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.
RAJGOPAL SINGH
One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.
Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
KPS Gill will be turning in his grave.
According to lord Kejriwal, Punjab is the most developed state in the whole world