Amritsar, Oct. 29 : People living in the border areas in Punjab are perplexed to hear Radio Pakistan making allegations that Hindus are ‘fundamentalists’ in nature.

People, including prominent Hindu seers, in Amritsar have taken offence to such allegations.

“One should not forget that Hindus in India have existed as an open-minded community. This is the reason why there could be three Muslim Presidents in the country, one Muslim Chief Justice of India, Home minister, and Chief Ministers in the past. If Hindus were not liberal, this wouldn’t have been possible,” said Swami Neeschalananda Saraswathi, Shankaracharya of Puri Goverdhan Peeth.

Ludhiana, Oct 29 : Though organ transplantation in India was started in 1971, the donations from cadavers were negligible. However Punjab has recently made a beginning in spreading awareness about organ donation and raising health issues related to organ transplants.

Through cadaver donation, different organs like heart and parts of lungs and liver can be transplanted to eight patients and can also benefit 50 others in various ways. But it is not practiced in India.

At the 19th annual conference of Indian Society of Organ Transplantation in Ludhiana, experts expressed their opinions on legal, ethical and social issues in organ transplantation.

After 3,988 cases and 49 deaths because of dengue being reported across the nation except few states, it is now the State of Punjab which is falling under the grip of it. Number of hospitals are getting cases from across the state who are now finding it difficult to manage the inflow of patients.

The difficulty is all the more aggravated as the government hospitals are not properly equipped with the facilities required and the patients are now being sent to PGI in Chandigarh or private medical college hospitals in Ludhiana. It has been reported that more than 50,000 cases approximately has come up.

Amritsar, Oct.26: A group of 370 Sikh pilgrims from Pakistan and some foreign countries crossed over to India on Saturday at Attari border in a religious procession to attend the Guru Ta Gaddi Diwas celebrations at Nanded in Maharashtra.

The group arrived to mark the tercentenary of Guru Granth Sahib at Takht Hazoor Sahib at Nanded. The holy book of Sikhs is revered as living Guru in Sikhism.

Five Sikh Priests as per the Sikh tenets led the religious procession.

Amritsar, Oct. 26: Punjab police on Saturday night seized 15-kilogram of heroine, which is valued at  750 million rupees in the international market.

According to the Senior Superintendent of Police of Amritsar (rural) police, Iqbal Singh, the heroine was recovered from one Mahabir Singh alias Tota Singh, a resident of Sarai Amanat Khan. He was currently residing at village Dhannu Harikae in Taran Taran district of Punjab.

“Mahabir Singh had buried 32 packets (15-kg) of heroine in the ground near defense drain, which is close to border village Raniaan,” said Iqbal Singh.

It was later discovered that Amritsar (Urban) police had recovered 17 packets of heroine from the same Mahabir Singh on some earlier occasion.

Mohali, Oct. 25 : ‘Oceanic Consultants Australia’ or the OCA group has today made a distinct recognition in the international market. Not many may know but it once started as an absolutely ‘nobody’ of the industry.

OCA group, which provides consultancy for education in Australia, won three business awards this year in Australia.

The group was originally set up as a homegrown Indian organization. Despite having started from scratch it has emerged as the market leader over the years in its segment.