Washington, The number of shootings in which a gunman wounds or kills multiple people has increased dramatically in recent years, with the majority of attacks in the last decade occurring at a business or a school, according to an FBI report. The study focused on 160 “active shooter incidents” betweenRead More

New York, Standing before his living-room mirror one morning in August 2001, Vishavjit Singh put his fumbling fingers to the task of wrapping on his turban for the first time in a decade. It slumped to one side. Then the creases were not crisp enough. Finally, he got it right,Read More

Salt Lake City, North American Punjabi Association (NAPA) expressed its serious concern about the 19 Punjabi youths who are detained in Utah County Jail and have been on hunger strike for six days to press their demands. Satnam Singh Chahal, executive director of the association, said that the detainees areRead More

Mumbai, Despite several days of hectic parleys between the two parties, the seat-sharing tussle finally led to the collapse of the twenty-five year-old alliance between Shiv Sena and the BJP which also saw the two sides blaming each other for not showing enough flexibility in saving the alliance. Addressing aRead More

New Delhi, Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani has topped the Forbes magazine`s list of the top 100 richest tycoons in India for the eighth consecutive year with a net worth of USD 23.6 billion, up USD 2.6 billion from last year. For the first time, the top 100 richest tycoonsRead More

 * Says FDI is ‘First Develop India’ for him New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched his pet “Make in India” campaign to put India prominently on the global manufacturing map and, in turn, facilitate the inflow of new technology and capital, while creating millions of jobs. The ambitiousRead More

New Delhi, Describing America as India’s “vital partner”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today embarked on his first visit to the US confident that his five-day trip will mark a “new chapter” in bilateral strategic ties. As Modi seeks to promote India as open for business and to mend ties withRead More

Chandigarh , Comrade Charan Singh Virdi, Secretary Punjab state Committee, CPI(M) joining the ongoing debate on financial crisis in Punjab said that Shri Badal should admit squarely that Punjab is in continuously growing debt trap . The continuing revenue account defecit and the growing debt has acquired astronomical figure of Rs. oneRead More

* Food processing industry to create primary collection centers to bring efficiency and reduce wastages Chandigarh/Mumbai,Union Minister for Food Processing and Industry Harsimrat Kaur Badal today announced that her ministry would concentrate on creating primary collection centres close to the food production areas to bring in efficiency in food processing andRead More

* Overall development of the state to get major push in the coming years * Alliance with INLD to have no bearing on SAD-BJP alliance   Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar (Mohali), Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today said that the SAD-BJP alliance government would completely dedicate itself toRead More