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Chief Khalsa Diwan exhibits Sikh Granths and weapons for awareness
Amritsar: A collection of olden handwritten miniature manuscripts, replicas of Sikh weapons, and treasured photographs of the Sikh gurus and warriors has been put on public display here.
Punjab cashes in on international trade and investment tie-ups
Ludhiana/ Amritsar: Todaya s business environment in the country is favourable for both trade and investment, and Punjab is cashing in on this opportunity through international tie-ups and trade shows.
Cinepolis opens first theater in India
Mexican movie theater chain Cinepolis launched its operations in India Friday with the opening of a four-screen multiplex in Amritsar, Punjab.
Ahluwalia hopes for relief from price rise in New Year
Amritsar Dec. 17 : Admitting price rise in India has led to problems for the common man across the country, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission of India, has expressed the hope that there would be relief to the people by next month.
Punjab gets first commercial solar power plant
Chandigarh, Dec 15 : India's first 2 MW commercial solar power plant was Tuesday inaugurated in Punjab's Amritsar district by Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper 460
As the plane takes off from the exotic Indian soil, the euphoria surrounding Prime Minister Stephen Harper's visit to India, has only gained more momentum.
MPs to meet PM to press for heritage status for Amritsar
Amritsar, Dec 12 : BJP MP Navjot Singh Siddhu today said he would soon take an all-party delegation of Members of Parliament from Punjab to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to urge him to declare Amritsar a heritage city.
Sidhy seeks heritage status for Amritsar
Amritsar Lok Sabha MP Navjot Singh Sidhu Sunday urged the government to grant heritage status to Punjab's Sikh holy city Amritsar.
Pak cancels delegation to PITEX 09; the saga of Indo-Pak relations
By Shipra Goel and Gurdip Singh, Amritsar, Dec 6 : In the sensitive area of Indo-Pak relations, sometimes an off-the-cuff remark or a statement taken out of context can have a major fallout.
India's first entrepreneur to sell solar power
I nderpreet S Wadhwa has mostly been associated with start-ups and Fortune 500 companies.
Punjab shutdown peaceful, evokes mixed response
The Punjab shutdown call given by radical Sikh organisations to protest against Saturday's violence in Ludhiana passed off peacefully and evoked a mixed response in the state Monday.
Tata-Muri Express' engine catches fire
Batala : The engine of the Tata-Muri Express on Wednesday caught fire after an electrical short circuit here.
Pakistani Sufi musician Sain Zahoor says his music is God's gift
By Sawinder Singh, Amritsar, Dec.3 : Sain Zahoor is a leading Sufi musician of Pakistan, who has spent his life singing in shrines.
Pakistan business delegation favours good relations with India
Wagah Dec. 2, : India and Pakistan have enough room to fill and grow with regard to business sector, said a visiting Pakistani business delegation, which arrived here on Wednesday through Wagah checkpost to participate in Pitex09.
Random thoughts Wednesday, December 02, 2009 Dr A Q Khan In one of my columns I had written about ghairat.
Sikh advocate brutally beaten, forced to convert to Islam in Pakistan
Amritsar, Nov. 28 : While India and Pakistan governments are finding out ways to resume dialogue, an incident of a Sikh being brutally beaten up and asked to convert to Islam has come to light.
Cocaine worth Rs.10 crore recovered in Punjab
High quality cocaine worth Rs.10 crore in the international market was recovered by the Punjab police at Sahnewal town, 15 km from here, police said Saturday.
Police grapple with rising crime in Panchkula
All the police's efforts to curb crime in this town neighbouring Chandigarh seem to be proving futile.
Punjab's 'powerful' wedding has government agencies busy
The 10-day long wedding celebrations of Punjab's 'powerful' politician Bikram Singh Majithia, the brother-in-law of Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, has been keeping agencies of the Punjab government, including the state police, on its toes.
ADB to fund Rs.315-cr tourism project in Punjab
The Asian Development Bank has sanctioned a Rs.315-crore project for tourism infrastructure development in Punjab.
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