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Monday, August 30th 2010, 9:51 AM: On Nov. 1, 1984, Daviderpal Bhatia barricaded himself with his family in his living room as gunshots came flying through the door and windows. The South Ozone Park man is a Sikh, and at the time was living in his native India. In three deadly days that November, 30,000 »
PATIALA: Harvinder Singh Phoolka, a senior advocate, appearing for the 1984 anti-Sikh riots victims in different courts, Tuesday has sought Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh’s intervention to protect CBI in Supreme Court on August 27. In a letter written to the prime Minster and copy released here, Phollka urged “We expect that the Government would »
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday allowed the CBI two months’ time to file a detailed reply to an application filed by a victim for certain documents relied upon by the probe agency in giving clean chit to former Union Minister Jagdish Tytler in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. Additional Sessions Judge V K »
Srinagar, August 18: Kashmir based Sikhs have formed a 101-member committee to take care of the interests of the community in the valley in the wake of the ongoing unrest. They are also considering constitution of an action committee for “effective and meaningful monitoring” of the prevailing situation in the valley. The move is also »
New York, USA: “Sikhs for Justice” announces that the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a certificate of default declaring that Kamal Nath, an Indian Member of Parliament and Minister for Roadways, has failed to respond to a summons issued by the court on April 06, 2010 for his »
Nagar kirtan marks Guru Granth Sahib’s installation
Amritsar, September 1 Nagar kirtan was taken out to celebrate the 406th anniversary of the installation of Guru Granth Sahib at the Golden Temple with religious fervour here today. After performing ardas at Gurdwara Ramsar Sahib, the nagar kirtan led by Panj Piaras went through various markets of the holy city. The gurdwara is the [...]
Sharjah court accepts translator, records statements of 17 boys on death row
Chandigarh, September 1 The statements of all 17 Indian boys facing the death sentence in the Sharjah murder case were recorded today by a Sharjah Sharia Appeal Court after it accepted Mohammed Arif, a Balouchi, as translator-cum-interpreter. Relatives of eight of the 17 boys were present in the court during the recording of the statements. [...]
Dilgeer at it Again: New book claims only first 13 angs of Maharaj is Nitnem
Writer Harjinder Dilgeer, who last year wrote the anti-panthic book called Sikh Twareekh is at it again. This time he has written a book called “Nitnem- Guru Granth Sahib ji de pehla 13 Ang.” In this book Dilgeer claims that the daily Nitnem of a Sikh is only in the first 13 Angs of Maharaj [...]