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Three booked for poaching deer in Hoshiarpur
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Three booked for poaching deer in Hoshiarpur

Hindustan Times  

Three men have been booked for allegedly poaching a deer at Hajipur village in the forest area of Garhshankar subdivision of this Punjab district, police said on Monday. Bathinda: 2 held with 11,000 banned tablets Bathinda The crime investigation agency of the district police seized 11,000 banned Tramadol and Alprazolam tablets from two accused. Deputy superintendent of police Manmohan Sarna …

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A disquieting string of disclosures on politics
1 year, 8 months ago

A disquieting string of disclosures on politics

Hindustan Times  

The fun of reading a memoir lies in what it reveals. KC Singh defiantly writes: “My crossover from being an advisor to playing the political game was a factor of my temperament.” Of his behaviour in 1987, he says: “I had by this stage got deeply involved in the political drama… for me, the events of the past four years …

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Historical items related to ex-prez Giani Zail Singh go missing from Faridkot jail cell
1 year, 8 months ago

Historical items related to ex-prez Giani Zail Singh go missing from Faridkot jail cell

Hindustan Times  

The historical items linked to former President Giani Zail Singh have gone missing from the century-old 10X10 feet barrack at the old Faridkot Jail where the senior Congress leader was held captive for five years from 1938 to 1943 by the British. The historical items including shackles in which Zail Singh was kept, iron rods of the barracks, Urdu writings, …

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Book Review | How a family retainer' reinvented himself to be an iconic President
1 year, 8 months ago

Book Review | How a family retainer' reinvented himself to be an iconic President

Deccan Chronicle  

Among the several books written on Indian Presidents, few have explored the President’s role in the government, especially his role with a powerful and popular Prime Minister. Singh, a former diplomat and now a columnist, deals with these questions in his book The Indian President: An Insider’s Account of the Zail Singh Years. While examining the role of the President, …

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HT Picks; New Reads
1 year, 9 months ago

HT Picks; New Reads

Hindustan Times  

Sedition and free speech in modern India This week’s pick of interesting reads includes a volume that stresses the need for free speech, a book that examines the President’s role when authoritarian governments are voted into power, and a coming-of-age novel. * An insider’s account of the Zail Singh years 275pp, ₹699; HarperCollins A study of the institution of the …

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Book Review | Cosy memoir spells out why trust is the secret of spycraft
1 year, 11 months ago

Book Review | Cosy memoir spells out why trust is the secret of spycraft

Deccan Chronicle  

A Life in the Shadows is an interesting memoir by A.S. Dulat, who spent the bulk of his career as an officer of the 1965 batch of the Indian Police Service in intelligence work. Two doctrines on how to deal with Jammu and Kashmir emerge: the Vajpayee approach which Dulat always practised and endorses, and the Narendra Modi doctrine that …

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Right Word | How Congress instigated separatism in Punjab and why we need to watch AAP
2 years, 1 month ago

Right Word | How Congress instigated separatism in Punjab and why we need to watch AAP

Firstpost  

Nations should learn from their past so that mistakes are not repeated. GBS Sidhu, who worked for 26 years in Research and Analysis Wing and handled several sensitive assignments related to Punjab terrorism, explains subsequent developments in The Khalistan Conspiracy, “The genesis …can be traced to 1978, when former chief minister of Punjab Giani Zail Singh advised Indira Gandhi’s younger …

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From the archives: All you need to know about 1984 Operation Bluestar
2 years, 6 months ago

From the archives: All you need to know about 1984 Operation Bluestar

India Today  

No decision could have been more painful, more fraught with tragic consequences, than the one to launch Operation Bluestar. The contingency had been long anticipated even though Operation Bluestar, the code name for the army's move into Punjab against terrorists, was put together in an incredibly short time. The army commanders realised that the roof-top positions were much too vulnerable …

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Kultar Sandhwan: Of humble beginnings and strong political legacy
2 years, 9 months ago

Kultar Sandhwan: Of humble beginnings and strong political legacy

Hindustan Times  

Taking forward the legacy of former president Giani Zail Singh, his grandnephew Kultar Singh Sandhwan, nominated as the next speaker of the Punjab assembly in the new AAP government, has brought grassroots politics in the state back to the fore after decades. Sandhwan had staked claim to Zail Singh’s legacy when he first successfully contested the assembly elections from Kotkapura …

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Rajiv Gandhi’s simplicity was his strength — and his failing
3 years, 7 months ago

Rajiv Gandhi’s simplicity was his strength — and his failing

Hindustan Times  

Rajiv Gandhi was born three years before India attained Independence. The complicity or the incompetence of the government in those initial days of Rajiv Gandhi’s premiership would remains a dark chapter in the party’s history. Mani Shankar Aiyar, the diplomat-turned-politician who worked closely with Rajiv Gandhi in his prime minister’s office and then as a party colleague, is currently working …

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