Member of Parliament (MP) Santokh Singh Chaudhary today wrote to Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh demanding that the one-third area of proposed land banks should be reserved for allotment to SC entrepreneurs and industrialists only. He said while the aim […]
Balbir Singh had unearthed a fake SC certificate scam at Alampur village The whistleblower of the fake schedule caste certificate scam at Alampur village in Patiala district, Balbir Singh, was attacked on Thursday afternoon. Balbir Singh, a motor mechanic, was […]
CHANDIGARH: The investigation into the post-matric scholarship scam could take up to two years as the Haryana state vigilance bureau (VB) will have to examine four lakh students who benefitted from the scheme, according to a source in the force. […]
Bathinda: Only 42% of farm labourer families have a pucca house and around the same number have toilet access, a survey done by a farm outfit has revealed. Punjab Khet Mazdoor Union (PKMU) had got a survey conducted of 1,640 […]
Ludhiana: Lok Insaf Party (LIP) chief Simarjit Singh Bains on Thursday announced that he would visit 12,278 villages as part of a statewide campaign against state government’s decision to “hand over panchayat land for industrial development”. Addressing mediapersons, Bains, who […]
Through their music, artists like Ginni Mahi and The Casteless Collective have protested the ways Dalits have been maltreated and marginalized in Hindu culture, often called “untouchables.” This article is part of a series of pieces covering or inspired by […]
Patiala: Tension gripped six villages of Rajpura sub-division as a team from Japan tried to survey the area, supposedly for a project on the panchayat land in the area. The villagers claimed that the government had proposed to acquire the […]
Bathinda: The family of disc jockey (DJ), who was allegedly shot dead after refusing to play music after midnight at a premarriage party, agreed to cremate the body after police added sections of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and […]
Dalit families gather to oppose the police and the district administration at Khawaspur village. The controversy over possession of land in Khawaspur village, 20 km from Tarn Taran, has become a bone of contention for the administration. While the village […]
Chandigarh: Having evaded arrest for eight months, former BJP working committee member and advisory panel of railways member Rekha Tandon surrendered before Loharu police in Bhiwani district on Monday. Tandon is accused of a conspiracy which led to a statue […]
