, Apr 28 (ANI): At least five people, including two women and a child, were killed when an unused armament shell exploded at a waste dump in Patiala of Punjab on Monday evening.
Three people were injured in the blast that took place in the house of rag pickers at Sikri Mohala.

Confirming four deaths, the police [...]

Patiala, April 20 (ANI): Barkat Sidhu, an exponent of the Patiala gharana, is a sufi singer whose soul-stirring voice moves the listeners with the poetry of timeless poets like Bulleh Shah and Shah Hussain Farid.

Sidhu’s rendition of Sufi poets’ compositions touches listeners’ heart.

“I had keen interest in music since my childhood. The Punjab [...]

Areva T and D India, the subsidiary of the France-based Areva Group, has received a prestigious order for two 500 MVA Power Transformers from Power Grid Corporation of India Limited.
The latest orders are considered as the highest in ratio 400 KV 3 phase class transformers in the country, which will PowerGrid in augmenting capacities of [...]

Reliance Communications informed on Tuesday that it will open 82 new exclusive mobile stores in Punjab under its expansion programme.
Under the arrangement, the company would undertake expansion drive across several districts of state including Amritsar, Bhatinda, Chandigarh, Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Patiala.
According to company officials, the latest move is to bring affordable services closer to the [...]

Chandigarh, April 3 (IANS) Just a day after immersing the ashes of his father, senior cabinet minister and Akali Dal leader Kanwaljit Singh, Jasjit Singh Bunny Friday resigned from Punjab’s ruling party and announced he would contest the Lok Sabha elections as an independent.
Bunny, 37, who is chairperson of the Punjab state cooperative bank, also [...]

On the fifth death anniversary of former SGPC chief Gurcharan Singh Tohra today, the SAD leadership tried to woo his loyalists.
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal called upon Akalis to strengthen the panth for Tohra’s sake. He said Jathedar Tohra, who had remained the SGPC chief for 27 years and was at the centrestage of Akali [...]

Hundreds accompany Congress candidate on his way to Takht Damdama Sahib
Congress candidate from Bathinda Raninder Singh managed to pull a huge crowd on his way to Takht Damdama Sahib from Patiala on Wednesday.
Yuvraj, as he is fondly called, formally kick-started his campaign by paying obeisance at Takht Damdama Sahib. He faces Harsimrat Badal, wife of [...]

On the fifth death anniversary of former SGPC chief Gurcharan Singh Tohra today, the SAD leadership tried to woo his loyalists.
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal called upon Akalis to strengthen the panth for Tohra’s sake. He said Jathedar Tohra, who had remained the SGPC chief for 27 years and was at the centrestage of Akali [...]

Hundreds accompany Congress candidate on his way to Takht Damdama Sahib
Congress candidate from Bathinda Raninder Singh managed to pull a huge crowd on his way to Takht Damdama Sahib from Patiala on Wednesday.
Yuvraj, as he is fondly called, formally kick-started his campaign by paying obeisance at Takht Damdama Sahib. He faces Harsimrat Badal, wife of [...]

Folk dying in birthplace, rue artistes
The folk songs and dance are no more as vibrant as they are on the stage of culture fests. “The cultural-traditional rituals are followed in villages in this day and age too. But the fervour of 20 years ago is missing…how do you expect impoverished, half-fed people to celebrate,” deliberates [...]

New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday refused to grant any immediate legal relief to former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh seeking restoration of his membership to the state assembly.
A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan refused to grant any immediate legal relief to Singh saying that it would rather [...]

New Delhi, Feb. 21 (ANI): As the criminal activities are rising in Punjab, a growing number of women have started keeping licensed guns to protect themselves.

With 541 licensed weapons registered for women, Bhatinda district comes first in the tally, followed by Patiala (256) and Faridkot (105).

Women feel that keeping a weapon would enable them to [...]

New Delhi, Feb. 21 (ANI): As the criminal activities are rising in Punjab, a growing number of women have started keeping licensed guns to protect themselves.

With 541 licensed weapons registered for women, Bhatinda district comes first in the tally, followed by Patiala (256) and Faridkot (105).

Women feel that keeping a weapon would enable them to [...]