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UK minister assures Sikh citizens of protection amid allegations of 'harassment' by Indian agencies: Report

Jarvis urges India to "cooperate" with Canada on Nijjar probe Jarvis, in his December 10 letter, also called on India to cooperate with Canada regarding the investigation into the death of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, according to The Guardian. The remarks come amid Canada’s accusations that the Indian government was involved in Nijjar’s killing. India has also criticised Canadian …

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2 days, 19 hours ago

Government apologises for 'offensive' NHS anti-smoking poster featuring Sikh man because tobacco is forbidden in the religion

Daily Mail

The government have released an apology after launching an 'offensive' NHS poster featuring a Sikh man whilst urging the public to quit smoking. The poster featured a stock image of a Sikh man wearing a turban alongside the phrase: 'Make 2025 the year you quite smoking'. It is understood that although the The government have released an apology after launching …

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2 days, 22 hours ago

PUNJAB | The Shiromani Akali Dal Locks Horns with Akal Takht as it Faces Deepening Crisis

The Hindu

Published : Dec 20, 2024 21:45 IST - 9 MINS READ The Akal Takht, the highest religious authority in Sikhism based at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, recently made a dramatic foray into the political sphere as it imposed religious and political punishments on Sukhbir Singh Badal, former Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab and leader of the Shiromani Akali Dal, …

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Kamal Davar | Strict watch on the challenge of ‘Khalistan’ is vital in Punjab

Deccan Chronicle

Some weeks ago, former Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, undergoing religious penance at the holy Harmandir Sahib in Amritsar’s Golden Temple, survived an assassination attempt on his life when a former ageing “Khalistan” terrorist, Narain Singh Chaura, fired at him. It must also be accepted by our political and security establishment that there has been, in recent years, …

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6 days, 8 hours ago

India to continue refusing visas to pro-Khalistani Canadians despite criticism

Hindustan Times

A recent article in a Canadian media outlet argued that India was interfering in the country’s domestic affairs by withholding visas from pro-Khalistan elements unless they disavowed separatism. That process began in late 2015, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited London and met with, among others, Jasdev Singh Rai, director of the Sikh Human Rights Forum based in the United …

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India-Canada new chirp: Visa denial to Khalistani Canadians stirs outcry, debate

India Today

Pro-Khalistan Canadians are crying foul over what they claim is “weaponization” of India’s visa policy. The article paints India’s visa policy as a form of coercion, claiming that the Indian Government is using travel visas to silence its critics. The report suggests that India’s visa policy is a form of coercion and accuses India of manipulating the travel documents of …

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1 week, 2 days ago

How denial of visas to Khalistan supporters is a good idea

Firstpost

Some foreign media outlets claim that India is restricting visa access to Khalistan separatists; if that is true, it is a welcome step. Confiscating the property of Khalistan sympathisers and freezing their assets should be the next logical step No matter how hard the global press may twist the issue to attack India or the Modi government, which was chosen …

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1 week, 2 days ago

No bar on gathering at Akal Takht but organisers must maintain ‘maryada’, says SGPC chief

Hindustan Times

As Sikh hardliners are gearing up to organise a gathering at Akal Takht on December 18 to express opposition to the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee ’s resolution to excommunicate Narain Singh Chaura, a former militant, who attacked Sukhbir Singh Badal on December 4 at the entrance of Golden Temple, the gurdwara body president Harjinder Singh Dhami said the gathering will …

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1 week, 2 days ago

Clergy accepts Sukhbir’s penance, grants pardon

Hindustan Times

Akal Takht on Friday accepted Shiromani Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Singh Badal’s 10-day tankhah and freed him from the tag of ‘tankhaiya’. Sukhbir, amid a row over the party’s working committee not accepting his resignation as SAD chief, appeared before the highest Sikh temporal seat that had declared him ‘tankhaiya’ on August 30 for the mistakes committed by the Shiromani …

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1 week, 2 days ago

Ensure free, fair gurdwara body elections: Addl chief secy home

Hindustan Times

Additional chief secretary, home, Sumita Misra on Friday asked the director general of police, commissioners of police, inspector generals of police, deputy commissioners and superintendents of police in the state to ensure free and peaceful elections to the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee. Justice HS Bhalla, commissioner of Gurdwara elections notified the election for the 40-member Sikh body. In her …

