CHANDIGARH At the time, when people of Punjab are waiting for release of pro-freedom Sikh leader Amritpal Singh after his landslide victory in the recently held parliamentary elections in Khadoor Sahib constituency, the Indian government has extended his detention under the contentious National Security Act (NSA). Same decision has been taken for his nine aides. ...
AMRITSAR In memory of Sikh freedom fighters Bhai Hardeep Singh Nijjar and Bhai Avtar Singh Khanda who were allegedly killed by Indian intelligence agencies on the soil of Canada and UK respectively, a function was organised on Saturday at Gurdwara Baba Atal Rai Sahib, situated in Sri Darbar Sahib complex in Amritsar. The function was...
Hardeep Singh AMRITSAR Thousands of Sikh youths on Thursday gathered at Akal Takht Sahib to mark 40th anniversary of 1984 army attack carried out by India on Central Sikh shrine Sri Darbar Sahib (Golden Temple). They reiterated demand for Khalistan, sovereign Sikh nation, on the occasion, while remembering their martyrs including Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale who...
Author Shahbaaz Singh ਇਹ ਜਗਿ ਮੀਤੁ ਨ ਦੇਖਿਓ ਕੋਈ ॥ ਸਗਲ ਜਗਤੁ ਅਪਨੈ ਸੁਖਿ ਲਾਗਿਓ ਦੁਖ ਮੈ ਸੰਗਿ ਨ ਹੋਈ ॥ In the realm of international relations, the timeless words of Guru Teg Bahadur Sahib ring as true today as when they were first Revealed centuries ago: “In this world, I have not seen any...
Author Hardeep Singh AMRITSAR On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the attack on the Darbar Sahib by the Indian Army in June 1984, a ‘Holocaust remembrance march’ was held by the Sikh organization Dal Khalsa in the city of Amritsar. Thousands of Sikhs participated in the march. Starting from Burz Akali Phula Singh...
Author Hardeep Singh CHANDIGARH Pro-freedom jailed Sikh leader Amritpal Singh and Sarabjit Singh Khalsa, who is son of Indian PM Indira Gandhi’s assassin Beant Singh, have secured historic victory in the parliamentary polls from Khadoor Sahib and Faridkot constituencies respectively. Pro-freedom Sikh party Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) president Simranjit Singh Mann and its other candidates...
Author Damanvir Kaur The horrific images of what occurred forty years ago still remain engrained in Sikhs’ minds. The genocide perpetrated by the Indian government, carried out with intent and malice, sought to demolish the very essence of what it meant to be a Sikh. Targeted for their identity, brutalized for their belief, Sikhs carry...
Khadoor Sahib is a predominantly Panthic seat where the Sikh sentiments are very strong, which were delighted by the candidature of Amritpal Singh who is lodged to Dibruarh jail of Assam under the contentious law National Security Act (NSA) along with his nine aides.