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The BSP on Monday announced the names of 12 candidates out of the 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab, including that of former Punjab Governor B K N Chibber, who will be fielded from the Amritsar parliamentary constituency.The BSP said its candidates from 12 seats include a Brahmin (Chibber, who joined BSP last year), Sikhs, Gujjars, backward classes and Scheduled castes."The BSP is trying to fit in a

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Lån means Loan. There are different types of Lån. The two most popular ones are Unsecured loans also known as Lån uden sikkerhed and Mortgage loan also known as Boliglån. Let us check out the difference between the two.A secured loan is a loan in which the borrower pledges some asset ( tangible goods) as collateral for the loan, which then becomes a secured debt owed to the creditor who gives

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A special team of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has questioned one of the two women judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court whose names figured in the cash-for-judges scam here last month. The CBI officials questioned Justice Nirmaljit Kaur at her residence in Sector 11, CBI sources confirmed Tuesday. Kaur was the first judge at whose residence a packet containing Rs 1.5 million

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If you are seeking to stay in Amsterdam in a cheap budget, then you should stay in youth hostels. These hostels provide all facilities you will need without breaking your bank. Amsterdam also offers a few more affordable youth hostels. We can find cheapest kind of youth accommodation in Amsterdam. Youth hostels in Amsterdam provide housing where a number of persons share the same room and

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Played by kings, emperors and potentates, chess is called the "royal game" and Amritsar in Punjab has upheld that royalty by manufacturing the finest quality of chessmen. The industry established some four decades back, by a group of craftsmen now exports its products to several European countries.Presently some 50 such manufacturing units in Amritsar are into the business of making world-class

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Residents of a once flourishing village, Unkalia, in Punjab have appealed for help as an unusually high incidence of cancer has left over 25 dead in two years.Twenty villagers are still battling the deadly disease, which has afflicted more men than women in Unkalia, around 25 kilometres from Mansa district, a village of about 5,000 people. Locals say there is a pattern to the deaths and suspect

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Punjab Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) has charted a roadmap with special emphasis on medical and heritage tourism and is encouraging participation from the private sector.The government also has elaborate plans to spruce up Patiala through the Heritage Festival to be hosted in February 2006. The idea behind these plans is to uplift the status of tourism in the Punjab.Punjab Government

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In an attempt to encourage civilians to join the defence service, the Panther Division of the Army is organising a two-day Fauji Mela (Army Fair) in Amritsar.The fair which kicked-off on Saturday, has been organised on the occasion of the Army Day. January 15 is celebrated every year as Army Day since 1948 when Lieutenant General K. M. Cariappa became the first Indian Commander- in- Chief (C-IN-C

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About 20 per cent of the potato crop in Punjab was damaged due to frosty weather conditions in Punjab, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said today.Talking to reporters in Chandigarh, he said about 75,000 hectares of agricultural land in the state were under potato cultivation of which 20 per cent was damaged.If the weather will not be under control in the coming few days, then more damages could be

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A large cache of live hand-grenades was found in the Golden Temple complex on Tuesday when Kar-Sewaks were digging the ground here.Numbering 114, the grenades, mostly live, were unearthed near the Nanak Niwas building which falls under the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee complex.The police have cordoned off the area and were investigating whether these grenades were remnants of the 1984

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April 1999 marked the Tercentenary year of the Birth of the Khalsa. To commemoratethis event, the Government of Punjab envisioned the Khalsa Heritage Complex at Anandpur Sahib as an inspiring tribute to the heroic and poignant saga of the Sikhs and the Punjab.The Complex is built on 100-acre site. It houses functions that respond directly to the needs of the people — changing exhibit galleries; a

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Chandigarh, the twin capital of Punjab and Haryana, has transformed itself into a plant paradise as thousands of glorious blooms of Chrysanthemums graced the catwalk of the gardening world over the weekend.The Chrysanthemum Show organised by citizen organizations and school children along with the civic authorities of Chandigarh city won many a hearts with its vivid hues.The purpose behind the

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Ropar is a small city which is located near the Satluj between Nangal and Chandigarh. The city once called as 'Rup Nagar' is about 40km away from Chandigarh on the way to Anandpur Sahib.In Ropar, There are Gurudwaras and temples, where no. of devotees pay their homage daily. The lake formed by the Ropar head works constitutes a major tourist attractions. Its archaeological Museum and Bharatgarh

