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India bans Sikhs for Justice human rights advocacy group

India has officially banned Sikhs for Justice or SFJ, a human rights advocacy group led by Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, for five years. The organization documents atrocities committed against Sikhs. India has allegedly tried to kill Pannun before banning his organization. The decision was confirmed by the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal under Justice Anoop Kumar Mendiratta of the Delhi High…
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1984 anti-Sikh riots: SC to hear in July plea of Sajjan Kumar against punishment

On behalf of the victim, senior counsel HS Phoolka says the case related to the murder of five Sikhs but in fact around 350 Sikhs were killed in the area during the 1984 riots The Supreme Court on Monday deferred to July the hearing on petitions filed by former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar and former Congress councillor Balwan Khokhar challenging the life sentence awarded to them and seeking…
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Region in Parliament: Relocation of Sikhs in Meghalaya

The Meghalaya Government has finalised a blueprint for relocation of Sikh residents of the Punjabi Lane, Shillong, to Bivar Road, Minorities Minister Kiren Rijiju said in reply to a question by Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer. The relocation plan for Dalit Sikhs is under scrutiny of the Meghalaya HC. No plan for integrated development in Amritsar There is no proposal for integrated development of…
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Patna Sa­heb Panth Se­wak Jatha Ob­serves Black Tur­ban Protest at Takht Patna Sa­heb

In the morn­ing hours to­day,  the Patna Sa­heb Panth Se­wak Jatha, un­der the lead­er­ship of Pres­i­dent Cha­ran­jeet Singh, held a solemn prayer meet at Takht Ha­ri­mandir Ji Patna Sahib to ob­serve the 40th an­niver­sary of the at­tack on Sri Akal Takht Sahib by the In­dian Con­gress gov­ern­ment in June 1984, rec­og­nized as the ‘Third Ghal­lughara’. WSN re­ports…
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Sikhs observe 349th martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur

Hyderabad: A large number of Sikh devotees from various parts of the state participated in the Vishaal Kirtan Darbar (mass congregation) on the occasion of 349th martyrdom of the ninth Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib on Sunday. The event was organised under the aegis of Prabhandak Committee of Gurudwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha, Sitafalmandi, Secunderabad. The committee members emphasised the…
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