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5.3-magnitude quake jolts Pakistan

Oct 24, 2015 - 7:23 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

ISLAMABAD (TIP): An earthquake of 5.3 magnitude was felt across Pakistan’s Punjab province on October 23, authorities said. The epicentre was 11 km north of Dajal town, Xinhua quoted the US Geological Survey as saying. […]

GURU GRANTH SAHIB DESECRATION – PROTESTS ACROSS PUNJAB

Oct 23, 2015 - 10:25 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

CHANDIGARH (TIP): Protests continue in Punjab over incidents of alleged desecration of the Guru Granth Sahib even as the government deployed paramilitary personnel in four districts of the state. Coming as they do so close […]

GURU GRANTH SAHIB DESECRATION – Centre seeks report from Punjab on ‘foreign hand’

Oct 23, 2015 - 6:49 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): The centre has sought a report from the Punjab government on information about the alleged involvement of a foreign hand in recent incidents of the sacrilege of the holy book that sparked […]

Anti-Bullying Campaign Launched in Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu

Oct 19, 2015 - 11:55 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Reflecting the increasing diversity in the US, the White House has launched its annual anti-bullying campaign in three South Asian languages – Hindu, Urdu and Punjabi. Bullying is considered as a major problem in US […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launching the Digital India Week in New Delhi. The Digital-India initiative is also like the other big-ticket, high-visibility measures that have been kickstarted in order to get foreign investment. Small is not beautiful for the government.

Learn ABC of the Grammar of Governance

Oct 3, 2015 - 6:23 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

During his US visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi conveyed to his audience: “Reform in governance is my No 1 priority. We are for simplified procedures, speedy decision making, transparency and accountability.” As the Chief Minister of […]

Interpol Issues Red Corner Notice against Nine Indo-Canadians in Indian drug ring

Sep 26, 2015 - 12:16 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

Nine Indian-origin Canadians, including several Metro Vancouver men, are wanted for drug smuggling in India in a high-profile case linked to a former Punjabi cop and wrestling champion. Interpol has issued a red corner notice […]

CONG FIGHTS CONG IN PUNJAB HOUSE, AKALIS RELIEVED

Sep 25, 2015 - 6:23 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

CHANDIGARH (TIP): The ruling Akali-BJP government was spared an onslaught by the Opposition Congress on the last day of the monsoon session of Punjab Vidhan Sabha today, with the Congressmen choosing to fight among themselves […]

The Context of the Cease-Fire Decision in the 1965 India-Pakistan War

Sep 22, 2015 - 12:28 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

By declaring a ceasefire with effect from 3.30 a.m. on 23 September 1965, did India miss an opportunity to attain decisive victory over Pakistan? Yes, according to the existing narrative, which attributes the ceasefire decision […]

LENOVO EYES POLE POSITION IN INDIAN PC MARKET

Sep 18, 2015 - 7:09 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

KOLKATA (TIP): Lenovo India Pvt. is eyeing the top position in the Indian PC market by March, its Marketing Director – India & South Asia, Bhaskar Choudhuri said. The company also aims to grab the […]

At the Punjabi American Night, 2015, September 6, 2015. Seen in the picture from L to R: Indu Jaiswal, Brijmohan Singh Nanda,Co- Chair Paramjit Singh Bedi, Varinder Pal Singh Sikka, Dy. Inspector Gary Shapiro, Dr. Rajinder Singh Uppal, Pritpal Singh Kandhari, Fran Becker, Ajit Singh, Dr. Sunil Mehra, Sunil Modi, Jasbir " Jay" Singh, Vimi Sikka, Dr. Inderpal Singh Chhabra and Chairperson Mohinder Singh Taneja

Another anniversary of the Punjabi American Night

Sep 11, 2015 - 8:50 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

From the Chopras, it was the Punjabi American Night at Eisenhower Park in Long Island. This annual event is organized by an indefatigable Mohinder Taneja, a former Director with Nassau County. The objective of this […]

Jagdeep Grewal, an Indian American who received her master’s degree from Punjab University, is the new postmaster of Sacramento, Calif.

