In the 1830s, when Captain William Sleeman set about dismantling the thuggee networks of central India, the first thing his officers had to grasp was that the thug never looked like a thug. He fell…
[caption id="attachment_23924" align="alignleft" width="500"] Author:Austin Kocher[/caption] According to ICE, 47-year-old Peruvian national Julian Curo-Churata died in Louisiana on Tuesday, September 29. ICE did not report a cause of death and said the death was under…
TRACY, CALIFORNIA — Authorities have launched a nationwide search for three men indicted in connection with the kidnapping and killing of Avtar Singh, a 57-year-old father who was abducted from a Sikh temple in Tracy,…
[caption id="attachment_27675" align="alignleft" width="550"] AI-created image for representation only[/caption] Punjab is once again being offered a familiar political promise: that illegal drugs, particularly “chitta”, can be eliminated from the state by a fixed date. At…
An Indian airline captain, Smit Machchhar, was stabbed by his co-pilot during a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv on Wednesday, triggering a dramatic cockpit confrontation and forcing the aircraft to make an emergency…
On Tuesday, 29 September 2026, counsel for the Election Commission of India told Justice Saurabh Banerjee of the Delhi High Court that there are “certain apprehensions pertaining to national security” with registering Akali Dal (Waris…
Niranjan Singh’s political innings with Akali Dal (Waris Punjab De) has lasted barely five days. But the manner of his departure may prove more politically significant than his arrival.The former Enforcement Directorate Deputy Director joined…
At 3:00 PM on Saturday, 26 September 2026, the Election Commission of India met at Nirvachan Sadan. By evening it had issued Press Note No. ECI/PN/120/2026, signed by a Deputy Director and ending with a…
[caption id="attachment_27507" align="alignleft" width="550"] AI-generated representational image. It does not depict Raj Jit Singh Hundal or any other person named in this column. Any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.[/caption] For the…
[caption id="attachment_24558" align="alignleft" width="500"] Gurpartap Singh Mann is a farmer and former Member of the Punjab Public Service Commission[/caption] Donald Trump now has the beating stick and Congress has helpfully polished it. The Lindsey O…
