Terror on our doorsteps Nov 30, 2008
This has not happened in India before, not even at the height of militancy in Punjab. No other part of India has had to face urban war like Mumbai on 26/11. (Times of India)
A tribute to a grandfather Nov 13, 2008
On Feb. 23, 1918, in a rural village of Hoshiarpur, located in Punjab, India young male child was born. Sowarn Singh Heer was the second son of Thana and Ishri Heer. (Vancouver Sun)
Praise for the peons Nov 8, 2008
Building materials were also sourced from across India and the rest of Asia translucent white marble from Rajasthan, jasper from Punjab, jade and crystal from China, turquoise from Tibet, lapis lazuli from Afghanistan, sapphire from Sri Lanka and carnelian from Arabia. In all, 28 precious and semi-precious stones were inlaid onto the white marble. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Festival of food Oct 29, 2008
Others were paratha, a Punjabi flatbread filled with foods such as potato, cauliflower and cabbage, as well as dumaloo, another Punjabi dish of potatoes and tomato-cream sauce ... The carnival will feature food from different Indian restaurants, such as Brahma Bull at Shaw and Marks avenues, Asoka Indian Cuisine in Selma and Fragrance of Punjab, a new vegetarian restaurant expected to open next week next to Plaza Ventana at Shaw and Marks avenues. (Fresno Bee)
Forging his own identity, Roger Khan seeks position on Lodi City Council Oct 15, 2008
Education: Degree in medical dispensing from Punjab Medical Facility in Pakistan. Experience. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Tuberculosis: An Ancient Disease Continues to Thrive Oct 4, 2008
"It will be very difficult to bring expensive technologies, machines and trained technicians on a wider scale," predicts Dr. Arvinder Pal Gill, district TB officer in Moga, in India's Punjab region ... In Punjab, retired teachers, shopkeepers and cured patients are paid $6 for each patient they observe completing an entire course of treatment. (Time.com)
Militants shake off Pakistan's grip Sep 25, 2008
An added woe for the leaders in Islamabad is information acquired by the security agencies suggesting the growing strength of militant organizations in the largest province of Punjab. These groups could carry out attacks such as the one on the Marriott. (Asia Times Online)
Pakistanis say 5 are killed by US missiles in tribal area Sep 18, 2008
Local residents said none of the wounded were from the area, but came from the Punjab ... It killed 13 militants, mostly from Punjab, and wounded at least 9, the source said. (International Herald Tribune)
Afghan-Pakistan militant nexus Sep 11, 2008
Some moved on to urban centres in Punjab and Sindh provinces. Others slipped back into Afghanistan or headed west to Quetta and onwards to Iran. (BBC News)
5.8-magnitude quake hits North India Sep 7, 2008
Meanwhile, severe rainfall lashed Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and northeastern Haryana. A warning has been issued by Met officials for the next 48 hours. (India Times, India)
Lost world found in Antarctica Aug 5, 2008
Shailendra Bhandari, the former managing director and CEO of Centurion Bank of Punjab), is joining Tata Capital as the head of its private equity business. ET Debates. (India Times)
Incorrigible Afghanistan Jul 16, 2008
It was quite common for Afghan people to cross the Khyber Pass when coming to Punjab, India. However, when the Sikh ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh came to power in Punjab, the flow of traffic through the Khyber Pass reversed itself ... Therefore, after the British established themselves as the rulers of Punjab, India, Afghans were free to cross the Khyber Pass and roam around the countryside. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Hair apparent Jun 5, 2008
83 metres, in Punjab. Other gems had to be classified for the first time. (Globe and Mail)
India 'decapitates' jihadi group Apr 4, 2008
SIMI was charged with "anti-national and destabilizing activities" for "making controversial remarks questioning the country's sovereignty and integrity", "working for an international Islamic order" and of having "links with militant outfits and supporting extremism/militancy in Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir and elsewhere". Critics of the ban said the allegations leveled against SIMI were vague and not adequately substantiated, that the offenses it was accused of and the provocative statements its... (Asia Times Online)
Pak forces falter under jihadi fire Mar 9, 2008
Trained to fight conventional war with the Indian army in the mountains of Kashmir, the plains of Punjab and the desert of Rajasthan, the Pakistani army struggles and fumbles as it takes on battle-hardened guerrillas in the treacherous terrain of the Pashtun belt. Theres another reason: Since 1947, generations of Pakistani army have been trained, motivated and indoctrinated to fight India. (India Times, India)
Basmati diplomacyIndia and Pakistan join forces to protect their rice farmers Feb 16, 2008
Farmers from Punjab have developed this rice over generations. "Our traditional knowledge of this soil, climate and crop has helped develop such superior strains of the rice," says Mr Singh. (BBC News -- Business)
The curtain lifts for Bollywood in Pakistan Feb 8, 2008
