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Punjab elections
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Punjab Panchayat bodies elections on 19 September

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Polls to 22 Punjab zila parishads and 150 panchayat samitis will be held on September 19 stated Jagpal Singh Sandhu, the Punjab State Election Commissioner and from today the model code of conduct is in force. Nominations start from September 4 and end 7 Septe... More »

Rohingya Muslims
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Rohingya Muslims still in search of a home

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Thrown out by the Nobel Prize laureate Aung Sang Suu Kyi led Myanmar government following organised ethnic cleansing one year ago, the Rohingya Muslims are still in search of a home with Bangladesh and Myanmar negotiating return to Rakhine from where they were... More »

Dera Sauda
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Dera Sauda, one year on since pseudo-Baba arrest

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A year ago, there was mayhem on the streets of Panchkula, near Chandigarh when Dera Sauda followers went berserk after the pseudo-saint Gurmeet Ram Rahim was sentenced for 20 years for rape of his lady followers. One year ago, the followers have dwindled, prop... More »

Kartarpur
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Kartarpur corridor is a prayer, which must come true

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Bhabishan Singh Goraya has been campaigning for the Kartarpur corridor since 1994, when he visited the Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib and found it in shambles. After chastising Navjot Singh Sidhu, now the Punjab CM Amarinder Singh has written a note to Indian Extern... More »

Hisar
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Sikh family in Hisar still not out of the red

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In an inebriated state, four law students, one of whom is a son of the local politician and Bar Council chief of Hisar, beat up a Sikh family outside a restaurant. To add insult to injury, attempt to murder charges are framed against the Sikh family including ... More »