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Forty-eight years after he was killed while defending the country’s frontiers against Chinese aggression in Arunachal Pradesh, the mortal remains of Sepoy Karam Chand — recovered earlier this month — were on Thursday cremated with full military honours at his native Agojar village near...

Afer an extraordinary, marathon meeting of Jathedars at the Akal Takht — the highest temporal seat of the Sikhs —the community’s five high priests on Wednesday declared the anti-Sikh riots 26 years ago as ‘genocide’ and demanded justice for the victims. The decision seems to have been...

AFTER 26 YEARS CONGRESS LEADER SAJJAN KUMAR GETS CHARGED FOR MURDER Singh Saab | Facebook To members of Sikhs For Justice Sikhs Justice July 7 at 8:09pm Reply The sustained struggle for Justice by victims of November 1984 Sikh Genocide, Human Rights Advocacy group Sikhs For Justice...

210 years on, Golden Temple gates removed for repairs Dharmendra Rataul - Express India -Posted: Jul 05, 2010 at 0556 hrs Amritsar Sikh bodies protest move; SGPC says the doors will be back in a year Amid controversies related to their origin, the centuries old and huge gates at Darshani...

WOLVERHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY The Sikh employees of Wolverhampton Transport Committee have won their battle to wear their turbans while working on the town's buses. The committee decided today to lift its ban after a last-minute intervention by the Department of Employment and Productivity...

17 years' jail for Indian who beat wife to death in Oz An Indian national, who brutally beat his wife to death after abusing her for years, was on Tuesday sentenced to 17 years in jail by the Victorian Supreme Court. Sukhmander Singh, who pleaded guilty to murdering his wife Mohinder Kaur...

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What a great decision: Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Eight accused convicted: Chief Judicial Magistrate Mohan P Tiwari convicted the eight accused under Sections 304(A) (Causing death by negligence) and 303-II (Culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of Indian Penal Code. ALMOST A quarter century...

300 Years Of First Sikh Rule Celebrated At Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara SURREY - Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara, in Surrey, Canada celebrated the tercentenary of the first sovereign Khalsa Raj (Sikh Rule). A large congregation of Sikhs attended the special program and paid tribute to Baba...

"I feel no need for food and water," states Prahladbhai Jani, a seventy-six year old Indian ascetic who lives in a cave near the Ambaji temple in the state of Gujarat. Mr. Jani claims that he has not had food or fluids to drink for the last sixty-five years. At the age of seven years he left...

source: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/sgpc-officials-above-58-years-asked-to-retire/607435/ SGPC officials above 58 years asked to retire Dharmendra Rataul - Posted online: Saturday , Apr 17, 2010 at 2301 hrs Amritsar : The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee officials are...

30 years on, emotional reunion for brothers http://epaper. hindustantimes. com/ArticleText. aspx?article= 13_04_2010_ 002_016&kword=&mode=1 LOST AND FOUND Elder sibling flies down after High Commission circulates their story in gurdwaras of Nairobi...

118 Years Later, A Train to Makindu <small>by RUPY MANGAT</small> <!-- <small>February 22nd, 2010</small>--> The year is 1892. In the souvenir booklet printed to commemorate the 494th birthday anniversary of the founder of the Sikh faith...

Manoj Mitta, 05 November 2009, 12:29 PM IST The following is the speech I delivered in the British parliament before the All Party Human Rights Group on November 4, 2009, at an event commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Sikh massacre of 1984: The debate raging in...

540 Years Later ... Confusion Reigns by T. SHER SINGH This Year - 2010 - is the Year of the Census in the United States and many other parts of the world. The following is offered as some food for thought as we prepare to be counted! One of the most significant things...

Fauja Singh: 98 years Young, And Still Going and Going ... by JAMES RANGER An inspirational runner has completed a race around his training route in the borough as he gears up to compete in his latest marathon - at the age of 98. Fauja Singh, from Ilford (United Kingdom), will run a leg of...

Punjab saw ethnic violence, marked 25 years of Bluestar (Flashback 2009) Punjab saw ethnic violence, marked 25 years of Bluestar (Flashback 2009) 2009-12-17 Punjab hogged national headlines due to the violence it saw after an attack on Sikh leaders of the Dera Sachkhand in faraway Vienna...

BHOPAL, India (AP) -- Hazra Bi wishes she could forget. But her damaged family is a living reminder of that December night 25 years ago when lethal gas leaked from a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, in the worst industrial disaster the world has ever seen. The gas that swept through her poor...

New stars in the Southeast India’s Kher draws on 2,000 years of Kailamysticism By Siddhartha Mitter Globe Correspondent / November 8, 2009...

With reference to apeal of Dal Khalsa to PUNJAB BAND on 3rd Nov09 in Punjab, India; I quote these lines from my blog randhawacalling. blogspot.com and support Dal Khalsa to their demand of justice after 25 years. To prove this allegation and discrimination by our govt, i give another report...