Amritsar, Punjab: The SGPC today rejected Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana’s appeal to not to burst firecrackers at the Harmander Sahib this Bandhi Chhod Diwas (Diwali) on November 3. Bhai Rajoana had attributed his plea to the fact that on November 3, 1984, thousands of Sikhs were massacred in Delhi. SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar said they could not change the ...

Amritsar, Punjab: Kamaldeep Kaur, sister of Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana, today met Akal Takht chief Jathedar Gurbachan Singh and handed him over a letter by Rajoana addressed to the Sikh Panth. Rajoana has appealed to the Sikhs not to celebrate Diwali (November 3) with crackers on the plea that it was in the first week of November that Sikhs were massacred ...

London, UK: United Sikhs handed the UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, a letter on Monday asking him to call on India to abolish the death penalty and to free Balwant Singh Rajoana, who is facing the death penalty. “Bhai Balwant Singh has already served 17 years behind bars for his role in the political assassination of the former Chief Minister ...

Patiala, Punjab: Balwant Singh Rajoana was on Tuesday taken out of solitary confinement and allowed to meet with other convicts in Patiala jail following orders from the office of Inspector General (Prisons) Jagjit Singh. Rajoana had been locked in a condemned cell since his conviction in July 2007 in the assassination of former chief minister Beant Singh. “We have issued ...

Batala, Punjab: Bhai Ranjit Singh Ji Dhadrianwale have confirmed that one Singh (Bhai Jaspal Singh Ji) was Shaheed in Gurdaspur and the other is only injured and current in hospital. A meeting was held today between Sant Dhadrianwale, the Akal Takht Jathedar and a few other leaders. It is said Chief Minister Badal called the Akal Takht Jathedar and asked, ...