After being released from Patiala jail, former Punjab Congress chief said democracy was 'in chains' and there was 'conspiracy to put President’s Rule in Punjab'.
Today, the chances of the Khalistan issue taking the shape of 1980s seems least probable. Both political and economic conditions have undergone major changes.
Absconding Khalistani activist reiterates appeal for Sarbat Khalsa to make Sikh community's 'presence felt'. He also emphasised that he did not make earlier video in presence of police.
Centre must write off the debt of Punjab, which has been carried forward from the days of militancy. It also needs to make investments to industrialise it.
The video — which has gone viral, but whose veracity has not been confirmed — comes hours after Amritpal is believed to have given police the slip in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur.
The real danger in Punjab lies in dysfunctional politics, competitive communalism and a dysfunctional economy—all of which conspire to generate a crisis.
As Amritpal remains absconding, people's sentiments are varied about absconding self-styled preacher in Malwa & Majha regions. Queries about Khalistan evoke guarded response.
If demand isn’t met, Akal Takht to decide 'further course of action'. Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh had this week said cops picked up innocent boys in crackdown against radical preacher.
Haryana, Punjab have passed a resolution against Himachal's cess on hydropower projects even as the latter has claimed it is within its rights to do so as water is a state subject.
The minerals that Pakistan purports to offer to the US are either in quantities too small to matter, of a type that the US does not need, or would be much more easily sourced from other partners.
Open to public feedback until 26 November, the revised guidelines, among other changes, give CA firms more flexibility to advertise & promote their services.
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.
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