A newly elected British Sikh Labour Member of Parliament has defended his record as a landlord after UK media reports highlighted anonymous complaints from his tenants of being subjected to poor living conditions in properties owned by him. Jas Athwal, elected to Parliament in last month’s general election from Ilford South constituency in east London, said he was “shocked” and …
Damdami Taksal chief Baba Ram Singh and his son Rajandeep Singh were put under house arrest by the police in Amritsar on Sunday. At the gurdwara in Athwal village, a number of Baba Ram Singh’s supporters arrived to take part in the procession that was recently initiated by Sikh separatist leader Amritpal Singh. They were stopped from going to Gurdwara …
