The film, “Satluj”, tells the story of Jaswant Singh Khalra, a rights activist allegedly tortured and killed by police in 1995 after having investigated thousands of cases of disappearances and presumed extrajudicial killings during a brutal government crackdown in the state. Viewers showed up for a screening in the temple courtyard in Gurdaspur district even…
His youngest daughter played a pivotal part in fighting for women’s rights. Source link
World champion Jaismine Lamboria targets Commonwealth gold in Glasgow Games. Source link
July 27 (Reuters) – Dollar-inflow schemes announced by the central bank in June have brought in ‌close to $32 billion, the central bank governor, ‌Sanjay Malhotra, told The Hindu Businessline newspaper in an interview published ​on Monday. The inflows are likely to boost India’s balance of payments, he said. Here are some key comments: •…
India’s athletics campaign at the Commonwealth Games 2026 starts on Monday, July 27, headlined by a three-way contest in the men’s high jump final. National record holder Sarvesh Kushare, former record holder Tejaswin Shankar and Aadarsh Ram Jothi Shankar all line up in the final today. Sarvesh Kushare and Tejaswin Shankar will be the big…
At a Sikh temple in India’s Punjab state, a crowd gathered to watch a film that has drawn authorities’ ire, recounting the horrors surrounding a separatist insurgency in the 1980s-90s. The film, “Satluj”, tells the story of Jaswant Singh Khalra, a rights activist allegedly tortured and killed by police in 1995 after having investigated thousands…
India’s Jadumani Singh and Preeti Pawar progressed to the quarter-finals of their respective events at the Commonwealth Games 2026 boxing competition in Glasgow on Sunday. Jadumani Singh, competing in the men’s 55kg round of 16, outboxed Pakistan’s Sumama Rehman to claim a comprehensive 5-0 unanimous decision victory at the Scottish Event Campus. Despite a significant…
A total of 24 boxers have progressed to the quarter-finals, putting them within one victory of securing at least a bronze medal at Glasgow 2026. Amongst them was India’s Preeti Preeti, winner of the 2026 Asian Elite Championship in April. She faced Malawi’s Deborah Mtenje in the Women’s 54kg tournament, beating her by referee’s stoppage…
The new defence secretary accused Iran and Russia of “sabre rattling”. Source link
Abhijeet Dipke peered at the phone screen to see with his own eyes if what he’d just heard was true. For more than two months, Mr. Dipke had led a protest movement demanding the resignation of India’s education minister — and now, he had gotten his wish. Mr. Dipke fell to his knees and repeatedly…
