SAN FRANCISCO : Rights group “Sikhs For Justice” (SFJ) has lodged a complaint with the US Department of State against Indian diplomat Venkatesan Ashok for terming American Sikhs as “extremists” and for his political activities in violation of Vienna Convention 1961. Complaint filed on June 24 to Ambassador Gentry O. Smith (Director, Office of Foreign Missions) […]
NEW YORK—The government of India is facing a daunting task to extradite Paramjeet Singh Pamma since INTERPOL has also withdrawn the arrest warrants against the Sikh nationalist who has been living in the UK since 1999 as a refugee. Communiqué from the “Commission For the Control of INTERPOL Files” regarding Pamma’s case states that “After […]
KENT, UK : A group of teenage vandals filmed themselves smashing up the inside of a Sikh temple and then gloated about their mindless destruction on social media. The yobs targeted the Gurdwara in Gravesend, Kent, yesterday evening – wrecking glass cabinets, throwing plates at walls and hurling sacred Sikh symbols in a show of […]
FATEHGARH SAHIB : President of Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) S. Simranjit Singh Mann has appreciated Arvind Kejriwal’s move of writing a letter to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking an independent Special Investigative Team (SIT) to probe into 1984 Sikh massacres. Kejriwal had written to PM Modi apprising him of inefficiencies of Special Investigation Team […]
AMBALA, Haryana : Journalist Surinder Singh was yesterday, June 22, presented in a special Ambala court for hearing in a 27 year old TADA case. Surinder Singh is a Punjab based journalist who has extensively covered Sikh political issues.Surinder Singh is currently being held at the Ambala Central Jail. He surrendered before the Punjab Police […]