Amritsar: Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh on Tuesday opposed the setting up of a memorial to those killed in the Operation Blue star inside the Golden Temple complex here.”Punjab cannot afford such things like a Blue star memorial. The last three decades have only seen the state’s economic decline,” Amarinder Singh told media here, 250 from Chandigarh, on Tuesday. He said... 

Sikh Organisation in Punjab on Tuesday came out with an updated directory of several ‘martyrs’ who died ‘defending’ the Akal Takht – the highest temporal seat of Sikhism – during Operation Bluestar, launched by the army to flush out Sikhs from the Golden Temple complex in June 1984. The release of the directory on the eve of the anniversary of Bluestar significantly... 

By the force of the Radha Soami members, the villagers were harassed into vacating their lands.  Read More »

CHANDIGARH: Responding to a petition challenging the appointment of Punjab DGP, Sumedh Singh Saini, on grounds of criminal cases pending against him, the CBI on Friday submitted before the Punjab and Haryana high court that it had already informed the Punjab government about the criminal charges faced by Saini. In its detailed reply, CBI submitted, “The status of the case against Saini was informed... 

India declined to comment on any of the 169 recommendations made by 80 UN member states that participated in its second universal periodic review (UPR) of human rights that concluded in Geneva yesterday. These recommendations include repeal and review of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act; ratification of the Conventions on Enforced Disappearances and Torture; imposition of moratorium on death penalty;... 

First visual images of the Shaheedi Memorial being constructed at Sri Darbar Sahib Complex in the memory of the Sikh Martyrs who were killed by the Indian Army in June 1984. The foundations of the memorial was laid on 20th May 2012. Currently the construction is being headed by Baba Harnam Singh Ji Khalsa (Damdami Taksal). More information to follow.  Read More »

CHANDIGARH: A complete bandh was observed in Punjab on Thursday though day-to-day activities were only partially affected in Haryana. Commercial establishments, private and government schools, remained shut and transportation came to a near standstill. The schools that opened saw negligible number of students. Roads in most cities including Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Patiala wore a deserted... 

A three-member tribunal headed by a former Supreme Court judge Kuldeep Singh would investigate the cases pertaining to alleged land grab in Punjab and Chandigarh by several influential people including politicians, bureaucrats and cops. The tribunal was set up by the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday. The other two members of the tribunal were yet to be named. The tribunal is expected to furnish... 

MONTREAL- The World Sikh Organization of Canada has taken up the cause of LaSalle youths told in May they can’t play soccer if they wear turbans. LaSalle’s Aneel Samra, 17, was told he would not be allowed to play house league soccer if he insisted on wearing a turban. Samra had been playing for about 10 years while wearing a turban, and this was the first time he had been told the headdress was... 

A “constructive” and “positive” meeting has been held between police and the Sikh and Muslim communities following a protest at a Luton police station. The groups held talks on Wednesday after hundreds of Sikhs gathered at Buxton Road on Tuesday night. The protest was over allegations a Muslim man had assaulted a Sikh woman. Police said officers were working with the two groups...