New Delhi Railway Station stampede (AP) NEW DELHI: A day after the devastating stampede at New Delhi Railway Station, there were many questions but few answers. While the lack of measures that could have prevented such a situation was apparent, passengers also flagged a range of lapses ranging from absence of proper communication from railway…
Samarth Mahangade had only 10-15 min left before his exam KOLHAPUR: Samarth Mahangade was hard at work, his hands sticky with the juice of freshly pressed sugarcane as he served weekend travellers at his roadside stall on a crisp winter morning at Harrison’s Folly, a stunning cliffside viewpoint, 5km from Panchgani.Then came the call. “Samarth,…
Himanta Biswa Sarma and Gaurav Gogoi GUWAHATI/NEW DELHI: The row over alleged Pakistani links of Gaurav Gogoi‘s wife escalated on Sunday with the Congress MP saying he would initiate legal proceedings in the matter and Assam govt asking state police to register a case against Ali Tauqeer Sheikh, an advisor of the Pakistan Planning Commission,…
Goa’s job scarcity and allure of the American dream spur desperate youths to trudge and trek via South America’s donkey route. Once they cross Mexico-US border, they are smuggled to small towns where they then hope to find work as petrol pump operators, gardeners or delivery agents after paying lakhs to unscrupulous agents.For two young…
Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann (File photo) CHANDIGARH/JALANDHAR: The choice of Amritsar as arrival point for American planes carrying Indian deportees has become a hot-button political topic in Punjab, triggering a blame game between Congress, AAP, SAD, and BJP.Congress questioned why the deportees were flown specifically to Amritsar, alleging a political motive behind the decision. “Why…
A married couple who spent Rs 80 lakh to reach the US was arrested on arrival and deported. They landed in Amritsar Saturday night on the second US deportation flight and reached their native place at Lalru in Punjab’s Mohali district on Sunday.Gurpreet Singh (30) and Amanpreet Kaur (26) got married a year-and-a-half ago, left…
SGPC arranges turbans for bare-headed Sikh deportees AMRITSAR: Around two dozen Sikhs among the 116 illegal Indian immigrants deported from the US to Amritsar on Saturday were bareheaded, without any turbans or patkas. The turban is one of the articles of faith in Sikhism.A Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) team, with help from the airport…
Third US aircraft lands with 112 migrants AMRITSAR: A third American aircraft ferrying 112 illegal Indian immigrants landed in Punjab’s Amritsar at 10.05pm on Sunday, taking the number of arrivals over the weekend to 228 and the total number of people sent back to India since the start of the current deportation exercise on February…
<p>Ravi from Haryana faced a 220-day distressing journey after paying around Rs 35 lakh to an unauthorized travel agent to reach the US. <br></p> JIND: Ravi, a resident of Haryana’s Jind, faced a 220-day ordeal even after payment of around Rs 35 lakh to an unauthorised travel agent to reach the US. Of this, Rs…
After dairy biz & horse trading, US bet also fails BATHINDA: He tried his hands at a dairy farm but lumpy skin cattle disease put a spanner in his plans. He then got into horse trading but that didn’t run, either. Then 32-year-old Gurpreet Singh Bhangu tried to sneak into the US, only for his…
