After Hond Chillar, where it was discovered that at least 70 innocent Sikhs were massacred, another village in Haryana – Haily Mandi – has now revealed its terrible secret that has been hidden for 28 years. It is said that after the investigation of Engineer S. Manwinder Singh Giaspura it has be revealed that in November 1984 over 40 innocent Sikhs were murdered in the Haryana State village of... 

Chandigarh: In a jolt to the Congress in Punjab, senior leader Deepinder Singh Dhillon joined the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) along with his supporters here on Thursday. Dhillon was included in SAD in the presence of SAD Patron and Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Parkash Singh Badal, SAD President and Deputy Chief Minister Sardar Sukhbir Singh Badal and President of Youth Akali Dal and Cabinet Minister... 

Amritsar: Sikh’s prominent seminary Damdami Taksal that has been entrusted with the task of construction of memorial to Operation Blutesar in Golden Temple complex have taken responsibility of maintaining peace and communal harmony in Punjab. Ironically Taksal’s 14th chief Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale was the vanguard of Khalistan movement in Punjab. While talking to TOI on Thursday Baba... 

Srinagar, June 19: The chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Tuesday demanded that the Chattisinghpora massacre should be probed into by some international institution and those involved in it should be punished. “The innocent members of Sikh community were brutally killed at the time when the then US president was visiting New Delhi. The massacre was carried out to mislead... 

JALANDHAR: Punjab Youth Congress has “postponed” its programme of proposed demonstrations in Lok Sabha constituencies to protest against the honouring of Balwant Singh Rajoana, who was involved in conspiracy of Chief Minister Beant Singh’s assassination, by Akal Takht and SGPC on June 6. PYC had announced to hold these demonstrations from June 20 at Amritsar in all the 13 parliamentary... 

A prominent secular human-rights lawyer from India is visiting Canada at the invitation of the World Sikh Organization (WSO). Prashant Bhushan is engaged in an India-wide campaign against corruption. As a part of Team Anna led by eminent social activist Anna Hazare, he continues to speak against corruption and exploitation of the poor in India. Back in 1984 following the assassination of then-Indian... 

Amritsar: Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh on Tuesday opposed the setting up of a memorial to those killed in the Operation Blue star inside the Golden Temple complex here.”Punjab cannot afford such things like a Blue star memorial. The last three decades have only seen the state’s economic decline,” Amarinder Singh told media here, 250 from Chandigarh, on Tuesday. He said... 

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...