Bathinda, Punjab: On the one hand, a majority of Malwa farmers are growing two major crops — cotton and paddy — and on the other, 39-year-old Gurcharan Singh Mann of Tungwali village in this district has adopted crop diversification and ...
Read More »Preet Bharara confirmed as Manhattan attorney
New York, USA: The US senate has confirmed India-born lawyer Preet Bharara as Manhattan’s next US attorney who will oversee some of the most prominent cases like the prosecution of Bernard L. Madoff for his multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme. “As a ...
Read More »Paying a price for helping girl child: Sacked doctor
Ludhiana, Punjab: Dr Harshinder Kaur, a paediatrician-cum-writer, who was sacked from Rajindra Hospital, Patiala, for her remarks at a UN seminar in Switzerland recently, said today that she was suffering for raising her voice for the cause of the girl ...
Read More »Vancouver mayor to Punjabi youth: 'Learn Punjabi like I did'
Vancouver, Canada: “If I can learn Punjabi, why not Punjabi youth? They should not forget their roots and language. Learning another language creates better understanding. This is the beauty of our multicultural country,” said Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan in response ...
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