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Bhopal/Ujjain, April 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a heartbreaking development, the mortal remains of Gurkirat Singh Manocha, a promising young student from Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain, were brought back home on Friday following his brutal killing in Canada earlier last month. Gurkirat, the younger son of local businessman Gurjeet Singh Manocha, was pursuing a Post-Degree Diploma in Business Management at Northern Lights College in Fort St. John, British Columbia. On March 14, he was viciously attacked by ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Congress MP Manish Tewari on Friday paid tribute to his father V.N. Tewari, who was killed by terrorists at their residence in Chandigarh on April 3, 1984, and said that only some get to live and die for their convictions and therefore become eternal and immortal. He further said that his father was only 48 years old at the time. Taking to social media platform X, Tewari wrote, "On 3rd April 1984 - 42 years ago at our home in Chandigarh, terrorists assassina ...Read More >
Designed for urban combat, it is safer and better for close-quarters fighting ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * The US Army unveiled the M111, its first new lethal grenade in decades, made of plastic * The M111 kills using shock waves that damage organs, not metal fragments like older grenades * Designed for urban combat, the M111 is safer for close-quarters fighting than traditional grenades Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode The US Arm ...Read More >
Priyanka Chopra (L) Priyanka Chopra with father Ashok Chopra (R) ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * Priyanka Chopra visited the Golden Temple in Amritsar on March 31 during Mahavir Jayanti * She shared photos and thanked the temple management on her Instagram Stories * A viral video shows her performing seva by washing utensils at the temple Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode New Delhi: Priyanka Chopra is currently in India, and her rece ...Read More >
Senior human rights lawyer Harvinder Singh Phoolka, who has been fighting a long legal battle for victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday. Phoolka, a Jat Sikh from Bhadaur town of Sangrur, was earlier with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and was a former legislator in the Punjab Assembly. After joining the BJP on Wednesday, Phoolka recalled how he and his wife, who was then expecting, had escaped the rioters in 1984 after his landlord's family hid th ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 1 (PTI): A blast outside the Punjab BJP headquarters here Wednesday sent people panicking, with a social media post claiming that the "grenade attack" was a reprisal for the killing of "Sikh youths." Police suspected the object hurled was a "crude" device. No casualties were reported in the blast. A team of the National Investigation Agency visited the site to investigate the explosion, which occurred at around 5 pm, a police officer said. The BJP's state unit chief Sunil Jakha ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Senior Supreme Court advocate and former AAP leader H S Phoolka - best known for representing 1984 anti-Sikh riots victims in their fight for justice - joined BJP in Delhi on Wednesday. Phoolka's joining is seen as a boost for the saffron party in Punjab in the run up to the 2027 assembly elections. With joining BJP, the anti-Sikh riots crusader Phoolka also ended his hiatus from active politics. He joined the party in the presence of Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri, Delhi minist ...Read More >
New Delhi: Senior advocate H.S. Phoolka joined the BJP on Wednesday ahead of the Punjab Assembly elections next year, marking his return to active politics.Phoolka, known for representing victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh violence, described his earlier association with the Aam Aadmi Party as a "mistake" and said he believes the BJP, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, can address issues such as law and order and drug abuse in Punjab."I have been fighting the fight for the 1984 riots (victims) for t ...Read More >
Chandigarh, April 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh on Wednesday welcomed senior advocate and former Punjab Leader of Opposition H.S. Phoolka into the party, calling it a significant moment in the ongoing fight for justice and truth. Chugh said Phoolka has fought tirelessly for over four decades for the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and played a key role in ensuring punishment for hundreds of perpetrators. He said Phoolka's joining the BJP reinforces the values ...Read More >
