Indian State

Aiming at Further Centralising Its Powers, Centre Plans to Merge Inter-State River Water Dispute Tribunals

NIA Questions Greater Kashmir Editor Over Newspaper Articles

Dal Khalsa Criticises Indian State for Refusal to Scrap Sedition Law

Over 1 Lakh Muslims Protest in Maharashtra’s Malegaon Against Mob Lynchings in India

BJP May Have Expelled Sunita Gaur, But It Has Always Rewarded Communal Violence

Human Rights Groups Want India to Prosecute Cops for Custodial Death of Two Youth

Source of Hindi Imposition Lies in Indian Constitution: Language Groups Demand Revocation of CH. XVII

1,966 Custodial Deaths In India During 2018; NGO Calls India to Rectify UNCAT

Dal Khalsa Strongly Opposes India’s Plan to Set up Nuclear Plants in Punjab

India Uses Trade to Force UK Foreign Office to Abandon Tortured Scot Held in Indian Jail for 600 days

Sikh Struggle Has Clearly Defined Agenda [Op-Ed]

Religious Freedom Continue to Suffer Under Modi Rule: US Report

Sanjeev Bhatt’s Conviction Exposes Indian State’s Revengeful Character: Dal Khalsa

Sanjeev Bhatt, Cop Who Blamed Modi for Gujarat 2002, Sentenced to Life in 30 years Old Case

Sikhs of Connecticut Decline Indian Consulate General’s Offer

Editors Guild Expresses Serious Concerns Over Arrests of Journalists by Yogi’s Police

Sanjay Dutt was Released Despite Centre Having Rejected His Release Plea

‘Punjab Disappeared’ Documentary To Be Screened at Various Places in England

LS Polls Over, HS Phoolka Reminds CM Amarinder Singh About SGPC Polls

Torture: Indian State’s Instrument of Control in Indian Administered Jammu and Kashmir

India Decides to Not To Communicate with UN Special Reporters About Reports on Violations in Kashmir

Bleak Future for the Indian Sub-Continent If Narendra Modi Returns to Power [Op-Ed]

“Punjab Disappeared” Documentary To Be Screened in Chandigarh on May 25

ECI Member Recused from Meetings on Poll Violations After His Descending Note Against Clean Chit of Modi was Ignored

Simranjit Singh Mann Writes Open Letter to Editor of The Tribune; Criticises ‘Bias’ Against Sikhs

Modi Dispensation Controlling Judiciary and Election Commission: Dal Khalsa

To impose Hindutva agenda, BJP desperate to make sedition law stricter: Dal Khalsa

Ground Water Depletion: Punjab Moving Toward Turning Into Desert

‘Clean Chit’ to Indian Chief Justice Is Supreme Injustice

Sexual Harassment Allegations Against India’s Chief Justice Must be Independently and Fairly Investigated: Oxfam

Modi’s Profile as Mob Lyncher No Less Than That of Rajiv Gandhi: Dal Khalsa Tells Sirsa

Misleading Reporting by Indian Newspaper on ‘Sunehri Mandir’ Issue

Ishrat Jahan Fake Encounter Case: CBI Court Decides to Discharge DG Vanjara and NK Amin for Want to Sanction to Prosecute

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Indian State

3 NIA Officials Accused of Blackmailing, Demanding 2 Crores Bribe

August 20, 2019

A few weeks back when the Indian government extended unbridled powers to India's centralised investigation and prosecution agency NIA, many sections raised concerns that these powers will be abused in various ways- including abuse by officials for personal gains.

About 4000 Kashmiris Arrested Since August 5 by Indian Authorities

August 20, 2019

Reports from Indian-administered Kashmir reveal that thousands of people have been arrested and detained by Indian authorities in Kashmir since August 5- when the BJP government stripped of the special status to the State.

Observing Aug 15 as Black Day, Sikh bodies protest against India’s onslaughts on Minorities

August 20, 2019

Representatives of various Sikh groups namely Dal Khalsa, SAD (Amritsar) and others urged the Indian state and the world community to acknowledge the right to self determination of all struggling peoples in accordance with international treaties and covenants, which all democratic nations are expected to adhere to and oblige.

