
New Delhi: Two days after police officials were caught touching convicted minister Bibi Jagir Kaur in jail, Punjab Jail Minister SS Phillaur denied any such treatment being meted out to Kaur. "I haven't seen the video of policemen touching Jagir Kaur's feet. How can I comment on it," said Phillaur. Uniformed officers were seen bowing down to touch Kaur's feet and transporting her in an air-conditioned car to Kapurthala Jail...

11:59 AM, Apr 03, 2012

Chandigarh: The Akali Dal-backed Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee has decided to file a clemency plea before the President for Beant Singh's co-assassin Balwant Singh Rajoana. Rajoana is on death row for assassinating then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh in 1995. The decision was taken at the SGPC meeting on Sunday and welcomed by Beant's family. While the campaign seeking support for clemency to Rajoana gained more support, the Patiala Central...

10:13 AM, Mar 26, 2012

Melbourne: A Gurdwara in the Australian state of Victoria has been vandalised in what is believed to be a "racial" attack, sparking fears among the minority community which has appealed for greater security for the Sikhs. Sikhs in Shepparton in northern Victoria have appealed to those who vandalised their Gurdwara to leave them alone. "Why they're doing it we don't know and we think there's a bit of racism -...

07:54 PM, Jun 02, 2011

New York: A US federal Court in New York has set September 21 date for pre-trial hearing in a case against Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath and India's Congress Party in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Judge Robert W Sweet of US Federal Court of the Southern District of New York issued an order in this regard. Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, legal advisor to Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) which filed...

12:25 PM, May 31, 2011

The Pakistan government, in a goodwill gesture on Sunday, canceled a controversial Gurudwara land acquisition deal. This was announced by the Pakistan Home Secretary during his visit to Golden Temple on Sunday. ...

06:25 PM, Mar 27, 2011

New Delhi: The Pakistan government, in a goodwill gesture on Sunday, canceled a controversial Gurudwara land acquisition deal. This was announced by the Pakistan Home Secretary during his visit to Golden Temple on Sunday. Pakistan Federal Minister of minority had ordered an inquiry last year. Resentment among the Sikh community was triggered following Pakistan selling the land belonging to Pakistan's minority Sikh community to the Pakistani army, said to be...

05:42 PM, Mar 27, 2011

In response to the expose by CNN-IBN, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao is looking into the issue. ...

09:01 AM, Apr 05, 2010

A 48-year-old man was arrested at the scene and is in police custody. ...

10:09 AM, Jan 15, 2010

Police confirmed that miscreants used Molotov cocktails to set the site on fire. ...

10:23 PM, Jan 14, 2010

There has been outrage in India over the incident. ...

12:14 PM, Jan 14, 2010

CNN-IBN had reported Pak is selling acres of land belonging to gurudwaras. ...

11:21 PM, Dec 29, 2009

New Delhi will now raise the issue with Islamabad. ...

10:53 PM, Dec 18, 2009

150 acres of Gurdwara land transfer in Lahore for a military housing project. ...

03:34 PM, Dec 18, 2009

Pakistan Minority Ministry has ordered an inquiry in the case. ...

12:20 AM, Dec 18, 2009

This is in violation of Pak regulations of not selling land of any religious place. ...

07:56 PM, Dec 17, 2009