CHANDIGARH: Senior Supreme Court lawyer and former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Harvinder Singh Phoolka, who has long fought for justice for the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, has joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). His move is being seen as a boost for the saffron party ahead of the state assembly elections scheduled early next year. After joining the BJP, Phoolka, a Padma Shri awardee in 2019, spoke about his decades-long legal battle on behalf of the victims. He recalled how he an ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The face behind justice for victims of 1984 anti-Sikh riots, human rights lawyer and former AAP lawmaker H.S. Phoolka, on Wednesday joined the BJP. After joining the BJP here, Phoolka said, "I've been a strong supporter of the BJP since my childhood. From 2014 to 2017, I was in the Aam Aadmi Party. We thought that we had come to this party to end all the corruption that existed under the Congress government at that time, but later, we saw that the situation w ...Read More >
New Delhi: Senior Supreme Court advocate and former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader H S Phoolka, best known for representing 1984 anti-Sikh riots victims in their quest for justice, joined the BJP on Wednesday. The move is being seen as a shot in the BJP's arm as it gears up to oust the AAP government from Punjab in the Assembly polls due next year. Phoolka joined the party in the presence of Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, Delhi minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa, BJP national general secretary T ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Mar 31 (PTI) Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka on Tuesday said that the state government would accept suggestions online from people on the Musi river rejuvenation project. Vikramarka, who heads the cabinet sub-committee on Musi development works, said the suggestions can be submitted online from March 31 to April 15. All valuable suggestions would be thoroughly analysed and the sub-committee members would directly engage in phased consultations with those who ...Read More >
New Delhi: A video of global icon Priyanka Chopra from her recent visit to Golden Temple has garnered significant attention online. In the video, Priyanka is seen performing seva at the Golden Temple, cleaning utensils alongside other women. Dressed in a simple baby pink traditional outfit with a dupatta covering her head, she kept her look graceful and understated. The clip quickly went viral, with netizens praising the actress for her humility and devotion. One user wrote, "Good to see that ...Read More >
Speaking after performing 'bhumi puja' for the reconstruction of Omkareshwara and Machileshwara temples on the banks of Musi river at Manchirevula here, he said the state government would do 'Shiva Thandavam' if anyone spreads false information about the project and attributes wrong motives to it. Besides the grand Shiva temple complex, the government would build a mosque near Charminar, a Sikh shrine with the inspiration of golden temple at Gowliguda where Sikhs live in large numbers and a chu ...Read More >
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued notices to the Union government, the Ministry of Defence and the CBI in a petition seeking recovery of books and religious articles allegedly taken from the Golden Temple complex during Operation Blue Star. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Ramesh Kumari, passed the direction, while a hearing of a petition filed in public interest in 2019. The petition concerns manuscripts, books and other religious items removed from ...Read More >
Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued notices to the Army, the Centre and the CBI on a plea seeking directions for disclosure of manuscripts, religious books and other articles allegedly seized during Operation Blue Star and handed over to the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC). A division bench of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Ramesh Kumari passed these directions on Monday while hearing the plea filed by a Ludhiana resident in 2019. The petitioner sought ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Mar 31 (PTI) The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued notices to the Army, the Centre and the CBI on a plea seeking directions for disclosure of manuscripts, religious books and other articles allegedly seized during Operation Blue Star and handed over to the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC). A division bench of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Ramesh Kumari passed these directions on Monday while hearing the plea filed by a Ludhiana resident in 2019. The peti ...Read More >
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asked citizens to unite to overcome the challenging times emerging from the "fierce war" underway in West Asia, while also cautioning against those politicising the crisis, saying there is no place for self-serving politics in the prevailing situation. "Presently, a fierce war has been going on in our neighbourhood for a month. These certainly are challenging times. Today, through 'Mann Ki Baat', I would once again urge all my countrymen that we must unite ...Read More >
The Bharatiya Janta Party on Monday (March 30) put up a united front as Suvendu Adhikari filed his nomination for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections. Former BJP State president Dilip Ghosh accompanied the Leader of Opposition as he filed his nomination for his candidature in Nandigram. For these high-stakes polls, the BJP has fielded him from two seats, one in Nandigram, from where he defeated Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in 2021. He is also contesting from Bhawanipur, the home const ...Read More >
