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Deep Sidhu killed in road accident: Two days on, truck driver arrested
Police said the driver has been identified as Qasim Khan, a resident of village Singar, Nuh. According to police, the driver said he was transporting coal from Ahmedabad to Muzaffarnagar at the time of the incident.
Two days after Punjabi actor and activist Deep Sidhu died in a road accident after his Mahindra Scorpio allegedly rammed into a truck on Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) highway in Sonepat, police Thursday arrested the truck driver in the case.
Police said the driver has been identified as Qasim Khan, a resident of village Singar, Nuh. According to police, the driver said he was transporting coal from Ahmedabad to Muzaffarnagar at the time of the incident. Police sources said the accused was arrested from Delhi Bypass.
Jaspal Singh, station house officer (SHO) of Kharkhoda police station, said the accused truck driver admitted during questioning that the incident took place due to his negligence.
“He claimed the truck was moving and he hit the brake due to negligence on his part, following which the Scorpio rammed into rear of his truck,” he said.
Police said he would be produced in a court in Sonepat tomorrow and taken on remand.
Deep Sidhu’s brother, Surjeet, had filed a police complaint at Kharkhoda police station, claiming that the truck driver had applied brakes suddenly, which resulted in the accident, claiming Sidhu’s life. An FIR was registered under IPC sections 279 (rash driving) and 304 A (causing death by negligence
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Political bystanders sans voting rights, Sikh, Hindu refugees watch drama unfold
Only promises, no citizenship for them
The families living in Amritsar said they were at the mercy of intelligence agencies and other authorities, who ask them to get their refugee status renewed every year.
Still waiting to become Indian citizens, refugee Sikh and Hindu families from Afghanistan and Pakistan are just political bystanders in the Punjab poll process. Several such families reside in Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and even Delhi. Many among them who spoke to The Indian Express said they were tired of making appeals to political parties to give them citizenship.
“Don’t talk about it. There is no use of making any demand. We are tired now,” said Ajitpal Singh, owner of Khalsa Tyre at Jahajhgarh market when asked if the Afghan refugees had any hope from the political parties to get them citizenship.
“Political parties don’t do anything for their voters. We don’t even have votes,” he said.
The families living in Amritsar said they were at the mercy of intelligence agencies and other authorities, who ask them to get their refugee status renewed every year. And then there is the constant fear of being asked to leave, apart from limited legal rights as compared to Indian citizens.
The BJP-led Union government had passed CAA in December 2019, however, Congress government in Punjab had passed resolution against Citizenship Amendment Act in January 2020.
As CM, Capt Amarinder Singh had vowed to fight tooth and nail against the CAA. After forming a new party and entering into an alliance with the BJP, he hasn’t spoken on the issue.
After passing of CAA, local BJP unit had mobalised Hindu and Sikh families migrated from the Afghanistan and Pakistan and arranged their meeting with then Amritsar DC Shiv Dular Singh in 2020.
Families had requested DC to give them benefit of new law as soon as possible. However, nothing has happened yet for these families.
Another refugee Surjit Singh said, “There are around seven Afghan families in Amritsar and 25 Pakistan Sikh families. We all had applied under the old provision in law to get citizenship. But that was like an impossible law. Under old law, we were able to apply for citizenship only after 11 years of living as refugees. Then there was long process to apply for citizenship. I don’t know anyone who got citizenship under old law though they were eligible. We all are eligible under the new law.”
It is interesting that despite running campaign to justify CAA, the state BJP has not made any effort to bring the benefits of law to those who actually faced religious prosecution.
On why Hindus and Sikh refugees in Punjab and Delhi have failed to get any benefit of CAA so far, BJP leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa said, “Rules are being framed under the law and these families will get citizenship as soon as rules are framed.”
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Trudeau invokes rare emergency powers in attempt to quell protests
Emergencies Act gives government broad powers for 30 days, but prime minister is not expected to call in the military
The Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, has invoked legislation that gives his government sweeping powers to fight a growing number of “illegal and dangerous” blockades across the country.
The first prime minister to invoke the Emergencies Act, Trudeau said the measures would be time-limited and only apply to specific geographic regions. “We are not preventing the right of people to protest legally,” he said, adding that the military would not be deployed. “The act is to be used sparingly and as a last resort.”
Hours before Trudeau’s announcement, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Alberta announced that they had seized a truck full of firearms at blockade near the US border.
