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.
Breaking protocol, Prime Minister Narendra Modi received French President Emmanuel Macron at the airport when he arrived here on Friday on a four-day visit to India, during the course of which the two leaders will co-chair the founding conference of the International Solar Alliance (ISA).
Sufi singer Pyare Lal Wadali is no more. He suffered a heart attack yesterday at about 11:00 pm after which he was immediately taken to Fortis Hospital, Amritsar.
A 22-year-old woman allegedly strangulated her one-year-old daughter to death before hanging herself from a ceiling fan in her one-room apartment at Budhanpur village near Sector 16 here on Wednesday.
Acid attack survivors walked the ramp at a fashion show in Thane a day before Women's Day to sensitise people to stop such crimes
Trudeau and Macron are often compared internationally because of their broadly similar political views, as well as youth and good looks. But the French leader will be eager to make a different impression on his Indian hosts.
The government on Thursday launched biodegradable sanitary napkins, priced at ₹2.50 per pad, which will be available at Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana Kendras.