

Monday 29 September '08
With the demand for professional raagis increasing worldwide, hundreds of youths from rural Punjab are carving out a mellifluous career by getting trained in the divine music genre at the Department of Gurmat Sangeet at Punjabi University in Patiala.Friday 26 September '08
A woman who refused to undergo a sex determination test, as demanded by her husband and in-laws, was allegedly murdered at Raungli village about five months ago.Thursday
25 September '08Using their political clout, members of the Shiromani Akali Dal today bent all rules to hold a political function at Government Secondary School, Panjoli Kalan, and the students had to go without a day of study.Saturday
20 September '08Heavy rainfall in Patiala for the last two days has severely hit normal life. The impact has been so bad that the Sunami Gate near Modi College collapsed today. There were also reports of some minor breaches near Patran, resulting in water entering fields.Saturday
20 September '08In the run-up to the polls, former SAD MLA from Samana Surjit Singh Rakhra is taking the credit for getting funds for the city by apprising Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal of the dilapidated infrastructure.Wednesday
17 September '08A 16-year-old resident of Nepal was admitted in Government Rajindra Hospital, Patiala, on Tuesday following an alleged attempt to commit suicide after being tortured in police custody.Wednesday
17 September '08Former Pakistan skipper Intikhab Alam, appointed as coach of the Punjab Ranji team...Monday
15 September '08A ghastly sight awaits the passerby along the Bhakhra Canal in Khanauri village on the Punjab-Haryana border.Saturday
13 September '08The Punjab government has posted H.S. Grewal, an officer with a “tainted past record”, as Conservator of Forest, Patiala.Friday
12 September '08Newly-appointed Patiala Deputy Commissioner Vikas Garg said his top priority was the common man and the development of the city.Thursday
11 September '08Punjab is full of talented youth, who have enough talent to bag opportunities in movies, given their nature to work hard, said noted filmmaker Harry Baweja today.Thursday
11 September '08For more than two dozen poor villages of Punjab and some 1984 riot victims in Maharashtra, Surinder Singh Nijjar is a messiah.Tuesday
9 September '08The cash-rich Patiala Municipal Corporation has decided to start numerous projects for the city, including development works worth Rs 5 crore.Tuesday
9 September '08After the show of strength by former chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh on the home turf of CM Parkash Singh Badal...Thursday
4 September '08In 1708, when the 10th Sikh master, Guru Gobind Singh, asked the Sikhs to consider Guru Granth Sahib as the everlasting guru after him...Friday
1 August '08The Beijing-bound Indian boxing contingent left NIS Patiala on Thursday morning after a month...Thursday
31 July '08Even Sports Minister M S Gill’s intervention didn’t help matters as the Olympic-bound boxers and wrestlers ended...Tuesday
22 July '08With just three weeks to go for the Olympics to begin, members of the Indian contingent training at the National Institute of Sports...Wednesday
16 July '08It takes sheer determination to achieve a goal, and when that goal is to be the best in the world...Saturday
12 July '08Junior national champion Pushpinder Singh, who is among the probables shortlisted for the Youth Commonwealth Games in India later this year...Thursday
10 July '08At five-foot two, Anuruddha Rathnayake is quite short by average flyweight standards. But what makes him an odd-man...Sunday
6 July '08Navjot Kaur, wife of cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, was rushed to a Patiala hospital in a semi-conscious state tonight.Monday
31 March '08Man Singh shot a new national record in the junior category and bagged gold in the men’s skeet event on the last day...Saturday
29 March '08If on Thursday, India’s Olympic shooting medallist Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore had accepted that he was not in the best of forms...Monday
19 February '07As it started drizzling towards the end of play at Dhruv Pandove Cricket Stadium, the Delhi dressing room was drenching itself in jubilation.