April 2014 Archive

Punjabi News Bulletin (April 26, 2014) [audio #news #podcast]

Sikh Siyasat News (SSN) brings daily news bulletin in Punjabi language. This news bulletin covers main headlines of April 26, 2014 morning related to Sikh issue and Punjab related issues.

In wake of recent attack, Aam Aadmi Party apprehends violence in Varanasi; Writes to Election Commission of India

New Delhi, India (April 26, 2014) As per information the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has written to the Election Commission of India demanding deployment of ...

Posing with those accused for patronizing drug trade in Punjab, Modi warn Pakistan against drugs infiltration

Amritsar/ Pathankot (April 26, 2014): Drugs abuse has grown as a big problem in Punjab. Various studies suggest that majority of Punjab youth is in death grip of very harmful drugs. Though there has been occasional seizure of huge quantity of drugs being smuggled into Punjab from Indo-Pak international border in Punjab, the drug trade has been growing almost unchecked.

Bikram Majithia submits ‘apology’ to Akal Takht Jathedar

Amritsar, Punjab (April 28, 2014): It is learnt that Punjab's Revenue Minister and Badal Dal leader Bikram Majithia submitted his 'apology' to the Jathedar Akal Takht on April 26 for distorting a Shabad while canvassing for Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP)'s Amritsar candidate Arun Jaitley.

Sikh man prevented from carrying ‘Kirpan’ on Jury Duty by a California court

California, United States (April 25, 2014): According to reports in media, an American Sikh man has been denied permission to carry a 'kirpan' while serving on a jury by a California court.

US Federal court asks Sikhs For Justice to summon Indian PM Manmohan Singh by June 18

Washington, United States (April 25, 2014): According to certain media reports: [a] US court has asked Sikh human rights and advocacy group, Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), to serve summons on Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh by June 18, 2014 in order to continue with a case related to violation of human rights during his tenure.

Expression of slave mind: Bikram Majithia distorts Guru Gobind Singh Ji’s shabad while demanding votes for Arun Jaitly

Amritsar, Punjab (April 25, 2014) In an expression of mental slavery, Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) leader Bikram Majithia distorted a verse from a Shabad of Guru Gobind Singh Ji to appease Hindutva ideolauge and BJP candidate from Amritsar Lok Sabha Seat.

Canada: Racist pamphlets target Sikh community in Brampton, Ontario

Ontario, Canada (April 25, 2014): Racist Pamphlets targeting Sikhs are in circulation over social media and otherwise, suggesting Brampton, Ontario would be better off if its population was more white. Entitled “The Changing Face of Brampton,” the flyers bemoan the loss of “Mainstream Canadians” in the city and feature an old photograph of a caucasian crowd next to a more recent image of Sikh men and women.

Enforced Disappearances in Punjab: Elderly Sikh parents still waiting for son abducted by the police in 1990

A day after a Ropar court ordered framing of charges against Punjab DGP SK Sharma and others in the kidnapping of Kuldip Singh 24 years ago, his father Ajaib Singh hopes against hope for his son’s return.

WSO (Canada) condemns racist flyers targeting brampton Sikhs

Brampton, Canada (April 24, 2014): The World Sikh Organization of Canada condemns racist flyers distributed by the group “Immigration Watch Canada” targeting the Sikh community in Brampton.

Ashutosh’s death: High Court notice to Punjab Govt., Dera Noormehal on son’s petition

Chandigarh/ Jalandhar (April 23, 2014): Noormehal besad controversial "Divya Jyoti Jagran Sansthan (DJJS)" or the Noormehal Dera head and self-styled godman Ashutosh reportedly died on January 29, 2014. But he dera management is dramatically denying his death while admitting that he was clenically dead. Dera says that Ashutosh was in Samadhi, in a mortuary refrigerator and could revive again.

Punjabi News Bulletin (April 25, 2014) [audio #news #podcast]

Sikh Siyasat News (SSN) brings daily news bulletin in Punjabi language. This news bulletin covers main headlines of April 25, 2014 morning related to Sikh issue and Punjab related issues.

Arvind Kejriwal tops Time Magazine’s list of 100 Most Influential People

New Delhi, India (April 24, 2014): It is learnt that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) founder Arvind Kejriwal is declared as the most influential person in Time magazine’s readers poll of 100 Most Influential People in the world with the highest percentage of ‘yes’ votes. Arvind Kejriwal pipped BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and American singer Katy Perry.

Seminar on ‘Sikh Nation and Indian Elections-an analysis’ to be held on April 27 at Hoshiarpur

Dal Khalsa spokesperson Kanwar Pal Singh, in a written press release sent to the Sikh Siyasat News (SSN), said: [e]very election puts struggling nations and their representative bodies in a fix as they debate their participation mindful of the pitfalls that such elections have inbuilt in them.

Remembering Professor Gurbhagat Singh

Professor Gurbhagat Singh who recently passed away after a debilitating stroke was a genius, not born but self-made. He used to be the first to arrive in the Punjabi University Library and myself the last to leave. When in Patiala, we used to meet every day. Once in two months or so he will come to my carrel and we will have tea together.

Named in drug trade, Congress MLA Om Parkash Soni threatened legal action against Shashi Kant

Amritsar, Punjab (April 24, 2014): It is learnt that Congress MLA (Amritsar Central) Om Parkash Soni on yesterday (April 23) sent a legal notice to former DGP (Prisons) Shashi Kant for "tarnishing his image and reputation and causing him mental agony and harassment by linking his name to the drug mafia that operates in the state".

Aam Aadmi Party and the Sikhs — How Sikhs should deal with AAP (by S. Ajmer Singh)

This clip is video recording of S. Ajmer Singh's lecture, in which he expressed his views about the rise of Aam Aadmi Party, it's leadership, situations in which it emerged and on certain stands taken by it. He also expressed his views that how the Sikh nationalist leadership should deal with Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

Shiromani Akali Dal Amritsar (Maan) releases election manifesto for Lok Sabha elections 2014

Chandigarh/ Punjab (April 23, 2014): According to media reports Shiromani Akali Dal Amritsar (Mann) secretary general Jaswant Singh Mann released the election manifesto of the party for the parliamentary polls.

Punjabi News Bulletin (April 24, 2014) [audio #news #podcast]

Sikh Siyasat News (SSN) brings daily news bulletin in Punjabi language. This news bulletin covers main headlines of April 24, 2014 morning related to Sikh issue and Punjab related issues.

Blame-game on Sikh-Dera clash: Sukhbir and Kant should voluntarily undergo a lie detector test

Jalandhar, Punjab (April 23, 2014): Dal Khalsa has demanded that either Sukhbir Singh Badal should resign as SAD president or file a criminal defamation case against former DGP (jails) Shashi Kant within 24 hours in the wake of Kant alleging Sukhbir's mysterious role in engineering the bloody clash between Sirsa Dera and Sikh community to fetch votes.

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