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Supreme Court reaffirms property becomes self-acquired after joint family split
The SC has reaffirmed after severance of status in a joint Hindu family, each member’s share becomes self-acquired, allowing them to sell, gift or transfer
Published on May 04, 2025 12:57 PM IST
Drawing Room: Why Narayan Chandra Biswas loves Zarina Hashmi’s art
Zarina Hashmi’s works keep questioning ideas of belonging. See how she makes a single line echo the history of two nations
Updated on Apr 04, 2025 05:07 PM IST
What citizens in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh think 75 years post-partition
This paper is by CPR.
Published on Jan 03, 2025 01:16 PM IST
Rahul VermaNishant RanjanSatyam ShuklaShamik VatsaPraskanva SinharayMelvin KunjumonYashwant DeshmukhSutanu GuruGaura ShuklaAakanksha Bariar
Old photos of Manmohan Singh meeting childhood friend from Pakistan resurface
Raja Mohammad Ali, a childhood acquaintance of Manmohan Singh, came from Pakistan to Delhi in 2008 to reconnect with Manmohan Singh.
Published on Dec 28, 2024 11:35 AM IST
Village in Pakistan recalls fond memories of ‘Mohna’
To the older residents of Gah Begal, a nondescript village 80km south of Pakistan’s capital Islamabad, former prime minister Manmohan Singh was “Mohna”
Updated on Dec 28, 2024 02:08 AM IST
Danial Kublai Khan, Islamabad
Witnessing the advent of modernity and country’s changing social fabric
At 101, Ranjit Singh Sandhu reflects on life from a mud hut to modern comforts, witnessing societal changes and cherishing family amidst evolving times.
Updated on Nov 09, 2024 08:08 AM IST
Roundabout | They speak as their lips are free and their tongues are their own
The spotlight is on the memoirs of Sayeda Hameed’s life story and ‘Sardarji’, an immortal story by KA Abbas, enacted by Jashn-e-Qalam
Updated on Nov 03, 2024 06:54 AM IST
Nirupama Dutt
Partition survivors recall experiences at DU event
The event, anchored by DU’s Centre for Independence and Partition Studies (CIPS), saw five Partition survivors share their stories and featured a short film
A master of the fractured narrative: Poonam Saxena on Bhisham Sahni
He is best-known for his Partition tale, Tamas, adapted for TV by Govind Nihalani. But there is a lot more to discover, or revisit, 20 years after his death.
Updated on Aug 10, 2024 04:34 PM IST
Congress leaders slam PM’s remarks in Punjab rallies, ask him to address real issues
During his three rallies in Punjab, PM Modi attacked the Congress for “allowing the massacre of Sikhs” and “protecting the rioters” in 1984 and asserted that it was he who ensured punishment for the accused
Updated on May 26, 2024 06:36 AM IST
Navrajdeep Singh, Jalandhar
Missing in the debate on quotas for Muslims
While Congress is guilty of invoking religion for unfair inclusions, the BJP is guilty of unfair religion-based exclusions
Published on May 22, 2024 12:36 AM IST
Yogi Adityanath says Congress trying to defame Sanatanis, foster caste divisions
Yogi Adityanath criticized Congress for Muslim appeasement, contributing to Partition. He praised Modi for progress in tackling terrorism and Naxalism.
Updated on May 02, 2024 05:00 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Lucknow
From India to Pakistan: Man reunites with home's door after years partition
After years of partition, Prof. Amin Chohan from Lahore was able to reunite with a part of his home in India. The heartening video has left many emotional.
Published on Apr 14, 2024 09:54 AM IST
Vrinda Jain
Congress responsible for India’s partition: Yogi
UP CM says Congress party’s ‘devious tactics’ led to country’s unfortunate partition while praising the PM for opening the Kartarpur Corridor to facilitate the Sikhs’ visit to Guru Nanak Dev’s birthplace in Pakistan.
