The horror of those 72 hours, when frenzied mobs butchered thousands of Sikhs in 1984, has not left senior journalists Rahul Bedi and Joseph Malliakan, who covered the riots, to this day. “To visualise that time close your eyes and imagine that there’s no state. The police remain inert while rabid mobs attack you minute after minute with military precision. The administrators look the other... 

Former Jathedar of Sri Akal Takht Sahib – Founder of International Panthic Dal and Trustee of Panth Mata Sahib Charitable Organisation, Singh Sahib Bhai Jasvir Singh Ji Khalsa, due to ill health has been admitted to S.G.L Charitable Hospital, Jalendhar After having chest complaints yesterday, Singh Sahib was taken into hospital, and was operated on by surgeons today.  After treatment Singh... 

Sikhs throughout the world are commemorating the Shaheedi of Bhai Satwant Singh, Bhai Beant Singh and Bhai Kehar Singh who took revenge on Indra Gandhi, the Indian prime minister who had attacked the holiest shrines of the Sikhs, Sri Akaal Takht Sahib and Sri Darbar Sahib and had also killed thousands of Sikhs. Both surrendered and were showered with bullets, Bhai Beant Singh died at the spot but Bhai... 

“Hijacker” Davinder Singh has won the legal battle for passport against the Centre. Clearing the decks for the release of his passport, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has observed no case was pending against him now. The directions came after the State of Punjab, in its reply, said although the petitioner had been convicted in a heinous crime and for an anti-national activity, he has not indulged... 

LAHORE: Tens of thousands of people are expected to attend rallies in Pakistan’s political capital Lahore this weekend, demanding that President Asif Ali Zardari quit and for snap polls next year. Appetite for election fever is heating up in the city of eight million, Pakistan’s second biggest and the capital of the most populous province Punjab, which commands the most number of seats in the... 

The recent Strategic Partnership Agreement signed, in New Delhi, by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, with President Hamid Karzai, of land locked Afghanistan, goes beyond India’s involvement in diverse development projects in Afghan infrastructure, education and agriculture since September 2001. Eventually, as a result of the Strategic Partnership Agreement, Sikh soldiers, hailing from the Sikh... 

From yatras to kabbadi tourney, parties to step up campaign for Assembly polls Political parties are gearing up to step up their campaign from November 1—Punjab Day—for the ensuing Assembly elections slated for February. While the Congress will be starting Punjab Bachao Yatra, the newly formed Sanjha Morcha will also start its Izzat Sambhal Yatra and the ruling SAD-BJP government in order to counter... 

NEW DELHI: The long pendency of mercy pleas of condemned prisoners, some for over a decade, was no ground for altering the decision taken on it by the President in exercise of her constitutional powers, the Union government has told the Supreme Court. The Centre’s stand came in response to a petition filed by Devender Pal Singh Bhullar, whose mercy plea has been rejected by the President after... 

Punjab Deputy Chief MInister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday rued the alleged deliberate non-interest of the Congress-led UPA government in putting pressure on the French government to lift the ban on Sikhs wearing turbans. Speaking to mediapersons in Jalalabad, Badal said the recent statement of the French external affairs minister after his meet with his Indian counterpart, reflected the arrogant... 

Pakistan has won a seat alongside its regional rival India on the UN Security Council. It was contesting elections for five positions with two-year terms. Morocco, Guatemala and Togo have also been elected as new temporary members of the council. The Eastern European seat is still being contested. Pakistan’s win means both South Asian nuclear states will serve, but diplomats do not think regional...