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TopicKhalsa

Topic: Khalsa

Vaisakhi is a season of longing, liberation, and a spiritual uprising against caste oppression

Today, Vaisakhi is celebrated with langar, processions, and fairs. But its real spirit lies in asking ourselves: Are we still brave enough to become Khalsa?

How fate of Khalsa University in Punjab’s Majha turned into a Akali-Congress prestige battle

An SC ruling has ended years of political wrangling in Punjab. Congress says move would ruin Khalsa College's heritage status. Akalis accuse Congress of politicising education.

Khalsa University vs Punjab: As SC quashes 2017 repeal law, a look back at the 7-year legal tussle

SC said it did not wish to go into allegations of mala fides in case & looked at two questions to rule that Khalsa University (Repeal) Act, 2017, was ‘arbitrary, violated Article 14’.

Sikh student ‘assaulted, turban knocked off’ during DUSU poll nominations, Khalsa College student booked

Student’s lawyer says attackers wanted their candidates to win DU elections unopposed & tried to stop his client from filing nomination papers for his batchmates. Accused is absconding.

SGPC & Quami Insaaf Morcha fight for common cause of ‘Bandi Singhs’ in Punjab. Who are they?

The movement for ‘Bandi Singhs’ started in the state in 2013, when the demand was first raised to release Sikh militants who had been languishing in jail for years.

On Camera

Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.