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1 week, 2 days ago

Beyond faith: On the Akal Takht and the Akali Dal

The Hindu

The Akal Takht, the highest Sikh temporal seat, has enforced punishment for Shiromani Akali Dal leader and former Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, and colleagues for the alleged mistakes they committed when they were in power from 2007 to 2017. The Akal Takht’s punishments for religious misconduct are the accepted norm for practising Sikhs and, as such, are …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Canada report claims India denying visa to Khalistan supporters, experts call it ‘wild story’

Firstpost

Sikh Canadians claimed that consular officials denied granting them visas unless they denounced their support for separatism and owed allegiance to India A Canadian report has claimed that Indian consular officials have been denying visas to people involved with the Khalistani movement. ‘Wild story, baffling report’ Political commentators, analysts and experts have raised eyebrows over the report, calling it “baffling.” …

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1 week, 5 days ago

What’s the ‘Khalistan’ row over Harmeet Dhillon, Trump’s pick for assistant AG?

Firstpost

Harmeet Dhillon has been nominated as assistant attorney general for civil rights by Donald Trump. A prominent Republican lawyer with a history of advocating for conservative causes, Dhillon is known for her outspoken views on Indian politics, including support for farmers’ protests and allegations of India targeting Sikh activists in North America Indian-born Sikh Republican activist Harmeet Dhillon delivers the …

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Trump nominates India critic Harmeet Dhillon as Assistant Attorney General

Hindustan Times

Washington: US President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Harmeet Dhillon, a Republican leader and lawyer from California who backed the farmers’ protests in 2020 and slammed India for allegedly plotting assassinations of Sikhs in North America more recently, as the assistant attorney general in charge of civil rights in the Department of Justice. The position will give Harmeet Dhillon direct authority …

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Meet Harmeet Dhillon, Trump's civil rights warrior who once shut up Piers Morgan

India Today

US President-elect Donald Trump said on Monday that he would nominate Harmeet K Dhillon, an Indian-origin attorney and longtime Trump ally, to head the Department of Justice’s civil rights division. "Harmeet will be a tireless defender of our constitutional rights, and will enforce our civil rights and election laws fairly and firmly," he added/ Dhillon’s nomination as the assistant attorney …

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1 week, 6 days ago

Trump nominates Indian-American Harmeet Dhillon for Assistant Attorney General in civil rights

India TV News

US President-elect Donald Trump announced Monday the appointment of new Indian-American attorney Harmeet K. Rao as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the Department of Justice. Trump shared the news on X, stating, “I am pleased to nominate Harmeet K. Dhillon as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the US Department of Justice.” A career defending civil liberties …

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1 week, 6 days ago

SGPC passes resolution seeking excommunication of Sukhbir attacker Narain Singh Chaura

Hindustan Times

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee on Monday passed a resolution seeking excommunication of Narain Singh Chaura, the former militant who made an assassination attempt on Shiromani Akali Dal president and former deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal outside the Golden Temple on December 4. After handing over a copy of the resolutions to Akal Takht jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh, SGPC …

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2 weeks ago

Delhi Grants Jobs to 1984 Anti-Sikh Riot Survivors After 40-Year Wait

The Hindu

Published : Dec 09, 2024 09:36 IST - 9 MINS READ On November 22, Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena distributed appointment letters to 47 survivors of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots at an event in Tilak Vihar, marking a significant, albeit delayed, milestone in fulfilling promises made nearly four decades ago. While 22 victims have previously joined MTS positions and 300-400 …

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Reinvention or irrelevance? Why Sukhbir Badal is at a crossroads

India Today

On December 4, amidst the solemnity of his sewa duties at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Shiromani Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Singh Badal had an unexpected brush with danger. Since 2007, when his father Parkash Singh Badal returned as chief minister, Sukhbir had been the de facto power centre, silencing dissenters and demanding unquestioning loyalty. Panthic leaders queued at his …

