FRESNO : After many hurdles, the resolution to recognize 1984 anti-Sikh massacres in India as a genocide was finally officially approved by the Fresno City Council today, September 1, 2016. 5 out of 7 council members voted in approval, while 2 abstained. Over 500 Sikhs were in attendance and waited patiently for the council members […]
GURGAON : As per the recommendations of Justice TP Garg, the compensation checks for the victims of the 1984 Sikh genocide were distributed among the victim families of Haryana in Gurgaon on August 28. The Haryana government approved compensation worth Rs. 12.07 crore for 150 victim families from the Sikh genocide in Haryana.The checks were […]
LUDHIANA : 83 years old Sikh activist Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa was once again arrested by the Jagraon police on August 27 and was later admitted to the Dayanand Medical College & Hospital of Ludhiana. Notably, Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa has been on hunger protest since January 16, 2015, seeking release of political Sikh prisoners […]
Chandigarh : Joining issue with Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, eminent Punjabi playwright and director Atamjit Singh today said Pakistan could be hell for Parrikar or some people from Goa and Maharashtra, but for him “it is the land where his cultural and religious values are rooted deeply”. Speaking to The Tribune, Atamjit Singh said: “My […]
HAMILTON, New Zealand : A Sikh candidate, Yugraj Singh Mahil, who is running for a place in the City Council of Hamilton, had a billboard displaying his photo sprayed with ‘ISIS’. The billboard also displayed a photo of another candidate, Anna-Casey Cox, who is also running for the first time, like Sikh candidate Yuvraj Singh.Speaking […]