AMRITSAR SAHIB—Delivering on the promise made to the co-ordination committee spearheading Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa’s struggle, the Punjab government has reportedly released political Sikh prisoner Bhai Hardeep Singh from Amritsar jail on December 24. He had been languishing in jail since 1997. Bhai Hardeep Singh was sentenced with a life sentence in 1997 in a case […]
REGINA, Canada : A religious group in Regina is getting a lot of attention for a Christmas billboard they’ve put up. The sign by the Sikh Society of Regina reads “Merry Christmas and Happy New Year”. It is located outside their temple on Princess Street. Former president of the Sikh Society Kuldip Singh Sahota said […]
WASHINGTON DC : The National Sikh Campaign (NSC) led a coalition of nonprofit organizations to launch an innovative project titled “Know Your Neighbor” (KYN) and participated in a White House convening on religious pluralism. The KYN project, created by NSC Executive Director Gurwin Singh Ahuja, calls on all Americans to share their own beliefs as […]
Chandigarh : Punjab is in the throes of a retributive backlash by its political masters against dissidents, opposition party members and farmers who hold diametrically opposite views to the ruling party combine. Quite suddenly, though not unexpectedly, there is a wave of intolerance in Punjab. Hundreds of religious and political leaders, volunteers, farmers and activists […]
PATIALA : Reliable sources have said that after investigating the Patiala prison incident, the Punjab government is planning to indict Journalist Kanwar Sandhu and former police cop Gurmeet Pinky in a criminal case.An investigation team comprising Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Jagpal Singh, ADGP (Prisons) Sri Rajpal Meena, DIG (Prison) L.S Jakhar, SSP (Patiala) Gurmeet Chauhan […]