India Renews Crackdown on Kashmiris After Overnight Protests

August 19, 2019

Authorities in Indian-held Kashmir reimposed restrictions on people's movement on August 18 following a flare-up of protests by Kashmiris. According to media reports, which cite officials saying that clashes between Kashmiri residents and police left dozens injured.

Sikhs and Kashmiris Hold Mass Protest Against India at UN Headquarters on August 15

August 19, 2019

Movement Against Atrocities and Repression (MAAR) and all European Sikh and Kashmiri organizations and Gurdwara Management Committees held a massive protest rally and raised the freedom for all flag in front of the United Nations office in Geneva on Thursday, August 15th from 12:00 to 16:00 hours.

Indian Supreme Court Grants Bail to 34 Convicts in 1984 Sikh Genocide Related Case

July 23, 2019

The Supreme Court of India today granted bail to 34 persons convicted in a case related to 1984 Sikh Genocide. The convicts were sentenced to five years imprisonment for "rioting and arson" during the 1984 Sikh genocide in Delhi's Trilokpuri area. The conviction and sentence by trial court was upheld by Delhi High Court. It is notable that genocide is not recognized as a crime in Indian law.

Indian Government Bans Sikhs For Justice (SJF)

July 12, 2019

The government of India on Wednesday (July 9) announced to ban Sikh diaspora activists group called Sikhs For Justice (SFJ).

Aiming at Further Centralising Its Powers, Centre Plans to Merge Inter-State River Water Dispute Tribunals

July 11, 2019

In a move which will further centralise powers of the Union government of India in matters related to "inter-state river water disputes", the Modi government cabinet has given approval to an amendment bill seeking to merge different inter-state river water dispute tribunals into a single entity.

NIA Questions Greater Kashmir Editor Over Newspaper Articles

July 8, 2019

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) of India has reportedly questioned Greater Kashmir newspaper's editor Fayaz Kaloo.

Dal Khalsa Criticises Indian State for Refusal to Scrap Sedition Law

July 6, 2019

Terming the sedition law as anachronistic, Dal Khalsa strongly criticized the Indian Government for refusing to scrap it despite its widespread misuse and abuse.

Over 1 Lakh Muslims Protest in Maharashtra’s Malegaon Against Mob Lynchings in India

July 4, 2019

At least one lakh Muslims on Monday (July 2) congregated in Malegaon in response to a call for a law against mob lynching.

BJP May Have Expelled Sunita Gaur, But It Has Always Rewarded Communal Violence

July 3, 2019

Sunita Singh Gaur of Ramkola, Uttar Pradesh, India secured for herself a place in history when she soared to international infamy after an explicit social media summons for “Hindu brothers” to gangrape Muslim “mothers and sisters”.

Human Rights Groups Want India to Prosecute Cops for Custodial Death of Two Youth

July 2, 2019

On Tuesday 2 July 2019, the Supreme Court of India will hear a Public Interest Litigation brought in the case of Citizens against Hate v State of Bihar regarding the death of two men in police custody in the Sitamarhi District of State of Bihar in India.

Source of Hindi Imposition Lies in Indian Constitution: Language Groups Demand Revocation of CH. XVII

July 1, 2019

A Conference on “Language Rights in Federal State” was held on 29th June 2019 at Ulaga Tamil Sangam, Madurai, Tamil Nadu.

1,966 Custodial Deaths In India During 2018; NGO Calls India to Rectify UNCAT

June 28, 2019

The “Campaign Against Torture in India” while releasing “India: Annual Report on Torture 2018” on the United Nations Day Against Torture stated that during 2018, a total of 1,966 custodial deaths were reported to India's National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) including 147 deaths in police custody and 1,819 deaths in judicial custody.

Dal Khalsa Strongly Opposes India’s Plan to Set up Nuclear Plants in Punjab

June 28, 2019

Dal Khalsa has strongly opposed New Delhi's proposal to set up atomic power plants in Punjab.

