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What Bhagat Singh’s 'Why I Am an Atheist' taught me about my own belief

August 29, 2025 2:24 pm

A believer confronts Bhagat Singh’s radical rejection of faith, and discovers that atheism, at its most honest, can deepen the roots of belief.

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Fauja Singh to martyr Bhagat Singh: 115 schools in Punjab named after eminent persons, says Bains

July 22, 2025 10:00 am

"We are making efforts to honour our martyrs and other eminent personalities who made Punjab proud," he added.

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This new book is an ode to Punjab’s lost Heers, an effort to find them again

April 21, 2025 9:27 am

From a doctor to a magazine editor, a Ghadarite to a socialist — undivided Punjab had many Heers, who rebelled but were hardly documented. A new book, 'The Lost Heer - Women in Colonial Punjab’, is an effort to trace them again

Ajay Devgn in Rajkumar Santoshi's The Legend of Bhagat Singh

Ajay Devgn put on a moustache, turban and auditioned to play Bhagat Singh; feared that he would be a misfit to play a 23-year-old

April 02, 2025 8:09 am

Ajay Devgn, known for his silent gaze, gave one of his best performances as the extremely verbose Bhagat Singh in Rajkumar Santoshi's film.

Arvind Kejriwal addresses at an event organised to commemorate 'Shaheedi Diwas' (Martyrs' Day), at party headquarters in New Delhi. (PTI photo)

At first event after Delhi poll defeat, Kejriwal takes swipe at BJP: ‘Today’s rulers worse than British’

March 24, 2025 5:42 am

Drawing a parallel between his own incarceration and Bhagat Singh’s imprisonment, Arvind Kejriwal said the freedom fighter's letters from jail were being censored but some of his letters were never delivered.

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Could Gandhi have done more to save Bhagat Singh?

March 05, 2025 8:46 pm

Mahatma Gandhi has long been criticised for his alleged failure to secure a commutation of Bhagat Singh’s death sentence in the Gandhi-Irwin Pact. Could he have done more?

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How Chandra Shekhar remained ‘Azad’ until the very end

February 28, 2025 10:38 am

The revolutionary freedom fighter had made a resolve to never be captured alive. So after being surrounded by police, and with only a single bullet left in his gun, Azad had only one option before him

Jagjit Singh Dallewal

From Bhagat Singh to Dallewal: 6 famous hunger strikes in Punjab

December 20, 2024 12:10 pm

Many have sat on hunger strikes in Punjab. But they have rarely succeeded, at least when it comes to their stated aims. Here are 6 famous instances

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India lodged strong protest with Pakistan on reports of objectionable remarks against Bhagat Singh: Govt

December 06, 2024 9:59 pm

Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh said New Delhi has also been raising with Islamabad issues "concerning attacks on cultural heritage, growing intolerance and lack of respect for minority communities in Pakistan."

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Finally, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann unveils Bhagat Singh statue at Mohali airport

December 04, 2024 4:07 pm

The Opposition BJP recently held a protest march alleging the AAP government was delaying the unveiling of the statue at Mohali’s Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport.

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Water cannons fired at protestors in Mohali

January 08, 2016 12:11 pm

Mohali, Jan 08(ANI) : Water cannons were fired upon the workers of Youth Congress on Friday in Mohali. The protestors were demanding for renaming of the city’s international airport after Shaheed Bhagat Singh. This has been in demand for a long time now.

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