Bathinda, Punjab: The Supreme Court’s judgment on long-pending mercy petitions has rekindled hopes of relatives of death-row convict Devinderpal Singh Bhullar. The relatives, who are based at Bhullar’s native village, Dialpura Bhai Ka, in Bathinda district, expressed their gratitude not only towards the judiciary but also towards the Punjab and central governments. Ironically, Bhullar’s kin had criticised the judicial system after ...

Washington,USA: Citing last year’s Gurdwara shootout in Wisconsin, a group of 26 Senators from the Democratic party has asked the US Attorney General Eric Holder and FBI Director Robert Mueller to start tracking hate crimes against Sikhs, besides Arabs as soon as possible. “These senseless acts of hate-fuelled violence committed against individuals and groups leave a deep impact on the targeted ...

Canada:-It takes skill to handle South Asia’s overlapping complexities of religion and culture, the three friends say Can India’s most popular festival bring together the disparate South Asians of Canada? For Vancouver’s Milan Singh, Diwali is the fun and sacred time of year when she says “all my friends crash my parents’ house” to hang out, pray, eat her mother’s ...

Pakistan: The murder of Dalip Kumar (25) in front of Gurdwara Dehra Sahib in Lahore, Pakistan, on Tuesday has created a scare among minority communities of Hindus and Sikhs living in that country. The Lahore police is making all-out efforts to solve the murder at the earliest, apparently to ward off possible criticism by India. Sources said Nankana Sahib-based Dalip, ...