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It might seem strange and astonishing how small ecological changes make a great impact on the lives of human society. Take in the point that with the decrease in the number of cattle and buffalo, the prized possession of the...
Environmentalist Balbir Singh Seechewal’s draped-in-saffron, dripped-in-sweat visage are the earliest images that the people of Punjab know of him. He became a household name during his pioneering efforts to conserve the Kali Bein (also known as Guru Nanak’s Bein) in...
The tragic death of 22-year-old Aditya Thakur, who was fatally stabbed during a concert on the Panjab University’s South Campus in Chandigarh on March 28, is a grim reminder of the growing violence in educational institutions. This incident, occurring just...
Once known as the “Sports Capital of India”, Jalandhar is fast losing its tag. The city once boasted of top sports facilities like Asia’s first government sports college and Burlton Park, where international and Ranji Trophy cricket matches used to...
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Waving a handprint craft of tree leaves while rushing for her home in Hoshiarpur’s Chadial village, a beaming three-year-old Jessica tells her classmates, “I know my mother will be waiting on the doorstep to see what I have got today....
All experiments in school education by successive governments in Punjab over the past two decades have failed to generate any blueprint for a comprehensive model of improvement in more than 19,000 state government schools. Former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal...
In the past one week, every political party in Punjab, the ruling BJP in Haryana as well as farm unions, have competed in speaking louder than anyone else on the issue of the proposed transfer of land by Chandigarh to...
In the backdrop of blame game between the BJP-ruled Centre and the AAP-led state government over tardy paddy procurement, an interesting political churning is taking place in the border state. With Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) opting out, rebel Akali faction...
Gurjant Singh, a sarpanch candidate from Laleana village in Talwandi Sabo, made the staff at the polling station in the village count the votes a number of times in the hope that the result would differ. As the Tuesday night...
A All 72 villages in Patti subdivision of Tarn Taran district have elected their sarpanches unopposed ahead of the October 15 panchayat elections. In Naushehra Pannua subdivision, which is part of Patti Assembly constituency, 56 out of 59 sarpanches were...
The electrified barbed fencing separating India and Pakistan runs along a "restricted area" that holds the ancestral lands of many Indian farmers. Although they legally own these plots, they face severe restrictions and bureaucratic hurdles imposed by the Border Security...
The Punjab Government’s recent directive to compile a list of police officers allegedly colluding with drug smugglers has rekindled the mystery surrounding the existence of such lists in the past. The story of these “black sheep” in uniform dates back...
Never before in the history of mankind has the pace of innovation and technological acceleration been faster than it is today. In Batala, once known as the “Iron Bird of Asia” for its famed foundries, the reverse is happening. The...
The Kolkata incident is a grim reminder to the women of Punjab of their own vulnerability. The recent past has thrown innumerable examples of women being exploited even by those in the highest corridors of power.This week saw Punjab celebrate...
Deepkamal Kaur On August 14, two-time Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MLA from Banga Dr Sukhwinder Sukhi surprised everyone as he jumped ship to join the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Even though four days have passed, he has neither officially resigned...
Ravi Dhaliwal They call themselves the ‘children of a lesser God.’ These souls are no longer captivated by nature’s capriciousness. Like their forefathers, they have become used to it. Waterlogging in 100 odd villages, a majority of them located along...
Neeraj Bagga The announcement of extension of the proposed Amritsar-Kolkata Industrial Corridor (AKIC) to Gaya in the Union Budget has ignited the demand for its extension up to Attari to further pave the way for its connectivity with Central Asia...
Of the BJP’s 13 candidates in Lok Sabha poll, six were from Congress, two switched sides from Akali Dal while one was former diplomat
Ravi Dhaliwal This sporting story is made in Gurdaspur and it has attained pan-India heights. Young judokas know if they do not work hard, they will either wither in the sun of isolation or fall at the fence of high...
Ravi Dhaliwal When we work, we work. When we pray, God works. In the fall of 2018, the Pakistan government decided that devotees from India can visit the final resting place of Guru Nanak Dev through a 4.6-km long meandering...
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