Literally the land of the "five rivers" from the Persian words panj (five) and ab (water), the name "Panjab" (Punjab in English) identifies a large alluvial plain in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, defined...

Punjab [ˈpʌnʤɑb] (help·info) (Punjabi: ਪੰਜਾਬ, پنجاب, Hindi: पंजाब, Urdu: پنجاب), also Panjab (Persian: پنجاب, meaning "Land of the Five Rivers") (c.f. ap-), is a region straddling the border between India and...

Streets were deserted and shops closed across the northern Indian state of Punjab after Sikh leaders called a general strike Tuesday in the wake of a clashes with a quasi-religious sect that have left one person dead, police and religious leaders said.Thousands of police officers...