Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh has taken a serious note of repeated instances of sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib in the recent past. In a statement released here, the Jathedar has asked the SGPC and the DSGMC to check the antecedents of those availing the “birs” of Guru Granth Sahib and provide the “birs” as per the requirement only. He said there had been incidents of “birs”... 

The All-India Sikh Students Federation (AISSF) has announced that it will not allow LK Advani’s rath yatra to enter Punjab because of the BJP leader’s “history of spreading communal disharmony and provoking violence against religious minorities during his previous yatras”. AISSF president Karnail Singh Peermohammad said in a statement here today: “In his book, My Country, My Life, Advani... 

Startling claims of illegal detention, implication and torture have unfolded themselves in a petition filed by an former Deputy Commandant with the Border Security Force. Harprit Singh of Gurdaspur district — now detained in Amritsar Central Jail — has, in effect, sought the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s intervention in marking an inquiry to the Gurdaspur District and Sessions Judge into the... 

Punjab Vidhan Sabha today passed 10 Bills amid sloganeering by the Opposition Congress legislators even as two controversial bills on the formation of a special security group and damage to property were withdrawn. The legislators also increased their own allowances as well as those of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker. All the 10 Bills were passed by majority vote amid much uproar, with the Opposition... 

A US based Sikh human rights group has sought criminal prosecution of Indian Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath during his upcoming visit to Belgium for his alleged role in the November 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi. Taking advantage of Kamal Nath’s upcoming visit to Belgium to address the 5th EuroIndia Summit in Leuven next Thursday, Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) has approached the Belgian government... 

The Indian Government executed Bhai Harjinder Singh Jinda and Bhai Sukhdev Singh Sukha on October 9, 1992 in Pune, for punishing General Vaidiya the mastermind of the 1984 attack on Sri Darbar Sahib in Amritsar killing many thousands of Sikhs and dis-respect Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji and many other Sikh artefacts. I.P.D urge all Sikhs to remember the two Sikhs for the sacrifices given to the Sikh Nation,... 

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said that a resolution asking for clemency for Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar would be introduced in the coming session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha only if there was a possibility of geting it passed. Badal, who was here to inaugurate a hospital, told mediapersons that the BJP and Congress had already started opposing the proposal and under such circumstances,... 

Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today asked PUDA to start the process of allotment of houses to all the valid red card holder victims of 1984 riots. A decision to this effect was taken by Badal at a high-level meeting here. The Chief Minister directed that the house allotment to the red card holders who had occupied the houses illegally at Ludhiana and Mohali till 31st March, 2011, be regularised.... 

Over five thousand Sikhs from all over the UK gathered in London in Parliament Square.  The gathering was arranged by Sikh Channel and supported by Panthic Organisations. The event was named D-Day or Dastaar Day.  The aim was to raise awareness to all about the importance and sanctity of the Dastaar also known as the Sikh Turban, when many Sikhs now are being forced to remove their Dastaar across... 

AMRITSAR: Sikh clerics have asked Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee president Avtar Singh Makkar to impress upon the Central government to issue directions for registration of cases under Section 302 (murder) instead of Hurting Religious Sentiments (295 A) in cases of disrespect shown to Sri Guru Granth Sahib, considered as ‘living Guru’...