New Delhi: The government has called a meeting next week to review the security for those who were involved with Operation Bluestar against Sikh terrorists holed up in the Golden Temple in 1984. Last week, Lieutenant General (retd) Kuldeep Singh Brar was stabbed in London in what he described as an assassination attempt. 15 people have been arrested by the British Police for that attack. The meeting,... 

A complaint has been filed in a court here against Bollywood actor-producer Ajay Devgn for allegedly maligning and defaming Sikhs in his upcoming film “Son of Sardar”. The complaint, filed by one Ravinder Singh who claims to be a member of a sikh organisation Sikhi Sidak, seeks action against Devgn and the film’s director Ashwini Dhir for hurting religious sentiments of the sikh... 

It’s a day woman constable Pramila Padhi won’t be able to erase from memory even if Congress leader “Jagdish Tytler apologises profusely”. Three days after she was chased and overpowered by a mob of Congressmen on the road leading to Orissa Assembly during the Parivartan Samavesh of Orissa Pradesh Congress Committee, Padhi (39) breaks into cold sweat when she remembers the moment. Doctors have... 

Senior Congress leaders Jagdish Tytler and Niranjan Patnaik were on Saturday booked by the police for the clash between party supporters and policemen during a rally that left over 260 people injured in Bhubaneswar, with the Congress filing a counter FIR against BJD President Naveen Patnaik and related stories the police. “Cases have been registered against several Congress leaders including... 

Sikh farmers settled in Gujarat have accused the Narendra Modi government of harassing them by taking drastic measures to take over their agricultural land cultivated by them for decades. A delegation of these ryots, some of them born in Kutch district of Gujarat, has gone to their home states of Punjab and Haryana to sensitise the two state governments about the gravity of the situation after the... 

A senior lawyer has issued a legal notice to actor and producer Ajay Devgan for showing Sikhs in bad light in his upcoming movie ‘Son of Sardar’. Navkiran Singh, who practises in Punjab and Haryana high court, has sought deletion of what he alleged to be derogatory comments on Sikhs in the movie. The comments have been circulated through YouTube, the notice says. The lawyer threatened legal... 

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the trial court proceedings against senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. A bench of justices P Sathasivam and BS Chauhan directed the lower court not to proceed with the case till July 27 when the Delhi High Court is likely to take up Kumar’s plea for allowing him to cross examine the witnesses whose statements before... 

A gentle repetitive tapping sound floats across the grass, broken by shouts of encouragement. It is early-morning training for the Bhopal hockey squad. The city used to be famous for the sport, and their coach, Khorshid Ali, played for India’s national team in the 1980s – and was on course for Olympic selection. But as a new Indian team prepares for the London Olympics, Mr Ali wants them... 

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;... 

As the trial against Sajjan Kumar in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case nears its end, a sessions court on Thursday acquitted 11 accused in a separate case involving the riots because of exaggeration and improbabilities in the evidence. Additional sessions judge acquitted 11 west Delhi residents after the prosecution was unable to prove they had allegedly gathered to kill Sikhs in the aftermath of Prime...