India Uses Trade to Force UK Foreign Office to Abandon Tortured Scot Held in Indian Jail for 600 days

June 26, 2019

Today marks 600 days in an Indian jail of Jagtar Singh Johal, the 32-year old Scot from Dumbarton who has been tortured and threatened to be burnt alive by police and is being detained without a proper trial.

Sikh Struggle Has Clearly Defined Agenda [Op-Ed]

June 26, 2019

First they called us Khalistanis. Now they have added the word “Terrorists” First they blamed Pakistan for supporting us. Now they have added Canada’s name too. First they sought sanctions against Pakistan. Now they propose the same with Canada.

Religious Freedom Continue to Suffer Under Modi Rule: US Report

June 25, 2019

A latest report by US Commission on International Religious Freedom noted that in 2018 religious freedom conditions in India continued a downward trend. The 2019 report released few days back notes that religious freedom has come under attack in recent years with the growth of exclusionary extremist narratives—including, at times, the government’s allowance and encouragement of mob violence against religious minorities—that have facilitated an egregious and ongoing campaign of violence, intimidation, and harassment against non-Hindu and lower-caste Hindu minorities.

Sanjeev Bhatt’s Conviction Exposes Indian State’s Revengeful Character: Dal Khalsa

June 20, 2019

Calling the awarding of life sentence to sacked IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt on alleged concocted charges as travesty of justice, the Dal Khalsa on Thursday slammed the Indian justice system.

Sanjeev Bhatt, Cop Who Blamed Modi for Gujarat 2002, Sentenced to Life in 30 years Old Case

June 20, 2019

Sacked Gujarat-cadre IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, who took on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Gujarat genocide, was sentenced to life imprisonment today in a 30-year-old case of custodial death. The sentence by the Jamnagar court comes a week after the Supreme Court denied Mr Bhatt's petition to examine additional witnesses.

Sikhs of Connecticut Decline Indian Consulate General’s Offer

June 13, 2019

The Sikh community of Connecticut is one of the active and growing community of America who is pro Sikh Freedom. Connecticut Sikhs always stood against the Indian Govt. due to its track record of Human Rights violations on minorities.

Editors Guild Expresses Serious Concerns Over Arrests of Journalists by Yogi’s Police

June 10, 2019

The Uttar Pradesh police have arrested two journalists for allegedly defaming state's chief minister Yogi Adityanath.

Sanjay Dutt was Released Despite Centre Having Rejected His Release Plea

June 5, 2019

A news report published by The Hindu says that the Centre had rejected a petition moved on behalf of Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt in December 2015, just two months before he was released for “good conduct” by the prison authorities in Maharashtra.

‘Punjab Disappeared’ Documentary To Be Screened at Various Places in England

June 1, 2019

A documentary film titled “Punjab Disappeared” will be screened at various places in England during the month of June. The documentary was premiered on April 26 in Delhi and it was screened in Chandigarh on May 26.

LS Polls Over, HS Phoolka Reminds CM Amarinder Singh About SGPC Polls

May 21, 2019

A day after the conclusion of polling for Lok Sabha elections, lawyer turned politician Harwinder Singh Phoolka has reminded Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh about elections for the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabhandak Committee (SGPC).

Torture: Indian State’s Instrument of Control in Indian Administered Jammu and Kashmir

May 21, 2019

The Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) and the Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) yesterday (on May 20) released the first comprehensive report on torture in Jammu and Kashmir titled Torture: Indian State’s Instrument of Control in Indian Administered Jammu and Kashmir.

India Decides to Not To Communicate with UN Special Reporters About Reports on Violations in Kashmir

May 21, 2019

Angry over a submission from the Geneva-based Human Rights Council (HRC) on the massive human rights violations in Indian occupied Kashmir, the Indian state has reportedly informed the United Nations body that it will no longer entertain any communication with the HRC’s Special Rapporteurs on its report.

Bleak Future for the Indian Sub-Continent If Narendra Modi Returns to Power [Op-Ed]

May 20, 2019

Exit Polls have rightly or wrongly, honestly or fraudulently indicated that the right wing ultra nationalist party Hindutva organizations under Mr. Narender Modi will form the next Union Government. This radicalized Hindutva organization has sworn that they would create a theocratic Hindu Rashtra or Nation.

