Finally, law catches up with Bibi Jagir Kaur
Bibi Jagir Kaur, former head of the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC), is finally where she should have been long time back. A special CBI court in Patiala last week convicted and sentenced Jagir Kaur to five years’ rigorous imprisonment for illegally confining her daughter Harpreet Kaur and killing her foetus. Although Harpreet, who was [...]
Rajoana staying, a step in right direction
CanIndia News Editor K B Kapur says, “communal situation needs to be handled carefully”
Rising anti-American sentiments in Afghanistan
Hardly had the hatred risen over recent condemnable incidents of US troops’ urinating over dead bodies of Afghani people followed by ‘accidental’ burning of copies of holy Koran cool down, yet another gory episode of ‘rogue’ US soldier’s killing at least 16 innocent civilians — mostly women and kids — reignited the fury at the [...]
Ray of hope for revival of hockey, sports in India
India’s recent glorious moments in field hockey at the international level are seen as revival of this particular sport in the country. Having touched dizzy heights in hockey and winning Olympics gold on at least eight occasions since 1908 London Olympics, India had been relegated to the bottom and even failed to qualify for on [...]
Another low in public behavior
We used to hear incidents of foul language, fist-fighting, shoe, chairs and flowerpot-throwing in India’s provincial and federal houses, resulting in frequent walk-outs and subsequent disruption in proceedings, causing immense loss of revenue and wastage of public money. As if these were not enough, political leaders made a record of sort in India’s southern state [...]
Punjab goes to the poll this week
With less than 72 hours to go for poll in Punjab, leaders of all the contesting political parties are striving hard to woo the electorates for their run-up to the do-or-die battle on January 30. Although it’s for the voters to decide the fate of over 1200 candidates in the fray for 117 seats, the [...]
Punjab warms up for big poll battle
Although India’s Election Commission has yet to announce the dates for the elections to Punjab province, the bugle for the final battle seems to have already been blown. Primarily, the contest will be between the ruling Akali-BJP alliance and the Congress. However, the Third Front called Sanjha Morcha, forged by Manpreet Badal is also expected [...]
No lessons learnt from tragedies
Organizers of religious events fail to learn any lesson from the previous stampedes in which large numbers of people lose their lives for the only fault of theirs that they decide to attend a particular congregation. In yet another tragedy in northern India’s city of Haridwar, 22 devotees lost their lives while dozens of others [...]