October 10, 2014

British Sikh School to open in Wolverhampton in September 2015

AAP leader Phoolka hails Nobel Peace Prize for Kailash Satyarth; Say Kailash also supported justice for 1984 victims

Sikh Genocide1984 : Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) to submit report to UN

30 Years of 1984 Genocidal Violence – AISSF Calls For “Punjab Bandh” on Nov. 1

Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi are true inspirations for standing up for children’s rights, Amnesty

Death Penalty: USA, Pakistan among countries that continue to execute people with mental and intellectual disabilities

Plaza built outside Darbar Sahib complex to open on Diwali

Punjab dips into darkness but no power crisis for Badal village

Baba Baljit Singh Daduwal re-arrested minutes after his release; Sent to Jail till Oct. 16

October 10, 2014

British Sikh School to open in Wolverhampton in September 2015

October 10, 2014

Wolverhampton, UK: A school for Sikhs is set to open in Wolverhampton as part of a new wave of free schools announced by the government. The British Sikh School is due to open its doors in September next year in Blakenhall, offering education to up to 840 pupils aged 11 to 19. It is one of 35 new free schools across England this week approved by Education Secretary Nicky Morgan - which will create more than 22,000 additional pupil places in the country.

AAP leader Phoolka hails Nobel Peace Prize for Kailash Satyarth; Say Kailash also supported justice for 1984 victims

October 10, 2014

Ludhiana, Punjab: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and senior advocate Harvinder Singh Phoolka has hailed Nobel Peace Prize for children rights activist Kailash Satyarthi.

Sikh Genocide1984 : Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) to submit report to UN

October 10, 2014

New York, USA: On the 30th year of India-wide systematic killing of Sikhs misnomered as “anti-Sikh riots”, a US based human rights and advocacy group “Sikhs For Justice” (SFJ) will submit a report to Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary General, United Nations on the 1984 genocidal violence against the Sikh community after the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

30 Years of 1984 Genocidal Violence – AISSF Calls For “Punjab Bandh” on Nov. 1

October 10, 2014

Amritsar, Punjab: To Challenge the 30 years of impunity to the Congress party leaders who orchestrated 1984 Genocide of Sikhs and to highlight the practice of politics that has overshadowed the “Issue of Justice” for the victims, All India Sikh Students Federation (AISSF) gave a call for ‘Punjab Bandh” on November 1st.

Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi are true inspirations for standing up for children’s rights, Amnesty

October 10, 2014

New Delhi, India: Following the announcement that Pakistani schoolgirl and education rights campaigner Malala Yousafzai and Indian children’s rights activist Kailash Satyarthi have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, Salil Shetty, Secretary General of Amnesty International said [...]

Death Penalty: USA, Pakistan among countries that continue to execute people with mental and intellectual disabilities

October 10, 2014

New Delhi, India: Countries around the world continue to sentence to death or to execute people with mental and intellectual disabilities, in clear violation of international standards, Amnesty International said today on the World Day against the Death Penalty.

Plaza built outside Darbar Sahib complex to open on Diwali

October 10, 2014

Amritsar, Punjab: A statement by Public relations office of Deputy CM of Punjab says that a plaza constructed outside the Darbar Sahib in Amritsar will be opened for Public on the eve of Diwali. Statement says that the project was on advanced stage of completion.

Punjab dips into darkness but no power crisis for Badal village

October 10, 2014

Muktsar, Punjab: People of Punjab are facing long power cuts these days and reports say that state is suffering from a severe power crisis in wake of coal shortage. Today's newspapers inform that five power generation units of Ropar thermal plant stopped power generation yesterday. But even in this situation Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal’s native village Badal continues to get uninterrupted supply.

Baba Baljit Singh Daduwal re-arrested minutes after his release; Sent to Jail till Oct. 16

October 10, 2014

Faridkot, Punjab: Arrested Sikh preacher Bab Baljit Singh Daduwal, who was granted bail by Punjab and Haryana High court few days back, was re-arrested by Punjab police soon after he was released from Faridkot jail yesterday (Oct. 09).