He said the movies will not be screened in Balochistan province or North-West Frontier Province - the most restive in the country - but in Punjab and Rawalpindi. "There is much money riding on the screening of Bollywood films in Pakistan," he told Asia Times Online. (Asia Times Online)
Fears Deepen after Pakistan Bombing Jan 11, 2008
"The target was the police force," Punjab Police Inspector General Nasim Ahmed told reporters at the scene. "Today's bombing was to demoralize the Punjab police, but it will not. They have given their lives while performing their duty.". (Time.com)
Paradise lostPakistan faces tough battle to stamp out Swat valley insurgents Nov 22, 2007
For a long time its primary focus was to prevent Indian tanks rolling across the plains of Punjab. The problem it faces in the north-western mountains is altogether different. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Raina: Gujarat 2002 Nov 9, 2007
Indeed, the Party has remained and remains a political force among Sikhs in the Punjab, and with time after the Bluestar operation (firing on the golden temple in Amritsar to flush out Khalistani terrorists), and the Delhi killings the Sikhs have returned to the Congress in a way in which it is umimaginable that Muslims will ever go over to the Hindutva forces. It must be recalled that subsequent to the Bluestar action, Indira Gandhi refused to jettison her Sikh body guards despite counsel... (Zmag.org)
Terrorist financing laws wrong for Canada, inquiry told Oct 27, 2007
"The people that we are failing are the people who've come here from the Punjab to escape the extremism that led to the blowing up of Air India Flight 182, but there is no effective oversight or regulation into those temples or into some of those other religious communities.". By contrast, he noted, India passed laws in the 1980s that sought to stop money from Canada being used to bolster Sikh separatist terrorist groups like the Babbar Khalsa, which is blamed for the Air India bombing that... (National Post)
Newsweek: Where the Jihad lives now Oct 23, 2007
Is there any problem in Punjab, Pakistan where 60 % of 160 milliion Pakistanis live. How many Pakistani citizens have ever been involved in deadly attacks against the West. (MSNBC -- International)
Nepal polls no sure thing Sep 18, 2007
The movement to create independent Khalistan in Punjab led to tragic events, including assassination of prime minister Indira Gandhi. In more recent times, India's own Maoist insurgency has spread like wildfire. (Asia Times Online)
The Washington Posts Amar C. Bakshi Aug 22, 2007
America: PostGlobal on washingtonpost. Ahmed Rashid: Bush Didn't Listen. (Harper's Magazine)
Pakistanis step up flood rescue; more rain due Jul 2, 2007
"We don't have tents. Some non-governmental organisations have made commitments but we've also asked the Punjab government to supply us tents immediately," he said. Punjab is the centre of Pakistan's textile and tent-making industry. (Reuters AlertNet)
PBS hires Hispanic documentarian to work with Burns on World War II series Apr 18, 2007
- The men, all in their 50s, were hanged at New Central Jail in Multan, a major city in the eastern province of Punjab, prison official Mobashir Malik said. The four used axes to kill two uncles and their families -- wives, children and grandchildren -- in the 1999 attack in Basti Lakha, a village east of Multan. (North County Times)
Quake hits Afghanistan, parts of north India Apr 4, 2007
The Met office in New Delhi said the tremor shook parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh at 9:05 a.m. ``The earthquake had its epicentre in the Hindukush mountains in Afghanistan,'' a Met official said. Slight tremors were also felt in parts of the New Delhi. (Hindu)
Strong quake hits Afghan areas Apr 3, 2007
Tuesday, April 3, 2007. Strong quake hits Afghan mountains; rocks India, Pak too. (Hindustan Times, India)
Quake hits Afghanistan, Pakistan Apr 3, 2007
9 magnitude on the Richter Scale shook parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh at 9:05 AM. ... People in several parts of Punjab, including Chandigarh and Jalandhar also felt the tremors. (Business Standard)
Jim Nantzs 63-day run historic? What about Marco Polo? Mar 26, 2007
Alexander the Great: Over a 13-year period beginning in 336 B.C., The Big A as he was tabbed in the tabloids conquered the Persian Empire, including Anatolia, Syria, Phoenicia, Judea, Gaza, Egypt, Bactria and Mesopotamia, then continued eastward as far as the Punjab, hoping to find the edge of the world. His unrelenting military march was popularly referred to as The Road to the Final Frontier. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
PAKISTAN: Quake survivors learn to walk again Feb 1, 2007
Tremors were felt as far away as Multan, a southern city in the populous Punjab province, and more severely, in the eastern city of Lahore, the provincial capital more than 300km from Islamabad. But it was in Muzaffarabad and in the hilly tracts of NWFP that the destruction was most obvious. (AlertNet)
A land of culture, history and ancient civilization Jan 21, 2007
The capital of the Punjab province, Lahore, is situated on the banks of the River Indus ... History of the Punjab ... This is the Punjab, the richest province of Hindustan in culture and heritage which derives its name from Panjnad, meaning "the confluence of five rivers coming together". (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