The Emergencies Act, which goes into effect for a month, allows the federal government to bar people from gathering in certain locations. It could also allow officials to conscript the use of private tow trucks. The deputy prime minister, Chrystia Freeland, said the Act would bar the use of crowdfunding websites for illegal activities and punish companies whose trucks were being used in the protests.
The recent hack of the crowdfunding site GiveSendGo revealed substantial financial support from outside Canada, which Freeland called an attack on democracy. “This is about following the money. This is about putting an end to these illegal blockades. Consider yourself warned,” she said.
While both the city of Ottawa and the province of Ontario have declared states of emergency, the use of the Emergencies Act is the most forceful use of government power so far in fighting the blockades.
The act replaced the War Measures Act in 1988 but is more limited in scope. The revised act requires parliamentary oversight and all measures must comply with the country’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
As the protests cripple trade routes and paralyse city streets, Trudeau said border officials were already turning away Americans trying to enter the country to join the demonstrations.
The prime minister’s unprecedented move comes amid growing worry from federal officials that protesters are increasingly unwilling to leave the blockades, as well as the rising prospect of violence.
The RCMP said on Monday that 11 people were arrested and detained and police seized 13 long guns, handguns, multiple sets of body armour, a machete, a “large quantity” of ammunition, and high-capacity magazines. For more than two weeks, protesters have blocked the border crossing near the town of Coutts, Alberta.
In a statement, police said they recently “became aware of a small organised group within the larger Coutts protest” that had access to weapons and “was said to have a willingness to use force against police” if any attempts were made to “disrupt” the blockade.
The Alberta premier, Jason Kenney, said the arrests and seizure of firearms “underscores the severity” of the situation.
In Ottawa, dozens of semi-trucks remained idling in front of the prime minister’s office – the third week of an occupation by protesters from across the country. A small crowd, including a number of children, braved frigid temperatures in the nation’s capital to protest public health measures and were unfazed by news of the Emergencies Act.
While elements of the demonstration had a festive feel, including volunteers handing out food and music blasting from a stage, other scenes evoked the dug-in mentality of the convoy. Groups guarded jerry-cans of fuel stashed at street corners amid the hum of generators in camper vans.On Monday, an Ontario judge granted an injunction to enforce noise and idling bylaws related to the protests in Ottawa. The injunction effectively gives police a new tool for charging protesters in violation of a court order that bars fireworks, truck horns and idling.
Ottawa’s mayor tweeted that a number of trucks had started moving out of residential areas as part of an agreement with protest leaders, but cautioned that it could take days for many of the trucks to leave, calling it a “complex” operation.
But at a press conference, organisers of the convoy said protesters would remain until mandates were removed. Tamara Lich said Trudeau’s use of the Emergencies Act was “extreme”, but that the prospect of increased federal powers to end the blockades would deter protesters.
“No matter what you do, we will hold the line,” said Lich. “There are no threats that will frighten us. We will hold the line.”
https://theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/14/canada-protests-justin-trudeau-use-rare-emergency-powers
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Nail driven into woman’s head to ‘guarantee’ baby boy in Pakistan
The woman thought that if she hammered the nail to her head, she could birth a son instead of the girl she was pregnant with. Authorities learned of the incident after it went viral on social media.
A so-called faith healer in the Pakistani city of Peshawar is being sought Wednesday by authorities, after advising a pregnant woman to hammer a nail on her forehead so that she could deliver a baby boy.
Neurologist Haider Suleman, who treated the victim at Lady Reading Hospital, said although the nail had penetrated the woman’s skull, it had not reached her brain.
“She said that a woman in her locality did the same [hammered a nail] and gave birth to a boy even though the ultrasound had shown her unborn child to be a girl,” Suleman told Pakistani news outlet Dawn.
Faith healers are a common avenue in Pakistan for people seeking spiritual solutions to their problems. Most of these healers are Islamic clerics and other religious people.
The incident came to the attention of authorities after the victim’s x-ray went viral. Police examined the content to work through the case.
“The team will also investigate why [the] incident was not reported to [the] police by the treating doctor,” local police chief Abbas Ahsan said.
Woman’s husband threatened to leave her
It was unclear if the woman hammered the nail into her own head or if someone helped her, but according to Suleman, it all happened in the woman’s home. Family members tried unsuccessfully to pry the nail out of her head, the doctor said.
The woman is said to already have had three daughters and was expecting a fourth when she hammered the nail on her forehead.