Updated on Apr 09, 2024 10:31 PM IST
World full of examples on fast-tracking of citizenship: Jaishankar on CAA criticism
World full of examples on fast-tracking of citizenship: Jaishankar on CAA criticism
Published on Mar 17, 2024 10:53 AM IST
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A Sindhi film on Partition breaks the mould, wows audiences
Based on well-known writer Thakur Chawla’s short story, the film is directed by Susheel Gajwani, and is his first Sindhi venture
Updated on Mar 04, 2024 06:54 AM IST
Jyoti Punwani
Memorial service held in honour of Maj Gen Hasnain
Maj Gen SM Hasnain’s contributions to the Indian Army, including his leadership of the 4 Garhwal Rifles, were remembered with reverence
Updated on Feb 26, 2024 06:26 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Prayagraj
Revamp gathers pace to create a modern Meharchand Market
A popular hub for local shoppers for decades, the bazaar slowly started transforming into one of the Capital’s upscale markets
Updated on Feb 22, 2024 05:32 AM IST
Art and lit fest: Scholars reimagine an inclusive Punjab
The discussion was titled ‘Kark Kaleje Maahi’ (a sore in my heart), an expression which has been used in the Bani of Guru Nanak. Invoking the Sufi saint Bulleh Shah, who had famously exclaimed “Bura haal Punjab da,” eminent raagi and researcher Bhai Baldeep called for harmony and empathy. Similarly, poet and scholar Manmohan Singh also urged the audience to rise above the fault lines of the past to build a cohesive society, inclusive of mind and machine.
Updated on Feb 05, 2024 05:44 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
HT Picks; New Reads
On the reading list this week is a book that attempts to highlight what has gone wrong with India’s polity and society, another that looks at Bangladesh and asks important questions about the nature of identity, religion, and the idea of “home”, and a public intellectual’s moving narrative of his personal and professional journey
Updated on Dec 02, 2023 10:04 AM IST
HT Team
Resolve pending mutation cases by Jan 20: CM Sukhu
The high power committee under chairmanship of the chief minister reviewed pending revenue cases in the state and asked all deputy commissioners to dispose of the pending cases on mission mode
Updated on Nov 21, 2023 06:44 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Shimla
Punjab sports minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer to get hitched to Meerut doctor on Nov 7
He is the third minister after CM Bhagwant Mann and Harjot Bains to get married while in office after AAP assumed power in state
Updated on Oct 27, 2023 08:10 AM IST
Long-lost cousins from India, Pak reunite after 76 yrs at Kartarpur
Two cousins, separated during the Partition 76 years ago, were reunited at the Kartarpur Corridor thanks to social media. They had an emotional meeting at Gurdwara Darbar Sahib.
Updated on Oct 24, 2023 06:48 AM IST
Press Trust of India
Review: The Peacemakers by Ghazala Wahab
A collection of 12 essays by a diverse group of writers focuses on people who have risked their lives to bring about peace in the midst of violence
Published on Oct 11, 2023 08:29 PM IST
Ram Janmabhoomi reclaimed, Sindhu can also be brought back: Yogi
A grand temple of Lord Ram is being constructed in Ayodhya and Ramlala will be seated again in his temple in January next year, chief minister said.
Updated on Oct 10, 2023 11:33 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Lucknow
The long road from Noakhali to Manipur
Mahatma Gandhi did not get all the results he desired in Noakhali, but he got some. In any case, he had confronted the problem.
Updated on Oct 02, 2023 05:56 PM IST
Essay: Partition and the inheritance of loss
Memories of the great forced migration and violence that accompanied Independence persist even in later generations that did not experience the events firsthand
Published on Sep 15, 2023 06:22 PM IST
Deepansh Duggal
Essay: Revisiting Pinjar in time for Amrita Pritam’s 104th birth anniversary
Millions lost their homes and became refugees during the Partition and female bodies became battlegrounds. So where does a woman belong, asks Amrita Pritam
Updated on Aug 25, 2023 10:00 PM IST
Sharmistha Jha
Review: Shadows at Noon by Joya Chatterji
The book, which includes copious field notes, oral accounts, archival evidence and a deep engagement with secondary works, occasionally reads like an unputdownable novel
Updated on Aug 18, 2023 08:17 PM IST
Mohammad Sajjad
How 1947 changed Delhi: The evolution of city post Partition
Between 1941 and 1951, Delhi’s population shot up by 90%. These were the years when refugees from Pakistan came to India, most of them to Delhi.
Updated on Aug 16, 2023 04:28 AM IST
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