CHANDIGAHR : Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Capt Amarinder Singh today blasted Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal’s claims that the state had only 16,620 drug addicts as his (Sukhbir’s) own government had admitted a much higher figure in the High Court, only about seven months ago. He asked the Deputy CM to refer to his […]
CHANDIGARH : Condemning the state government for spending huge amount of about Rs 32 crore to buy new vehicles for legislatures, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today questioned it and said at a time, when it needed an intensive ‘austerity’ drive in view of acute financial crisis, it opted to buy ‘luxurious’ convoy to over-burden the […]
DELHI : Acting on a petition filed by the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee, the Supreme Court bench led by Justice T.S Thakur has stated that the Court will dig into the possibilities of making guidelines to prevent the airing of racist jokes against Sikhs.It is notable that currently many websites and other media portals […]
BAREILLY : Sikh political prisoner Bhai Waryam Singh was yesterday released permanently from the Bareilly Jail of Uttar Pradesh. It is notable that Bhai Waryam Singh had been held in the jail for over than 25 years under charges of TADA (Terrorists and Disruptive Activities Prevention Act). The UP government had recommended his name to […]
LONDON : Earlier this week, Fabian Hamilton, the Leeds North East MP and former Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for British Sikhs and now Shadow Foreign Minister responsible for relations with India, signaled a new era of challenge against India. After being approached by the Sikh Federation (UK) he has tabled a Parliamentary […]