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India archive reveals extent of ‘colonial loot’ in royal jewellery collection

File from India Office archive details how priceless items were extracted from colony as trophies of conquest

The Guardian - UK

No ordinary diamond: how the Koh-i-Noor became an imperial possession

Ahead of King Charles’s coronation on May 6 2023, Buckingham Palace has announced that Camilla, the Queen consort, will be wearing a modified version of the crown made for Queen Mary, the consort of George V. This is the first time since the 1700s that a queen consort crown is…

The Conversation

Why is the Koh-i-Noor diamond so controversial?

The huge diamond is steeped in history and controversy over how it came to be in the possession of British royalty

The Independent UK

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What is the Koh-i-Noor diamond and why won’t it be seen at the Coronation?

Queen Consort Camilla will not wear a jewel-encrusted crown at the King’s coronation featuring the Koh-i-Noor diamond as it brings back ‘painful memories of the colonial past’

Evening Standard

Why is the Koh-i-Noor diamond so controversial?

The huge diamond is steeped in history and controversy over how it came to be in the possession of British royalty

The Independent UK

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh walks out of Rohtak jail after being granted 40-day parole

CHANDIGARH: Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh walked out of the Sunaria jail in Haryana's Rohtak on Saturday. He was granted a 40-day parole.

The Times of India

SGPC chief demands a ban on Ram Rahim's activities

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) President Harjinder Singh Dhami has termed the activities of convicted Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh as "anti-social" and demanded the Centre and state government stop them immediately. Read more on Dynamite News:

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HC upholds eviction order against Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s family

The bench said it did not find any reason to interfere with the order of eviction which was passed in November 2001.

The Hindu

Queen's 'cursed' crown jewel was 'looted from 10-year-old Indian king'

The Koh-i-Noor diamond, worth an estimated £350m, came from India's Alluvial mines and eventually came into the possession of British royal family in the mid-1800s.

Daily Record

A London diaspora district remembers a queen — ambivalently

Southall is a district in West London that's filled with members of the South Asian diapora

The Independent UK

Pakistani who came to kill Nupur vandalised Lahore Ranjit Singh statue: Sriganganagar cop

JAIPUR: Sriganganagar police, investigating the case of Rizwan (24), who crossed the international border into India illegally in Sriganganagar, has found that the accused is also facing trial in his home country for vandalising Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s statue at Lahore’s Shahi Quila in August 2019.

The Times of India

Gurmeet Ram Rahim granted month-long parole, SGPC objects

According to Haryana's Jails Minister Ranjit Chautala, Gurmeet Ram Rahim had said in his plea that he wanted to go to the Dera Sacha Sauda Ashram, Barnawa, in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat

The Hindu

Won’t allow migration of minorities from J&K, says Rajnath Singh

Targeted killings due to foreign conspiracy, Defence Minister says, hints at Assembly election later in the year

The Hindu

Dera Sacha Sauda chief out on month’s parole, SGPC slams ‘double standards’

ROHTAK/AMRITSAR: Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who is lodged in Rohtak’s Sunaria jail, was granted a month’s regular parole on Friday. He will spend 30 days at his dera in Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh.

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Haryana's first jail filling station inaugurated as pilot project in Kurukshetra

KURUKSHETRA: Under the initiative of reformation and integration among the inmates for their welfare, the first petrol, diesel, and CNG (compressed natural gas) filling station in Haryana was inaugurated as a pilot project on the premises of the district jail at Kurukshetra on Tuesday.

The Hindu

Manesar units hit as Haryana reels under power crisis

Long power outages have also hit water supply in the industrial hub

The Times of India

Hyderabad cops seize 900gm of poppy straw concentrate, arrest 2

HYDERABAD: The Special Operations Team (SOT) sleuths of Rachakonda police arrested two interstate peddlers trafficking poppy straw concentrate from Punjab to Hyderabad and seized 900 gm of contraband, 1.4 lakh cash, a car and three cell phones, all worth 15 lakh.

Wales Online

Mercedes owner could scrap car as new battery will cost £15k

Ranjit Singh was "horrified" at the cost of a new battery

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Daily Mirror

Mercedes owner horrified after £15,000 quote for battery - more than the car is worth

Retried driver Ranjit Singh was left stunned after he was quoted £15,000 for a new battery for the Mercedes Benz he bought second-hand just four years ago for £27,000

Los Angeles Times

COVID killed droves of Indian health workers. Their families must fight for recompense

PUNE, India — Amanjit Singh’s father, a family doctor, was ordered to reopen his clinic as early cases of COVID-19 were spreading in Mumbai. Within days, his father — gasping for oxygen at home — was dead. Two days later, so was his mother.

Newslaundry

Final arguments begin in two murder cases against Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh

The final arguments in the two murder cases allegedly involving Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh commenced in a special CBI court here Sunday. Ram Rahim is lodged in Sunaria jail of Rohtak after he was convicted of rape and criminal intimidation by the same CBI court on…

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