Indian PM Manmohan Singh says his government has moved “substantially forward” in tackling corruption but still has a “long way” to go. In a speech in Delhi, Mr Singh said he was confident a strong anti-corruption bill would still pass in parliament, despite failing in the upper house. The bill envisages setting up an independent ombudsman, or Lokpal. Mr Singh also confirmed... 

PATIALA : After the assembly polls in Punjab have concluded, the Sikh community is about to witness another battle for ballot with the general elections of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) falling on March 11. The DSGMC has announced a “Guru Harkrishsn help health insurance scheme” for economically weaker Sikh families settled in Delhi.The president of Shiromani Akali Dal (Delhi)... 

UK: Delhi based Senior Journalist, Jarnail Singh who famously threw his shoe at the Indian Union Home Minister, Mr. P. Chidambaram in 2009 as sign of protest over the anti Sikh Violence if 1984, during a live press conference, gained worldwide publicity. His recent visit to the UK prompted International Panthic Dal to meet him, and ask him firsthand about his book’ I Accuse’…. The book outlines... 

CHANDIGARH/DEHRADUN: Brisk polling was today witnessed in the elections to the assemblies of Punjab and Uttarakhand that were by and large peaceful. While Punjab registered voting at around 65 per cent, polling in Uttarakhand was put at nearly 70 per cent, officials quoting initial reports from various constituencies in the two states said. The key elections in Punjab and Uttarakhand, which were being... 

LONDON: International Panthic Dal (IPD) have rolled out a poster campaign in an effort to raise awareness within the Punjabi people of the need to vote for the right Akali candidate running in the forthcoming Punjab State Assembly Elections – January 30th 2012. IPD have created several posters which outline the consideration the voter should make when selecting his/her Party/Candidate. Freedom,... 

LONDON: January the 26th marks the anniversary on which the Indian constitution was enacted. We must ask ourselves; have we ever seen this constitution? Do we know what is written in there? The constitution was formed after the independence of India from the British raj. To this day India claims to be, and is recognised as the world’s largest democracy. How the constitution undermines the Sikh nation As... 

The Punjab Election Watch, which has analysed the list of candidates for the forthcoming assembly elections, has found that a total of 92 candidates (23 percent) out of 408 candidates have declared that they have never filed income tax returns. PEW has also revealed that Sukbhir Singh Badal of the Shiromani Akali Dal [ Images ] Punjab has the highest annual income of Rs 4.58 crore. He is followed by... 

With the Election Commission keeping a strict vigil on expenditure in the Assembly polls, many candidates have roped in tax experts like Chartered Accountants to ensure that their spending remains within the maximum limit. The CAs are not only helping election candidates in avoiding the “nitty-gritty” of maintaining books of accounts, but also providing them ample time to concentrate on... 

JALANDHAR: Notwithstanding the US state department’s argument that comedian Jay Leno’s comments were satirical in nature and constitutionally protected under free speech, two separate complaints against Leno have been lodged in the US – one with the Federal Communications Commission and the other with the superior court of California. The US-based Sikh rights group ” Sikhs for... 

Prior to June 1984 Sant Jarnail Singh Ji Khalsa Bhindrawale and Shaheed Bhai Amrik Singh gave Singh Sahib Jasvir Singh Khalsa the responsibility to start an international organisation and thus Singh Sahib ji left Dubai in 1984 to deliver this ask. Singh Sahib Bhai Jasvir Singh urges the international sangat to support I.P.D and get involved with Panthic campaigns headed by the International Panthic...