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‘Handcuffed, Legs Chained, 40-Hour Long Ordeal’: Indians Deported on US Military Plane

06.02.2025 7

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Kusum Arora

‘Never Thought She’d Be Sent Back in a Month’: Families Grapple With Deportation of Kin From US

05.02.2025 10

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US Plane Carrying 104 Deported Indian Migrants Lands in Amritsar

05.02.2025 10

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The Tale of Two Films: Ranaut's Emergency Faces SGPC Protests, Dosanjh's Panjab '95 to Release Abroad

19.01.2025 20

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'Will Fight Tooth and Nail': Why Farmers in Punjab Are Against the Draft Agriculture Marketing Policy

Jalandhar: Amidst the ongoing 10-month long protest at Shambu border in which farmers are pushing for a Minimum Support Price (MSP), the Union...

24.12.2024 6

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'No Solution Unless All Farmer Unions Come Together,' Says Rakesh Tikait at Khanauri Protest Site

Jalandhar: Senior Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) leader and Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson Rakesh Tikait on Friday (December 13) urged all...

14.12.2024 5

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‘Kale Pani da Morcha’ Holds Protest to Block the Flow of Toxic Industrial Waste Into Sutlej River

Jalandhar: After activists associated with the Kale Pani da Morcha (War against black water) held a protest to block the flow of toxic industrial...

05.12.2024 2

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Farmers in Punjab Carry Out Indefinite Blockade of Highway Over Poor Lifting of Paddy

Jalandhar: Four days after Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann assured the lifting of paddy from the state’s grain markets, farmers from various...

22.10.2024 1

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As Paddy Glut Pushes Punjab Towards Major Agrarian Crisis, Questions Over Mann and Modi Govts' Delayed Response

Jalandhar: A major agrarian crisis following a paddy glut and poor lifting of the crop has left farmers, commission agents, rice millers and...

18.10.2024 10

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'Punjab Govt Not Serious', Environmentalists to Block Flow of Effluents into Budha Nala Starting Today

Jalandhar: A month after they staged ‘Kale Pani da Morcha (war against black water), a civil movement to save Punjab’s Sutlej river from the toxic...

01.10.2024 4

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At Haryana Kisan Mahapanchayat, Farmer Outfits Urge Public to Not Vote for BJP in Assembly Elections

Jalandhar: Raising the pitch for a minimum support price (MSP) law and justice for farmers, the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) and Samyukt Kisan Morcha...

23.09.2024 5

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Pager Explosions in Lebanon Kill 8, Including Hezbollah Cadre; Thousands More Injured

At least eight people were killed and thousands more were injured after a number of handheld pagers exploded across Lebanon on Tuesday (September...

17.09.2024 3

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Injured, Betrayed, Salaries Robbed: Back Home After Russian Army Stint, Indian Men Blame Travel Agents

Jalandhar: Some of the young men who have returned to India from the battlefield after having been forced to fight for Russia say they are shell-...

16.09.2024 4

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Fearing Deportation, International Students Protest Canada's Pullback of Work Permit Extension

Jalandhar: Fearing deportation and an uncertain future, international students from India held protests against the Canadian government’s decision...

08.09.2024 1

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Akal Takht Declares SAD Chief Sukhbir Singh Badal ‘Tankhaiya'. What Happens to His Party?

Jalandhar: The Akal Takht on August 30 declared Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal a ‘tankhaiya’. In term, given by the...

01.09.2024 3

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Families of Men Trapped in Russian Army Protest At India Gate, Outside Russian Embassy

Jalandhar: As the nation geared up to celebrate its 77th Independence Day, a group of hapless families from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh were...

15.08.2024 3

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Haryana: As Kanwariyas Held for Ransacking School Bus, Hindu Outfits Protest, Demand FIR Against Councillor

Jalandhar: Five days after they were booked for ransacking a school bus over allegations of hitting a ‘Kanwar’, the religious pilgrimage of...

04.08.2024 10

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Haryana Youth Killed on Battlefront in Russia, Fifth Indian National to Die in War

Jalandhar: The news of the death of a Haryana-based youth on the Russian battlefront has sent shock waves not only in his family but among the...

30.07.2024 10

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CM Bhagwant Mann Emerges as the ‘Hero’ in AAP’s Jalandhar West Bypoll Victory

Jalandhar: Two months after a dismal show in Lok Sabha Elections, the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) bounced back by making a clean sweep in the...

14.07.2024 10

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Kusum Arora