Sikh bodies condemn ‘torture’ of Barapind

Jalandhar,Panjab: Condemning the alleged ‘torture’ of SAD (Panch Pardhani) chief Kulbir Singh Barapind in police custody, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has appealed to the US authorities to review the extradition treaty with India, saying the torture was against the spirit ...

“Tytler’s Role In Attack on Gurudwara Pul Bangash In 1984”

New Delhi,India: Based on the affidavit of US based witness Resham Singh to testify against Tyler’s role in the Indiaattack on Gurudwara Pul Bangash which resulted in killing of several Sikhs, Additional Sessions Judge Anuradha Shukla set the case for arguments ...

Rowling’s Sikhs and the pains of England

London,UK:The PR-soaked launch of JK Rowling’s latest book, The Casual Vacancy, has been accompanied by a sharply-angled side-story. It’s about the family of Sikhs that the Harry Potter author has introduced in her first book for adults. They are the ...

JK Rowling did ‘vast research’ on Sikhism for ‘The Casual Vacancy’

London, UK:Celebrated author JK Rowling, whose latest book has a Sikh family at the heart of a fictional village in south-west England called Pagford, says she did a “vast amount of research” on Sikhism – and it shows in the ...