Jagdeep Grewal Named First Female Postmaster of Sacramento

Sep 10, 2015 - 7:43 am EDT The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 0

NEW YORK: An Indian-American woman has become the first female to be appointed as the postmaster in Sacramento city in California in last 166 years, a media report said. Jagdeep Grewal was sworn in Sept. […]

Pakistan hangs four murder convicts: Reports

Sep 5, 2015 - 6:15 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

ISLAMABAD (TIP): Four murder convicts were hanged to death on September 3 in separate jails in Pakistan’s Punjab province, the media reported. Three of the convicts – Muhammad Khan, Muhammad Boota, and Faqeer Muhammad – […]

Both PMs will have to move from their rigid stand and be ready to accommodate one another's point of view

Breaking the India-Pak Logjam

Sep 5, 2015 - 6:08 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

On both sides of the India-Pakistan border, columns were written after the aborted National Security Advisers’ meeting. Most retired Indian diplomats and analysts argued that flip-flops on Pakistan betrayed the absence of coherence and strategy. Journalist-apologists […]

13 KILLED IN PAKISTAN ROAD ACCIDENTS

Aug 28, 2015 - 8:48 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

ISLAMABAD (TIP): At least 13 people were killed and 16 injured in two separate road accidents in Pakistan on August 25, local media reported. Samaa TV said that in the first accident, a van-oil tanker […]

NON-COOPERATION MOVEMENT

Aug 15, 2015 - 9:32 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

The Non-Cooperation Movement was pitched in under leadership of Mahatma Gandhi and the Indian National Congress from September 1920 to February 1922, marking a new awakening in the Indian Independence Movement. After a series of events […]

FORMATION OF INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Aug 15, 2015 - 9:25 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

The foundations of the Indian National Movement were laid by Surendranath Banerjee with the formation of Indian Association at Calcutta in 1876. The aim of the Association was to represent the views of the educated middle […]

INDIAN FREEDOM STRUGGLE

Aug 15, 2015 - 9:18 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

The largest democracy of the world, in 68 years, could well be on its way to becoming the World’s second largest economy, replacing the US, by 2050. “India has the potential to become the second largest […]

Army should back the State Police not Replace them in counter-terror operations

Aug 3, 2015 - 11:38 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

The response of the Punjab Police to the Dinanagar terror strike on July 27 has stirred up a debate on the appropriateness of employing the State Police as against the Army in such a scenario. […]

Pakistan police kill leader of anti-Shia militant group

Aug 1, 2015 - 8:14 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

ISLAMABAD (TIP): Malik Ishaq, the dreaded chief of banned Sunni sectarian outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, was gunned down along with his two sons and 11 others early on July 30 morning by police in an alleged exchange […]

Gurdaspur attackers infiltrated from Pakistan, says government

Aug 1, 2015 - 8:14 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on July 30 said the three terrorists killed in Dinanagar town of Gurdaspur district in Punjab had infiltrated from Pakistan and warned the neighboring country that any […]

Embarrassed Cong disowns Digvijaya, Tharoor remarks on Yakub hanging

Aug 1, 2015 - 8:14 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): Congress on July 30 scrambled to disown the controversial remarks of its party leaders Digvijaya Singh and Shashi Tharoor over the hanging of Yakub Memon. With finance minister Arun Jaitley pouncing on […]

YAKUB FIRST TO BE HANGED IN MAHARASHTRA AFTER KASAB

Aug 1, 2015 - 8:14 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

MUMBAI (TIP): The hanging of Yakub Memon on July 30 in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts in which 257 people lost their lives and over 700 were injured, is the first execution of death sentence […]

Inauguration. Dr. Surinder S Gill (back to camera) passing over a pair of scissors for Dr. Kirpal Kaur, Trustee of Gurudwara Sikh Association of Baltimore and Manjit Singh GK, President, DSGPC, to inaugurate the school. Seen are community leaders who helped in raising the school which included Gurudwara Sikh Association of Baltimore President Jeet Singh and Chairman K. K. Sidhu.

Community in Baltimore raises a Punjabi School; Dr. Gill appointed principal cum coordinator

Jul 17, 2015 - 4:04 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

APP leader Dr Daljit Singh in Amritsar on Thursday. July 16 2015 (Sameer Sehgal:HT)

Punjab AAP leader Dr Daljit Singh expelled

Jul 16, 2015 - 7:58 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Chandigarh (TIP) July 16: In an attempt to quell rebellion in the Punjab unit of the Aam Aadmi Party, took a swift decision on Thursday to expel its Punjab disciplinary committee chairman and state executive member […]

A fourth generation farmer Tejpal "Jay" Mahil has been named to the Fresno State University Advisory Board.

Indian American farmer appointed to advisory board of Fresno State University

Jul 10, 2015 - 12:01 am EDT The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 0

SACRAMENTO (TIP): Indian American farmer Tejpal “Jay” Mahil has been named to the Fresno State University Advisory Board, a panel of community members who provide advice on improvement and development of the University. Mahil is […]

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