The respected family, Grandfather, Father, Mother and Sister of Shaheed Bhai Jaspal Singh visited Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana in Patiala jail yesterday (16th June 2012) and after a deep discussion with the family, Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana is requesting all Sangat to let those that they (Sangat) know in the Gurdaspur area to support/attend the protest March on 20 June 2012. The protest march will start... 

Sikh Organisation in Punjab on Tuesday came out with an updated directory of several ‘martyrs’ who died ‘defending’ the Akal Takht – the highest temporal seat of Sikhism – during Operation Bluestar, launched by the army to flush out Sikhs from the Golden Temple complex in June 1984. The release of the directory on the eve of the anniversary of Bluestar significantly... 

By the force of the Radha Soami members, the villagers were harassed into vacating their lands.  Read More »

CHANDIGARH: Responding to a petition challenging the appointment of Punjab DGP, Sumedh Singh Saini, on grounds of criminal cases pending against him, the CBI on Friday submitted before the Punjab and Haryana high court that it had already informed the Punjab government about the criminal charges faced by Saini. In its detailed reply, CBI submitted, “The status of the case against Saini was informed... 

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;... 

First visual images of the Shaheedi Memorial being constructed at Sri Darbar Sahib Complex in the memory of the Sikh Martyrs who were killed by the Indian Army in June 1984. The foundations of the memorial was laid on 20th May 2012. Currently the construction is being headed by Baba Harnam Singh Ji Khalsa (Damdami Taksal). More information to follow.  Read More »

A three-member tribunal headed by a former Supreme Court judge Kuldeep Singh would investigate the cases pertaining to alleged land grab in Punjab and Chandigarh by several influential people including politicians, bureaucrats and cops. The tribunal was set up by the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday. The other two members of the tribunal were yet to be named. The tribunal is expected to furnish... 

UK; International National Panthic Dal member visited Singh Sahib Bhai Jasvir Singh Ji Khalsa in February 2012. Click below to view the video.  Read More »

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... 

Moga Senior Superintendent of Police Surjeet Singh Grewal and six others accused of killing a 20-year-old youth in a fake encounter in 1989 were acquitted by a CBI court today that granted them ‘benefit of the doubt’. The court found several loopholes in the CBI’s case, resulting in the acquittal. The verdict shattered 73-year-old Tarlochan Singh, father of victim Kulwinder Singh, alias Kid,...