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Bibi Jagir Kaur still getting VVIP treatment in jail

Kapurthala, Punjab: Strict steps adopted by the officials of Modern Jail here after media expose regarding preferential treatment to VIP inmate Bibi Jagir Kaur is perhaps taking a toll only on the ordinary visitors. The common visitors had to wait ...

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Jail lifts curbs on Balwant Singh Rajoana, no solitary confinement

Patiala, Punjab: Balwant Singh Rajoana was on Tuesday taken out of solitary confinement and allowed to meet with other convicts in Patiala jail following orders from the office of Inspector General (Prisons) Jagjit Singh. Rajoana had been locked in a ...

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Question mark hangs over Sangat TV future

Lonson, UK: The future of Sikh religious channel, Sangat TV is looking bleak after BSkyB issued the channel with a termination notice for unpaid EPG fees. Looking at the documents BizAsia.co.uk has in its possession, Regis 1 Ltd – the ...

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Court orders Govt to pay compensation for illegal killing and disappearances of sikh youth during 80’s

Chandigarh, Punjab: Years after militancy was crushed in Punjab, justice has been done to the families of youths who were picked up by the police, killed and cremated in gross violation of human rights. Closing the 16-year-old Punjab mass cremation ...

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