The Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal today said that the Congress party would taste crushing defeat in the 2017 assembly polls. He claimed that the Congress party would be wiped out from the political scene.
The World Sikh Organization of Canada has helped Sahib Singh Bains return to high school in Edmonton after he was told his kirpan was a weapon and would not be permitted in class.
A day after the death of Sikh activist Joga Singh Khalistani at the Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) Ludhiana, members of various Sikh groups have refused to cremate his body until the main accused are arrested.
On the 2nd of October 2016, United Sikhs Aid held its "Emergency Preparedness for the Gurudwaras Workshop" at the Sikh Center of Orange County (SCOC) at Santa Ana, CA.
The White House has responded to a petition titled: "August 15th is NOT Independence Day For Sikhs. SUPPORT the Liberation of Indian Occupied Punjab to Create KHALISTAN".
The Sikh Coalition reportedly sent a letter on Oct. 07 to the Richmond Police Department and the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office on behalf of Maan Singh Khalsa.
Students of Punjabi University, Patiala held a Shaheedi Samagam in the memory of Sikh martyrs Bhai Sukhdev Singh Sukha and Bhai Harjinder Singh Jinda on October 05, 2016.