“Punjab Disappeared” Documentary To Be Screened in Chandigarh on May 25

May 20, 2019

A documentary film titled “Punjab Disappeared” will be premiered in Delhi on Saturday (May 25). The film will be screened at 5:30 PM in IMA Auditorium, Sector 35-B, Chandigarh.

ECI Member Recused from Meetings on Poll Violations After His Descending Note Against Clean Chit of Modi was Ignored

May 18, 2019

One of the three member Election Commission of India (ECI) panel was recusing himself since May 4th from ECI meetings on alleged violations of model code of conduct.

Simranjit Singh Mann Writes Open Letter to Editor of The Tribune; Criticises ‘Bias’ Against Sikhs

May 18, 2019

Shiromani Akali Dal Amritsar (Mann) has written an open letter to the Editor of The Tribune, an English vernacular having its headquarter in Chandigarh. In his letter Simranjit Singh Mann has criticised the policies of The Tribune that are allegedly biased against the Sikhs.

Modi Dispensation Controlling Judiciary and Election Commission: Dal Khalsa

May 17, 2019

Bhatinda, Punjab: As the elections are drawing closer, the Sikh group Dal Khalsa held a march on May 16 in the city to protest against transfer of Jagtar Singh Jaggi Johal and other under trails from Punjab to Tihar jail and their cases to NIA court in Delhi, framing of social activist Lakha Sidhana in […]

To impose Hindutva agenda, BJP desperate to make sedition law stricter: Dal Khalsa

May 17, 2019

Joining issue with Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh for declaring to make the sedition law stricter in case his party retains power, the Dal Khalsa said the obvious target will be the religious minorities and Dalits, who refuses to toe the Hindutva agenda.

Ground Water Depletion: Punjab Moving Toward Turning Into Desert

May 15, 2019

Eastern part of Punjab, the land of five rivers, is moving towards turning into desert. A news report (dated 15 May, 2019) in The Tribune (TT) notes that a draft report of the Central Ground Water Board (North-Western region) has warned that Punjab will be rendered a desert within 25 years if the exploitation of its underground water resources continues at the current rate.

‘Clean Chit’ to Indian Chief Justice Is Supreme Injustice

May 8, 2019

by Shahana Bhattacharya & Deepika Tandon* Today on the 8th of May, 2019, on a second day in succession, people protesting at Connaught Place, against the “clean chit” given to Justice Gogoi by an in-house inquiry that violated established procedures and principles and demanding an independent inquiry, were detained at Mandir Marg PS. The police came […]

Sexual Harassment Allegations Against India’s Chief Justice Must be Independently and Fairly Investigated: Oxfam

May 8, 2019

On 6th May 2019, the in-house committee of the Supreme Court cleared allegations of sex harassment by a former woman employee against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi. The panel of three judges ruled that there was "no substance" in the allegations.

Modi’s Profile as Mob Lyncher No Less Than That of Rajiv Gandhi: Dal Khalsa Tells Sirsa

May 8, 2019

Expressing agreement with Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) president and a spokesman of Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) Manjinder Singh Sirsa’s viewpoint that Rajiv Gandhi was biggest mob lyncher of India, the Dal Khalsa said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was no less big mob lyncher than Rajiv Gandhi.

Misleading Reporting by Indian Newspaper on ‘Sunehri Mandir’ Issue

May 3, 2019

SGPC and the SGPC appointed acting Jathedar of Akal Takht Sahib objected to use of term 'Sunehri Mandir' on boards of National Highway Authority of India (NHAI).

Ishrat Jahan Fake Encounter Case: CBI Court Decides to Discharge DG Vanjara and NK Amin for Want to Sanction to Prosecute

May 2, 2019

Former Gujarat police officers DG Vanzara and NK Amin will no longer be accused in the 2004 Ishrat Jehan fake encounter killing as an Indian court today approved their request for discharge after Gujarat Government refused to grant sanction for their prosecution.

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