First Lady Hosts

Author : Rector Kathuria      Blog : SevenSeasNews      Date : 5/10/2013 6:04:00 AM

'05/09/2013 10:40 PM CDT                                                    Fri, May 10, 2013 at 9:06 AMMilitary Mother's Day Tea at White HouseBy Terri Moon CronkAmerican Forces Press ServiceWASHINGTON, May 9, 2013 - First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, hosted 170 military mothers and their children at the White (...)'

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California Air National Guard Battles Raging Wildfires

Author : Rector Kathuria      Blog : SevenSeasNews      Date : 5/6/2013 6:06:00 PM

'05/06/2013 09:16 AM CDT                                                       Mon, May 6, 2013 at 7:02 PMFrom a National Guard Bureau News ReleasePORT HUENEME, Calif., May 6, 2013 - The California Air National Guard's 146th Airlift Wing is providing two specialized firefighting C-130J aircraft and crews to assist with wildfires raging across the(...)'

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At Israel's Holocaust Memorial

Author : Rector Kathuria      Blog : SevenSeasNews      Date : 4/21/2013 8:37:00 PM

'Hagel Lays a Wreath in Remembrance04/21/2013 03:35 PM CDTBy Cheryl PellerinAmerican Forces Press ServiceJERUSALEM, April 21, 2013 - On the first afternoon of two days of talks with military and government officials here, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel toured Yad Vashem, Israel's living memorial to the Holocaust, and in the Hall of Remembrance laid a wreath on a stone crypt containing ashes of Holocaust victims.Hagel walked the solemn and evocative displays of the Holocaust History Mu(...)'

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Death Penalty in India:

Author : Rector Kathuria      Blog : SevenSeasNews      Date : 4/18/2013 4:47:00 PM

'“One hardly finds a rich or affluent person going to the gallows”In November 2012, Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving gunman from the 2008 Mumbai attacks, was hanged in the country’s first execution in more than eight years. Three months later, Afzal Guru was executed after his clemency petition was rejected by the President; Guru had been convicted in 2005 of being involved in the 2001 attack on Parliament.More recently, the government has expanded the scope of the death pen(...)'

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Veterans Full Employment Act of 2013

Author : Rector Kathuria      Blog : SevenSeasNews      Date : 4/18/2013 3:51:00 AM

'04/17/2013 06:59 PM CDT                                                                   Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 4:43 AMFirst Lady Joins Maryland Governor at Veterans' Bill SigningBy Amaani LyleAmerican Forces Press ServiceANNAPOLIS, Md., April 17, 2013 - First Lady Michelle Obama joined Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (...)'

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Face of Defense:

Author : Rector Kathuria      Blog : SevenSeasNews      Date : 4/2/2013 7:18:00 AM

'Army Civil Engineer Serves in AfghanistanBy Karla MarshallArmy Corps of Engineers, Afghanistan Engineer District SouthKANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, April 1, 2013 - Linda Murphy said her passion to use her expertise to help Afghans improve their quality of life caused her to trade-in her designer pumps for some steel-toed boots.Afghanistan-deployed U.S. Army Corps of Engineers civilian employee and civil engineer Linda Murphy, right, meets with Afghan Minister of Energy Ishmael Kha(...)'

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Demolishing unserviceable ammunition

Author : Rector Kathuria      Blog : SevenSeasNews      Date : 3/28/2013 1:15:00 AM

'03/27/2013 07:36 PM CDT                                                Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 5:37 AMU.S. Marines demolish unserviceable ammunition, unexploded ordnance and other military items in Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 17, 2013.'

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PAKISTAN: Killing of Ms Perveen Rehman

Author : Rector Kathuria      Blog : SevenSeasNews      Date : 3/17/2013 12:18:00 PM

'Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 9:24 AMA Press Release from Front Line Defenders forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC)Perveen Rehman was a social and economic rights defenderOn 13 March 2013, human rights defender Ms Perveen Rehman was shot and killed by armed motorcyclists, close to her offices. Perveen Rehman was a social and economic rights defender, working with communities in the slums of Karachi. She was director of the Orangi Pilot Project, one of Pakistan's mo(...)'

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Fourth day of National Seminar

Author : Rector Kathuria      Blog : SevenSeasNews      Date : 3/15/2013 3:01:00 PM

'Discussion contd on “Caste Question and Marxism”Caste system is not serving feudal powers, but the capitalismChandigarh, 15 March. “Today, it is not the feudal powers that are maintaining the caste system but it is the capitalism which is responsible for instilling vital energy to the caste system and this has become a powerful instrument for creating divisions among the working people. So it is wrong to think that with the development of capitalism and industry, the caste system wi(...)'

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Fourth Arvind Memorial Seminar in Chd.

Author : Rector Kathuria      Blog : SevenSeasNews      Date : 3/10/2013 3:39:00 PM

'Intensive debate and discussions from 12 March*Five-day Seminar on 'Caste Question and Marxism'*Scholars and Activists from India and Abroad will Participate in the seminarChandigarh, 10 March. Scholars, writers and activists from all over India and some from abroad will participate in intensive debate and discussions on a most important aspect of social change in India during the five-day seminar on 'Caste Question and Marxism' starting from 12 March in Cha(...)'

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Sahir lives- through his poetry

Author : Rector Kathuria      Blog : SevenSeasNews      Date : 3/8/2013 11:15:00 PM

'08-March-2013 14:34 ISTPresident releases a Commemorative Postage StampThe President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee releasing the Commemorative Postage Stamp on Shri Sahir Ludhianvi, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 08, 2013. The Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Shri Kapil Sibal is also seen.The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee released a Commemorative Postage Stamp on late Shri Sahir Ludhianvi on the occasion of his birth anniversary t(...)'

