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Killing and Persecution of Sikhs continues in Punjab

Gurdaspur, Punjab (KP) – Shock, grief and anger quickly spread through the Sikh community as news spread that an innocent Sikh youth reciting naam-simran at a protest in Gurdaspur was killed on the spot by members of Punjab Police who ...

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16 cops get life terms for fake encounter in UP

Lucknow, India: Twenty years after a case of staged shootout, a CBI court in Ghaziabad on Thursday held 17 policemen guilty and sentenced 16 of them to life imprisonment, making it perhaps the largest number of cops convicted for life ...

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Curfew continues in Gurdaspur, Badal orders probe

Shiv Sena Gurdaspur Chief Harvinder Soni smashed motorcycles of Singhs on 28th March and then He called for Gurdaspur Bandh on 29th and also burnt effigy of Bhai Rajoana and raised insulting slogans against Sikhs. To get back the Turban of Singh and make this person apologize , Singhs were protesting peacefully on 29th, But this person along with dozen gangsters attacked Singhs. Police sided with him and fired upon Singhs which led to death of 18 years old college student and critical injured many others.

Gurdaspur, Punjab: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Friday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the violence in Gurdaspur, where curfew continued after a youth was killed in police firing following a clash over the fate of Balwant Singh Rajoana, on ...

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Why Balwant Singh Rajoana shouldn’t be hanged

Amritsar, Punjab: The Centre has stayed the hanging. Now it must commute the sentence. It is a relief that the Centre has stayed the hanging of Balwant Singh Rajoana. Though I have represented many such prisoners, he is not my ...

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