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Farmers court arrest, end agitation
Karnal: As many as 31 farmers, under the banner of the Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) (Arya faction), today courted arrest at the Mini Secretariat as part of their ongoing ‘jail bharo andolan’, which was launched on August 9. They were later released.
Rich tributes paid to Bhagat Phool Singh
Sonepat: Paying rich tributes to Bhagat Phool Singh on his 75th martyrdom day, Urban Local Bodies Minister Kavita Jain said the Kanya Gurukul started by Bhagat Phool Singh with 17 girls in 1937 in the forest area of Khanpur Kalan village in the district had developed into Bhagat Phool Singh (BPS) Mahila Vishwavidyalaya.
Rival factions clash, Jat leader Malik hurt
Fatehabad: Jat reservation stir leader Yashpal Malik was among 12 persons injured in a clash between rival factions at an All-India Jat Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti (AIJASS) rally in Samain village of Fatehabad today.
12-year-old ‘raped’ in Chandigarh’s children traffic park
Chandigarh: A 12-year-old girl student of a government school in Sector 23 was allegedly raped by a middle-aged man suspected to be a drug addict, at Children Traffic Park in Sector 23 on Tuesday morning.
Memories of partition: Partition divided friends, says ?Hockey Olympian ?Balbir Singh Senior
Munish Nagar: The hockey legend Balbir Singh Senior recalls the days of partition and told that he was deeply hurt during the divide of Punjab. In an exclusive interview with Rozana Spokesman, the Olympian shared his bitter experience ?of? the partition.?
"Ji Sahib" Are we truly Free?
Nimrat Kaur: Seventy years of freedom and yet the question still haunts, "Are we truly free?" I am not talking about the women and caste shackles that cripple our society but the subservience to the British thought.
I-Day celebrations in madrassas in UP to be videographed
Lucknow: Hoisting of national flag, singing of national anthem, paying tributes to freedom fighters and martyrs and programmes held on the occasion of Independence Day tomorrow in madrassas across the state will be videographed and photographed perhaps for the first time. According to UP Minority Welfare Minister Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary this will inspire students and they will learn more about the contributions of freedom fighters, though the order has not gone down well with a section of Muslim clerics.
Burial of dead cow sends message of communal amity in MP town
Harda (MP): In a gesture that promotes social harmony, some Muslim residents disposed of the carcass of a cow lying unattended in an area here. An ailing cow had died three days back near the municipality-run cattle complex, located in Manpur area of the town. "About three days back, the cow died a few metres away after being freed from the municipality-run cattle complex.
India, China cannot defeat each other: Dalai Lama
Mumbai; Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama today said India and China cannot defeat each other and both the countries will have to live together as neighbours. The spirit of "Hindi-Chini Bhai Bhai" is the only way forward, he stressed. "In the current border situation, neither India nor China can defeat the other. Both countries are militarily powerful," the Dalai Lama said. Both the countries will have to live together as neighbours, he said.
BSNL Launches ‘Truly One India’ Independence Day Offer
State-owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd on Monday announced its new Independence Day Offer to lure customers. BSNL was the first operator to provide free national roaming on 15th June 2015.