Hospital staff told Dawn that the woman said her husband was unhappy with her because she would not bear a boy, so he threatened to leave her.
Baby boys are usually preferred across South Asian countries, including in Pakistan, as they are thought to provide parents with better social and economic security.
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3 hours ago, proudkaur21 said:
Why do parents just send their daughters like this to any random country?
I believe it's due to the misconception everything is a "fairytale" overseas and it will raise their economic status. Like I mentioned before, the social fabric of Panjab is tearing apart. Some parents themselves set up contract marriages for their daughters to move abroad or just send them off alone to countries like Saudi Arabia, Cyprus etc.
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On 2/13/2022 at 10:55 PM, dallysingh101 said:
I think many british raised apnay REALLY struggle to pronounce ਭ and turn it into a ਪ. I definitely do.
Or is it a Malwai thing?
I noticed as well (growing up) the norm was to use the sound (phoneme) associated with ਫ਼ instead of properly pronouncing the aspirated ਫ.
It’s a diaspora thing. Malvai's pronounce ਭ correctly.
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On 3/29/2021 at 7:36 PM, californiasardar1 said:I have tried to refrain from commenting on this, but I have noticed these peculiarities in most posts on these forums over the years.
So what is the explanation? Is it due to a different pronunciation in the Doabi dialect that most of you speak (I know most of you have roots in the Doaba region)?
Replacing 'i' with 'e' in certain words is a characteristic of Doaba Panjabi. For example, the word 'khich' (to pull) is pronounced as 'khech', 'vich' (inside) is pronounced as 'bech' and 'pind' is pronounced as 'pend'.
Doab lies between Beas River and the Satluj River and comprises of Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala and Nawanshahr districts and certain areas of Ludhiana district. Doaba dialect is also spoken in Toba Tek Singh and Faisalabad districts of Pakistan due to post-1947 migration of Muslim populace from East Panjab.
Majority of diaspora Sikhs (especially from Britain) trace their origins to Doaba so you will come across this style of Panjabi more than others when overseas.
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Punjab polls: BJP promises 75% quota to youth in govt jobs in manifesto
Punjab elections: Apart from 75% job quota to Punjab youth, BJP manifesto also promises 35% reservation for women in all government jobs, including contractual ones.The Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA released its manifesto for the February 20 Punjab assembly polls here on Saturday, promising a slew of sops for various sections, including 75% reservation in all government jobs for youngsters from the state, an unemployment allowance, 35% reservation for women in government jobs and massive infrastructure development.
The manifesto also promises 50% reservation in private jobs for the youngsters of Punjab. The BJP-JJP government in neighbouring Haryana had earlier passed a law giving 75% quota in private sector jobs to youngsters domiciled in the state. The, Punjab and Haryana high court, however, has granted a stay on the law.
The BJP manifesto for the Punjab polls says a dope test will be mandatory before filing nominations for elections.
An unemployment allowance of ₹4,000 per month will be given to all graduates for two years after the completion of their degrees, it says.
The manifesto promises 35% reservation for women in all government jobs, including contractual ones.
It also says fast-track courts will be established to deal with any kind of violence, harassment and oppression against women. A special law will be enacted to deal with the cases of brides abandoned by NRI grooms, the manifesto says.
The BJP is contesting the Punjab polls in an alliance with former chief minister Amarinder Singh’s Punjab Lok Congress and the Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa-led Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt).
The “Sankalp” document of the saffron party was released in the presence of Union ministers Hardeep Singh Puri and Som Parkash, BJP leaders Dushyant Gautam and Tarun Chugh and Amarinder Singh’s son Raninder Singh, among others.
The BJP-led alliance had earlier released an 11-point “Sankalp” (pledge or commitment) document and another manifesto for the rural areas, which had promised a complete loan waiver for farmers with less than five acres of land-holding.
Puri said the saffron party plans to revive Punjab’s economy with an infrastructure development fund of ₹1 lakh crore, which will be spent over a period of five years.
The party promised “zero tolerance to sacrilege”, saying fast-track courts will be set up to decide such cases in a time-bound manner.
A “Truth and Reconciliation Commission” will be constituted for addressing the grievances of the families affected by terrorism, who have been ignored by successive regimes for the last three decades, and a compensation of ₹5 lakh will be given to each family, the party said.
The manifesto promises stringent laws to disrupt the drug-supply chain in the state and the setting up of a special drug prevention task force in each district. It also says fast-track courts will be set up to expedite the investigation of drugs-related offences.
