October 2014 Archive

March by RSS activists brandishing fire-weapons: Congress complains to DC, SSP

Faridkot, Punjab: The Congress has submitted a complaint to the police and the district administration demanding legal action against those who flaunted unsheathed fire weapons during a RSS march in Jaitu on October 5. The party claimed police officials were part of the procession.

Baba Daduwal’s kin moves heabus corpus in High Court; Notice to state over re-arrest

Faridkot, Punjab: A day after the police took Sikh preacher Baba Baljit Singh Daduwal into preventive custody after his release from Faridkot Jail, the Punjab and Haryana High Court issued a notice to the state government on heabus corpus moved by Baba Daduwal's father in law. Daduwal was to be released from the Faridkot Central Jail as he had secured bail from the High Court. But immediately after his release on October 09, the police took him into preventive custody claiming that “he was an imminent threat to peace”.

Facebook closes spam page about Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale

Ludhaina, Punjab: A Facebook page titled: "Sant Ji Troll" has reportedly been removed by the social networking site as the page was indulged in offense behavior. This page was at the center of discussions among Sikh Facebook users for last few days.

Hemkunt Sahib closes for winter

Uttarakhand India: The portals of Gurdwara Hemkund Sahib have been closed for winter-break. Just before the doors were closed thousands of Sikh yatris braved chilly conditions to converge at Gurdwara Hemkund Sahib in Garhwal Himalayas on Friday, Oct 10.

British Sikh School to open in Wolverhampton in September 2015

Wolverhampton, UK: A school for Sikhs is set to open in Wolverhampton as part of a new wave of free schools announced by the government. The British Sikh School is due to open its doors in September next year in Blakenhall, offering education to up to 840 pupils aged 11 to 19. It is one of 35 new free schools across England this week approved by Education Secretary Nicky Morgan - which will create more than 22,000 additional pupil places in the country.

AAP leader Phoolka hails Nobel Peace Prize for Kailash Satyarth; Say Kailash also supported justice for 1984 victims

Ludhiana, Punjab: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and senior advocate Harvinder Singh Phoolka has hailed Nobel Peace Prize for children rights activist Kailash Satyarthi.

Sikh Genocide1984 : Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) to submit report to UN

New York, USA: On the 30th year of India-wide systematic killing of Sikhs misnomered as “anti-Sikh riots”, a US based human rights and advocacy group “Sikhs For Justice” (SFJ) will submit a report to Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary General, United Nations on the 1984 genocidal violence against the Sikh community after the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

30 Years of 1984 Genocidal Violence – AISSF Calls For “Punjab Bandh” on Nov. 1

Amritsar, Punjab: To Challenge the 30 years of impunity to the Congress party leaders who orchestrated 1984 Genocide of Sikhs and to highlight the practice of politics that has overshadowed the “Issue of Justice” for the victims, All India Sikh Students Federation (AISSF) gave a call for ‘Punjab Bandh” on November 1st.

Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi are true inspirations for standing up for children’s rights, Amnesty

New Delhi, India: Following the announcement that Pakistani schoolgirl and education rights campaigner Malala Yousafzai and Indian children’s rights activist Kailash Satyarthi have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, Salil Shetty, Secretary General of Amnesty International said [...]

Death Penalty: USA, Pakistan among countries that continue to execute people with mental and intellectual disabilities

New Delhi, India: Countries around the world continue to sentence to death or to execute people with mental and intellectual disabilities, in clear violation of international standards, Amnesty International said today on the World Day against the Death Penalty.

Plaza built outside Darbar Sahib complex to open on Diwali

Amritsar, Punjab: A statement by Public relations office of Deputy CM of Punjab says that a plaza constructed outside the Darbar Sahib in Amritsar will be opened for Public on the eve of Diwali. Statement says that the project was on advanced stage of completion.

Punjab dips into darkness but no power crisis for Badal village

Muktsar, Punjab: People of Punjab are facing long power cuts these days and reports say that state is suffering from a severe power crisis in wake of coal shortage. Today's newspapers inform that five power generation units of Ropar thermal plant stopped power generation yesterday. But even in this situation Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal’s native village Badal continues to get uninterrupted supply.

Baba Baljit Singh Daduwal re-arrested minutes after his release; Sent to Jail till Oct. 16

Faridkot, Punjab: Arrested Sikh preacher Bab Baljit Singh Daduwal, who was granted bail by Punjab and Haryana High court few days back, was re-arrested by Punjab police soon after he was released from Faridkot jail yesterday (Oct. 09).

Turbaned Sikh Woman Finally Allowed to Serve in Uniform

Fremont, CA: Two years ago, California Governor Jerry Brown signed AB1964, or the California Workplace Religious Freedom Act (WRFA), into law. AB1964 prohibits religion-based segregation in the workplace and strengthens the legal standard for religious accommodations in favor of employees and job applicants. AB1964, which went into effect in January 2013, provides workers in California the nation’s strongest protections against religious discrimination.

Coal shortage worsens Power Crisis in Punjab; AAP leader HS Phoolka slams Badals

Ludhiana, Punjab: Aam Aadmi Party Punjab (AAP Punjab) leader and senior supreme court lawyer HS Phoolka, in a statement issued on Thursday, stated that Punjab chief minister Punjab, who himself is power minister as well, should explain to the people about shortage of coal and power crisis in Punjab.

Kultar’s Mime – A play that recreates the anti-Sikh violence of 1984

Sarbpreet Singh, a Sikh and a community activist in the ​Greater Boston area wrote a poem ​titled "Kultar's Mime" in 1990. Drawing on various sources and inspirations, ​such as the poem ‘In The City Of Slaughter’ by Jewish poet Hayim Nahman Bialik​ and verses from Bhai Gurdas, a 16th century Sikh poet, ​Singh wrote the poem to express his own reaction to the horrific violence of 1984. He named the poem "Kultar's Mime" after ​a character he read about in anthropologist Veena Das' book on the carnage survivors in Delhi.

Arun Nehru had approved massacre of Sikhs during Nov. 1984: says former Petroleum secretary

New Delhi, India: In an interview with Hartosh Bal, political editor of Caravan Magazine, former Petroleum secretary Avtar Singh Gill has said that the November 1984 massacres of Sikhs were a well organized carnage.

PIL seeks custodial interrogation of Shashi Kant to ‘extract’ information on drugs trade in Punjab

Chandigarh: A Ludhiana resident has moved to the Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking directions to interrogate former DGP (Prisons) Shashi Kant in custody to obtain information about drug smugglers and drug-paddlers in Punjab.

Madrasa student burnt alive in Hyderabad; Victim accuse Army man in dying declaration

Hyderabad, India: A 11-year-old boy was reportedly doused with kerosene and set ablaze inside the high security army area in Hyderabad's Mehdipatnam on Wednesday (Oct. 08).

Omar Abdullah extends thanks to Arvind Kejriwal for AAP aid to flood victims

New Delhi/ Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief minister Omar Abdullah has written a letter to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal extending thanks to AAP MLA and MPs who have contributed MLAD and MPLAD funds for the rehabilitation of people affected by J&K floods.

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