At the IX US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) Leadership Summit, the United States Ambassador to India, Sergio Gor, delivered a statistic designed to flatter both sides of the relationship. The US Embassy in New Delhi,…
Punjab politics after 1st July needs to be read less as rhetoric and more as arithmetic. The AAP government’s launch of the Mavaan Dhian Satkar Yojna, with the first three-month instalment being released to women…
The office of the Jathedar of the Akal Takht holds a central position in Sikh religious and institutional life. The Akal Takht itself, established by Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji, represents the highest temporal authority in…
[caption id="attachment_20334" align="alignleft" width="500"] Author:Austin Kocher[/caption] When a person in immigration enforcement proceedings turns out to be the parent, spouse, or child of an active duty service member or veteran, there may be a legal…
[caption id="attachment_23651" align="alignleft" width="395"] Dr.Arjun Karki[/caption] Professor Dr Rajesh Nath Gongal is an academic and healthcare leader whose career blends surgical expertise with visionary institutional management. As a Professor of Surgery at the Patan Academy…
On the last day of its term, the United States Supreme Court did what eight decades of settled constitutional understanding had led most serious lawyers to expect it would: it told a sitting President that…
[caption id="attachment_23590" align="alignleft" width="400"] The Akal Takht, literally meaning the “Throne of the Timeless One”, was established in 1606 by the sixth Sikh Guru, Guru Hargobind, directly opposite the Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) in Amritsar.…
The recent statement made by Bhasha Vibhag Punjab Director Jaswant Singh Zafar has reignited a long-standing debate over the status of the Punjabi language in its own homeland. His reported allegation that an influential IAS…
BAISAKHI: THE SPRING HARVEST FESTIVAL Baisakhi (sometimes written Vaisakhi) is primarily a Sikh religious festival held in April each year; Hindus also mark it religiously, although Muslims in Punjab have traditionally celebrated it as a…
For forty-one years, the ghosts of Air India Flight 182 have stood outside Canada’s conscience. Now, slowly and perhaps reluctantly, Ottawa seems to be opening the door. The latest Hindustan Times report (25.6.2026) by Anirudh…
