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[…]
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Victims of Punjab counter-insurgency still search for justice
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[…]
The killing fields
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[…]
Human Rights
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[…]
Govt, NGO suicide figures don’t match
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[…]
Alternate Industrial & Freight Corridor for Punjab & Haryana
By Inderjit Singh Jaijee The route of these corridors (Mumbai to Dadri) passes through Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Haryana. On the representation by Punjab it has now been extended to Ludhiana via[…]
Proof positive
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[…]
Position a decade ago: Year saw farmers succumbing to debt-trap
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[…]
Police Brutality is the ‘law of the land’ in India:
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[…]
Debt Swapping Scheme in rural areas
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[…]