Mohali (April 13, 2010): A peaceful march was organized here today to remember the martyrs of Sikh Panth, who were massacred on this day back in 1978 by followers of Nirankari Mandal. Many Sikh leaders, including Bhai Harpal Singh Cheema (SAD Panch Pardhani), Jasvir Singh Khadur, Kanwar Singh Dhami (Guru Asra Trust) and Satnam Singh Paunta Sahib and Surinder Singh Kishanpura, participated in the march, besides large number of Sikh followers.
After promising a serious public debate on the sensitive issue of breach of citizen privacy and other risks associated with the Unique Identity project, the government has rushed headlong into it. There hasn’t been a proper discussion of the risks even in the Cabinet, leave alone in Parliament or a larger public forum.
New Delhi/ Ludhiana (April 11, 2010): Indian Government has approached some Western European countries for deportation of so-called associates of Babbar Khalsa International, which is banned by India as Indian State suspects that it is operating against India.
Ludhiana (April 11, 2010): Indian media, by its nature and under the influence of those who control it, voluntarily opts to stand by the Indian State and its’ actions to suppress struggles of ethnic people.
Far inside the jungles of the Eastern Ghats we met the general secretary of the CPI (Maoists) Ganapathy aka Mupalla Laxman Rao. After welcoming us and inquiring from us whether we, in particular Jan Myrdal, faced any problem having to travel the rough terrain, the interview began.
Chandigarh/ Mohali (April 10, 2010): As per an IE news report, Joginder Singh, Editor of Rozana Spokesman, a Punjabi Daily published from Mohali, was booked u/s 295A (IPC) on Thursday night for ‘causing communal disharmony’ through ‘provocative’ write-ups in Spokesman.
New York (April 9, 2010): Sikhs protested the presence of Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Kamal Nath, who had instigated a Hindu killer mobs in the November 1984 to massacre Sikhs.
Sikhs for Justice and others v. Kamal Nath (Paper 2)USA (April 06, 2010): An email sent by Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) informs that this U.S. based non-profit national human rights advocacy group has filed a civil lawsuit under the Alien Tort Claims Act against India’s Union Minister, Kamal Nath, for his participation in the 1984 genocide of the Sikhs in Delhi, India.
Amritsar (April 02, 2010): The Khalsa Action Committee today demanded a stern action against Joginder Singh chief editor of the vernacular paper published from Mohali for hurting the religious sentiments of the Sikhs through its editorial.