Punjab

Ferozepur, August 15 After unfurling the national Tricolour at the state-level function marking the 80th Independence Day at Cantt Board Stadium, Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann said that the 80th year of Independence will be the year of economic freedom for Punjab’s women, as for the first time, mothers and daughters are gaining the freedom to spend their own money...
Mohali, August 15 The National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Mohali, celebrated 80th Independence Day with great fervor and enthusiasm. The celebration started with the recitation of National song – ‘Vande Mataram’. Thereafter...

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Rajkumar Santoshi’s Batwara 1947 walks in with big promises—a hard-hitting look at Partition and all the pain that came with it. But once the lights go down, you get a clunky, melodramatic mess that just can’t keep up with its own ambitions. The film takes inspiration from Asghar Wajahat’s highly respected play, Jis Lahore Nai Vekhya O Jamya Nai, but...

Politics

Chandigarh, August 15 On the occasion of the 80th Independence Day, Chandigarh MP and former Union Minister Shri Manish Tewari hoisted the National Tricolour at various locations across the city and paid tribute to the supreme sacrifices made by patriots who laid down their lives for India’s freedom. A Tiranga Padyatra was organised at the EWS Colony in Maloya. Hundreds...
Chandigarh, August 15 Independence Day was celebrated with great enthusiasm and patriotic spirit at the Punjab office of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today. On the occasion, BJP Punjab State President Kewal Singh Dhillon hoisted...
Chandigarh, August 14 Expressing grave concern over the rising criminal incidents in Punjab, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kewal Singh Dhillon today alleged that the state’s law and order situation was deteriorating rapidly, leaving...