Five weekend getaways from Chandigarh that are less than two hours away
Nestled in the lower hills of the Shivaliks, they are close enough for you to recharge your batteries and return, without busting the bank or planning in advance. If you want to refresh your mind and body in a day, here are five getaways in the hills that you can choose from. Nestled in the […]Read More
Netflix series delves into the life of a police informer: Meet the Gurdaspur man behind CAT, a series on Punjab’s dark decade
From its creator to cast, language to locations— CAT has Punjab deeply embedded into it at every level. Currently trending as the No 1 TV show on OTT platform Netflix, CAT is an eight-episode series set in the 1990s insurgency-hit Punjab, on the many shades of the life of Gurnaam Singh, a young man who […]Read More
How a marginal farmer saved his son with a rare immuno-deficiency disorder without insurance
Raja Singh works extra hours on the fields and travels 250 km to PGI every month so that he can afford a life-long injection for 17-year-old Khushman What do you do when you’re a marginal farmer and find out that your only son has a life-threatening immuno-deficiency disorder that needs expensive treatment life-long? Either you […]Read More
When Lata Mangeshkar and Noor Jehan broke down as they met in the no man’s land between India-Pakistan
Lata Mangeshkar and Noor Jehan shared a warm friendship with each other even though they lived miles apart. Late singer Lata Mangeshkar, who passed away earlier this year, shared a warm friendship with Pakistani singer Noor Jehan. So much so that the two singers would chat on the phone for hours whenever they got a chance. On […]Read More
Governors as Ruling Party’s Storm Troopers
After the politicisation of investigative agencies, taming the media and defanging statutory watchdog bodies, it is the turn of the Raj Bhavans to join the big mobilisation. The misuse of the office of the governor for partisan politics is as old as the Indian constitution itself. It began with the dissolution of the PEPSU assembly […]Read More
November 26, 1982, Forty Years Ago: Assam leaders angry
The Assam movement leaders disclosed a fresh and angry confrontation programme of action, including a statewide 24-hour bandh on December 2, to counteract what they called, a “conspiratorial election” without solving the foreigners issue. The movement leaders also expressed their reservation on attending the projected New Delhi talks scheduled for December 6. They said the […]Read More
Demonetisation Was a Deeply Flawed Decision, SC Told
Chidambaram, appearing for one of the petitioners opposing the Union government’s 2016 decision, submitted that the right to regulate the issue of bank notes is entirely with the RBI. Calling the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes “deeply flawed”, senior lawyer P. Chidambaram told the Supreme Court on Thursday, November 24, the […]Read More
CAA-NPR-NRC: The Law Is Being Weaponised Against the Constitution
In a population of 3.3 crore in Assam, 1.3 crore have been impoverished and socially disbarred by being interminably denied citizenship. Indian Parliament itself is being used to dismantle the Indian Constitution, brick by brick. Amendments and new laws are pushed through without the democratic niceties of discussion, debate and dialogue, and never mind the […]Read More
Number of PM-KISAN Beneficiaries Down by Two-Thirds From First Instalment to 11th: Report
In response to an RTI inquiry filed by activist Kanhaiya Kumar, the Union Agriculture Ministry said that while the first Rs 2,000 instalment under the scheme was disbursed to 11.84 crore farmers in 2019, only 3.87 crore farmers received the 11th instalment this year. The number of farmers who received funds under the Union government’s […]Read More
Biography of ex-PEPSU CM Col Raghbir Singh released in Chandigarh
The coffee-table book, a pictorial biography of Colonel Raghbir Singh, spans 134 pages and has been penned by retired Punjabi University history professor SM Verma. A pictorial biography of Colonel Raghbir Singh, the former chief minister of the erstwhile state of Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU), was released at the Chandigarh Golf Club […]Read More
