India’s performance on major global indices related to hunger, freedom of speech, employment, and economic well-being presents a complex picture of growth accompanied by persistent social stress. While the country has risen rapidly in terms…
[caption id="attachment_18176" align="alignleft" width="250"] Karan Bir Singh Sidhu, IAS (Retd.), is former Special Chief Secretary, Punjab, and has also served as Financial Commissioner (Revenue) and Principal Secretary, Irrigation (2012–13). With nearly four decades of administrative…
London-Residents across Edgbaston with mortgages are seeing significant financial relief following changes introduced since Labour came into power, according to local MP Preet Kaur Gill. Citing the latest figures, Gill said homeowners in the constituency…
The Bargari sacrilege case is one of the most sensitive and prolonged controversies in Punjab’s recent history. It began in June 2015, when a copy of the Guru Granth Sahib, the holy scripture of Sikhism,…
SURREY, B.C. — A well-known Surrey businessman was fatally shot at his farm on Wednesday, sending shockwaves through the local Punjabi community and prompting a major homicide investigation. Binder Garcha, owner of Studio-12 photography and…
[caption id="attachment_17719" align="alignright" width="350"] Author Austin Kochar[/caption] Last week, ICE agent Jonathan Ross shot and killed Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, just blocks from where George Floyd was killed by a police officer five years…
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has issued an interim final rule to religious organizations and their communities allowing thousands of religious workers—including priests, nuns, and rabbis—that previously were required to remain outside…
Ghanaur-Under the guidance of Shiromani Akali Dal President Sardar Sukhbir Singh Badal and under the leadership of Youth Akali Dal President Sardar Sarabjit Singh Jhinjar, a two-day special turban camp was successfully organized at Gurdwara…
On the auspicious day of Maghi and Makar Sankranti, I felt deeply blessed to place the first copy of my book—Sukhmani Sahib: The Guru’s Pathway to Inner Peace—at the holy feet of Sri Guru Granth…
[caption id="attachment_18308" align="alignleft" width="550"] Image for representation only[/caption] The formation of a Special Investigation Team by the Punjab Police to track 328 missing Saroops of Shri Guru Granth Sahib has intensified scrutiny of the Shiromani…
