Yearly Archives: 2013

1984 genocide: Three get life term, two others 3 yrs in jail

New Delhi: A local court today awarded life imprisonment to three convicts – Captain Bhagmal, Girdhari Lal and Balwan Khokhar – for killing five persons in a 29-year-old case relating to the 1984 Sikh genocide. The court of District and ...

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SAD workers protest acquittal of Sajjan Kumar

Jalandhar, Punjab: In protest against the recent acquittal of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, a key accused in 1984 sikh genocide, by a Delhi court, leaders of ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and several other sikh organisations took out a protest march ...

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Lecture on Sikhs’ migration held at PU

Chandigarh, Punjab:  A special lecture and visual screening on “Early Sikh Migration from India to Canada” by Dr David R Grey, Gray Hound Information Services, Ontario, Canada, was organised by the Indian Council of Social Science Research ( ICSSR) NorthWestern ...

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DeKalb schools agree to steps to protect Sikh student

USA: DeKalb County schools must provide training at middle and high schools to stop harassment of students against others because of their religion or nationality, according to an agreement reached with the U.S. Department of Justice and announced Tuesday. The ...

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