UK: Thousands of Sikh voters could boycott Conservative candidates at next year’s general election in protest at David Cameron’s refusal to launch a public inquiry into Britain’s role in the 1984 Amritsar massacre. Sikh groups said their members were “angry” that the Prime Minister had failed to meet with them to discuss their concerns over the narrow scope of a ...

Manchester, UK: Sikh students across Manchester have stressed the importance of fighting for the truth over the possible SAS involvement in the 1984 Amritsar killings Earlier this month Foreign Secretary William Hague told the House of Commons that military advice to India had only a limited impact on the massacre – which Indian sources claim killed more than 1,000 people ...

UK: By Christopher Hope, Senior Political Correspondent Sikh groups have criticised the scope of a Whitehall review into whether British SAS soldiers were involved in the 1984 Amritsar massacre. They are concerned that the review only covered any British complicity in the first part of 1984 – not in the latter half of the year at the time of the ...

Amritsar, Punjab: Sikhs will be able to swap hard hats for turbans at work – one group hinted it’s a sweetener to head off anger over alleged involvement of Thatcher’s Government. Ministers stand accused of offering “sweeteners” to the Sikh community to head off anger over alleged British involvement in the Amritsar massacre. The Department for Work and Pensions is ...

London, UK: It is lunchtime at the Karamsar Gurdwara, where worshippers are tucking into the free food. But Sikhs are not the only ones enjoying meals. Religious leaders report that an increasing number of non-believers are visiting their place of worship to eat, treating them as food banks, while the effects of austerity and economic slump bite. The Sikh Federation UK ...