Cham Kaur deposes against Sajjan Kumar, justice hopes alive

With the SIT on 1984 in a mood to ensure that justice is done to the victim families of November 1984 genocidal killings, there is news that Cham Kaur has deposed as to how Sajjan Kumar was leading the marauding mobs out to kill the Sikhs. She becomes the seco... More »

Dal Khalsa refutes Indian army chief ‘s SOS on Punjab, SFJ within law to seek referendum

Published 7y ago - WSN News Bureau

Notwithstanding the red alerts sounded by the Punjab government regarding Kashmiri militants having been “sighted”in Punjab, Dal Khalsa in a statement to the media chided the Indian army chief Bipin Rawat for taking on a political role and making sinister atte... More »

Delhi Court orders 2 lumpens guilty of Nov 1984 Hardev Singh killing

Published 7y ago - WSN News Bureau

In a “better late than never” historic judgement, judge Ajay Pandey at the Patiala House courts, New Delhi held Yashpal Singh And Naresh Sherawat guilty for massacre of Sikhs in November 1984. As soon as they were sentenced, they were taken into custody by the... More »

Ritual performed, Longowal SGPC president, Sikh concerns be damned

Published 7y ago - WSN News Bureau

The general house of the SGPC -the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee re-appointed Gobind Singh Longowal as president for another term amidst walkout by the Panthic Front led by Sukhdev Singh Bhaur. He is the 42nd President of this august body of the Sikh... More »

Chandigarh lawyers express solidarity with Bargari Morcha

Published 7y ago - WSN News Bureau

A team of Chandigarh-based lawyers led by lawyer activist Navkiran Singh of Lawyers for Human Rights Group International attended a conference in Bargari and expressed solidarity with the demands of the Bargari Insaaf Morcha after meeting leaders of the moveme... More »

Tan Dhesi applauds war heroes, seeks support for Sikh Memorial in Armistice debate

Published 7y ago - WSN News Bureau

Participating in the Centenary of the Armistice debate, Slough MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi deeply acknowledged and appreciated the role played by men and women from various parts of the Commonwealth who laid down their lives during the World War I. He made a sig... More »

ZERO makers say it is Katar not Kirpan, Sikhs pursue CBFC and courts

Published 7y ago - WSN News Bureau

ZERO makers want us to believe that Sikhs are dumb and cannot distinguish between a Katar and a Kirpan. In response to the complaint of Delhi MLA and DSGMC general secretary Manjinder Singh Sirsa, the Zero team has said, “Your concern is duly noted and we wish... More »

Canada’s silence on November 1984 genocide disappointing

Published 7y ago - WSN News Bureau

As the worldwide commemorations for the genocidal attacks on Sikhs in November 1984 come to a close, the World Sikh Organization of Canada has expressed disappointment at the Canadian government’s “lack of commemoration of the 1984 Sikh Genocide by Prime Minis... More »

Shillong Sikhs get reprieve from High Court

Published 7y ago - WSN News Bureau

As the government of Meghalaya, the Shillong Municipal Board, the Autonomous Hill Council and others have failed to file their replies to the petition of the City Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee seeking orders from the court for no relocation of the Sikhs from t... More »

Sewa Singh Sekhwan resigns from Badal Dal

Badal Dal house cracking up, Sekhwan resigns

Published 7y ago - WSN News Bureau

The Badal Dal leadership is falling like a house of ninepins. Gurdaspur leader Sewa Singh Sekhwan resigned in the presence of other Majha doyens Ranjit Singh Brahmpura and Rattan Singh Ajnala, adding more woes to an already beleaguered party trying to gain foo... More »

Dal Khalsa to hold Rights March in Amritsar on November 3

Published 7y ago - WSN News Bureau

To protest the November 1984 attack on innocent Sikhs as one of the largest state-sponsored pogroms in India -the so-called largest democracy in the world, Dal Khalsa will hold a Rights and Justice March in Amritsar on November 3, culminating in the foreground... More »

WSO to pursue Canada apex court appeal denial on Kirpan in Quebec Assembly

Published 7y ago - WSN News Bureau

The Supreme Court of Canada has disallowed the World Sikh Organization the leave to appeal against the decision of the Quebec National Assembly to not permit WSO representatives Harminder Kaur and Balpreet Singh to present their views in January 2011 on Bill 9... More »