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2 weeks ago

Sikhs Commemorate 349th Martyrdom Day of Guru Teg Bahadur Sahibji

Deccan Chronicle

HYDERABAD: Sikhs observed the 349th martyrdom day of the ninth Sikh Guru, Guru Teg Bahadur Sahibji, with religious and devotion on Sunday. A large gathering of devotees participated in a Vishaal Kirtan Darbar at the Sitaphalmandi municipal ground, where prayers were offered to the Guru Granth Sahibji. Religious figures, including Bhai Binder Singhji Taantisaaz wale and Giani Nishan Singhji Gandiwind, …

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Sikh singer assaulted in Vashi; accuses two men wanted in 2016 murder of spiritual leader in Punjab

Hindustan Times

Navi Mumbai: The police on Saturday booked two men and a gang of 10 others for assaulting a Sikh bhajan singer from Gurdaspur, Punjab, in Vashi, Navi Mumbai, on Friday. The victim, 45-year-old Lakhwinder Surjit Singh, alleged that one of the attackers is a suspect wanted by Punjab police in the 2016 murder of Baba Bhupinder Singh Dhakki Sahib Wale, …

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The spectre of its past now haunts Punjab

Hindustan Times

Some incidents resurrect ghosts of the past, hitting you in your face and haunting you for a long time. I would put the assassination attempt on Shiromani Akali Dal leader and former deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal among such incidents for good reason. Party stalwarts like Beant Singh and Amarinder Singh had maintained the fine balance that Parkash Singh …

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SGPC members seek excommunication of Sukhbir attacker

Hindustan Times

While a section of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee met Akal Takht jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh on Saturday, urging him to excommunicate former militant Narain Singh Chaura who made an assassination attempt on Shiromani Akali Dal president and former deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal at the entrance of Golden Temple, radical Sikh leaders sought punishment for a youth Akali Dal leader …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

A moral compass for redeeming Sikh legacy

Hindustan Times

The Sikh community has long exemplified integrity, courage, and generosity — virtues deeply embedded in its foundational principles of seva and sarbat da bhala. The Akal Takht’s directive to the Shiromani Akali Dal requiring the resignation of its senior leadership, including former deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, and ordering a clutch of penal actions represents a historic stance. Similarly, …

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UK minister assures Sikh citizens of protection amid allegations of 'harassment' by Indian agencies: Report

Government apologises for 'offensive' NHS anti-smoking poster featuring Sikh man because tobacco is forbidden in the religion

PUNJAB | The Shiromani Akali Dal Locks Horns with Akal Takht as it Faces Deepening Crisis

Kamal Davar | Strict watch on the challenge of ‘Khalistan’ is vital in Punjab

India to continue refusing visas to pro-Khalistani Canadians despite criticism

India-Canada new chirp: Visa denial to Khalistani Canadians stirs outcry, debate

How denial of visas to Khalistan supporters is a good idea

No bar on gathering at Akal Takht but organisers must maintain ‘maryada’, says SGPC chief

Clergy accepts Sukhbir’s penance, grants pardon

Ensure free, fair gurdwara body elections: Addl chief secy home

Beyond faith: On the Akal Takht and the Akali Dal

Canada report claims India denying visa to Khalistan supporters, experts call it ‘wild story’

What’s the ‘Khalistan’ row over Harmeet Dhillon, Trump’s pick for assistant AG?

Trump nominates India critic Harmeet Dhillon as Assistant Attorney General

Meet Harmeet Dhillon, Trump's civil rights warrior who once shut up Piers Morgan

Trump nominates Indian-American Harmeet Dhillon for Assistant Attorney General in civil rights

SGPC passes resolution seeking excommunication of Sukhbir attacker Narain Singh Chaura

Delhi Grants Jobs to 1984 Anti-Sikh Riot Survivors After 40-Year Wait

Reinvention or irrelevance? Why Sukhbir Badal is at a crossroads

Sikhs Commemorate 349th Martyrdom Day of Guru Teg Bahadur Sahibji

Sikh singer assaulted in Vashi; accuses two men wanted in 2016 murder of spiritual leader in Punjab

The spectre of its past now haunts Punjab

SGPC members seek excommunication of Sukhbir attacker

A moral compass for redeeming Sikh legacy