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INDIAN FREEDOM FIGHTERS

Aug 14, 2014 - 7:45 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Known and revered worldwide as Mahatma Gandhi, he advocated nonviolence (ahimsa) as the only path to victory. India as we know it today would not have been, but for the efforts of selfless and courageous […]

India’s Independence Movement – a Timeline

Aug 14, 2014 - 7:35 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

By Nitin Vora “At the stroke of midnight hour when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom…are we brave enough and wise enough to grasp this opportunity and accept the challenge of […]

Pakistani court bars Imran, Qadri from holding march

Aug 14, 2014 - 6:40 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

LAHORE (PAKISTAN (TIP): A Pakistani court on August 13 restrained a cricketerturned politician and a Canada-based populist cleric from launching a march on Islamabad in an unconstitutional way, a lawyer said. The Lahore high court’s […]

ADANI BUYS LANCO PLANT IN RS 6,000 CRORE DEAL

Aug 14, 2014 - 6:38 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): Adani Power will buy Lanco Infratech’s 1,200-MW imported coal-fired power plant at Udupi in Karnataka in a deal valued at more than Rs 6,000 crore, marking the biggest acquisition in India‘s thermal […]

Teeyan da Mela: Festival for women

Aug 14, 2014 - 6:01 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

A Colorful and Enchanting Teeyan Da Mela organized by Hasda Punjab For those of you who don’t know, teeyan da mela celebrates womanhood. It is an event in the Indian month of Saavan, corresponding to […]

Teeyan da Mela showcases rich Punjabi culture

Aug 14, 2014 - 5:56 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Amarjit Dhillon DALLAS (TIP): Teeyan da Mela organized by Punjabi Cultural Association of North Texas (PCANT) here created a sort of history when a record breaking number of people participated in it. The colorful event […]

AAP ON THE VERGE OF COLLAPSE

Aug 14, 2014 - 5:48 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

New cracks in AAP as Shanti Bhushan takes on Kejriwal NEW DELHI (TIP) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) confronted a new installment of its intense internal battle August 13 after one of its founder members, […]

Pakistan Celebrates Independence Day amidst political protests & fears of coup

Aug 14, 2014 - 5:44 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

ISLAMABAD (TIP): Dark clouds of political unrest hung over the solemn celebrations of Independence of Pakistan on Thursday, August 14. President Mamnoon Hussain said the country was in a state of war and terrorism was […]

Control of gurdwaras in Haryana: SC orders for status quo

Aug 8, 2014 - 6:47 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court has directed the SGPC and newly formed Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (HSGMC) to maintain status quo on the management control of gurdwaras prevailing at 2:30pm on August 7 […]

MOTHER TERESA OF AMRITSAR: BHAGAT PURAN SINGH

Aug 1, 2014 - 6:46 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Bhai Puran Singh (4 June, 1904 – 5 August, 1992) was born at Rajewal, in district Ludhiana on June 4, 1904 to mother, Mehtab Kaur and father, Chaudhari Chibu Mal, who was from the Hindu […]

Business & Economics

Pakistan’s shrinking minority space

Aug 1, 2014 - 6:40 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

By Farahnaz Ispahani The desire of Islamist extremists to ‘purify’ Pakistan has resulted in a major catastrophe for the minorities. The country cannot emerge as a modern pluralist state until the reversal of this culture […]

No new VIP security duties for NSG

Jul 25, 2014 - 7:32 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): VIPs may no more enjoy the cover of coveted ‘Black Cat’ commandos. Government is learnt to have decided that VIPs would no longer get the cover of NSG commandos and the force […]

REMEMBERING SHAHEED UDHAM SINGH: HERO OF INDIA’S INDEPENDENCE STRUGGLE

Jul 25, 2014 - 6:35 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Udham Singh, a revolutionary nationalist, was born Sher Singh on 26 December 1899, at Sunam, in the then princely state of Patiala. His father, Tahal Singh, was at that time working as a watchman on […]

OBITUARY

Jul 25, 2014 - 6:20 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

We are deeply saddened to announce the untimely death of Dr. Romeo Parhar (November 25th, 1983 – July 22nd, 2014). An absolute gem of a human, with a soul of infinite compassion and optimism, Romeo […]

SHERGILL’S INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY ‘INDIANS ABROAD & PUNJAB IMPACT’ RELEASED IN LONDON

Jul 25, 2014 - 6:07 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Senior journalist Nirpal Singh Shergill released in London on July 18, 2014, the 16th edition of his landmark international directory titled Indians Abroad and Punjab Impact. It is a complete international directory of Punjabi NRIs […]

India

Haryana Guv okays HSGPC Bill

Jul 18, 2014 - 7:05 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Chandigarh (TIP): On a day when a delegation of the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) met Haryana Governor Jagannath Pahadia against the passage of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Bill, 2014, by the Haryana Assembly, […]

Europe

Pakistani police lay siege to ‘militant hideout’ near PM’s house

Jul 18, 2014 - 6:52 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

LAHORE (TIP): Pakistani security forces laid siege on Thursday to a suspected militant hideout just a few kilometres from the family home of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in the eastern city of Lahore, officials said. […]

Europe

Displaced by army operation, 9 lakh Pakistanis fight misery

Jul 12, 2014 - 9:25 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

BANNU (TIP): The number of displaced people from North Waziristan, where the Pakistan army has launched a major anti-terror operation, has almost doubled to over 900,000 in the last few days. Most of them complain […]

HARYANA ASSEMBLY PASSES BILL FOR SEPARATE SGPC

Jul 12, 2014 - 7:38 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

CHANDIGARH (TIP): Haryana Assembly on July 11 passed a bill paving the way for the formation of a separate body to manage affairs of Gurdwaras in the state even as the main opposition parties INLD […]