The manifesto talks about a ₹5,000 crore commitment for MSP and crop diversification.
It says special incentives will be provided for the revival of the medium, small and micro enterprises (MSMEs), including electricity at ₹4 per unit to such units and at ₹5 per unit to all other industries. Free electricity up to 300 units will be provided to each and every household and the tariff after the consumption of 300 units will be ₹3 per unit.
The party promised that the honorarium for anganwadi workers and accredited social health activists will be increased to ₹10,000 per month and ₹6,000 per month respectively.
Free hostel facilities will be provided to the SC students undergoing graduation and post-graduation courses. Funds will be provided from the state budget for the payment of the post-matric scholarship dues to SC students. A scholarship of ₹2,000 per month will be given to all the meritorious students. Guru kripa canteens will be established across the state to provide nutritious meals for ₹5, the BJP promised in its manifesto. The manifesto promised a medical insurance policy for providing free medical treatment to journalists and their families. “Media personnel will be exempted from toll tax”, the saffron party said in its manifesto.
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On 2/6/2022 at 12:07 AM, Guest navroop said:
plz tell about pawadhi language and history
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puadhi_dialect
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puadh
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https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/3-fold-rise-25-candidates-face-criminal-cases-369056
3-fold rise, 25% candidates in Punjab face criminal cases
Jupinderjit Singh
Chandigarh, February 11
Candidates with criminal cases have risen by almost three times in Punjab with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) fielding the highest number of such nominees.
The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Punjab Election Watch claimed this in a report after analysing the self-sworn affidavits of 1,276 candidates of the total 1,304 in fray.
521 crorepatis, up 4%
107 of them from Congress | 89 SAD | 60 BJP | 16 BSP | 11 SAD (S) | 81 AAP | 16 PLC
A Mere 7% women candidates in the fray
The report was released today by ADR Trustee Jaskirat Singh and Parvinder Singh Kittna and Harpreet Singh of Punjab Election Watch. Of the 1,276 candidates analysed, 315 or 25 per cent have declared criminal cases against them. The figure was 100 or 9 per cent (out of 1,145) in the 2017 elections. Among the 315 candidates, 65 belong to the SAD, 58 AAP, 27 BJP, 16 Congress, four SAD (Sanyukt) and three each BSP and Punjab Lok Congress (PLC).
At least 218 candidates (17 per cent) have cases with serious offences. Of them, 60 belong to the SAD, 27 AAP, 15 BJP, nine Congress, three each SAD (Sanyukt) and BSP and two PLC. Besides, 15 candidates have declared cases related to crime against women, including two of rape. Four candidates have cases related to murder, while 33 have attempt-to-murder charges against them. At least 57 (49%) of 117 constituencies are in the “red alert” category. Such constituencies are those where three or more contestants have criminal cases against themselves. Also, 521 (41%) candidates are crorepatis. In 2017, 428 (37%) of 1,145 candidates were crorepatis.
The role of money power in elections is evident from the fact that all major political parties have fielded wealthy candidates. Of 521 such nominees, 89 belong to the SAD, 107 Congress, 81 AAP, 60 BJP, 16 each BSP and PLC and 11 SAD (Sanyukt).
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Two transgenders in fray for Punjab poll
In Punjab’s electoral fray there are two transgenders, 93 women and 1,209 male candidates for the 117 Assembly constituencies. The Assembly election is slated for February 20.
Punjab Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) S. Karuna Raju on Thursday said that among all the candidates, nine candidates are 25 years old and six are above 80. A 94-year-old candidate contesting from Lambi in Muktsar Sahib is the oldest one. Former Punjab Chief Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal patron Parkash Singh Badal is in the fray from Lambi seat.
The CEO said that there are a total of 21,499,804 registered voters in the State, of which 11,298,081 are male, 10,200,996 female, 727 third gender, 1,58,341 PWD voters, 1,09,624 service voters, 1,608 NRI voters and 509,205 voters are above the age of 80.
Mr. Raju said that there are 24,740 polling stations in 14,684 polling locations across the State, of which 2013 are identified as critical. He added that all polling booths will be covered under webcasting on the polling day. He said that a minimum half section of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) and remaining force from Punjab Police will be deployed at critical polling locations as per norms prescribed by the Election Commission of India (ECI).
