By Jagmohan Singh
AMRITSAR: Strong group of Sikhs being led by various Sikh outfits today intercepted for three hours outside the Golden Temple when they came out after meeting with the Jathedar Akal Takhat Giani Gurbachan Singh and ready to move Chandigarh.Various Groups including hardliners in the shape of procession were heading to Chandigarh at Gurdwara Ambh Sahib to extend moral support to Gurbax Singh who is sitting on hunger strike for the last twenty one days demanding unconditional release of Sikhs detained in various jails of the nation facing criminal charges. CHANDIGARH: Senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka has been chargesheeted by the Haryana government for cancelling the mutation of the Rs.58 crore land deal between Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra and realty giant DLF.The cancellation of the land deal's mutation was done last October.Khemka was served the chargesheet at his official residence here Wednesday night, while he was away in New Delhi. CHANDIGARH: As part of continued efforts to invite investments in Punjab, Adaish Partap Singh Kairon, Minister of Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs, Food Processing and Information Technology had a high level meeting in Delhi today with Japanese delegation consisting of Tamaki Tsukada, Minister (Economic) and Tomofumi Fukamiya, First Secretary from Japanese Embassy in India. JALANDHAR: Dabur Mumbai Magicians face a do-or-die battle when they take on Jaypee Punjab Warriors in their fifth encounter of the Hockey India League (HIL) at the Surjit Singh stadium here Thursday. The Ric Charlesworth-coached side has failed to win any of their league encounters so far and need inspiration to turn their fortunes around in the tournament's inaugural edition.
By Vinod Gupta
CHANDIGARH: All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has opposed the proposed amendment in Electricity Act 2003 regarding provision of supply licensee who will supply electricity in a particular area.  JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's first black president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela has died, South African President Jacob Zuma announced here late Thursday. He was 95.Freedom fighter, prisoner, moral compass and South Africa's symbol of the struggle against racial oppression. That was Nelson Mandela, who emerged from prison after 27 years to lead his country out of decades of apartheid.
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Government has constituted a Publicity Committee under the Chairmanship of Principal Secretary, Information and Public Relations Punjab for Punjabi NRI Sammelan being organized on January 10 & 11, 2014 at Chandigarh and Jalandhar.
NEW DELHI: Delhi shattered previous records as it registered 65.86 percent voting in Wednesday’s assembly elections, an Election Commission official said Thursday.
 By Harish Monga Didi
FEROZEPUR: The 9th Mohan Lal Bhaskar Art and Theatre Festival in memory of an author of masterpiece book “I was India’s spy in Pakistan” late Mohan Lal Bhaskar was organized by Bhaskar Foundation at Manav Mandir Senior Secondary School.
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Governor and Administrator, UT, Chandigarh, Shivraj V. Patil, today inaugurated Chrysanthemum Show at the Terraced Gardens in Sector 33, Chandigarh.
 By Balbir Singh
INDIANAPOLIS: US India Economic Forum president Raju Chinthala met with Louisiana Governor Piyus Bobby Jindal during his visit to Indianapolis on the invitation of Indiana Republican Party to speak at their Fall Dinner. Raju Chinthala, who is also president of the Indianapolis Hyderbad Sister City Committee, extended warm welcome to 42-year-old Mr Jindal who he is one of the top 10 Republican presidential contenders for 2016.
By Sameer Kaura
PHAGWARA: The Phagwara Police today succeeded to bust an Inter-District Gang of the robbers and arrested its five members.
CHANDIGARH: The Education Department today exhorted all Principals and Heads of schools in state to ensure the healthy participation of students up to 15 years of age in ensuing 43rd Universal Postal Union (UPU) letter writing competition to be held at Chandigarh on January 5, 2013.
The Wife Donated the Liver When Everything Else Failed
BANGLORE:(Business Wire India): HCG Hospitals, organized a press conference on treating 36 year old Indian from USA, diagnosed with liver cirrhosis, underwent marathon 16 hour liver transplant surgery, with the organ donated from his wife.
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By Vijyender Sharma
SHIMLA: In 1982, at young age of 19 as student of BSc.II, Ajay Sharma of indian hilly state Himachal Pardesh pointed out the limitation of Newton’s Second Law of Motion e.g. under certain conditions it predicts undefined mass (m=F/a =0/0). None cared him even in the wildest dream.
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By Gagandeep Ahuja
PATIALA: The Seventeen Punjabis who have rescued from the gallows in Dubai has now settling here by tying nuptial and started doing petty works here in Punjab. Dubai based Businessman cum Philanthropist SP Singh Oberoi said here today that as many as 5 persons have started their matrimony life and also started working here by adopting their parental work or have joined jobs in private company.
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By Uma Ramasubramanian
MUMBAI: Having a star actor-filmmaker like Aamir Khan as her husband doesn't give Kiran Rao reason enough to either cast him in a movie or compete with him at the box office. The "Dhobi Ghat" director will be content if "different kinds" of movies can co-exist with the "changing" star system in filmdom."I don't think I will ever be able to give competition to Aamir. Different kinds of films don't need to compete," Kiran, who had teamed up with Aamir in her directorial debut, told media.
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By Anjuri Nayar
MUMBAI: Bollywood star Akshay Kumar credits the film industry for all the name, fame, accolades, adulation, lifestyle and luxury that he has garnered in over two decades, saying filmdom "means a lot" to him.Ever since he started with "Saugandh" in 1991, he has never looked back and the career graph of the 45-year-old has always spiralled up."This is my bread and butter. This is where I started... I am very thankful to the industry. It means a lot to me. In fact, it means everything to me," Akshay told media in an exclusive interview.
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