Pilgrimage to the Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara was suspended in March 2020 because of the Covid-19 outbreak. Captain Amarinder Singh and Navjot Singh Sidhu have urged PM Modi to restart it ahead of Gurupurab.
The resignation of Mukesh Berry was preceded by the resignation of APS Deol, the Advocate General of Punjab nine days ago.
Two Punjab Congress office-bearers also resigned from their posts following Navjot Singh Sidhu's resignation from the post of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) President on Tuesday,
Malvinder Singh Mali had questioned Centre’s move to abrogate J&K’s special status and said ‘Kashmir is a country of Kashmiri people’.
On Thursday, Sidhu had requested Punjab CM to attend the installation ceremony, stating that he had 'no personal agenda'
Amarinder Singh is learned to have reiterated his reservations over Navjot Singh Sidhu’s elevation in Punjab.
Speculations come as Congress high command is trying to resolve infighting in the party's Punjab unit
Navjot Kaur Sidhu was the chief guest at the Ravana effigy burning event where the incident took place and had said earlier that she came to know about the accident as soon as she left the site.
Punjab Chief Minister has declared one-day mourning in the state on Saturday.
On being asked about the role of organisers in the whole tragedy, Sidhu, however, evaded the question with a 'No comments' reply.
Sources said that the driver claimed that he was given green signal and had no idea that hundreds of people were standing on the tracks when the train crossed the area.
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.