Mr. Raju said that to ensure free, fair, transparent and peaceful elections, as many as 972 flying squad teams (FSTs), 857 static surveillance teams (SSTs), 479 video surveillance teams (VSTs), 159 video viewing team (VVTs) and 119 accounting teams have been deployed across the State and are working round the clock.
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As long as I'm alive, no one can cast an evil eye on Christianity: Punjab Cong chief Sidhu
As long as I'm alive, no one can cast an evil eye on Christianity: Punjab Cong chief SidhuPunjab Congress President Navjot Singh Sidhu on Thursday said that no one can cast an evil eye on Christianity as long as he is alive.
Addressing people in Amritsar East, Sidhu said "I went to Church, Masjid and Gurdwara and recently visited Vaishno Devi because of one universal law. As long as I'm alive, I assure you that no one can cast can evil eye on Christianity".
Sidhu's statement comes just days ahead of Assembly polls in the state....
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On 2/11/2022 at 12:48 AM, dallysingh101 said:I heard from one brother who got here (UK) via russian 'donkeys' that they get treated REAL bad. If there are any vulnerable women chances are they will be sexually abused. Traffickers are armed, so people can't fight back easily.
Apparently many have died en route in forests. That guy told me he saw skeletons in the forests they had to traverse.
Women (and men) should not be participating in these things.
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Due to the desperation to move, Panjabi youth sometimes end up getting trapped or tortured/enslaved by employers.
Punjab youth trapped in Russia to return home. He was stuck in a factory in Russia after being cheated by the travel agent.
15 Punjab Boys Go Missing While Trying To Enter US Illegally. The group was intercepted by the Mexican Army just an hour away from the US border
Panjab women duped and stuck in Muscat goes viral, Amarinder asks for MEA help.
27 Panjabis killed in Iraq after being abducted
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On 2/10/2022 at 8:52 AM, proudkaur21 said:
You know what recently Houthis bombed some parts of Abu Dhabi and 3 men died. 2 were punjabis apparently. Half of our people involved in nonsense, the good ones in jail, the rest dying in other countries. So bad.
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On 2/10/2022 at 7:17 AM, Kau89r8 said:
Oh yes i saw that about Sikh boy / Paki girl how sad he was 'groomed'..happens in Punjab too saw article about Singh falling for Kashmir muslim and to cut to the end he took his own life ..whats happening ? Another was he left for Pakistan and never came back..
Thats really sad about trafficking..Punjabs over there need to do something about it..they have these huge Gurudwares instead off pleasing the gora and seva help your kaum..
Years ago there was something similar to Punjabis coming to UK illegally immigrants, hooked to drugs sleeping under bridges, eventually community intervened ..but it was really bad..they were also doing bad stuff. drugs selling themselves.still happens in undercover but i dont think bad as before.
Worst is when they do labour jobs and apne they dont pay them..few yrs ago fight broke out regarding pay and got themselves killed.
Punjabis in Canada should help out ow can ruin reputation..if there is mass influx of muslims in those areas then it will become really ugly..and dangerous ..like what happened here back 80s 90s
Sadly, they may end up in countries like Iraq because of the desperation to go abroad.
27 Panjabis killed in Iraq after being abducted.
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58 minutes ago, SikhKosh said:
All of them look crappy, esp the one with Ghusseywala.
Since 1947 we have only been able to produce a few critically acclaimed movies, some of whom are Satluj De Kandey, Marhi Da Deeva, Shaheed e Mohabbat, Shaheed Uddham Singh (Raj Babbar one), Des Hoya Pardes, Waris Shah Ishq Daa Waaris etc. A lot of potential is there, especially with a wider Punjabi audience from Pak who have started prefering Punjabi cinema over Bollywood (also due to the fact that they consider most East Punjabi or Sikhan di movies as family friendly - even though some include cringy double meaning jokes).We still lag a decade behind Bollywood (they were producing mindless comedies and romantic movies in the 90s and 00s but have progressed alot in the last decade with indie cinema and shows).
In mainstream Punjabi cinema only a few try different subjects, the likes of Gippy Grewal and Amrinder Gill. But maybe Punjabis are not ready for the change yet.
I think there was an article that said Panjabis prefer light-hearted family comedy movies so artists tend to make movies on that because other genres won't make them much money.
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Some of these plot lines make you lose braincells!
Inder, an Indian, falls in love with Bilkis, a Pakistani. However, things take a turn for the couple due to his grandmother's hatred for Pakistanis.
Eager to leave the country, a man fakes his marriage to procure a visa. However, his sincerity and perseverance change his fate.