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You will be a strategic thinker

Author : Rector Kathuria      Blog : SevenSeasNews      Date : 3/6/2013 10:33:00 AM

'Asia/PACIFIC: AI is seeking a Regional Growth CoordinatorWed, Mar 6, 2013 at 12:57 PMOxford HR is working with Amnesty International (AI) to recruit a Regional Growth Coordinator (Asia Pacific).For the past 50 years AI has brought people together to fight for human rights. Their aim is simple: an end to human rights abuses. Independent, international and influential, they campaign for justice, freedom and truth wherever they're denied. Already their network of over three million mem(...)'

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Rare Laparoscopic Surgery Performed at CMC

Author : Rector Kathuria      Blog : SevenSeasNews      Date : 3/6/2013 6:58:00 AM

'Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 11:59 AM A 3 year old Girl Child was suffering from painLudhiana, 6th March, 2013:(Shalu Arora and Rector Kathuria):A 3 year old girl child, daughter of a labourer was suffering, with continuous pain in the lower abdomen and urinary infection for past threemonths. She was referred tothe Department of Paediatric Surgery CMC and Hospital Ludhiana for further management. Investigations revealed that there was a 2.5 cms. long and 1.5 cms. thick,stone which was c(...)'

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Speech by the President of India

Author : Rector Kathuria      Blog : SevenSeasNews      Date : 3/5/2013 5:17:00 PM

'05-March-2013 17:35 ISTShri Pranab Mukherjee at the Kumudini welfare trust of Bangladesh I am delighted to be here with you at Kumudini and the Bharateshwari Home for Girls. You have put up an extraordinary performance which combines beauty with elegance, discipline and physical fitness. I am truly impressed and overwhelmed by your talent and hard work.Looking at all of you I can see that Bangladesh has a very bright future. Each of you will one day go forth into the outside wo(...)'

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Sangharsh Sandesh Jatha began in north also

Author : Rector Kathuria      Blog : SevenSeasNews      Date : 3/5/2013 7:24:00 AM

'Northern Jatha Flagged Off from Jallianwala BaghThe third of the CPI(M)'s Sangharsh Sandesh Jatha – the Northern Jatha – began its journey from historic city Amritsar today. Earlier, Brinda Karat, Polit Bureau member of the CPI(M) paid tributes to the martyrs of Jallianwala Bagh before embarking on the Jatha.The Jatha team was received at Jallianwala Bagh with warmth from hundreds of people assembled there from across the state. Led by Vijay Mishra, the coordinator for the Jath(...)'

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A Statement from the AHRC on Sri Lanka

Author : Rector Kathuria      Blog : SevenSeasNews      Date : 3/4/2013 6:45:00 PM

'Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 9:17 AMA monk leads mob violence at Maligawatta with the connivance of the policeSwarnavahini reported a raid on a house maintained at a high rise building in Maligawatta by a mob led by a Buddhist monk, Galabodathe Yanasiri, the secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena (The Buddhist Power Army). Galabodathe Yanasiri claimed that a person residing there was keeping false deeds, fake ticket books and passing himself off as a Buddhist monk. A large crowd entered and searche(...)'

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Globemaster III aircraft lands

Author : Rector Kathuria      Blog : SevenSeasNews      Date : 3/4/2013 5:31:00 PM

'Runway during exercise Red FlagA U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft lands at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., as three F-15C Eagle aircraft assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, hold short of the runway during exercise Red Flag 13-3 Feb. 25, 2013. Red Flag is an advanced aerial combat training exercise held four to six times a year to train pilots from the U.S., NATO and other allied countries for real combat situations. (DoD photo by Lawren(...)'

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The Bold and Straightforward Com. Anand

Author : Rector Kathuria      Blog : SevenSeasNews      Date : 3/4/2013 12:29:00 PM

'Anand always takes Righteous pro-people stand An ‘Abhinandan Granth’ published by Punjabi Sahitya AkademiMayor H.S.GohlwarhiaDr Rajnish Bahadur LUDHIANA,March 4,2013: (Seven Seas News Service): An ‘Abhinandan Granth’ on renowned literateur, journalist, public figure and a thinker, S. Jagjit Singh Anand was released by the Punjabi Sahit Akademi(PSA), Ludhiana today. The first copy of the treatise was presented by the PSA President Gurbhajan Singh Gill an(...)'

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National Stroke Conference Concludes in Ldh

Author : Rector Kathuria      Blog : SevenSeasNews      Date : 3/3/2013 5:33:00 AM

'National Stroke Conference Concludes in Ldh.Ludhiana, 3rd March, 2013: (Shalu Arora and Rector Kathuria)The 8th National Conference of Indian Stroke Association organised by the department of Neurology, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana concluded today. There were 300 delegates who attended the conference from all over India including 18 International faculty members. Delegates also attended from the SAARC countries like Bangladesh. Yesterday there was a banquet for the deleg(...)'

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Vice President Releases Book ‘Walking with Lions:

Author : Rector Kathuria      Blog : SevenSeasNews      Date : 3/1/2013 7:39:00 PM

'01-March-2013 18:20 ISTTales from a Diplomatic Past’ by Shri K. Natwar SinghThe Vice President of India Shri M. Hamid Ansari released a book entitled “Walking with Lions : Tales from a Diplomatic Past” written by Shri K. Natwar Singh, former Union Minister for External Affairs at a function here today. Addressing on the occasion Shri Ansari opined that all the experiences of Shri Natwar Singh are written in a very interesting way and hoped that many people will get enlightened in re(...)'

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