Kangana Ranaut ‘Emergency’ faces boycott in Punjab: SGPC protests rock film release, actor slams ‘harassment’ | India News – Times of India

Directed, written, and produced by Ranaut, the film depicts the tumultuous 21 months of the Emergency period (1975-1977) under former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Kangana Ranaut’s controversial political drama Emergency hit theaters on Friday, but its debut was overshadowed by protests across Punjab, led by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) and Sikh organizations. Most…

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Trump picks purported Khalistani sympathiser to head civil liberties division in Justice department – Times of India

US correspondent from Washington: US President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday picked Harmeet Kaur Dhillon, a California lawyer and MAGA loyalist seen by some Indian critics as a Khalistani sympathiser, to head the US justice department’s Civil Rights Division. Nominating her as an assistant attorney general, Trump said in a social media post that Dhillon has…

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Justin Trudeau’s offensive a pre-poll ploy amid waning support | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Justin Trudeau‘s aggression towards India coincides with the Canadian Prime Minister’s sliding popularity ratings at home and growing dissent against him, which are being seen to have enhanced the need for him to woo the politically-significant Sikh community ahead of next year’s federal elections.Falling approval ratingsAmid complaints over rising cost of living, a…

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‘Wear turban and … ‘: Amit Shah demands Rahul Gandhi’s apology over remarks on Sikhs | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday hit out at Congress leader and leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, accusing him of having a history of disrespecting the Sikh community. Shah also called on him to apologise for his recent remarks about the community at an event in the United States.Addressing…

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BJP minister booked for calling Rahul Gandhi ‘number one terrorist’ | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: An FIR has been lodged against Union minister Ravneet Singh Bittu for his alleged comments targeting Congress leader Rahul Gandhi regarding his statements made in the US about the Sikh community‘s condition in India, police confirmed on Thursday. The complaint was filed by a Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee official.In his comments, Bittu said,…

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Lost dad at 6, had no money for school: Indira killer’s son | India News – Times of India

BATHINDA: It has been a long and hard initiation into active politics for 46-year-old Sarabjit Singh Khalsa, who contested as an independent candidate and won the Faridkot parliamentary seat.Sarabjit Singh, who completed his matriculation in 1995, was elected to LS on re-emergence of Panthic politics in Punjab along with self-styled Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh, who…

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