Chandigarh, Mar 31 (ANI): Farmers of Punjab, the wheat bowl of India, are also more debt ridden when compared to agriculturists in other states of the country. The debt burden in Punjab far outstrips the[…]

Vicky Nanjappa in New Delhi “I used to receive threatening phone calls. The caller would say that they had killed thousands of boys and had thrown them into canals, and they would also do that[…]

By Anosh Malekar April 15, 2008 Rani Kaur’s husband committed suicide in 2003. Before that her eldest brother-in-law, Aloo Singh, took his own life in 1993, followed by another brother-in-law, Gurutej Singh, in 1996. In[…]

The defense of human rights and upholding the rights of the oppressed is a fundamental Sikh principle. The Sikh Coalition is committed to working to ensure that this universal principle is upheld. The Coalition works[…]

27 Jun 2007, 0237 hrs IST, Ramaninder K Bhatia,TNN CHANDIGARH: In another indication of the lackadaisical manner of treating farm crisis in the state, the government on Tuesday claimed that merely 11 farmers had committed[…]

A recent medical study highlights the magnitude of human rights violations perpetrated in Punjab even as the NHRC continues to deny evidence in the Punjab disappearances case As readers are aware, the National Human Rights[…]

Kuldeep Mann wrote in The Indian Express: Friday, January 1, 1999 CHANDIGARH, December 31: Successive crop failures, triggered by unseasonsl rains besides other factors, saw the debt having a vice-like grip on the farmers of[…]

We need to oppose it tooth and nail We are concerned over the near collapse of India’s political set-up. Democracy is under great strain in India. Major organs of State that sustain democracy such as[…]

8 Jun 2008, TNN CHANDIGARH: “Debt swapping” is the latest mantra of Punjab cooperation ministry to provide relief to debt-ridden rural families. Under the scheme, people, especially women, can take money to repay loan to[…]