Her words and voice were more direct and strident than many in the Yuba City-area Sikh community are accustomed to hearing. But Kamal Kaur, 19, a small, lean figure in a dark track suit and deep blue turban, held several hundred in the Yuba City Sikh Temple rapt Sunday as she spoke out angrily about the plight of her countryman Balwant Singh Rajoana. “I’m tired of hearing from the older... 

The CBI on Monday questioned the “conduct” of Delhi Police while investigating a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case involving senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a court here alleging it had not recorded the statements of witnesses in a fair manner. Resuming the final arguments before District Judge J R Aryan, CBI prosecutor and senior advocate R S Cheema said the Delhi police official, who had gone... 

“We are concerned that the Budget measure will not just impact one company like Vodafone but will damage the overall climate for investment in India,” the Chancellor told reporters in New Delhi after attending the third annual bilateral Economic and Financial Dialogue with his counterpart Pranab Mukherjee. In his recent Budget, Mr Mukherjee proposed arbitrarily changing the country’s... 

“Just two months ago, worried about their slowing economy, Indian officials were promising to promote policies to make the country more hospitable to foreign investment,” Vikas Bajaj writes in The New York Times. “Instead, the government has done the opposite — proposed a budget festooned with new taxes that would make it more difficult and expensive for outsiders to invest here.” Political... 

Many thousands attended the Bhog of Shaheed Bhai Jaspal Singh Ji. [Show as slideshow] ... 

The ‘bhog’ ceremony of Jaspal Singh (18), who was killed in police firing on March 29, passed off peacefully at his native village Chorh Sidhwan, 7 km from here, on Saturday. Gurdaspur was converted into a virtual police cantonment due to elaborate security arrangements made by the administration in and around the town, with shops opening during the day. As a precautionary measure, all... 

Over 2,000 personnel of Punjab Police and para-military BSF and CRPF have been deployed in Gurdaspur to prevent any untoward incident during the ‘bhog’ ceremony of Jaspal Singh (18), who was killed in police firing during a bandh in the town on March 29, at Chor Sidhwan village, 7km from here on Saturday. Gurdaspur SSP Surinder Kumar Kalia maintained on Friday that police would not prevent... 

A delegation led by General secretaries Hardial Singh Aman and Balwinder Singh Bhullar of Shiromani Akali Dal delhi (led by Parmjit Sarna ) sought Jathedar Akal Takht’s intervention to procure themrelease of Sikh hardliners of Punjab who were arrested during the Punjab and call on march 28th issued by Akal Takhat Sahib (highest Sikh temporal seat). During the meeting with Jathedar Akal Takhat here... 

Stating that Jagtar Singh Hawara, guilty of assassinating former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, had filed a petition to garner political mileage, the Chandigarh Administration on Tuesday submitted its reply in the Punjab and Haryana High Court. Hawara had filed his petition seeking protection as he apprehended threat to his life and liberty after he was attacked by some Hindu activists on the UT... 

The Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned as to why the medical report of death convict Devender Pal Singh Bhullar, allegedly suffering from psychiatric illness, was not submitted to the President by the Centre at the time forwarding his mercy plea. A bench of Justice GS Singhvi and Justice SJ Mukhopadhyay posed the query to the government after scanning various documents, sent by the Union home ministry...