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On the 59th birthday of Congress President and Chairperson of United Progressive Alliance, an artiste in Ludhiana has made a wax statue of Sonia Gandhi.Earlier, Chandershekhar Prabhakar has made wax statues of great personalities like Mother Teresa, Rajiv Gandhi and President APJ Abdul Kalam. He says that he derived inspiration for this statue after observing the hard working and dedicated

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A miniature artist in Amritsar has made a tiny model of the bus to be used for the much awaited second bus service between India and Pakistan that will undertake a trial run on Sunday from here to Lahore.The model, has made by peace-entusiast and former Guinness record holder, Jaspal Singh. This model is two centimetres long and one centimetre high and weighs just five grams. Singh said the step

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Cheers, excitement, joy and above all reverence. These sentiments prevailed in the hearts of those during the recent procession of the holy 'Guru Granth Sahib' from the National Capital, New Delhi, to 'Gurudwara Nankana Sahib', the birthplace of Guru Nanak Dev, in Pakistan.Sikh devotees carried their holy book on a golden palanquin and travelled 440 miles to place it at 'Nankana Sahib'. This

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Annals of the reign of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the greatest King of Punjab, will soon be enacted on the small screen with a 200-episode serial being made on his life. The serial named as The Lord Of Five Rivers --Maharaja Ranjit Singh, will be a revisit to the days of his kingdom when he revived the lost glory of Punjab.With a budget of rupees three crore, as many as 23 cannons, shoes and other

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Be it a marriage or any festival, Punjabis crowd shops selling Bhajis, local sweets and savouries, the local sweets and namkeens. It is one of the traditional sweet of Punjab, generally disributed in special occasions ans marriages.Packed in various sizes of boxes, these are usually bought only to be distributed among near and dear ones. The sight of Bhaji', along with Mathis, Dry Samosas, Khurma

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Local body in Bhatinda called 'Malwa Heritage Foundation' has decided not to let the centuries old tradition of the State vanish. It is making all possible efforts to revive the ancient folk art and culture of Punjab. The recently organised `Virasat Mela' in Jaipal Garh village was one of those efforts.Organised at `Nambardaran di Haveli' in the village, the mela (fair) portrays a typical rural

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As the Sikh culture is in great danger, The SGPC has decided to built 100 khalsa schools across the state where Sikhs students will strictly banned to have haircuts.Sukhbir Singh Badal, the General Secretary of Shiromani Akali Dal said "This is a serious issue of Sikh culture and it has to be kept safe right from the school level."The event drew hundreds of thousands of participants in Punjab

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Many Indian pilgrims go through the expectant rigours and hardships just to reach these centres of worship. In Amritsar, many Sikhs opposed these kind of attitude.In Pakistan, there are hundreds of historical gurudwaras and ancient temples, which are held in great reverence by Sikhs and Hindus alike.Pilgrimage to Pakistan continues to be a daunting task for the Indian pilgrims. Its only out of

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Alarm and concern has spread across the city of Ludhiana following the recovery of the body of the owner of Metalfabriks Private Limited, Prem Nath, from the bedroom of his residence on Sunday.Police said that while there was no trace of robbery in the house, they suspected business rivalry to be the cause of the murder.

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It was an unforgettable moment for the people of Amritsar when a popular Pakistani Sufi singer, Sher Miandad, gave a spell bounding performance before a crowd of Sufi music lovers in Amritsar recently.Miandad's Qawwali gave the people of Amritsar, the taste of what a melodious performance could possibly be. Having a 700-year-old family tryst with Sufi singing, Miandad left everyone feeling

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Wagah Border is about 28 kms from Amritsar. It is the only border crossing between India and Pakistan, where one can view the ceremonial changing of the guard at dusk.Wagah is an ellaborate complex of buildings, roads and barriers on both sides. 'Retreat' ceremony takes place with the BSF at the sunset on the Indian side of the border.The flag lowering ceremony at the actual border line up the

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Hotels in LudhianaHotel Gulmor Ferozpur Road,Airport is 15 kms. away.Hotel City HeartNear Clock Tower, G.T. Road,Airport is 10 kms. away.Hotel NandaBhadaur House Market,Airport 8 kms. away.Hotel ShebaFerozpur Road, Bharat Nagar Chowk,Airport 7 kms. away.

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