Punjab, Haryana procure record 200 lakh tonnes of wheat
May 11th, 2012 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, May 11 (IANS) For the first time in decades, Punjab and Haryana have together recorded the highest-ever procurement figures for wheat. The neighbouring states have procured over 200 lakh ... Read more...
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Punjab to plant trees along all highways
April 14th, 2012 - 12:01 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 13 (IANS) As Punjab celebrated the Baisakhi harvest festival Friday, the state government announced it was launching a major sapling plantation drive on vacant land along national ... Read more...
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New checkpost opened at Attari, to boost sub-continental trade (Second Lead)
April 13th, 2012 - 10:37 pm ICT by IANS
Attari (Punjab), April 13 (IANS) Trade between India and Pakistan through the land border route is expected to go up almost 10 times with the formal inauguration Friday of ... Read more...
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High-velocity winds, rain damage wheat crop
April 12th, 2012 - 11:51 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 12 (IANS) High-velocity winds accompanied by rain damaged the standing wheat crop in parts of Punjab and Haryana, an official said Thursday.The severity of the thunderstorm, ranging from ... Read more...
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PM greets nation on Baisakhi, Vishu and Bihu
April 12th, 2012 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday greeted the nation on the occasion of the traditional harvest festivals Baisakhi, Vishu and Bihu.The prime minister said in ... Read more...
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Priyanka, Sidhu honoured as ‘Punjabi Icons’
April 9th, 2012 - 1:17 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 9 (IANS) Well-known actress Priyanka Chopra and former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu were honoured with Punjabi Icons Award at a Baisakhi celebration here, an official said.Besides Priyanka ... Read more...
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New India-Pakistan checkpost to boost trade, travel
April 8th, 2012 - 9:42 am ICT by IANS
Attari (Punjab), April 8 (IANS) Trade and people-to-people ties between India and Pakistan takes on a new dimension with the Integrated Check Post (ICP) at the Attari-Wagah international border ... Read more...
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3,000 Sikhs to visit Pakistan on Baisakhi
April 4th, 2012 - 9:42 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 4 (IANS) Around 3,000 Sikh devotees from India will visit Nankana Sahib, the birthplace of Guru Nanak which is now in Pakistan, to celebrate Baisakhi festival.Sikh devotees would ... Read more...
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PM likely to inaugurate Sikh monument next month
October 8th, 2011 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Oct 8 (IANS) It has missed a number of completion deadlines, but the Khalsa Heritage Complex (KHC) in Punjab, touted as a landmark monument of Sikhism, will finally ... Read more...
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Airport Metro offers discounted fares on Good Friday, Easter
April 21st, 2011 - 8:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Travelling on the Delhi airport metro line would be cheaper for the next three days as the high-speed Airport Express Line is offering 50 percent ... Read more...
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Australian Sikhs celebrate Baisakhi in Sydney
April 17th, 2011 - 6:02 pm ICT by ANI
By Ravinder Singh RobinSydney, Apr.17 (ANI): Members of the Sikh community celebrated the festival of Baisakhi here on Sunday with gaiety and fervor.The festival marks the beginning of the Sikh New Year ... Read more...
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Punjab, Haryana celebrate Baisakhi with fervour
April 15th, 2011 - 12:23 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 14 (IANS) The harvest festival of Baisakhi was celebrated with fervour and enthusiasm in various parts of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh Thursday.Cultural programmes were organised by the youth, ... Read more...
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Devotees visit Amritsar’s Golden Temple on Baisakhi
April 14th, 2011 - 6:01 pm ICT by ANI
By Ravinder Singh RobinAmritsar, Apr 14 (ANI): Thousands of devotees from across India visited the Golden Temple, the holy shrine of the Sikhs at Amritsar on Thursday on the occasion of Baisakhi ... Read more...
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Wheat arrivals remain low in Punjab markets
April 13th, 2011 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 13 (IANS) Even while the harvest festival of Baisakhi is being celebrated across Punjab, wheat arrivals in the state's grain markets continued to be slow.Food and supplies officials ... Read more...
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Punjab remits jail sentences to mark Baisakhi
April 12th, 2011 - 12:43 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 11 (IANS) The Punjab government Monday announced remission in the sentences of prisoners in various jails across the state on the occasion of 'Baisakhi', the harvest festival.Punjab Chief ... Read more...
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Wheat arrival low in Punjab, Haryana markets
April 11th, 2011 - 7:33 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 11 (IANS) Wheat procurement in Punjab and Haryana started April 1 but the arrival of the crop in grain markets in the two states so far has been ... Read more...
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3,000 Indian Sikhs to visit Pakistan
April 11th, 2011 - 1:51 pm ICT by IANS
Lahore, April 11 (IANS) Over 3,000 Sikhs from India will arrive in Pakistan on special trains to celebrate Baisakhi, a media report said Monday.The Indian Sikhs will visit Gurdwara Punja ... Read more...
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Badal wants support price of wheat to be hiked
April 7th, 2011 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 7 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Thursday sought personal intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to enhance the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for wheat.Badal said ... Read more...
