Punjab appears divided in the ongoing row over the censor board's major cuts in "Udta Punjab" and its decision that all references to the state be deleted from the Bollywood film.
Army Chief General Dalbir Singh on Thursday felicitated an all-girl team of NCC that scaled Mt. Everest last month.
Vaishali Yadav, hailing from a poor family, suffered from a hole in her heart. Her father, a small-time painter, was unable to afford an expensive heart surgery and had even sold her toys and bicycle to purchase medicines.
However, the chief, Asim Umar praised the 9/11 attacks on America that left some 3,000 persons, including hundreds of women and eight kids, killed in one of the worst terror strikes in history.
Smriti Banik had a dream: to succeed in the Madhyamik (secondary) examination. She nurtured this wish for two decades -- even as she got married, raised a family and dealt with abject poverty.
"Now that we have achieved the mission of making a Congress-free India, it is time to make India Muslim-free. We are working on that," Sadhvi Prachi.