[caption id="attachment_17719" align="alignleft" width="350"] Author Austin Kochar[/caption] Yesterday I sat down with Doug MacMillan from The Washington Post for a conversation about his reporting on ICE detention. It was one of the most illuminating conversations…
India’s pulses story is a political economy riddle dressed up as a food-security success. On paper, we have done much that is “right”: policy attention has deepened, production has climbed, and the state has repeatedly…
Chandigarh/Jalandhar-Senior Congress leader and MLA from Bholath, Sukhpal Singh Khaira, today strongly condemned the brutal use of force by the Punjab Police against peacefully protesting farmers of BKU (Ugrahan), terming it a shameful and undemocratic…
Amritsar - Expressing deep concern and strong resentment, Karnail Singh Peermohmmed, Senior Vice President of Shiromani Akali Dal (Punar Surjit) and Patron of the Sikh Students Federation, strongly condemned the sudden removal of Singh Sahib…
When the current Punjab government came to power, it carried the hopes of millions who believed that a new era of honesty, development, and transparent governance was about to begin. The leadership promised sweeping reforms…
The Sikh American community, numbering approximately 500,000-700,000 individuals in the United States, faces a distinct set of challenges that stem from religious discrimination, cultural misunderstanding, and systemic barriers. Despite being one of the world's fifth-largest…
The variation in imprisonment rates across US states in 2026 is extraordinary. Mississippi leads the nation with a rate of 847 per 100,000 adult residents — more than seven times the rate of Massachusetts at…
Punjab has long been grappling with one of the most severe drug crises in India. The illegal consumption of narcotics — particularly heroin, opium, and pharmaceutical drugs — has devastated families, communities, and the social…
As Punjab inches toward the 2027 Assembly elections, Sukhbir Singh Badal has once again stirred a politically sensitive and emotionally charged debate by openly promising agricultural and industrial reforms. Speaking at the February 17, 2026…
Between 2025 and early 2026, the Indian state of Punjab saw complex and evolving criminal activity encompassing targeted murders, gang‑linked extortion, shootings, interstate organized crime, and heightened police action. Courts were informed that from 2023…
