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The Air Here Can Kill, Welcome to the World’s Most Polluted Place

What Does “Most Polluted” Even Mean? It’s not like one place wins a forever trophy for being the worst, air quality rankings aren’t set in stone. Reports from groups like IQ Air track PM2.5 levels (fine particulate matter) over months or a year, comparing how often cities exceed safe limits…

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Sidhu Moosewala’s Parents Protest Alleged Financial Irregularities in Singer’s Posthumous Earnings

The parents of late Punjabi singer Shubhdeep Singh, popularly known as Sidhu Moosewala, have staged a protest alleging they are being cheated out of earnings from their son’s songs released after his death in 2022.

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‘Went to Punjab to pledge Canada...’: Row over Tim Uppal’s deportation remarks as extortion fears grow

A political row erupted around Canadian Conservative deputy leader Tim Uppal after his comments on deportation and extortion invited criticism online.

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Why Indian Brides Never Skip These Bangles: 8 Regional Traditions Explained

In India, bangles are much more than mere ornaments. They hold cultural significance, spiritual blessings, and centuries of tradition. Worn during weddings, festivals, and daily rituals, bangles reflect a woman’s identity and her life journey. Each region of India has unique bangle styles, materials, and designs, from ivory and gold…

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'Living in constant fear': Canadian city calls for emergency amid extortion threats by Punjabi gangsters

Surrey mayor Brenda Locke called on Ottawa to declare a federal state of emergency after 35 incidents of extortion crime took place in the BC (British Columbia) city this month. “The City of Surrey is experiencing an acute and escalating crisis of organized extortion, intimidation, and targeted shootings resulting in…

The Times of India

SC grants interim relief to Punjab Kesari before HC order

The Supreme Court has told the Bhagwant Mann government in Punjab to allow the Punjab Kesari group to resume its printing press in Ludhiana. This interim order will stay in place until the Punjab and Haryana High Court delivers its verdict on the group’s petition against the government’s actions.

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Punjab Kesari accuses AAP govt of targeting media operations; govt denies ‘vendetta narrative’

In a letter to Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria, the Punjab Kesari Group has accused the AAP government in the state of a “targeted witch hunt” against their media operations. It has claimed the Punjab government stopped all ads after a “balanced and fair report” regarding the opposition’s allegations about…

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Sikh activist in UK told to increase security over Hindu nationalist threats

Police ask Paramjeet Singh Pamma to install security cameras and reinforce door locks at his home

The Guardian - UK

‘The foggy, golden sunrise makes for incredible images’: Sachin Ghai’s best phone picture

The Punjabi photographer was delighted with this stunning shot of birds being fed on the Yamuna River in Delhi

The Guardian - UK

How Australia’s first outback mosque was built 600km north of Adelaide, 150 years ago

From 1860 to 1930, an estimated 3,000 people came to Australia from Afghanistan, Baluchistan, Punjab, Sindh and the northern part of Pakistan. Still more came from different parts of the Ottoman Empire.

The Conversation

As Punjab gets attention, data suggests Haryana, UP contribute to over a third of Delhi’s PM 2.5

Punjab takes the heat for Delhi’s foul air. But the headlines often miss Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, which contribute significantly to the toxic mix.

Newslaundry

‘Jailing farmers doesn’t help anyone’: After floods wrecked harvest, Punjab stares at the parali puzzle

As Punjab’s farmers struggle to complete delayed paddy harvests due to one of the worst floods in recent times, they face yet another pressure – to quickly clear fields to make way for Rabi crops.

Newslaundry

India’s monsoon is becoming more extreme – even though overall rainfall has hardly increased

Across India, torrential rains over the past few months have swallowed an entire village in the Himalayas, flooded Punjab’s farmlands and brought Kolkata to a standstill. This all happened in a monsoon season in which total rainfall was technically only 8% above normal.

The Conversation

10 Photos of Varinder Ghuman: India's Vegetarian Bodybuilder Who Suddenly Died at Age 47

Remembering the life of Indian bodybuilder Varinder Ghuman.

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The Independent UK

Indian bodybuilder and actor Varinder Singh Ghuman dies of heart attack at 42

Ghuman represented India at the Arnold Classic and was once crowned ‘Mr India’

International Business Times UK

Rajvir Jawanda Cause of Death: Remembering the Artist's Songs, Wife, and the Accident That Took His Life

Punjabi singer and actor Rajvir Jawanda has died at age 35, eleven days after a motorcycle accident in Himachal Pradesh. His passing reignited public concern over India's high rate of road accidents — with two-wheelers accounting for nearly half of the country's 155,000 annual road-traffic deaths.

The Independent UK

Punjabi star Rajvir Jawanda dies in horror accident after crashing motorcycle into stray cattle

The singer was best known for songs such as ‘Sardaari’ and ‘Kangani’

The Independent UK

Rajvir Jawanda death latest: Punjabi star dies aged 35 after tragic road accident

Singer and actor had been on life support for 11 days after suffering critical injuries in a motorcycle crash

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Is basmati rice Indian or Pakistani? Do not ask the European Commission

From the Punjab plains to Brussels — who would have thought that the dispute over basmati’s origin would end up on Europeans' plates?

The Independent UK

Canada designates India’s notorious Bishnoi gang a terrorist entity

Gang is accused of murdering Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala and sending death threats to Bollywood actor Salman Khan

The Conversation

How water fuels conflict in Pakistan

For ten days in April 2025, Pakistan almost came to a standstill. No freight was moving from its only port city, Karachi, towards the population centres in the north. The cause was the government’s announcement of a project to build six canals to irrigate the Cholistan Desert in the east…

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‘Restart from scratch’: Flood-hit Indian farmers look at swelling losses

Farmers in India’s Punjab are suffering from the worst floods in four decades, amid pain from Trump’s tariffs too.

The Independent UK

Many displaced by Pakistan’s flood-hit Punjab return to find homes and crops destroyed

Most of the 2.6 million people displaced by record floods in Pakistan’s Punjab province have returned home to find their houses damaged and crops destroyed

AAP

Australia women suffer biggest ever ODI defeat in India

Alyssa Healy's Australia side have been hammered by 102 runs by India in New Chandigarh, their biggest ever defeat in a one-day international.

International Business Times UK

India's Breadbasket Under Water: Millions Displaced as Punjab Faces Worst Floods in Decades

Punjab reels from worst floods in decades as 3.5M people are displaced and farmland is left ruined.

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