On Sunday, 2nd April, 2016, the Ottawa Sikh Sangat hosted the Nishan Saibh at the Ottawa City Hall. This is worth noting that Ottawa is the Capital of Canada and it has acknowledge our existence and identity prior to any other nation on this planet. The Nishan Shaib will fly at the City Hall for the entire month of April, 2016.
Punjab Deputy CM and Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) president S. Sukhbir Badal's holi images had went viral few days ago. Sikh scholar and representatives of Sikh organizations have reacted sharply terming Sukhbir Badal's behaviour as highly irresponsible.
A TADA court in Amritsar today discharged Sikh Political Prisoner Prof. Devender Pal Singh Bhullar in a 23 years old TADA case. The court heard arguments of prosecution and defence on chargesheet moved by the police against Prof. Devender Pal Singh Bhullar in Batala TADA case on April 1.
Bhai Baljeet Singh Daduwal and Bhai Amrik Singh Ajnala, who were appointed as Jathedar of Takhat Damdama Sahib and Takhat Kesgarh Sahib respectively by the organizers of the Sarbat Khalsa 2015, yesterday announced that a “Panthic Conference” will be held at Talwandi Sabo on Vaisakhi.
To share and promote the values of Sikhi on campus, the Sikh Students Association organized Sikh Awareness Week, which took place from March 14 to 17. Students and professors from different ethnicities and religious backgrounds participated in the events throughout the week.
Sikh students of the Punjabi University have echoed voices of concern over presentation of great Sikh martyr Baba Banda Singh Bahadur in a stage drama.
A TADA court in Amritsar today discharged Sikh Political Prisoner Prof. Devender Pal Singh Bhullar in a 23 years old TADA case.
A CBI court today granted imprisonment for life for 47 policemen who were involved in killing 10 Sikhs in a fake encounter in 1991. Of 47 cops convicted by the special CBI court only 20 were present in the court while remaining 27, who were also absent on April 1 when the court had pronouncing it's judgement regarding conviction, have allegedly gone "missing".
On Friday, a CBI court convicted 47 policemen from Uttar Pradesh in a fake encounter in Pilibhit in 12 July 1991, in which 11 Sikh pilgrims were killed by Cops in cold blood. They were supposed to be sentenced today. However, in a shocking development 27 of those 47 policemen have reportedly gone missing.
While Narendra Modi attended Nuclear Summit, Hundreds of Sikhs from North America converged at Washington DC and protested India’s Constitutional Denial of the Sikh Religion and continued genocidal violence, reads a release by Sikhs For Justice.
Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabhandak Committee (PSGPC) on April 1 elected S. Taru Singh as caretaker president.
Last night, the U.S. Army granted a Sikh American officer a long-term religious accommodation allowing him to continue serving his country while maintaining his articles of faith. The landmark decision makes Captain Simratpal Singh, a decorated combat veteran, the first active duty Sikh soldier to receive approval to maintain his articles of faith while actively serving in the U.S. Army.
Pakistan’s Joint Investigation Team (JIT) that visited India last week has questioned the evidence presented by India on the Pathankot airbase attack, including the claim that the attackers had come from Pakistan, according to a Pakistani news report on Tuesday.
Dr Navjot Kaur Sidhu, wife of cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Sidhu has reportedly resigned from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today. She had been holding the position of Chief Parliamentary Secretary of the Hindtuva political outfit in Punjab.
Aam Aadmi Party maintained that HuffPost-CVoter survey shows AAP to win hundred seats in 117 strong state assembly for which the polling is due in early next year.
Dal Khalsa leader Kanwarpal Singh has written an open letter to the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Punjab river water issue. In this letter the Sikh body has question Indian PM that whether he would take initiative to take the advise of experts of international stature to solve the issue as per "riparian rule".
Aam Aadmi Party's move to make public Enforcement Directorate (ED) documents exposing alleged links of Punjab Revenue minister Bikram Majithia with international drug smugglers has irked the ruling party.
For nearly 30 minutes, the three young boys can be seen shaking with fear as a mob slaps them. After they were accused of stealing a motorcycle belonging to a man from an upper caste, the teens, all Dalits, were tied to a tree, thrashed, stripped and then paraded naked in the Chittorgarh area of Rajasthan, 350 kilometres from the capital of Jaipur.
As the debate over Nationalism looms up in the Indian subcontinent and BJP led NDA government terming 'nationalism' as an 'ideological war', an NGO called Samvad has announced to host a seminar on "Nationalism in Contemporary context".
Progressive Dairy Farmers Association (Regd.) Punjab today joined Aam Aadmi Party and extended their support to the party in upcoming state assembly election in 2017.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) continues its tirade against Punjab Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia for alleged links with the drug mafia and said statements recorded by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) of drug smugglers were clearly evident of his direct involvement in the drug racket.
Around a dozen leaders of Shiv Sena Samajvadi have reportedly resigned from their posts citing provocative activities to the Hindutva outfit that has led to tensions between Sikh organizations and activists of the Shiv Sena.
Dal Khalsa leader Kanwarpal Singh has written an open letter to the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Punjab river water issue.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today held a press conference in Chandigarh to present documents related to the investigation carried by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against Punjab Revenue minister Bikram Majithia.
SYL Canal issue is not about being nationalist or anti-national as argued by Nirupama Subramanian, at the best its debate about nationalisation and anti-nationalisation of Water resource.
Here are two responses on Kanhaiya’s statement differentiating between 1984 and 2002. One from JNUSU Vice-President and the Other from Sucheta De, a prominent leader of All India Students’ Association
A badly written, and slightly garbled Press Trust of India report has stated that Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union President Kanhaiya Kumar has sought to differentiate between the 1984 anti-Sikh and 2002 anti-Muslim violence in Delhi and Gujarat respectively.