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The Valedictory Function of the on going Refresher Course in “Classic and Modern Indian Languages” was held at ICSSR Complex, P.U. Campus here today. The main attraction of the function was celebrated Punjabi Poet, Surjit Patar. He recited many of his choicest poems on the occasion, which included his old and new poems. One of [...]

Deliberations on the opening day of the 13th annual conference of the Indian Political Economy Association (IPEA), that began at the Punjabi University’s Senate Hall here today, centered around global financial crisis and its impact on Indian socio-economic and political system.

In his presidential address, noted political scientist and Vice-Chancellor of Punjabi University, Dr Jaspal Singh [...]

A UGC-sponsored Women’s Studies Centre was today inaugurated at the University campus here with Vice Chancellor Dr Jaspal Singh calling for an active participation of women in all spheres of life to ensure gender equality on political, economic and social fronts.

In his presidential speech, Dr Singh said the Centre should create a ‘pressure group’ [...]

The octogenarian poet, famous for his unusual sting as a hallmark of his satirical comedy, Mr Hari Singh Dilbar of Sirsa in Haryana will ultimately get a chance to see himself on small screen. His latent, though long-cherished desire will get materialised with Punjabi University’s Vice-Chancellor, Dr Jaspal Singh making a formal announcement to make [...]

“Punjabi University will start Punjabi Film Festival as its annual feature from the current year on the lines of Aligarh Muslim University, which conducts Urdu Film Festivals on regular basis. It will also properly document Punjabi folk art forms in textual and audio-visual formats and patronize any kind of effort with the objective of promoting [...]

Road Races of All India Inter-Varsity Cycling Championship, organized by Panjab University Chandigarh, culminated at Guru Nanak National College Doraha today. The winners of the championship were honoured in the prize distribution function, especially organized in Dr.Ishwar Singh memorial Hall of the college.

Principal Dr Narinder Singh Sidhu awarded prizes to the winners and declared the [...]

200 delegates from across the world including UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Germany< Australia, Japan, Pakistan and India are expected to participated in the second World Punjabi Conference being organized by Panjab University, Chandigarh. The conference wil be held on February 24-25, 2009. The university today said it is committed to the multifaceted development of Punjabi [...]

To The Farid of Punjab and other poems is the English translation of poems written by eminent Punjabi writer Santokh Singh Dheer. Dheer, who is a Sahitya Akademi award winner is known for the progressive writings. Some of the translations had appeared in the English newspaper The Tribune when they were translated by Bhupinder. Though [...]

Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today took a serious view of the neglect of Punjabi language by the Chandigarh UT administration as a medium of official communication.  Mr. Badal’s strong reaction comes in the wake of the failure of the Union Territory Administration to issue voter lists for the forth coming panchayat elections [...]

Extending greetings to all Punjabis, Punjab Industries Minister, Mr. Manoranjan Kalia said that the teaching of Guru Nanak Devji , knit the entire mankind into one Universal brotherhood. In his message on the eve of Gurpurb, Mr. Kalia said our prime duty was to imbibe teaching of Guru Nanak Dev Ji which are relevant forever [...]

Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today congratulated Senator Barack Obama on becoming the 44th President of United States of America, saying his spectacular victory would inspire the Indian community, especially the Punjabis who railed strongly behind him and hoped it would foster better and closer ties with India.
Addressing the media persons during a [...]

The Punjab Chief Minsiter Mr. Parkash Singh Badal deeply mourned the sad demise of noted Punjabi writer, critic and winner of Shiromani Sahitya Award, who died at Amritsar on Saturday after a prolonged illness.
In a condolence message, the Chief Minister recalled the outstanding services of Dr. Kang towards the promotion of Punjabi literature, Language besides [...]

Bikram Singh Majithia. Patron, Youth Akali Dal today congratulated 9 newly elected MPs of Punjabi origin who got elected to Canadian Parliament and said that their recent elections in Canada have the imprints of successful struggle of half a million Punjabis in Canada to find representation in Canadian legislative politics.
In a communiqué congratulating 9 newly [...]

Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today called upon the Punjabi writers, intellectuals and artists to extend whole hearted support and cooperation to the state government in eradicating the social evils from the society on one hand and to promote the cause of Punjab, Punjabi and Punjabiat not only in the country but across [...]

Making a strong plea for revolutionary initiatives for agricultural resurgence in Punjab, The Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today announced a series of measures to revamp farm economy through adoption of modern and scientific techniques.
Presiding over a day long interactive session with a cross section of progressive entrepreneurs from agriculture and allied fields. Mr. [...]

The Punjab Government proposes to setup a National Institute of Punjabi Language, Literature and Culture (NIPLLC) to promote mother tongue all over the world.
A proposal to this effect was came up at a meeting chaired by Dr. Upinderjit Kaur, Education and Languages Minister, Punjab held here today.
Disclosing this Mr. Harcharan Bains, Media Advisor to Chief [...]

Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today greeted Justice Anoop Singh Chowdary for his elevation as High Court Judge in Uganda.
In a congratulatory message, Mr. Badal said that it was a great honour and elation for Punjabis that a Sikh had been sworn in as a Judge of High Court for the first time [...]

Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today called upon the Punjabi community settled in India and different parts of the world to promote Punjabi language and culture in a big way as the charity begins from home.
Mr. Badal was addressing a galaxy of the Punjabi lovers and intellectuals from all over India and Pakistan [...]

Eminent educationist, renowned linguist and former Prof. head of department of Anthropological linguistics and department of Lexicography Punjabi University Patiala, Dr. S. S. Joshi died here today at Fortis Hospital Chandigarh. Dr. Joshi who met with an accident on 28th November succumbed to his injuries in the morning .
Dr Joshi held various important positions in [...]

Bahujan Samaj Morcha and former Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) activists today assured their support to the Congress candidate Jagmohan Singh Kang who was seeking re-election for the third time from Kurali.
They assured Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh that they had now realized that Congress was the only Party which could fulfill the aspirations where as [...]

Shiromani Akali Dal General Secretary Sukhbir Singh Badal today described the Punjab Captain Amarinder Singh’s road show as “this government’s “antim yatra” and a public nuisance, marked by lathi charges, delayed patients, fudged figures and forged photographs’.
“For five years, people of the state waited in vain for their Chief Minister to be available [...]

Shiromani Akali Dal President Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today demanded a CBI probe into the Rs. 350 crore purchase of coal by the Punjab State Electricity Board. Holding the Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh squarely guilty of direct involvement in the scam, Mr. Badal said that such massive corruption was one of the main [...]

The Governing Body of Beant Singh Memorial Society, in its meeting held at Punjab Raj Bhavan, here today, under the Chairmanship of the Punjab Governor and Administrator, UT, Chandigarh, Gen. (Retd.) S.F. Rodrigues, PVSM VSM resolved to speedily complete the Memorial and other components of the project, with focus on highlighting the Late, Sardar Beant [...]

The Punjab Governor and Administrator, Union Territory, Chandigarh, Gen. (Retd.) S.F. Rodrigues, PVSM VSM today advocated the need for active partnership and involvement of every individual in various human resource development programmes to contribute effectively to meet the changing needs of the emerging India and to create the new society of our dreams. ‘The time [...]

Punjab Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh released an audio cassette and Compact Disc (CD) of seven Punjabi songs of Punjabi film ‘Waris Shah – Ishq Daa Waaris’ by an eminent Punjabi Film Producer Mrs. Manjit Maan of Sai Productions here late last evening at Hotel Mount View at a simple but impressive ceremony. [...]