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July 2, 2015

VIP Culture in India: Flight Delayed, 3 Passengers off-boarded for Minister

Amid various debates against VIP culture, an Air India flight has been reportedly delayed and three passengers, including a child, were allegedly offloaded to accommodate Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh. The AI flight was flying from Leh to Delhi.

How India failed its own Constitution in Kashmir

Yesterday, Amnesty International India launched its latest report, “Denied: Failures in accountability for human rights violations by security force personnel in Jammu and Kashmir”, which documents the obstacles to justice faced in several cases of human rights violations believed to have been committed by Indian security force personnel in Jammu and Kashmir.

Ideological Encirclement of Sikhs after Massacre of 1984 – Speech of S. Ajmer Singh at Punjabi University

This is video recording of Special Lecture of Sikh intellectual and historian Sirdar Ajmer Singh about his newly released book "Ideological Encirclement of Sikhs after Massacre of 1984".

Mann Dal protests against RSS’ Shakha at Fatehgarh Sahib

The members of Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) reportedly protested against ‘Shakha’ activity of Hindutva outfit Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) yesterday (on July 01) at Fatehgarh Sahib.

Rob Marris becomes chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for British Sikhs

In May Rob Marris was returned as the MP for Wolverhampton South West. His victory for Labour bucked the national trend and it has been widely acknowledged it was down to the public support and campaign from local activists of the Sikh Federation (UK).

AIR skips Live broadcast of Gurbani to air Modi’s event; SGPC writes to I&B

The broadcast of Gurbani Kirtan from Darbar Sahib Amritsar was reportedly stopped by Akashvani (All India Radio, Jalandhar) last evening (July 1) to air Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s event on Digital India.

In case of my death Hold CM Badal responsible: says Surat Singh Khalsa

Elderly Sikh activist Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa, who is on ‘hunger-strike’ since January 16, said that in case of his death, the Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal should be held responsible.

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