The district Judge J.R. Aryan has convicted the other five accused in the case related to the killing of five people in Delhi Cantonment area following the assassination of Indira Gandhi on Oct 31, 1984. Sajjan Kumar gets acquitted Congress leader Sajjan Kumar has been acquitted in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case by a Delhi Court. Five others have been convicted for offences under section 302 (murder)... 

London: Shaheedi Yaadgaar Bunga of Mahaan Shaheeds of June 1984, who sacrificed their lives defending Sri Darbar Sahib from the Invasion of Indian Army. SriAkhand Paath Sahib started yesterday and tomorrow will be Bhog and Bunga will be presented over to Panth by Damdami Taksal. Shaheedi Bunga is near Two Nishan Sahibs where Final Battle took place on 6th June 1984.  Read More »

The long waited Shaheedi memorial opening ceremony is planned for the 27 April 2013. The Kar-Seva of the Shaheedi Yaadgar is lead by Head of Damdami Taksal – Baba Harnam Singh Ji Khalsa in the memory of the Sikh Martyrs who were killed by the Indian Army in June 1984. Baba Harnam Singh Ji invites the Sikh Sangat to attend the grand opening on 27 April 2013 at Sri Darbar Sahib Complex.  Read More »

AMRITSAR: Damdami Taksal, a prominent sikh seminary once headed by Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale who was killed in Operation Bluestar to flush out terrorists from Golden Temple in 1984, has warned of “disastrous consequences” if Devenderpal Singh Bhullar is hanged after Supreme Court on Friday rejected his plea for commutation of the sentence to life imprisonment. Talking to TOI on Saturday,... 

After seeking clemency for Balwant Singh Rajoana, who is on death row in the Beant Singh assassination case, chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and deputy chief minister Sukhbir Badal have demanded that death sentence awarded to Davinder Pal Singh Bhullar in the 1993 Delhi bomb blast case be commuted to life term. The chief minister said on Sunday that he would meet president Pranab Mukherjee and prime... 

Jathedar Kalwant Singh Takht Sri Hazoor Sahib released a message that all Sikhs around the world must plant a tree on the occasion of the Sikh Environment Day. Sikhs around the world are celebrating Sikh Environment Day on 14 March this year. The day marks the new year in the Sikh calendar and the Gurgaddi Diwas (enthronement day) of sixth Guru Sri Guru Har Rai Ji. Guru Har Rai, known to have been... 

Punjab’s ruling Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party (SAD-BJP) alliance won the high-stakes Moga assembly byelection on Thursday, with SAD nominee Joginder Pal Jain (67) defeating Congress candidate Vijay Kumar Sathi (66) by a margin of 18,849 votes. This is the second consecutive bypoll victory for the SAD-BJP alliance, which had retained the Dasuya seat in July last year, albeit by a... 

Sikhs are strict vegetarians and killing living beings is against the beliefs of Sikhs. Should this go ahead, it would cause significant emotional distress to the large local Sikh community due to the animal carcasses being delivered and stored next door to a holy place of worship. The smell from the dead animals would be highly offensive and seriously impact the ability of Sikhs to worship at the... 

UK- After learning the tragic loss of Bhai Harjeevanjot Singh Rajoana (nephew of Jinda Shaheed Bhai BalwantSingh Rajoana) International Panthic Dal sends its deepest sympathy to S. Santokh Singh, Sardarni Narinder Kaur (respected Father and Mother) and Bibi Arshdeep Kaur (Sister) of having lost their loved one, our deepest condolences also go to the extended family and friends. It was after preventing... 

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...