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The seven-hour Punjab bandh call by the Qoumi Insaaf Morcha from 7 am, demanding the release of Sikh prisoners, received a mixed response across the state on Friday morning, with comparatively scant traffic on roads and markets remaining closed in several part
Tension escalated at the Chandigarh-Mohali border on Saturday as Chandigarh Police used water cannons and tear gas to stop hundreds of protesters of the Qaumi Insaaf Morcha from entering the Union Territory to press for the release of Sikh prisoners and 10-day
Three developments in Punjab this week have brought the politics of religion, militancy-era legacies and the Sikh prisoner issue back into the political conversation. The second development was more clearly electoral
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann s request to Governor Gulab Chand Kataria for 10-day parole for Jagtar Singh Hawara to meet his ailing mother has reignited the debate over the release of Bandi Singhs Sikh prisoners whose cases have long been a political an