Author Hardeep Singh AMRITSAR The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Saturday termed the statement of the Indian government on the confiscation of two holy saroops of Guru Granth Sahib by the Police in Doha, Qatar, as full of misinformation. The gurdwara body has once again asked the Indian Union External Affairs Minister (EAM) Dr....
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Infamous actress Kangana’s movie depicts Sikhs in poor light, their ‘great martyr’ as ‘villain’; faces backlash
Author Hardeep Singh CHANDIGARH Upcoming movie (‘Emergency’) of infamous Hindutva actress Kangana Ranaut who has recently been elected as BJP MP from Hindu-populated Mandi constituency of Himachal Pradesh, has depicted Sikhs in poor light and tried to malign image of the community martyrs by presenting them ‘villain’. The Sikh community is enraged over this movie...
Rakhar Punia: Huge ‘Panthic gathering’ outshines events of AAP, SAD (B), warns of stir if Sikh detenues not released
BABA BAKALA (AMRITSAR) In a significant development, pro-freedom Sikh activists organized an impressive ‘Panthic Gathering’ at historic town Baba Bakala on Monday (August 19) to raise demand of release of Sikh political prisoners during annual Rakhar Punia festival. Gathering in this event outshone the political conferences of ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Shiromani Akali...
Rajoana case: Upset over India’s attitude, SGPC to urge Akal Takht to give final call
Author Hardeep Singh AMRITSAR Upset over the apathetic attitude of Government of India in case of death sentence of Sikh political prisoner Balwant Singh Rajoana, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has decided to make request to Akal Takht Sahib, highest Sikh temporal seat, to give final call on the petition filed by the gurdwara...
Sikhs had separate nation, attained slavery by deciding to join India in 1947: Akal Takht
AMRITSAR Akal Takht Sahib jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh while remembering 10 lakh innocent people killed in the violence during 1947 partition of India and Pakistan said on Friday that the Sikhs had separate nation once and they attained slavery by deciding to join India 77 years ago. While addressing the sangat (devotees) gathered at the...
Protests mar celebrations of Indian I-Day in Punjab, Sikhs mark it as ‘black day’, peaceniks express agony
Author Hardeep Singh CHANDIGARH Protests staged by farmers and Sikh bodies against the anti-people and anti-minorities policies of the governments on Thursday spoiled the celebrations of Indian Independence Day in India-administered Punjab. A sizable section of Sikh nation observed this day as ‘Black Day’, remaining members of the community stayed away from the celebrations organized...
Freedom March: US, UK, Europe & Canada urged to recognize Sikh struggle for right to self determination
HOSHIARPUR Pro-freedom Sikh group Dal Khalsa on Tuesday observed its 46th foundation day here, that was dedicated to two prominent Sikh leaders Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was killed by Indian agencies in Canada last year, and Dal Khalsa founder Gajinder, who passed away in Lahore last month. The Sikh leaders participating the event urged United States, United...
Sikh bodies to mark Indian I-Day as black day, stage protest at Tarn Taran against injustices, subjugation and excesses unleashed by Indian regime
AMRITSAR Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) and Dal Khalsa, the two major Sikh organizations fighting for the sovereignty and independence of Punjab, have jointly decided to hold a spirited protest at Tarn Taran on August 15 against Modi’s authoritarian regime, political subjugation, injustices and excesses of the Indian regime on Sikhs. Simranjit Singh Mann’s son and...
AAP Govt conceals truth about State-sponsored Hindutva terrorist’s TV interviews from jail for 17 months
Author Hardeep Singh CHANDIGARH The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government of India-administered Punjab is under fire for concealing truth about two TV interviews of State-sponsored Hindutva terrorist Lawrance Bishnoi, who is main conspirator of assassination of world renowned Punjabi singer Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu aka Sidhu Moosewala, from jail for one and half years. A special...
Were 2015 Bargari incidents a sacrilege?
Once again episode of 2015 Bargari incidents in Faridkot district of Punjab is hitting the headlines these days with former IG of Punjab Police Ranbir Singh Khatra who led the special investigation team (SIT) which cracked the related cases in 2018, making disclosures about the role of AAP government and Badal family, and key conspirator Pardeep...