Category: India
US Court Reserves Decision on Congress Plea to Dismiss Case
:dateline:A US judge has reserved his orders on submissions by the Congress party that the 1984 anti-Sikh case filed against it by a rights group here be dismissed as the Manhattan...
1984 Sikh Genocide Victims Demand a Debate in Indian Parliament
:dateline:Objecting to the stay granted in Sajjan Kumar’s trial and to Jagdish Tytler and KP Gill’s nominations to represent India in the London 2012 Olympics, hundreds of widows, victims and survivors of...
Punjab Govt. Makes a Mockery of Itself as it Justifies Sumedh Saini’s Appointment
:dateline:While responding to the PIL filed by Voices for Freedom against the “unlawful” appointment of Sumedh Saini as Punjab Director General of Police, the Punjab Government makes a mockery of itself as...
Akali Dal, SGPC oppose Tytler in Olympics delegation
CHANDIGARH, Punjab - July 9 (IANS) Punjab's ruling Shiromani Akali Dal Monday opposed the decision of the UPA government to depute controversial Congress leader Jagdish Tytler, whose name had figured in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi,...
‘Sacrilege’ in Gurdwara by wild bears irks Akal Takht
The Akal Takht, the supreme temporal seat of the Sikhs, is faced with a Himalayan challenge — how to stop wild bears from entering the Hemkund Sahib Gurdwara in Uttarakhand.
The gurdwara, situated at a...
Heritage Sites Being Destroyed in India
HERITAGE SITES are the new theatre for property wars. In a global economy, shared history is about capital, about control over who makes the money. Conservationist Gurmeet Rai, 45, the director of...
Factory Making Tobacco Packs With Guru Sahib’s Photo Raided in UP
:dateline:The Uttar Pradesh police today raided the premises of Kumar Traders located in jurisdiction of the Rajapur Police Station and destroyed all packets of tobacco-mixed “paan” depicting a photograph of Guru Nanak...
Misuse of Guru Nanak Dev Ji’s Picture on Tobacco Pack
:dateline: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) President Avtar Makkar made it evident that Sikhs from all over the world have been upset by misuse of a depiction of Guru Nanak Dev Ji....
