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12-06-2021 The Indian Kisan Union will hold a rally on June 13 demanding the immediate release of intellectuals and democratic rights activists who have been mopped up by the Center for illegal cases. The rally will be organized by the Indian… Continue Reading →
Paash, whose real name was Avtar Sandhu, was gunned down by Sikh separatists on March 23, 1988. It was a sheer coincidence that his murder came on a historic day that commemorated the martyrdom of Bhagat Singh and his two… Continue Reading →
Out of total 18 (assembly) seats for which elections were held this time round, within the so-called “honeymoon period” – i.e. within 100 days of coming to power, enjoyed by the Modi government, 10 were in Bihar, 3 each in… Continue Reading →
Neeraj Mohan, Hindustan Times Sangrur, August 04, 2014 First Published: 21:12 IST(4/8/2014) | Last Updated: 21:13 IST(4/8/2014) Intensifying their agitation, 10 out of the 41 undertrial Dalit farmers went on an indefinite hunger strike in the district jail here on Monday…. Continue Reading →
City on trial Author(s): Anupam Chakravartty Chandigarh resists luxury residential project but fails to rehabilitate its slum population to preserve its master plan A housing complex in the catchment of Sukhna Lake will affect Chandigarh’s only water body (PHOTOGRAPHS: ANUPAM… Continue Reading →
The Ekta Club comes of age The rebellion by a group of young women over common land in Sangrur exemplifies a newly assertive Dalit youth. The author witnesses the clash of the castes in Punjab Aman Sethi, BS S… Continue Reading →
Amaninder Pal Sharma,TNN | Jun 12, 2014, 05.20 AM IST PATIALA: Already in news for allegedly organizing a boycott of dalits, upper caste community of Baupur village in Sangrur district had announced that penalty of Rs 21,000 would be imposed in case… Continue Reading →
On the 30th Anniversary of Operation Bluestar, Ensaaf presents an eyewitness account of the Indian Army attack on The Harmandir Sahib Complex in Amritsar, Punjab, from June 1 and June 6, 1984. This exclusive interview reveals how the Indian Army… Continue Reading →
Mukul Sinha February 24, 2014 | Sikh farmers from Gujarat meeting Punjab Chief Minister seeking support for the agitation for land Sikhs from Punjab and Haryana went to Gujarat in 1965-66 when Lal Bahadur Shastri, the then Prime Minister, had given… Continue Reading →
Sushil Goyal Tribune News Service Sangrur, February 2 Over 120 beneficiaries of the Centre’s inter-caste marriage scheme have been awaiting award money of Rs 50,000 each for as long as six years. The pending cases pertain to April 2008 to… Continue Reading →