Sundeep is married to two women, Anu and Jasmeet, who are unaware of each other. Chaos ensues when a man who knows Sundeep's secret decides to marry his sister.
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Vote for party that rules at Centre: Pak Sikh MLA Arora advises Punjab voters
One of two Sikh MLAs in Pakistan’s Punjab assembly, Ramesh Singh Arora, has asked the electorate of Indian Punjab to give a decisive mandate in favour of the party that rules at the Centre
Updated on Feb 08, 2022 01:34 AM IST
There is a piece of advice to the Punjab voters from an elected Sikh representative on the other side of the border. One of two Sikh MLAs in Pakistan’s Punjab assembly, Ramesh Singh Arora, has asked the electorate to give a decisive mandate in favour of the party that rules at the Centre. “A state government having a bonding with the Centre brings prosperity,” he told HT in a telephonic conversation.
Arora, who represents Narowal, one of the nine constituencies reserved for the minority candidates, was upbeat over opening of the Kartarpur corridor with the efforts of both Indian and Pakistan governments. He stressed for reopening of direct trade routes between the two countries.
“East Punjab is key for India and Pakistan relations, so there needs to be a stable government,” he said. In case the geo-economy opens up, Punjab on both sides will be benefitted, said Arora, who was in Indian Punjab in 2014 to attend the NRI Sammelan.
He is the general secretary of the minorities’ wing of Nawaz Sharif-led Pakistan Muslim League and also runs an NGO. Pakistan Punjab’s assembly has 372 MLAs, out of which nine are from the minority communities.
“Indian Punjab is an agrarian state that supplies food grain to the entire country and if borders open up for trade, both sides will be benefitted,” he said, citing the example of free trade in European countries.
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SGPC flays removal of Sikh general Hari Singh Nalwa's statue in Pakistan's Haripur
Haripur district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province was name after Nalwa
Statue of Sikh warrior Hari Singh Nalwa in Pakistan's Haripur. Twitter
Amritsar, February 4
The SGPC and Chief Khalsa Diwan have condemned the removal of a statue of Sikh general Hari Singh Nalwa in Haripur district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. A video clip of removal of the statue has gone viral on the social media.
Take stern action
If this idol has been removed then it is reprehensible. Earlier, the statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh in Lahore was damaged by some mischievous people. The Pakistan authorities should take stern action. — Nirmal Singh, President, Chief Khalsa Diwan
The statue of the Sikh warrior on the horseback with a sword in his hand was erected in 2017 on the Siddique-i-Akbar square in Haripur (district named after Nalwa).
Sources said the statue was removed by the local authorities after some religious parties objected to its installation at the intersection named after first caliph of Islam Abu Bakr al-Siddiq.
Nalwa was commander-in-chief of the Sikh Khalsa Fauj, the army of the Sikh Empire. He is known for his role in the conquests of Kasur, Sialkot, Attock, Multan, Kashmir, Peshawar and Jamrud.
On behalf of SGPC president Harjinder Singh Dhami, SGPC’s publicity incharge Harbhajan Singh Vakta appealed to the Pakistan government and the Evacuee Property Trust Board to clarify on the matter. He has also approached Amir Singh, president, Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee, in this regard.
Chief Khalsa Diwan president Nirmal Singh said: “If this idol has been removed then it is reprehensible. Earlier, the statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh in Lahore was damaged by some mischievous people. The Pakistan authorities should take stern action,” he said.
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On 2/5/2022 at 11:03 AM, Suchi said:
I think many made the eldest son due to Britishers favouring only Kalsa Sikhs with 5 kakkars (replacing 5 hatiar) with jobs, land and opportunities abroad so it was probably an economic decision after they came into power.
Read about this theory before
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On 6/6/2020 at 5:57 AM, puzzled said:The Punjabi spoken in Punjabi movies isn't Doabi, Doabi Punjabi is slower than the other dialects. In Punjabi movies they say stuff like "inj naa kar" In Doaba we dont use the word "inj" we say "idha naa kar" or "adha na kar" In movies they also say "aa kive hoya" we dont say "kive" but say "aa kidha hoya" etc
The way they speak in the movies is how the punjabi news reporters speak or how the they speak at award functions etc
Panjabi films can make Panjabi language confusing (except a few well-done films).
