MEMBERS of the Sikh community who stopped an inter-faith wedding say they acted peacefully to uphold clear rules relating to their religion. Protesters occupied the Kembrey Street temple and locked the gates to halt the marriage between a Sikh woman and a Christian man. The bride’s family reacted with shock amid suggestions the bridegroom’s ethnic background was behind the move. But the temple’s... 

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the trial court proceedings against senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. A bench of justices P Sathasivam and BS Chauhan directed the lower court not to proceed with the case till July 27 when the Delhi High Court is likely to take up Kumar’s plea for allowing him to cross examine the witnesses whose statements before... 

A gentle repetitive tapping sound floats across the grass, broken by shouts of encouragement. It is early-morning training for the Bhopal hockey squad. The city used to be famous for the sport, and their coach, Khorshid Ali, played for India’s national team in the 1980s – and was on course for Olympic selection. But as a new Indian team prepares for the London Olympics, Mr Ali wants them... 

Syrian officials today have been denied entry to UK for the Olympic games, pressure has been put on Britain’s Government not to allow certain Russian Officials and the Son of the King of Bahrain to visit London due to- all the mentioned -being alleged human rights violators. I.P.D has highlighted the human rights violations of Sikhs by the former Punjab DGP and former Indian Hockey Federation... 

Amritsar: Sikh’s prominent seminary Damdami Taksal that has been entrusted with the task of construction of memorial to Operation Blutesar in Golden Temple complex have taken responsibility of maintaining peace and communal harmony in Punjab. Ironically Taksal’s 14th chief Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale was the vanguard of Khalistan movement in Punjab. While talking to TOI on Thursday Baba... 

Srinagar, June 19: The chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Tuesday demanded that the Chattisinghpora massacre should be probed into by some international institution and those involved in it should be punished. “The innocent members of Sikh community were brutally killed at the time when the then US president was visiting New Delhi. The massacre was carried out to mislead... 

JALANDHAR: Punjab Youth Congress has “postponed” its programme of proposed demonstrations in Lok Sabha constituencies to protest against the honouring of Balwant Singh Rajoana, who was involved in conspiracy of Chief Minister Beant Singh’s assassination, by Akal Takht and SGPC on June 6. PYC had announced to hold these demonstrations from June 20 at Amritsar in all the 13 parliamentary... 

THE FORTHCOMING session of Punjab assembly, scheduled to commence on 19 June, may turn stormy as the main Opposition Congress is all set to raise issues of glorification of Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted for the assassination of former Punjab chief minister late Beant Singh, and construction of Operation Bluestar Memorial, at the floor of the house. Rajoana, on death row for killing the Punjab chief... 

The respected family, Grandfather, Father, Mother and Sister of Shaheed Bhai Jaspal Singh visited Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana in Patiala jail yesterday (16th June 2012) and after a deep discussion with the family, Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana is requesting all Sangat to let those that they (Sangat) know in the Gurdaspur area to support/attend the protest March on 20 June 2012. The protest march will start... 

A prominent secular human-rights lawyer from India is visiting Canada at the invitation of the World Sikh Organization (WSO). Prashant Bhushan is engaged in an India-wide campaign against corruption. As a part of Team Anna led by eminent social activist Anna Hazare, he continues to speak against corruption and exploitation of the poor in India. Back in 1984 following the assassination of then-Indian...