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Sikh organisations in homeland Punjab and the Sikh Diaspora worldwide are using letter diplomacy to Prime Ministers, Presidents and parliamentarians to engage discussion on substantive issues affecting the lives and human rights. While the farmers’ issue has ... More »
Punjab-based Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar), Dal Khalsa and Tamil Nadu-based Naam Tamilar Katchi, with the Delhi-based Committee for Release of Political Prisoners and political activists from Kashmir will hold a Justice March and Rally at Jantar Mantar in New... More »
Prior to the United Nations Human Rights Council session in Geneva, Dal Khalsa joined the international community and appealed to the United Nations panel for immediate intervention to halt the wave of human rights violations in Kashmir. In its Open letter to ... More »
There has been no external political influence in India’s general elections by Canada or anyone else and none seems likely. The Canadian poll scene in October will witness a resurgence of Sikh participation and aggressive Indian meddling. For the Canadian gov... More »
What name comes to your mind when you read the nomenclature ‘The Butcher of Punjab’? From time immemorial, through its chequered history of rebellion and self-rule, the Punjab has seen many oppressive killers but very few were given the moniker “the butcher of... More »
Calling the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Home Minister Narshimha Rao, the prime conspirators in the mass murder of Sikhs in the November 1984 massacre, Dal Khalsa today asked the Shiromani Akali Dal Badal leadership to pursue the Modi government to sta... More »
7 October 2018 will go down in contemporary history as a day of rallies. Thousands of devout Sikhs, Hindus and Muslims, men and women participated in the Panthic rally at Bargari, whereas thousands of party workers participated in the rallies of the Akali Dal ... More »
In a well-considered reaction on the demise of former Indian Prime Minister and BJP leader A B Vajpayee, Dal Khalsa spokesperson Kanwarpal Singh said that death was inevitable for everyone. Vajpayee’s death has triggered bitter memories of his attitude towards... More »
As Dal Khalsa announced celebrations of its 40-year struggle for Sikh sovereignty, Jagmohan Singh, the editor of The World Sikh News catches up with the sheet anchor of the Dal Khalsa organisation –Kanwarpal Singh, who since the last two decades has given a ne... More »
As a run-up to the visit of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, his family and cabinet colleagues, Sikhophobia has struck. Indian magazines, veteran columnists and the establishment have joined hands to give a thumbs-down to the visit, ostensibly because o... More »
Unable to tolerate international opprobrium at UN or any other global fora, Indian authorities impounded the passport of Dal Khalsa President Harpal Singh Cheema when he arrived at New Delhi airport after attending a UN meeting in Bangkok on steps to be taken ... More »
Dal Khalsa calls name-scrapping of names off the Indian Home Ministry’s Blacklist of Sikhs a political exercise whereas actually the very existence of such a list is against norms of international free movement of people, even if they are dissenters. Dal Khals... More »