LUCKNOW: BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Friday, while addressing a rally at Jhansi in Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh, launched a direct attack on Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi. Modi slammed Rahul for accusing the BJP of spreading hatred and engineering riots. He also took a dig at Rahul’s statement that the Pakistani intelligence agency ISI has been trying... 

Chandigarh, Sept 13: Rice exporters and farmers in Punjab have asked the state government to reverse its decision of giving market fee exemption on basmati paddy to state rice millers or processors, saying that it would lead to exploitation of state based basmati growers. Exporters further pointed out that those exporters or traders availing exemption in the state would resort to giving lower prices... 

First, on April 12 Davinder Pal Singh Bhullar was sentenced to death after 23 years on death row, despite pleas for clemency from leaders in the Sikh community. Then, on Tuesday Sajjan Kumar, a senior Congress party politician, was acquitted in a case relating to the death of five people in Delhi during anti-Sikh riots in the city in 1984. More than 3,000 Sikhs are believed to have died in the riots... 

Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh arrived in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday for a week-long visit to Kerala. The sole five-star officer of the Air Force was received at the airport here by Air Marshal R.K. Jolly, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Air Command. A press note here said Marshal Singh would be given a briefing on the operational preparedness of the Southern Air Command... 

UK: International Panthic Dal (I.P.D) congratulates Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and Sant Samaj in winning the Delhi Shiromani Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) elections. It is a big win for SAD who won 37 seats out of 46. Paramjit Singh Sarna lost by the highest margin of votes to SAD Manjinder Singh from Punjabi Bagh. The SAD is the only Sikh dominated political party in India which has a proven... 

The Indian government voted against an abolition of the death penalty put forward by the UN. Judicial system is eye for an eye. Wednesday 21/11/2012: Ajmal Kasab, last surviving gunman of the 26/11 Mumbai attack was hung till death. His execution was clouded in secrecy and was only announced after the hanging. He was hung in Pune’s Yerwada jail at 7.30am and according to Indian media, he was buried... 

In 2006, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had announced an enhanced rehabilitation package for survivors of the 1984 riots. “We cannot undo the past, but we have the option of building a better future. Let us help the Sikh community get over the trauma of 1984,’’ he had promised in a speech in Rajya Sabha in 2005. Soon after the PM’s announcement, the ministry of home affairs (MHA) had issued... 

Chief minister Parkash Singh Badal has asked the Congress leadership to refrain from playing with fire by amending the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Act, 1971, which could disturb the hard-earned peace of the state. Talking to mediapersons after inaugurating the Punjab Institute of Technology (PIT) here on Saturday, the chief minister said the move to amend the Act by Delhi was a testimony to the fact that the... 

Shiromani Akali Dal members today shouted slogans in front of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) headquarter, denouncing controversial Congress leader Jagdish Tytler for his role in the 1984 anti-sikh riots. The Akali Dal delegation met IOA acting president Vijay Kumar Malhotra and secretary general Randhir Singh separately and demanded that Tytler should be removed from all posts in the apex sports... 

An extensive fund-raising campaign is being undertaken by secessionist Sikh groups in Europe and North America at the instance of Pakistan’s ISI to revive terrorism in Punjab. Sources in security agencies have informed about the movement of banned Babbar Khalsa International and related stories. Attackers of Gen Brar to be brought to justice: Britain Khalistan Commando Force terror groups in...