Artist Alak Kumar paints a scene from India’s partition in 1947 on the eve of the Independence Day Patiala: In the courtyard of his home in Mehas village near Nabha, 95-year-old Bant Ram narrates a story that has stayed with him for nearly eight decades — of a Muslim-majority village once known as Mahesh Nagar,…
Punjabi University VC Jagdeep Singh honours Partition survivor women during a seminar sought to bring women’s largely undocumented experiences of Partition into the mainstream historical narrative. Patiala: Nearly eight decades after the Partition redrew the map of the subcontinent and uprooted millions, women who survived the violence of 1947 gathered at Punjabi University Patiala on…
Congress Rajya Sabha MP Randeep Singh Surjewala Chandigarh: Congress general secretary and Rajya Sabha MP Randeep Singh Surjewala on Friday condemned the alleged lathi-charge and use of teargas against members of the Sikh community in Ambala on August 13, terming it a “black day” in the history of the Nayab Singh Saini govt. Surjewala alleged…
Hisar: A Hisar court on Friday sentenced a man to 20 years in prison for abducting and raping a 14-year-old girl in 2022.Additional district and sessions judge Sunil Jindal convicted the accused and imposed a fine of Rs 55,000.According to police, the man stalked his 14-year-old neighbour, a Class IX student, pressuring her to marry…
Ambala calm a day after police-Sikh protesters clash; tension persists Ambala calm a day after clash between Sikh protesters and police Ambala calm a day after police-Sikh protesters clash; tension persists Ambala calm a day after police-Sikh protesters clash; tension persists Ambala calm a day after police-Sikh protesters clash; tension persists Ambala calm a day…
Rewari: The widely circulated video of an ATM robbery on social media has turned out to be an attempted theft involving tampering with the machine in Dharuhera town of Rewari district, police said.Sisters Annu Kaur and Jyoti Kaur, residents of Sare Khurd village in Rajasthan’s Khairthal-Tijara district, have been arrested in connection with the case.The…
Punjab finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema Chandigarh: Punjab finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Friday termed Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s statement that “no Punjab minister ever contacted the Centre for release of the Rural Development Fund (RDF)” as highly irresponsible, misleading and a blatant lie.Responding to the Punjab govt’s charge that the Centre…
Fish aquarium shop owners arrested by Karnal police Indian Black Spotted Pond Turtles and Indian Tent Turtles recovered from fish aquarium shop owners Fish aquarium shop owners arrested by Karnal police Indian Black Spotted Pond Turtles and Indian Tent Turtles recovered from fish aquarium shop owners Fish aquarium shop owners arrested by Karnal police Ambala:…
Border Security Force personnel perform during the Beating Retreat ceremony on the eve of the 80th Independence Day, at the Attari-Wagah Border in Amritsar on Friday Patiala: The Internationalist Democratic Platform (IDP) organised an ‘India-Pakistan Friendship March’ from Nabha to the Wagah border on Friday, calling for peace, people-to-people ties and greater economic engagement between…
File picture of a landslide in Shimla Shimla: Himachal Pradesh has reported at least 177 deaths and suffered cumulative losses of more than Rs 955 crore this monsoon even as the weather department issued a heavy rain warning for Sirmaur, Mandi, Kangra and Bilaspur districts on Aug 15.Lahaul-Spiti has recorded the highest number of deaths…
