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Punjab: Three nabbed for cross-border drug trafficking, illegal money transactions

An FIR has been registered and further investigation in going on. Read further on Dynamite News:

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SC issues notice to Gurmeet Ram Rahim, others on CBI plea in 2002 murder case

A bench of Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar issued notices, seeking the responses of those acquitted in the case. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Things to do in London this weekend (August 16 – 18)

Leather? Beers? Crisps topped with mussels? Here’s everything to do in London this weekend

Evening Standard

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South Asian Heritage Month: where to celebrate in London

The city will celebrate South Asia’s rich culture over the course of the next few weeks

Evening Standard

Gurmeet Ram Rahim, 4 others acquitted in Ranjit Singh murder case

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and four others were acquitted by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in the murder case of former Dera manager Ranjit Singh. Read further on Dynamite News:

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X-ray visions, stately sculptures and swelling seas – the week in art

Tony Cragg’s cosmic forms grace a Yorkshire manor, while the Lion of the Punjab roars back to life – all in your weekly dispatch

The Guardian - UK

Ranjit Singh: Sikh, Warrior, King at the Wallace Collection review – a glorious show about the Lion of Punjab

Military prowess takes centre stage at this exhibition, which explores the splendor and violence of the Lion of Punjab’s reign

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Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim gets 50-day parole

Dera Sacha Sauda chief and rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh has been granted 50-day parole, official sources said.

The Hindu

Delhi HC asks YouTube journalist to delete video on Ram Rahim over ‘defamation’

The Delhi High Court today directed journalist and YouTuber Shyam Meera Singh to delete his video on Dera Saccha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh – who is serving a 20-year jail sentence for rape – in a defamation case.

Newslaundry

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh gets three-week furlough

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, Dera Sacha Sauda chief, granted 3-wk furlough from Sunaria jail in Rohtak, Haryana. Will visit sect's Ashram in Barnawa, U.P.

The Hindu

UK officials seeking to deport asylum seeker mistook him for three other men

Home Office officials rejecting Ranjit Singh’s application confused him with others of same name

The Guardian - UK

A stitch in time: How heritage conservationists are preserving culturally and historically significant artefacts and monuments

How heritage conservationists are preserving culturally and historically significant artefacts and monuments

The Hindu

A stitch in time

Art conservators Namita Jaspal, Nilabh Sinha, Sreekumar Menon & Sujatha Shankar bridge gap b/w art & history in India. Namita restored wall paintings at Golden Temple & Banda Singh Bahadur's angrakha. Nilabh restored 12th Century Mangyu temple complex & Flora Fountain. Sreekumar worked on Sumda Chun, awarded by UNESCO. Sujatha…

The Hindu

Cracks in the house of Devi Lal

Clan of Chaudhary Devi Lal, once a powerful political force in Haryana, now feuds over legacy. Despite split, his descendants still use his image to gain support. Abhay's 'Parivartan Padayatra' and Dushyant's 'Ek Booth, Dus Youth' echo his initial message. Both parties hope to win back core vote bank, but…

The Hindu

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Second attack on Sikh community in Pakistan, victim shot dead in Peshawar

In the second attack on the Sikh community in two consecutive days in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial capital, a victim was shot dead after unidentified armed men opened fire at him. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Hindu

205 Sikh pilgrims to visit Pakistan for Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s death anniversary congregation

The jatha Sikh pilgrims will leave for Pakistan on June 21 to attend Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s death anniversary, 205 pilgrims received visas and they will return to India on June 30.

The Conversation

Is a Sikh separatist movement seeing a resurgence four decades after sparking terror in India?

It is not surprising that recent acts of vandalism by suspected Sikh separatists in Australia and North America have generated a sense of déjà vu.

The Guardian - UK

India archive reveals extent of ‘colonial loot’ in royal jewellery collection

File from India Office archive details how priceless items were extracted from colony as trophies of conquest

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No ordinary diamond: how the Koh-i-Noor became an imperial possession

Ahead of King Charles’s coronation on May 6 2023, Buckingham Palace has announced that Camilla, the Queen consort, will be wearing a modified version of the crown made for Queen Mary, the consort of George V. This is the first time since the 1700s that a queen consort crown is…

The Independent UK

Why is the Koh-i-Noor diamond so controversial?

The huge diamond is steeped in history and controversy over how it came to be in the possession of British royalty

Evening Standard

What is the Koh-i-Noor diamond and why won’t it be seen at the Coronation?

Queen Consort Camilla will not wear a jewel-encrusted crown at the King’s coronation featuring the Koh-i-Noor diamond as it brings back ‘painful memories of the colonial past’

The Independent UK

Why is the Koh-i-Noor diamond so controversial?

The huge diamond is steeped in history and controversy over how it came to be in the possession of British royalty

Dynamite News

SGPC chief demands a ban on Ram Rahim's activities

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) President Harjinder Singh Dhami has termed the activities of convicted Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh as "anti-social" and demanded the Centre and state government stop them immediately. Read more on Dynamite News:

The Hindu

HC upholds eviction order against Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s family

The bench said it did not find any reason to interfere with the order of eviction which was passed in November 2001.

Daily Record

Queen's 'cursed' crown jewel was 'looted from 10-year-old Indian king'

The Koh-i-Noor diamond, worth an estimated £350m, came from India's Alluvial mines and eventually came into the possession of British royal family in the mid-1800s.

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