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BJP leaders took stand against ’84 genocide says lawyer HS Phoolka

Bathinda, Punjab: Contrary to the claim of Congress Deputy leader in the Lok Sabha, Captain Amarinder Singh, mentioning the involvement of the BJP leaders too in the 1984 Sikh genocide, a senior advocate of the Supreme Court, HS Phoolka, who is fighting longest legal battle to get justice for victims of 1984 Sikh genocide said that only small time leaders of ...

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Court – Sikh must remove turban at the airport

Poland: The Supreme Court has dismissed the case of Shaminder Singh Puri, a practicing Sikh who sued border guards about the violation of personal rights. This ultimately ends the case. Shaminder Singh Puri is a British national of Indian origin who works as an expert on the environment. His job involves a great amount of international travel. But Puri is also ...

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SC refuses to permit petitioner to argue PIL on 1984 Genocide

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today refused to permit a non-advocate petitioner to argue his PIL in which he raked up the issue of de-recognising a political party for its alleged role in the 1984 Sikh genocide and sought withdrawal of the top civilian award conferred on its leader. “Having regard to the subject matter, We decline the petitioner to ...

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Haryana Committee issue: Hearing adjourned till October 25 after notice to HSGMC

New Delhi, India : Hearing the plea against formation of separate Gurdwara committee for Harayna the Supreme Court of India (SCI) yesterday (on August 25) accepted the application of Shiromani Gurdwara Prabhandak Committee (SGPC) to make it a party to the hearing. The present petition was filed by Harbhajan Singh, who is also a SGPC member from the state.The SCI ...

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India imposes ban on Kaum De Heere – a Punjabi film on life of Sikh martyrs

New Delhi, India: Much awaited Punjabi movie Kaum De Heere could not get released today as the Indian government yesterday imposed last minute ban on début movie of Punjabi lyricist-turned singer -cum actor Raj Kakra. The movie Kaum De Heere is said to be based of events related to assassination of former Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi. According to Ravinder Ravi, ...

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