[caption id="attachment_27385" align="alignleft" width="550"] Mr Dhesi presiding over the metting[/caption] COPENHAGEN/LONDON: British Labour MP and Chair of the UK House of Commons Defence Committee Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi has used his visit to Copenhagen to underline…
[caption id="attachment_20334" align="alignleft" width="500"] Author:Austin Kocher[/caption] Carlos Josué Marchena, a 37-year-old Costa Rican man, died in ICE custody last Thursday or Friday at Winn Correctional Center in Winnfield, Louisiana, after many months in detention. Carlos…
Punjab is facing a serious and continuing challenge from drug abuse and trafficking. For years, governments have announced campaigns, launched enforcement drives and promised to tackle the problem. Yet if families and young people continue…
Every election in Punjab seems to bring a familiar promise: drugs will be eradicated, the drug network will be crushed, and a “Drug-Free Punjab” will soon become reality. Political parties hold rallies, launch campaigns, make…
Punjab has a statutory agency responsible for protecting the environment, controlling pollution and enforcing environmental standards. Yet a basic question increasingly demands an answer: if the Punjab Pollution Control Board is doing its job effectively,…
The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls was presented as an exercise to ensure that every eligible citizen remains on the voters’ list and that ineligible names are removed. The Election Commission says precisely…
SIRHIND: Sirhind’s truck and bus body manufacturing industry is facing a crisis that deserves far greater attention from the Punjab government. For decades, this industrial cluster has provided direct and indirect employment to thousands of…
The immediate trigger for Europe’s preparations is a deteriorating security environment. As India Today reports, French President Emmanuel Macron says Russian hybrid activity has intensified, while Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has warned that Moscow…
The reported proposal for a 50-year lease of Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport, Amritsar (ATQ) has understandably raised questions and concerns. Amritsar is not an ordinary airport. For Punjab, it is an international…
[caption id="attachment_26008" align="alignleft" width="550"] AI Created image for representation only[/caption] Author's Note: I wish to make it absolutely clear that this article is not intended to criticise, question or comment negatively on Islam, Muslims, Hinduism,…
