An official of the Enforcement Directorate was arrested on Monday by the Central Bureau of Investigation for allegedly taking bribes amounting to Rs 5 crore from businessman Amandeep Singh Dhall, an accused in the Delhi excise policy case. According to the complaint by the ED, it learnt that Amandeep Singh Dhall and Birender Pal Singh had given Rs 5 crore …
When Partition was imminent, the uncertainty faced by the Sikhs first took the shape of Sikhistan. By late noon on February 23, the country was abuzz with footage of a huge crowd of Sikhs—armed with lathis, swords, and guns—breaking barricades and taking over the Ajnala Police Station in Punjab’s Amritsar district. The person at the centre of the chaos was …
