Punjab
First incident of braid chopping of a Sikh boy reported in Punjab
Amritsar: The braid chopping incidents have shocked the North Indian states Haryana, Rajasthan, Delhi and Punjab. According to the reports, the incidents happened in these states where the unidentified people chopped the braids of girls and women.
Dal Khalsa pledges a peaceful struggle for complete independence of Punjab
On 39th foundation day, Dal Khalsa reiterates its commitment to peaceful campaign to the complete freedom of Punjab. Kanwar Pal Singh, Kanwarpal Singh, Dal Khalsa leader said, “For us the challenge is to find creative ways of continuing our non-violent struggle notwithstanding the state repression. We wish to pass on the baton of the struggle to our next young generation with a positive message.”
Protesting jobless teachers in Mohali booked for murder bid on cop
SAS Nagar: The Mohali police on Sunday booked around 150 protesting Teachers Eligibility Test (TET)-qualified unemployed teachers for attempt to murder after some of them allegedly threw petrol on a cop.
They lived and died together
Moga: Four friends were killed after a car, they were travelling in, had a head-on collision with a truck at Kot Isse Khan town of Moga on Sunday late night.
Chandigarh stalking case: BJP MP Subramanian Swamy to file PIL
New Delhi: BJP MP Subramanian Swamy today said he will file a Public-Interest Litigation (PIL) in Chandigarh in connection with IAS officer’s daughter allegedly being stalked by BJP state chief Subhash Barala’s son and a friend.
Stalking of girls is there but 'Vikas' is not evident anywhere?
Munish Nagar: When the BJP won the general elections in 2014, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi stressed on the development (Vikas) and also gave a slogan of ‘Save the girl child.’
Sikhs one of the top targets of hate crimes in US: Community leaders
Washington: Sikhs are one of the top targets of hate crimes and sectarian violence in the US, the community leaders have said as they remembered victims of the 2012 mass shooting by a white supremacist that claimed the lives of six Sikhs at a Gurdwara in the Wisconsin city. Several eminent Sikh-Americans from across the US, lawmakers, government officials and local leaders participated in prayers held on the weekend to mark the five-year anniversary of the mass shooting.
More braid-cutting cases surface, police puzzled
Moga: With three more incidents of braid-cutting being reported in the state, the police continued to remain clueless about such cases. A 55-year-old woman hailing from Mandheke village in Moga has alleged that her hair was chopped off on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday.
Social boycott: SC panel team visits Sangrur village
Sangrur: A three-member team of the Punjab Scheduled Castes Commission today visited Dhandiwal village following allegations of social boycott of Dalit labourers by upper caste farmers over the rate of daily wages.
CM greets people on Rakhsha Bandhan
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has extended warm greetings to all Punjabis across the globe on the auspicious occasion of Raksha Bandhan (Rakhri).