Bhai Ranjit Singh (82), who fought a legal battle against the French Government to keep intact his identity as a turbaned Sikh, has returned to India with pain in his heart.
He rues that neither any Sikh outfit nor the Indian Government helped him in his two-decade-long fight.
Ranjit, who was born in Shahpur village of Ambala, Haryana, had left for France in 1991. Then, he was issued an ID with the turban and it was due for renewal in 2001.
Nirupam had on Tuesday alleged that the "takeover" of debt-ridden Mumbai power business of Reliance Infrastructure by Adani Transmission Ltd was a deal executed at the behest of the Prime Minister's Office to "bail out" Anil Ambani.
Congress legislators from Amritsar and Gurdaspur districts on Tuesday criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the "meagre relief" announced for the kin of the victims killed by the Islamic State terrorists in Mosul town in Iraq in June 2014.
Sohaj Preet, wife of Punjabi singer Gurvinder Brar and daughter of playwright Ajmer Singh Aulakh, allegedly committed suicide on Tuesday.
The two accused were thrashed and paraded naked by the mob, including women, in Yingkiong market area on March 26.
A case of accidental death was registered following the recovery of the bodies, which were sent for post-mortem.
Policerecorded the parents' statement today and sent the boy's medical papers to a committee of experts.