Blame game continues over Dalit scholar’s suicide

Blame game continues over Dalit scholar’s suicide

Hyderabad : The war of words between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress Party escalated over the death of research scholar Rohith Vemula, who committed suicide at a Hyderabad university on Sunday.Here is who said what on the Dalit scholar suicide in Hyderabad. Met students of the Ambedkar Students Association, Hyderabad University. These […]

Badal mourns capsized boat tragedy near Panama

Badal mourns capsized boat tragedy near Panama

CHANDIGARH : Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today expressed profound grief and sorrow over the tragic incident of capsized boat carrying nearly 20 youths from Punjab to United States near Panama, in which all the U.S. bound youths from state are feared to be drowned. Sharing heartfelt condolences with the members of bereaved families […]

Activists challenge political parties for issue-based engagement

Activists challenge political parties for issue-based engagement

CHANDIGARH: At a time when established political parties in Punjab, as well as the new comer Aam Aadmi Party, are fast moving into electoral top gear, a number of intellectuals, academicians and activists today challenged the political players for a broadbased engagement and underlined the need for identifying issues, coming up with solutions and presenting […]

24 Punjabi youth suspected to have been drowned near Panama

24 Punjabi youth suspected to have been drowned near Panama

Chandigarh : In a repeat of Malta boat tragedy, about two dozen Punjabi youth have been drowned as the boat in which they were travelling capsized near Panama. They were bound for USA. The youths, it is believed, were being transported for an illegal entry by a travel agent.The tragedy surfaced as two of the […]

Attack on the Sangh Shakha an act of cowardness: Kamal Sharma

Attack on the Sangh Shakha an act of cowardness: Kamal Sharma

Chandigarh : Punjab BJP President Shri Kamal Sharma has termed the attack on the RSS Shakha in the Ludhiana’s Kidwai Nagar area as an act of “cowardice”. Strongly condemning the attack in a statement issued here this evening, Shri Sharma demanded from the state government to ensure adequate security arrangements for the organisations and people, […]