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40 years after war, bridge opens near Hussainiwala border

Dec 5, 2013 - 6:14 am EST @theindpanorama 0

FEROZEPUR (TIP): A strategically important bridge, which was blown up during 1971 India-Pakistan war to save Ferozepur, was opened at Hazara village near Hussainiwala international border on Wednesday. The bridge is a lifeline of nearly […]

HANSDA PUNJAB DIWALI PICNIC: an enjoyable and unforgettable event

Dec 5, 2013 - 5:38 am EST @theindpanorama 0

DALLAS, TX (TIP): The local association of Punjabis, Hansda Punjab, organized November 23, a picnic to celebrate the festival of lights Diwali in the picturesque Bob Woodruff Park. Despite a light drizzle and a cold […]

Arlington University Crown for Sikh Students Navjot Singh Walia & Sarpreet Kaur

Dec 5, 2013 - 5:34 am EST @theindpanorama 0

Amarjit Dhillon DALLAS, TX (TIP): Arlington University has crowned two Sikh Students Navjot Singh Walia & Sarpreet Kaur as the King and the Queen of the University. The two, brother and sister are students of […]

Patiala Police denies releasing a list of NRIs involved in International Drug Racket

Dec 5, 2013 - 5:25 am EST @theindpanorama 0

Harjit Singh Dhesi DALLAS (TIP): The arrest of a dismissed Punjab Police officer involved in an international drug racket on November 11near the Haryana-Delhi border has given rise to a variety of news relating to […]

India

PUNJAB REFUSES 5-STAR FACILITY TO HC JUDGES IN AMRITSAR

Nov 21, 2013 - 8:13 am EST @theindpanorama 0

CHANDIGARH (TIP): The Punjab Government has refused to concede to the demand of the Punjab and Haryana High Court for the construction of an “exclusive five-star guest house” for judges in Amritsar. The government has […]

Business & Economics

BHARTI TO SPEND RS 800 CRORE ANNUALLY ON RETAIL

Nov 21, 2013 - 7:32 am EST @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): Despite offers for fresh tie-ups, Sunil Mittal-led Bharti Group appears set to go solo in the retail business and expand the footprint of its EasyDay stores through fresh investments, estimated at Rs […]

Europe

Pak man arrested for sharing blasphemous content on Facebook

Nov 21, 2013 - 7:06 am EST @theindpanorama 0

LAHORE (TIP): A young man in Pakistan’s Punjab Province has been arrested for sharing blasphemous content on Facebook, as the government launched a crackdown on the spread of such content on social media. Authorities arrested […]

544th Birth Anniversary of Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji

Nov 21, 2013 - 6:47 am EST @theindpanorama 0

Sikhs Take Out an Impressive Parade to Celebrate RICHARDSON, TX (TIP): November 16 appeared to be a bad weather day. But the threatening clouds relented. It was the Grace of Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, […]

United States

Punjabi owners of UK’s Radisson Blu Edwardian hotels in multimillion- pound lawsuit

Nov 21, 2013 - 5:27 am EST @theindpanorama 0

LONDON (TIP): Prominent British Sikh hotelier Jasminder Singh, head of Britain’s Radisson Blu Edwardian Hotels group is all set to take on his 86-year-old father in a bitter legal face-off over family wealth worth the […]

HC STAYS ARREST OF BHANSALI, RANVEER, DEEPIKA

Nov 15, 2013 - 6:13 am EST @theindpanorama 0

CHANDIGARH (TIP): The Punjab and Haryana high court, on November 14, stayed the arrest of Bollywood director Sanjay Leela Bhansali and actors Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone in connection with an FIR lodged against them […]

Europe

Planning wave of revenge attacks in Pakistan: Taliban

Nov 8, 2013 - 7:37 am EST @theindpanorama 0

DERA ISMAIL KHAN (TIP): The Pakistani Taliban announced on November 8 they would orchestrate a wave of revenge attacks against the government after naming hardline commander Mullah Fazlullah as their new leader. The rise of […]

DR. TINNA RUNS HIS 22ND MARATHON

Nov 8, 2013 - 6:27 am EST @theindpanorama 0

NEW YORK (TIP): Dr. Avtar Singh Tinna, a dentist by profession, has added yet another Marathon to his long career in running Marathons. On Sunday, November 3rd, 2013, he ran his 22nd NYC Marathon. Since […]

Indira was wrongly advised on Bluestar: KPS GILL

Nov 1, 2013 - 9:17 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): More than 29 years after the controversial Operation Bluestar in June of 1984, Punjab‘s former Director General of Police Kanwar Pal Singh Gill has claimed that then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi would […]

BANDI CHHORH DIVAS

Nov 1, 2013 - 8:13 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

The Sikh celebration of the return of the sixth Nanak from detention in the Gwalior Fort coincides with Hindu festival of Diwali. This coincidence has resulted in similarity of celebration amongst Sikhs and Hindus. The […]

India

FIGHTER PILOT RAHA TO BE NEXT IAF CHIEF

Nov 1, 2013 - 7:40 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): Ace fighter pilot Air Marshal Arup Raha has been appointed the next Chief of the Indian Air Force. He will succeed Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne, also a fighter pilot, on December […]

United States