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Sikhism’s spiritual high seat: Journeying through Anandpur Sahib (With Image)
December 26th, 2010 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) If Mecca is Islam's high seat of spirituality, then the picturesque town of Anandpur Sahib in Punjab is the religious heartbeat of the Sikh faith. ... Read more...
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Hit by delays, Sikh heritage project gets another deadline
December 6th, 2010 - 3:44 pm ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin
Chandigarh, Dec 6 (IANS) It promises to be a landmark monument of Sikhism. But six years have passed since work on the Khalsa Heritage Complex (KHC) started at Anandpur Sahib ... Read more...
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Delay in acquisition of land for proposed Guru Nanak Dev University in Pakistan
November 20th, 2010 - 8:37 pm ICT by ANI
By Ravinder Singh RobinNew Delhi, Nov. 20 (ANI): The Pakistan Government has so far not been able to acquire the land for Baba Guru Nanak International University (BGNIU) project, delaying the project ... Read more...
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Hindu community in Pakistan celebrates Diwali
November 6th, 2010 - 1:13 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Nov 6 (ANI): The Hindu community living in Pakistan celebrated the festival of Diwali at their religious places of worship on Friday.Federal Minister for Minorities' Affairs- Shahbaz Bhatti- felicitated Hindus on ... Read more...
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Teej, the festival of swings, celebrated in Amritsar with fervour
July 31st, 2010 - 9:52 pm ICT by ANI
By Sawinder SinghAmritsar, July 31 (ANI): Teej or, the festival of swings, was marked here on Saturday with traditional fervour.Celebrated in the country, especially by women in the months of July-August, ... Read more...
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Early summer heat will hit wheat yield
May 4th, 2010 - 9:03 pm ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin
Chandigarh, May 4 (IANS) Even as wheat procurement in Punjab inched closer to the 100-lakh tonnes mark, officials said the bumper crop this year could fall short of last year's ... Read more...
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India warned about growing Khalistani pockets in Canada
April 17th, 2010 - 1:12 pm ICT by IANS
Vancouver, April 17 (IANS) Former Canadian health minister Ujjal Dosanjh has warned India to wake up to the danger posed by Khalistani elements in Canada after he was threatened not to attend ... Read more...
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Assamese community celebrates Bihu in Delhi
April 14th, 2010 - 5:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Wearing traditional attire, feasting on sweetmeats like pitha and laddoo and participating in colourful cultural extravaganza - complete with song and dance - the Assamese community in ... Read more...
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PM sends greetings on Baisakhi
April 14th, 2010 - 8:45 am ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr.14 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, sent his good wishes to the country on the occasion of Baisakhi.He was speaking to the media in Washington DC at ... Read more...
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President, PM greet nation on Baisakhi (Lead)
April 13th, 2010 - 8:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Vice-President Hamid Ansari Tuesday greeted the nation on the auspicious occasion of Baisakhi, Vishu and Bihu -- festivals ... Read more...
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Punjab bureaucrat quits, questions governance style
April 13th, 2010 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin
Chandigarh, April 13 (IANS) Choosing the Baisakhi festival day to create a stir in Punjab's administrative and political circles, senior official Jasbir Singh Bir Tuesday submitted his resignation, questioning ... Read more...
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President, vice-president greet nation on Baisakhi
April 13th, 2010 - 4:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil Tuesday greeted the nation on the auspicious occasion of Baisakhi, Vishu and Bihu -- festivals that are celebrated in different parts of the ... Read more...
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Devotees visit Amritsar’s Golden Temple on Baisakhi
April 13th, 2010 - 2:39 pm ICT by ANI
Amritsar, Apr 13 (ANI): Thousands of devotees from across the country visited the Golden Temple at Amritasar, as festivities began for the harvest festival of Baisakhi.They waited patiently to pay their ... Read more...
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Vice President greets nation ahead of Baisakhi
April 13th, 2010 - 2:18 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr 13 (ANI): Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari today greeted the people ahead of harvest festival of Baisakhi.In his message he said that the rituals and the colourful festivities ... Read more...
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Babbar plans Rs.125 crore film on Maharaja Ranjit Singh
April 12th, 2010 - 2:22 pm ICT by IANS
By Alkesh Sharma
Chandigarh, April 12 (IANS) After making a television serial on Maharaja Ranjit Singh, actor-politician Raj Babbar is determined to fulfil his dream of making films on eminent Sikh rulers although ... Read more...
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Sikh group leaves for Pakistan to mark Baisakhi with relatives
April 11th, 2010 - 10:36 pm ICT by ANI
By Sawinder SinghAmritsar, April 11 (ANI): A group of Sikhs on Sunday morning left for Pakistan to be with their relatives living in Pakistan ahead of the upcoming Baisakhi, the harvest ... Read more...
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Over 1,000 Sikh pilgrims from India arrive in Lahore
April 11th, 2010 - 10:28 pm ICT by IANS
Lahore, April 11 (IANS) More than 1,000 Sikh pilgrims have arrived here from India to take part in the Baisakhi festival starting Wednesday, a media report said.
The Online news agency said about ... Read more...
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