During the 1971 war, India blew up the Hussainiwala Bridge, which connects 15 villages near the Ferozepur border to the rest of Punjab across the Sutlej River.
As India-Pakistan tensions rose, the elderly in Habibwala and Jalalwala sent away their sons, daughters-in-law and grandchildren to safer areas, and stayed behind on drone duty.
They had just sat down to eat when something struck their car & a blast tore through the area, engulfing them in flames. All family members suffered critical burns & serious injuries.
According to eyewitnesses, a drone fell on a part of the victims’ house, causing a parked vehicle to catch fire. They rushed to put out the fire and sustained burn injuries.
Several people in Bathinda are stranded away from their families in Ferozepur, which went under blackout as Pakistani drones struck residential areas, injuring three members of a family.
On 4 May, Bakshish Singh was lynched by mob for tearing page from Guru Granth Sahib at local gurdwara. Family claims act ‘unintentional’ & 19-yr-old was battling mental health issues.
Police said Bakshish Singh, a resident of Talli Gulam village, allegedly tore some pages of Guru Granth Sahib after entering the premises of gurdwara in Bandala village.
Singh also alleges high-level conspiracy linked to Punjab CM’s office behind the ‘security breach’ that led to the PM’s visit to Ferozepur being cancelled Wednesday.
Like Turkey and Egypt, Pakistan is one of a handful of powers with the human resources and infrastructure to help secure the Persian Gulf as Trump’s America draws down its military presence.
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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