because the truth needs to be told
Turbaned Sikh motorcyclists in the Ontario state of Canada will not need helmets announced the provincial government in response to a bill introduced by the young and dynamic newly elected MPP Prabmeet Singh Sarkaria. Instead of passing the new legislation, t... More »
Turban or no turban, Sikh women in Chandigarh are likely to be allowed to ride two-wheelers in this capital city of Punjab without a helmet. The Union government of India has asked the Union Territory government to enact a legislation as has been done by Punja... More »
On 3 October, when the UN Secretary General Mr Antonio Guterres lands in Amritsar on the personal section of his 4-day visit to India, he would be the first high-ranking UN official to visit Darbar Sahib. As SGPC prepares to honour him during his brief visit, ... More »
Unable to bear the strain anymore of the Akali Dal having gone astray from its mandated path of upholding the Akali spirit of truthfulness and respect the ideals of the party, Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, veteran Akali parliamentarian, secretary-general of the party... More »
On a petition by the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee to the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions, on behalf of the poor Sikhs of Shillong, a three-bench committee has ordered that status quo of the Guru Nanak School be maintained ... More »
In a congratulatory note to the newly elected Pakistan Premier Imran Khan, the first Sikh New Zealand Member of Parliament –Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi has urged that as part of the historic 550 year birth anniversary celebrations of the founder of the Sikh faith –... More »
Polls to 22 Punjab zila parishads and 150 panchayat samitis will be held on September 19 stated Jagpal Singh Sandhu, the Punjab State Election Commissioner and from today the model code of conduct is in force. Nominations start from September 4 and end 7 Septe... More »
Alleging full complicity of former DGP Punjab Sumedh Saini in acts of extrajudicial killings and rights violations in Punjab over the last three decades. Dal Khalsa has demanded his arrest and prosecution. Party spokesperson Kanwarpal Singh has said that he ha... More »
Amidst a galaxy of Sikh leaders from Punjab and Delhi, the two Dal Khalsa activists Satnam Singh Paonta Sahib and Tejinderpal Singh were acquitted by Additional Sessions Judge Ajay Pandey at the Patiala House courts, New Delhi today, with the detailed judgemen... More »
Stirring a hornet’s nest, Rahul Gandhi remarked at a London meeting with Parliamentarians that the Congress party had no hand in the November 1984 massacre. His father’s accomplice P. Chidambaram justified saying, “something terrible happened then.” Sikhs have... More »
Thrown out by the Nobel Prize laureate Aung Sang Suu Kyi led Myanmar government following organised ethnic cleansing one year ago, the Rohingya Muslims are still in search of a home with Bangladesh and Myanmar negotiating return to Rakhine from where they were... More »
A year ago, there was mayhem on the streets of Panchkula, near Chandigarh when Dera Sauda followers went berserk after the pseudo-saint Gurmeet Ram Rahim was sentenced for 20 years for rape of his lady followers. One year ago, the followers have dwindled, prop... More »