By Zile Singh “ Cruelty is the strength of the wicked ” A week before, I was thinking to write this column on Holi in a normal way. In the meanwhile, I read on FaceBook a blog by Mr. Promod Puri, a retired journalist, founder and a long term editor of this […]
AMRITSAR – Guru Nanak Dev University’s move to adopt a song written by Padma Shree Surjit Patar as its official anthem has not gone down well with the SGPC. Reason: This song, “Nanak naam da taj ilahi…sheesh sajan wala”, appeared to have gained prominence in the recent events organised by GNDU. Traditionally, most […]
FARIDKOT – District and Sessions Judge Harpal Singh on Wednesday dismissed the anticipatory bail of former Akali MLA Mantar Singh Brar in an attempt to murder case. Brar, former Akali MLA from Kotkapura, is one of the accused in the case of unprovoked police firing on protesters at Kotkapura in October 2015. The protest was […]
Donates peripheral blood stem cells to 23-year-old cancer patient AMRITSAR – Amritsar resident Charat Singh (32) set an exemplary humanitarian example by gifting life to a young man suffering from cancer by donating his blood stem cells. Charat had got himself registered in 2013 with the DATRI, country’s largest unrelated blood stem cell donors’ registration […]
NEW DELHI – Senior Samajwadi Party leader Ramgopal Yadav on Thursday alleged that the Pulwama terror attack was a “conspiracy” to garner votes, drawing sharp criticism from Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Yadav, a general secretary in the Samajwadi Party (SP), also said once there is a change at the Centre, investigations will […]
It was a fun night hanging out with my buddy – the renowned singer-songwriter and now actor Balvir Boparai, who’s acting and writing songs for many Punjabi movies including his upcoming Nadoo Khan. The PTC Punjabi Film Awards, like it’s musical cousin PTC Punjabi Music Awards, which I also attended with my buddy the Bhangra […]
Nirav Modi Arrest on PNB Fraud Case: A top court in the UK had issued a warrant to arrest Nirav Modi on Tuesday, days after British home secretary Sajid Javid certified India’s request to extradite him. LONDON – Fugitive Indian diamantaire Nirav Modi was arrested in central London on Tuesday evening and was produced in […]
This appeal comes against the backdrop of controversy over the revision of gross domestic product (GDP) numbers and withholding employment data by the NSSO. NEW DELHI – Almost a month after the NSSO data on unemployment was rejected by the government, expressing concerns over rampant political interference in data estimation,108 economists and social scientists on […]
At least 50 people were killed and dozens wounded by a lone gunman at two mosques in Christchurch on Friday in what is the country’s worst modern mass shooting. DUBAI – A company in the United Arab Emirates said an employee was fired and deported after he allegedly celebrated the mass killing of Muslims in […]
HYDERABAD – The number of Indian killed in the horrific shootings in two mosques in New Zealand’s Christchurch rose to five on Saturday after Mohammad Farhaj Ahsan, the 30-year-old electrical engineer and three Gujaratis including a father-son duo from Vadodara and a resident of Ahmedabad were declared dead on Saturday. Another 30-year-old man from Telangana’s […]
