Kuldeep Mann: Despite its lofty claims of being one of the most developed states in India, Punjab continues to bear the tag of ‘scholarly bankrupt’ state. Its close brush with pre and post independence external aggressions, ordeal of blood-soaked partition and traumatized black-phase of terrorism did not prompt many to raise pen and write something remarkable to go down the annals of history as... 

JPJI Bureau: Caught on wrong foot while illegally collecting crores of rupees as arbitration fee from landowners while deciding their land acquisition compensation disputes Commissioner Sucha Ram Ladhar, IAS officer of 1991 batch, has improved upon his long list of controversies that he attracted during his service tenure. Ladhar has a controversial track record of attracting several unsavory controversies... 

Kuldeep Mann: Compassionate words of regret put forth in the Parliament by Dr Manmohan Singh during his previous stint as Prime Minister and a resolution of condemnation of operation Blue Star passed by the Punjab Vidhan Sabha a few years ago, are meaningless for all those, who lost their innocent kin in the Army attack on Harmandar Sahib way back in June 1984. After elapse of 28 years the kin of innocent... 

JPJI Correspondent: The Sikh Advocacy group Sikhs For Justice SFJ is seriously considering to amend its petition before the US Court to incorporate Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi’s name to ensure legal validity of delivery of summons to the head of Congress – named in the petition as the prime accused in the anti-Sikh riots of 1984. This move on the part of SFJ was necessitated as Congress was...