They tend to use a mixture of dialects, the characters can all be from the exact same place in the film but they're speaking Panjabi from completely different areas. So it's never clear if the film is in Doabi, Majhi or Malwai Panjabi. Script writers need to pay more attention to what they write. They also don't do enough research when making period films set in 20th century Panjab.
They've started to include more English words and the Panjabi sounds different to how it was spoken before.
The depth of Panjabi as a language can never be truly captured in these movies because they're usually romantic-comedies where someone is trying to get to Canada or England.
I believe films and songs have the potential to bring change to society and the Panjabi industry should be using it to show history and better representations of Panjab and Panjabi language which isn't just in rom-coms set abroad.
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On 2/6/2022 at 5:54 AM, proactive said:
I think Sullah is of a modern insult, most Sikhs in Punjab at partition used Musla as an insult for Muslims. Hindu Jaats use Mullay as a insult for Muslims.
Is the first one more common in the UK than other countries?
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The woman thought that if she hammered the nail to her head, she could birth a son instead of the girl she was pregnant with. Authorities learned of the incident after it went viral on social media.
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Amid low turnout in Malwa, Muktsar sees 78.47% polling
PATIALA/BATHINDA Barring few minor clashes, voting in the Malwa belt of Punjab — comprising 69 of the 117 assembly seats — remained peaceful on Sunday
Barring few minor clashes, voting in the Malwa belt of Punjab — comprising 69 of the 117 assembly seats — remained peaceful on Sunday. The region recorded 69.33% turnout, a steep decline from 81.1% in the 2017 elections. However, Muktsar district witnessed 78.47% turnout, the highest among all districts in the state.
The region has high-stakes constituencies from were prominent politicians, including CM Charanjit Singh Channi (Chamkaur Sahib and Bhadaur), former chief minister and SAD patriarch Parkash Singh Badal (Lambi), SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal (Jalalabad), Punjab Lok Congress chief Captain Amarinder Singh (Patiala), AAP state unit chief Bhagwant Mann (Dhuri), former CM and Congress leader Rajinder Kaur Bhattal and former Akali minister Parminder Dhindsa (Lehra) and finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal from (Bathinda Urban), are trying their luck.
Chamkaur Sahib, from where chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi is contesting, recorded a voting percent of 74.2%. Lambi, from where Shiromani Akali Dal patriarch Parkash Singh Badal is contesting, saw a poll percentage of 72.4%. On SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal’s turf Jalalabad, 77% of voters exercised their right to franchise. The Patiala Urban constituency, from where Capt Amarinder is seeking re-election, registered 63.3% poll percentage, the lowest amongst the all high-profile seats in the state.
According to reports, unidentified Congress workers were booked for manhandling Aam Aadmi Party candidate Labh Singh, who is contesting against chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi from Bhadaur seat.
Polling remained peaceful in Fatehgarh Sahib district, which include three assembly segments of Amloh, Bassi Pathana and Fatehgarh Sahib. Though the final polling details were yet to come till filing of the report, the district recorded 69.34% of polling till 5pm. In 2017, the district recorded 81.7% polling.
Malerkotla district, having two constituencies Amargarh and Malerkotla, recorded 72.84% polling. Amargarh witnessed 72.88% polling while in Malerkolta, 72.8% of voters exercised their franchise. Sangrur district polled 74.3% votes in five constituencies.
A scuffle took place between Congress and Shiromani Akai Dal (Sanyukt) workers in Khanauri town of the district. The Bhawanigarh police registered a case against an unidentified person after they found poll slips with photos of Congress candidate Vijay Inder Singla. A case was registered under Sections 171-C (Undue influence at elections) and 188 (Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) of the IPC..
District election officer-cum- deputy commissioner Ramvir said the turnout was 74.7 % in Lehra, 76.6 % in Dirba, 73.8 % in Sunam, 74.4% in Dhuri and 72.2% in Sangrur segments.
Two sons of Ferozepur Urban BJP candidate Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi and Bollywood actor Mahie Gill, besides an aide of the constituency’s Congress nominee were booked for poll code violation on the eve of the Punjab assembly elections.
In his report to the police, the Ferozepur Urban returning officer said that Anumeet Hira Sodhi, the elder son of the BJP nominee, held a rally at Azad Chowk without permission on February 11, while actor Mahie Gill was also present on the stage. A case was registered against Anumeet and Mahie under Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code.
An AAP worker was injured in a clash between party supporters and BJP workers at the border village of Jallo Kee in Ferozepur Urban assembly segment on Sunday.