On KPS Gill's 90th birth anniversary, his former colleagues, top IAS officers and others spoke of Punjab’s past, present and its social and political fabric.
Today, the chances of the Khalistan issue taking the shape of 1980s seems least probable. Both political and economic conditions have undergone major changes.
In his book, The Fragility of Order, Ajai Sahni writes about former Punjab police chief Kanwar Pal Singh Gill and the security challenges the world faces right now.
उन्हें कभी अपनी छड़ी के सिवा किसी और चीज के साथ नहीं देखा गया. उनके मुताबिक बंदूक-पिस्तौल रखना पुलिस अधिकारी की कमजोरी की निशानी थी. फिर भी वे जीतते रहे.
Gill was never armed with more than his swagger stick. He said carrying a firearm was an admission of failure by a police officer. Yet, he always fought to win.
At a memorial meeting, the Communist leader said if the former supercop was alive, he would have adviced the men in uniform who are make political statements today.
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On 26 January 1966, Indira Gandhi delivered a speech that was broadcast over All India Radio. This was her first address to the nation after becoming India’s first woman prime minister.
Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.
New defence strategy marks clear break from Biden-era Pentagon policy, softening tone on China & Russia, while pushing allies to shoulder more responsibility with less US backing.
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.
KPS Gill will be turning in his grave.
According to lord Kejriwal, Punjab is the most developed state in the whole world