Punjab

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Punjab’s ‘Donkey Flights’ To The Conflict Zones Of The World

Widespread joblessness explains why Punjab’s migrants resort to desperate means to reach their final destinations. Dunki in Punjabi means to hop,…

3 days ago
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Stronger Ties With S Asian Govts: India’s Gains, Minorities’ Losses?

India’s regional politics are shifting. It is seeking to strengthen ties with South Asian ruling elites, including in Nepal and…

4 months ago
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‘Environment Protectors’: Punjab Move To Curb Stubble Burning

In a bid to stop stubble burning, the Gurdaspur district administration in Punjab has implemented a novel idea. Now, those…

7 months ago
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Why This Indian State Has A Policy To Prioritise Pedestrians

Punjab, in May this year, issued instructions to make footpaths mandatory in all future road expansions and construction of new…

7 months ago
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Punjab Farmers’ Group Holds Protests At Toll Plazas Across State

(Source: PTI) Punjab’s farmers’ body on Thursday intensified their protest at several toll plazas in the state against the Punjab…

1 year ago
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Not Allowed To Enter Chandigarh, Farmers Sit On Protest Near border

Punjab farmers sat on a protest near the Chandigarh-Mohali border on Tuesday after being stopped from heading to the state…

2 years ago
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‘Ban On Wheat Exports Anti-Farmer Move’

Farmers' unions in Punjab on Monday dubbed the Centre's decision of banning wheat exports as an "anti-farmer" move, saying that…

2 years ago
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Punjab Peasants Threaten To Launch Stir

Around 930 defaulter farmers belonging to the border district of Ferozepur in Punjab have been issued warrants by the Land…

2 years ago
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‘Security Breach A Gimmick To Impose Prez Rule In Punjab’

Facing flak from the BJP over the “security lapse” during the prime minister's Punjab visit, Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi…

2 years ago
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Conspiracy Behind Sacrilege Attempt At Golden Temple: SGPC Chief

SGPC chief Harjinder Singh Dhami on Monday expressed the apprehension that a “big conspiracy” was behind the alleged sacrilege attempt…

2 years ago
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BJP Rakes Up #MeToo Complaint Against Punjab CM

The BJP on Sunday took a swipe at the Congress over its Punjab Chief Ministerial pick Charanjit Singh Channi, citing…

3 years ago
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AAP Leader Calls Sidhu ‘Rakhi Sawant Of Punjab Politics’

Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday referred to "apes and monkeys" and was called the "Rakhi Sawant of…

3 years ago
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Scrap Farm Laws, Talk To Farmers: Amarinder To Centre

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday demanded immediate scrapping of the Centre's new farm laws, calling for detailed discussions…

3 years ago
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Punjab CM Cautions About Pak Amid Farm Protests

There has been an increase in weapons coming from Pakistan since October when the farmers began their agitation against the…

3 years ago
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Punjab’s Dalit Women Break Shackles, Seek Share In Reserved Land

Having stayed behind the veil for many years, Dalit women in Punjab's Sangrur have finally begun to stand up for…

4 years ago
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Haze Wraps New Delhi Again As Air Quality Plummets

Haze shrouded India’s capital city again on Monday, with residents braving dangerous air quality to return to work after a…

4 years ago
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Fields Of Fire Drive Delhi’s Air Quality To Unhealthy Levels

When it comes to air quality, there are few worse places to live on the planet than New Delhi, and…

5 years ago
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People Offer Prayers Near Ravidas Temple Site

Scores of people marching to offer prayers at the Ravidas temple site in the Tughlakabad area on Tuesday, a month…

5 years ago
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Angry Dalits Recall A Delhi Sultan To Protest The Demolition Of Saint Ravidas’s Temple

It was with some irony that the kirtan singers at the base of Delhi’s Tughlaqabad fort broke out into one…

5 years ago
  • Politics & Society

Pakistan opens 1000-year-old Hindu temple in Sialkot

Pakistan has re-opened the gates of a 1000-year-old Hindu temple in Sialkot city of Pakistan's Punjab. The ancient Shawala Teja…

5 years ago

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