Lahore: Around 3,000 Indian Sikh pilgrims are expected to visit Pakistan to participate in the Baisakhi festival starting on April 10, an official said on Monday. The main ceremony will be held on April 14 at Gurdwara Panja Sahib in Hasan Abdal, in the country's Punjab province. "As many as 3,000 Sikh yatrees are arriving here from India in connection with Baisakhi festivities," Evacuee Trust Property Board spokesperson Ghulam Mohyuddin told PTI. Baisakhi is celebrated on the first day of the m ...Read More >
The Supreme Court ruled on March 24 in Chinthada Anand vs State of Andhra Pradesh that a pastor from the Madiga community in Andhra Pradesh could not claim to be a member of a Scheduled Caste (SC) as he had converted to Christianity. The Court upheld the decision of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, which had reached the same conclusion in an alleged atrocity matter. Can a person of Christian faith be SC? A Bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Manmohan laid down that the Constitution (Sche ...Read More >
A high-level sub-committee of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Friday sought clarity from the Punjab government over the proposed "Punjab Prevention of Offences against Sacred Religious Scriptures Bill, 2025", saying recent statements by chief minister Bhagwant Mann have created confusion regarding its scope. On March 21, the CM announced that the government will convene a special session of the Vidhan Sabha on April 13 to amend the "Jagt Jyot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar A ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Mar 30 (PTI) Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has convened a meeting of all Sikh organisations on April 6 at its headquarters in Amritsar, in connection with the state government's decision to amend the law for punishment for sacrilege of religious texts. SGPC President Harjinder Singh Dhami, after a meeting with SGPC members here on Monday, termed the issue extremely sensitive and emphasised the need for a collective 'panthic' opinion. He said representatives of all ...Read More >
Jammu, Mar 30 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Monday rejected by voice vote a private member's bill by a BJP MLA for the protection and restoration of temples, including those encroached during militancy, in Jammu and Kashmir, with Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary citing existing safeguards. Choudhary said Jammu and Kashmir's strength lies in its tradition of communal harmony and equal respect for all religions, asserting that successive governments, including the present dispensati ...Read More >
New Delhi, Mar 30 (PTI) Actor Sonam Kapoor Ahuja and her husband, businessman Anand Ahuja, have embraced parenthood for the second time as they welcomed their second son. Sonam and Anand announced the news with a post on their respective Instagram handles on Sunday. The child was born on Sunday. "With immense gratitude and hearts full of love, we are delighted to announce the arrival of our baby boy today, 29th of March 2026," read the capti9on of the post. "Our family has grown, and with his ...Read More >
NEW DELHI -- India and Canada on Monday announced a slew of pacts, including a $1.9 billion deal to supply uranium to New Delhi, while setting a course to conclude a major trade agreement by the end of the year. "We are targeting to take bilateral trade to $50 billion by 2030," Indian Prime ... ...Read More >
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], January 27 (ANI): The Chairman of the Shri Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee, Hemant Dwivedi, on Tuesday defended banning the entry of non-Hindus in the Shri Badrinath and Kedarnath Dhams, saying that the proposal is being tabled to maintain the sanctity of the temples. Speaking to ANI, he said the committee plans to submit a proposal to ban the entry of all non-Hindus to all 46 temples under the Shri Badarinath Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC). Also Read | ...Read More >
Khadoor Sahib MP argued that under the democratic system of India, any elected representative holds the right to put across his point of view. Jailed MP Amritpal Singh Tuesday appeared in person via video conference in the Punjab and Haryana High Court and argued his petition seeking parole to attend the ongoing winter session of Parliament. A division bench of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sanjiv Berry heard Amritpal but kept the matter for Wednesday as lawyers continued to abstain fro ...Read More >
The annual martyrdom congregation in memory of Zorawar Singh and Fateh Singh - the younger sons of Guru Gobind Singh - and their grandmother Mata Gujri will begin at Fatehgarh Sahib on December 25 and continue till December 27. Chairing a meeting of the concerned officials, Mann said around 50 lakh devotees are expected for the 'Shaheedi Sabha' for whom foolproof arrangements should be made, according to an official statement.Major focus should also be laid on their security along with the clea ...Read More >
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