Latest Partition News & Updates

Mumbai, May 8 (IANS) Veteran actor Dalip Tahil was seen getting emotional as he remembered his late mother and her unfulfilled wish of revisiting her ancestral home in Hyderabad, Sindh. Taking to his social media, Dalip reshared a video post featuring an old haveli linked to his family roots, as he reflected on the pain and loss carried by families displaced during the Partition.Remembering his mother and her last unfulfilled wish, Tahil wrote about how she had always wished to return to her hom…

Islamabad/New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) The tragic events in Pakistan’s Lyallpur during the Partition underscored the immense suffering and persecution endured by the Sikh community, with those scars still lingering as a reminder of the human cost of religious and political divisions. Despite transforming barren land into flourishing communities in Lyallpur, the prosperous, disciplined Sikh population was forcibly uprooted and subjected to violence, a report in ‘Khalsa Vox’ mentioned.“Lyallpur, a…

Mumbai, Feb 28 (IANS) The production banner Sammy’s Entertainment has unveiled the motion poster for their forthcoming patriotic travel-love drama “JAI HIND JAI SIND – A Love story”, which has been made under the direction of Indrajit Lankesh. The drama features some powerhouse performances by acclaimed artists such as Mahesh Manjrekar, Jaya Prada, Zarina Wahab, Vikram Kochhar, Upasna Singh, and Amit Behl, along with others.With the narrative surrounding romance, the movie has been set again…

New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Leaders across parties have reacted sharply to the National Council of Educational Research and Training’s (NCERT) revised Class 8 Social Science textbook, which states that the Congress accepted the 1947 Partition as “the only way forward”, sparking a fresh debate over how India’s history is taught.Speaking to IANS, senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi accused the Congress of distorting historical realities for decades. “The history of the Congress party is quite t…

Lucknow, Jan 26 (IANS) It is a proud moment for UP’s state capital Lucknow as two eminent doctors from the city have been honoured with the prestigious Padma Shri award for their outstanding services in the field of medicine. The awardees are renowned pulmonologist and tuberculosis specialist Dr Rajendra Prasad, former Head of the Department at King George’s Medical University (KGMU), and noted Ayurveda surgeon K.K. Thakral.Dr Rajendra Prasad, who has been selected for the Padma Shri, is regar…

New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind President Arshad Madani has launched a sharp attack on the Congress party, questioning its historical approach to communalism and asserting that a failure to act decisively against communal forces has pushed the country to what he described as the “brink of destruction”.In a post on X, Madani said that decisive action at a critical moment in history could have altered the country’s trajectory.“After the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, had the…

Mumbai, Jan 14 (IANS) Actor Abhishek Banerjee has shared that his cameo appearance in the second season of “Freedom at Midnight” is a tribute to late star Om Puri, whom he says defied the very meaning of what it took to be a hero. “I have grown up admiring one of the biggest acting legends of India, the Late Om Puri sahab. He was truly a trailblazer and defied the very meaning of what it took to be a hero. When people see his filmography, one thing that is great takeaway is that he always …

New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) Amid a political war of words between the BJP and the Congress party over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks on infiltration in Assam and the Northeast, BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh on Monday accused the grand old party of suppressing historical facts related to the Partition. Chugh’s remarks came after Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge criticised Prime Minister Modi for accusing the Congress of neglecting Assam and the northeastern region durin…