Archive for May, 2012
Keep SGPC out of the ambit of RTI Act: Makkar
ROPAR: SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar said that the SGPC should be kept out of the ambit of Right to Information(RTI) Act. While talking to reporters at Gurudwara Bhatta Sahib Ropar,Makkar said that SGPC was the religious body of the Sikhs and runs on the donations given by the people. He said that since the [...]
May 31, 2012
ਵਿਸ਼ਾ: Makkar, RTI, SGPC ਲੇਖਕ: Current Issues 
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High Court orders government to rehabilitate shopkeepers affected in 1984
AMRITSAR: The 27 year’s long legal battle ended with justice when 147 sufferers of Operation Blue Star were extended relief when Punjab and Haryana High Court ordered to Punjab Government to rehabilitee 147 shopkeepers within six weeks who were uprooted during the Army operation on Golden Temple in 1984. The court orders were issued on [...]
May 28, 2012
ਵਿਸ਼ਾ: 1984, Operation Blue Star ਲੇਖਕ: Current Issues No Comments
Gurdaspur firing: Protesters demand arrest of culprits
GURDASPUR: Gurdaspur remained peaceful but tense following the district adminstration and police clamped ban orders on assembly of more than five persons under section 144 and protesters seeking probe into the police firing in which Jaspal Singh , student of Beant Engineering College was killed . Jaspal singh was killed in police firing during protest [...]
May 28, 2012
ਵਿਸ਼ਾ: Anti-Sikh, Firing, Gurdaspur, Punjab Police, Sikh Youth ਲੇਖਕ: Current Issues No Comments
UN grilled India over custodial torture, enforced disappearances
New Delhi, India: Custodial torture, enforced disappearances and use of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act were the major concerns raised by UN member nations that grilled India yesterday when its national report for the second Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of human rights came up for discussions at Geneva. Most country representatives asked Attorney General [...]
May 26, 2012
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TYTLER CASE: SIKH BODIES TO HOLD RALLY IN DELHI
Fatehgarh Sahib May 25: The All India Sikh Students Federation (AISSF), Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) and victims of the 1984 anti-sikh riots would hold a justice rally outside Karkardooma court in New Delhi on Friday, demanding the registration of a murder case against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler for his alleged role in inciting mobs to [...]
May 25, 2012
ਵਿਸ਼ਾ: 1984 ਲੇਖਕ: Current Issues No Comments
NORTH AMERICAN SIKH BODIES SLAM ANAND MARRIAGE AMENDMENT
Amritsar May 25: A day after a number of Sikh bodies in the US hailed the recent amendment to the Anand Marriage Act, Sikh organisations and Gurudwara Management Committees across North America have now come together to slam the amendment. The amendment is not sufficient to restore the separate status and identity of Sikhism, a [...]
May 25, 2012
ਵਿਸ਼ਾ: Anand Marriage Act, North America ਲੇਖਕ: Current Issues No Comments
Anand Marriage Act does not give separate identity to Sikh religion- AISSF
AMRITSAR: “Just because now Sikhs can register their marriages under Amended Anand Marriage Act, it does not give separate identity to Sikh religion as being falsely propagated by the Government”, stated Karnail Singh Peermohammad, President All India Sikh Students Federation (AISSF). It’s ironic that while Prime Minister and Chief of Indian Army both happen to [...]
May 24, 2012
ਵਿਸ਼ਾ: AISSF, Anand Marriage Act ਲੇਖਕ: Current Issues No Comments
BJP wants memorial of terrorists’ victims
By Jagmohan Singh AMRITSAR: With the beginning of construction of memorial in the memory of those Sikhs who were killed while battling with the Indian Army during 1984 Operation Blue Star in the Golden Temple, now the alliance BJP partner of Punjab Government has indirectly sparked controversy. Controversy came in lime light when BJP firebrand [...]
May 23, 2012
ਵਿਸ਼ਾ: 1984, Anti-Sikh, BJP ਲੇਖਕ: Current Issues No Comments
American Sikhs applaud passage of Anand Karaj Amendment in the Indian Parliament
WASHINGTON: American Sikhs have expressed their joy and satisfaction at the passage of Anand Marriage Amendment in the Indian Parliament. Dr. Rajwant Singh, Chairman of the Washington based Sikh Council on Religion and Education, said, “ this is a historic day for Sikhs in the Independent India after a long and hard struggle. Not having [...]
May 23, 2012
ਵਿਸ਼ਾ: America, Anand Marriage Act ਲੇਖਕ: Current Issues No Comments
DECLARE JUNE 6 AS STATE HOLIDAY IN PUNJAB: SIKH BODY
Amritsar May 20: A Sikh student outfit today demanded that June 6 be declared as a state holiday in Punjab to honour the killing of Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale during 1984 operation Blue Star at the Golden Temple. By declaring June 6 as a state holiday, the government will pay befitting homage to Shaheed Sant [...]
May 21, 2012
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