AMRITSAR: A leading publication has ranked the Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) 16th from among the top 20 universities in north India, said varsity Vice-Chancellor A.S. Brar. He said GNDU was a pioneer and trendsetter in the northern region in online ...

FATEHGARH SAHIB: Sarabjit Singh did not complete school but he won't forget his last lesson in a hurry. His quest for dollars ended in a Turkish prison, from where the young man returned safe on Saturday to his family at the ...

BATHINDA: Uranium trace in Punjab has been written about in the last issue of "Librtas Academica" a prestigious scientific journal in New Zealand. The publication gives inter­ national recognition to the study chiming that children in the Faridkot area have long ...

AMRITSAR: The six-year-old son of Ram Vilas, a Bihari migrant labourer, is missing for the past one year. Vilas has made unending rounds to the Mahal police post for updates on the effort to trace him. He is in two minds ...

CHANDIGARH: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has petitioned the Punjab and Haryana High Court to stop various developers engaged in construction work within the prohibited area around the erst­ while summer palace of Maharaja Ranjit Singh in Amritsar. Allowing the ...

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Saturday sanctioned Rs 128.97 crore for the execution of various development projects in all Assembly constituencies of Patiala and Sangrur districts. Badal approved Rs 51.7 crore for the Assembly constituencies of patiala and ...

PHAGWARA: The Gandhian couple has made its peace with Punjab. After five months of layoff since an accident in the state in March, the husband-wife team is back there on bicycles during its resumed journey from Madurai in Tamil Nadu to ...

JALANDHAR: The Sarna brothers who appeared before the Akal Takht in Amritsar on Saturday said the Sikh high priests were satisfied with their side of the story on the charges levelled against rights lawyer H.S. Phoolka. Phoolka has been leading the ...