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19th Annual Barsi – Baba Joginder Singh Ji
UK: 19th Annual Barsi of Baba Joginder Singh Ji Khalsa, father of Sant Jarnail Singh Ji Khalsa Bhindranwale, on 18th November 2012 at Guru Nanak Sikh Temple, 239 Peniel Green Road, SA7 9BA, Swansea (UK).
We urge all to attend and pay tribute to the life and the greatest achievements for the Sikh Nation of Baba Joginder Singh Ji. Special Miri-Piri session organised by International Panthic Dal (I.P.D)...
1984 riots: Victims to stage protest march in Delhi today
New Delhi: It’s the 28th anniversary of the anti-Sikh riots today that left more than 3,000 Sikhs dead in Delhi. To mark the occasion, victims’ families and other Sikh groups have planned to take out a march today from Jantar Mantar towards Parliament. These Sikh groups also plan to hand over a memorandum to the Prime Minister demanding a Special Investigating Team should be set up to probe...
Manmohan Singh’s pledge to Sikh riot-hit unfulfilled
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...
International Panthic Dal urges all to sign November 1984 Genocide Petition
LONDON – International Panthic Dal (I.P.D) urges all to sign November 1984 Genocide Petition. petitioning the prime minister Manmohan Singh to be delivered on 3rd November 2012 by Senior Advocate HS Phulka and Jarnail Singh (Journalist).
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The genocide of Sikhs in 1984 has raised questions about the secular character of our country and about democracy and the rule of law. It is with...
People will not fall prey to the Khalistan rhetoric
THE RECENT attack in London on Lt Gen (retd) KS Brar, who led soldiers and tanks into the Golden Temple during 1984’s Operation Blue Star, and the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee’s decision to honour the killers of former army chief Gen AS Vaidya by building a memorial have made many people wonder whether these incidents signal the resurgence of the Khalistan insurgency. Former Punjab...
Don’t amend Delhi Gurdwara Act
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...
Akali Dal members shouts slogan against Tytler
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...
Fire destroys Sikh Gurdwara under construction
VANCOUVER, Wash. – A Sikh temple and school that was under construction in Vancouver went up in flames early Friday morning and essentially burned to the ground.
Two workers who were inside the Guru Ram Das Church at Northeast 20th Street escaped the blaze, which began around 2:30 a.m. and moved fast throughout the entire building.
The workers were staying overnight at the church as a security...
Don’t jump to conclusions in Gen Brar’s case: Bhindrawale’s nephew Jathedar Jasbir Singh Rode
JALANDHAR: Reacting to the attack on Lt Gen (retd) Kuldip Singh Brar and his subsequent reaction that it was an act of separatist Khalistani organizations, Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindrawale’s nephew and former Akal Takht Jathedar Jasbir Singh Rode has said that let the first investigations details come out before jumping to any conclusions.
Baba Harnam Singh, who now heads Damdami Taksal which was...
Lt Gen (Retd) KS Brar, who led Operation Bluestar, attacked in London
Lt General (Retd) K S Brar, who led the Operation Bluestar against Sikh militants in 1984, was attacked and injured in London. 78-year-old Lt Gen Brar, a Z-category protectee, was stabbed by four men outside a hotel in London, sources said, adding the former army man received minor injuries and was taken to hospital. Later, he was discharged. It was not immediately confirmed who the attackers were.
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