New Delhi: Sikh groups plan to hold a protest outside the Supreme Court on Thursday against the acquittal of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in the 1984 anti-sikh riots case. Five others were convicted in the same case and the Karkardooma court is expected to hear arguments on the quantum of punishment later on Thursday.
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Wednesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to press for a Supreme Court-monitored SIT probe into the case. "We want that a Special Investigation Team be formed and it should probe the cases under the supervision of the Supreme Court. There are so many cases on which no action has been taken like the Nangloi case which has been pending for 25 years," he told reporters after meeting the Prime Minister.
Over 200 Sikhs on Monday staged a protest near Parliament blocking traffic for about an hour against the acquittal of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 riots case and demanding capital punishment for him.
Holding placards and shouting slogans against Congress, the protesters, including women, squatted at Vijay Chowk which is just a few metres away from Parliament House where a large number of police personnel were deployed....
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09:47 AM, May 09, 2013
Washington: In a suspected hate crime, an elderly Sikh man has been brutally assaulted with an iron rod outside a Gurudwara in the US and was in a serious condition, as police arrested a person in connection with the incident. The incident happened outside a Gurudwara in Fresno which is located in the heart of the Central Valley of California. The individual arrested for the suspected hate crime has been...
01:28 PM, May 08, 2013
New Delhi: Over 200 Sikhs on Monday staged a protest near Parliament blocking traffic for about an hour against the acquittal of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 riots case and demanding capital punishment for him. Holding placards and shouting slogans against Congress, the protesters, including women, squatted at Vijay Chowk which is just a few metres away from Parliament House where a large number of police personnel were...
03:19 PM, May 06, 2013
New York: A US based Sikh rights group has announced a million-dollar reward for those individuals whose testimony and evidence may result in the conviction of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar. The reward will be given to those individuals who will come forward with tips, evidence and testimony leading to the reversal of a Delhi court's judgement acquitting Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) announced. SFJ...
12:20 PM, May 02, 2013
Many people from the Sikh community came together in New Delhi on Wednesday to protest against the acquittal of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in one of the cases of 1984 anti-Sikh riots. "We have been waiting for justice for 28 years despite all the witnesses in the case," said one of the protesters. ...
04:52 PM, May 01, 2013
Washington: A panel in the United States has asked the government to continue its visa ban on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. The same report has deemed Pakistan the world's worst violator of religious freedom. The report demanded that Pakistan be designated a country of particular concern. The report has also cited Afghanistan as being very poor for dissenting Sunni Muslims, Shias, Sikhs, Hindus and Christians. It also says that...
12:37 PM, May 01, 2013
New Delhi: After the Karkardooma court acquitted Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, All India Sikhs Students Federation President Karnail Singh Peer Mohammad hurled a shoe at the judge inside the courtroom. Karnail Singh was later arrested. His lawyer said that he hurled the shoe not with the intention to hit the judge, but to express his anger against the judiciary. He added that Karnail Singh was...
03:50 PM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday fixed April 30 for pronouncing its judgement in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case in which Congress leader Sajjan Kumar and five others are accused. District Judge JR Aryan said he required no clarification from the counsel for CBI and the accused. "Come on April 30 for judgement," the judge said right after taking his seat in the court room. The court had earlier...
03:46 PM, Apr 16, 2013
New Delhi: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his deputy Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking clemency for Khalistani terrorist and 1993 blast convict Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar, whose mercy petition was turned down by the Supreme Court. "We have submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister seeking clemency for Bhullar," said the Punjab CM after meeting Manmohan Singh. Parkash Singh Badal has been...
12:18 PM, Apr 15, 2013
Chandigarh: Security was on Sunday stepped up across the Punjab in the wake of uneasy calm among the radicals after the apex court had rejected the petition of Khalistani terrorist Devinderpal Singh Bhullar to commute his death sentence. The deployment of police have been increased by mobilising Punjab Armed Police and Indian Reserve Battalion personnel at all district levels, top police sources said in Chandigarh. Besides, the state government is...
04:53 AM, Apr 15, 2013
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his deputy Sukhbir Singh Badal will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday, in connection with the death row convict Devinderpal Singh Bhullar case. "Both Badals will meet the Prime Minister tomorrow to seek commutation of death sentence of Bullar to life imprisonment," H S Bains political advisor on national affairs to Badal told PTI in Chandigarh on Sunday night. Earlier, Akal...
12:30 AM, Apr 15, 2013
Washington: Members of the Sikh community joined other religious leaders in urging the US Congress to pass strict gun control laws to prevent the recent surge in gun violence in the country, including the one at a Wisconsin Gurdwara in 2012. The religious leaders gathered on the National Mall in Washington on Friday amidst a makeshift graveyard -- 3,300 grave markers in all representing the number of people who have...
01:59 AM, Apr 13, 2013
Amritsar: Reacting sharply to the Supreme Court's verdict on Khalistani terrorist Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Friday said the judgement was "the death of democracy". "There are two kinds of laws in India. One kind of law is for the Sikh minorities and the other is for the rest of the country," SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar said. He added the bureaucratic setup of the...
05:00 PM, Apr 12, 2013
Sikhs members of BJP on Thursday urged their senior leader Sushma Swaraj to raise the issue of ban on turban with French President Francois Hollande. In a letter to Sushma, they said turban was not merely a religious symbol. It was a mandatory article of faith, which very much defines the core identity of a Sikh. ...
10:44 PM, Feb 14, 2013
A Sikh rights group has filed a criminal complaint against Minister for Urban Development Kamal Nath, who is heading the Indian delegation at the World Economic Forum in Davos, with the Swiss Attorney General seeking his arrest and prosecution for allegedly conspiring in the 1984 anti-Sikhs riots. ...
09:01 PM, Jan 24, 2013
I must begin this review with a confession: I am an unabashed admirer of Khushwant Singh. I have known him for years and enjoyed many ...
01:02 PM, Jan 16, 2013
Describing bullying and harassment of Sikh children as a "serious problem", the US Department of Justice has recommended that crimes against Sikhs and Hindus should be added to the religion-based hate crimes tracked by the FBI to help law enforcement officials tackle the problem. ...
09:58 AM, Dec 13, 2012
6 December 1992. Ayodhya burned, while NaRao fiddled (at a puja)(i). Flash forward 20 years. Today, in the heart of Hyderabad, once celebrated ...
11:22 AM, Dec 06, 2012
Washington: US President Barack Obama on Tuesday wished people "happy Diwali" and "saal mubarak", as he praised the resilience of Sikhs in the aftermath of the tragedy at a Wisconsin Gurudwara this year in which six members of the community were gunned down. "To those celebrating Diwali, I wish you, your families and loved ones Happy Diwali and Saal Mubarak," Obama said, wishing everybody on the occasion of the festival...
11:56 PM, Nov 13, 2012
