Bookmark?Remove? Bargari Morcha seeks Punjab governor’s intervention Published 8y ago - WSN News Bureau As the government of Punjab does not seem to budge at all despite the four-month long Morcha led by Jathedar Dhian Singh Mand, a 20-member delegation of the Bargari Morcha met the Punjab governor VP Singh Badnore reiterating its demand for arrest and trial of ... More »
Bookmark?Remove? British hate crime strategy “refresh” isolates Sikhs, community upset Published 8y ago - WSN News Bureau During the course of the last week, the British government announced a ‘refresh’ of Action Against Hate (2016), a part of their four-year hate crime action plan, to ‘address specific concerns across all 5 monitored strands of hate crime.’ New measures like a L... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Jathedar Akal Takht Giani Gurbachan Singh resigns Published 8y ago - WSN News Bureau Unable to face his own people in private or public for the past few months, in view of the anger of the Sikhs over his proximity to the Shiromani Akali Dal Badal and his role in granting pardon to the Sauda Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim, also under pressure of ... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Delhi leader Avtar Singh Hit is President of Takht Patna Sahib Committee Published 8y ago - WSN News Bureau Months after the general elections were held for the Takht Harmandir Patna Sahib Committee under the Takht Harmandir Sahib Gurdwara Management Act, 1956, DSGMC nominee and former legislator from Delhi, Avtar Singh Hit was unanimously elected as the President o... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Badal Dal Sr VP Bhai Manjit Singh urges all linked to sacrilege to seek pardon Published 8y ago - WSN News Bureau With party Sr VP Bhai Manjit Singh urging all party leaders linked to sacrilege to seek pardon at Akal Takht Sahib, it is clear that the Badal Dal is certainly in the dock. As the Bargari Morcha gains momentum, a cross-section of the party leadership has been... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Ontario exempts helmets for Sikhs, WSO welcomes, safety expert cautions Published 8y ago - WSN News Bureau Turbaned Sikh motorcyclists in the Ontario state of Canada will not need helmets announced the provincial government in response to a bill introduced by the young and dynamic newly elected MPP Prabmeet Singh Sarkaria. Instead of passing the new legislation, t... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Accord Vatican status to Nankana Sahib says NZ MP Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi Published 8y ago - WSN News Bureau In a congratulatory note to the newly elected Pakistan Premier Imran Khan, the first Sikh New Zealand Member of Parliament –Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi has urged that as part of the historic 550 year birth anniversary celebrations of the founder of the Sikh faith –... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Punjab Panchayat bodies elections on 19 September Published 8y ago - WSN News Bureau Polls to 22 Punjab zila parishads and 150 panchayat samitis will be held on September 19 stated Jagpal Singh Sandhu, the Punjab State Election Commissioner and from today the model code of conduct is in force. Nominations start from September 4 and end 7 Septe... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Arrest former Punjab police chief Sumedh Saini: Dal Khalsa Published 8y ago - WSN News Bureau Alleging full complicity of former DGP Punjab Sumedh Saini in acts of extrajudicial killings and rights violations in Punjab over the last three decades. Dal Khalsa has demanded his arrest and prosecution. Party spokesperson Kanwarpal Singh has said that he ha... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Congress did not kill Sikhs in November 1984 says Rahul Gandhi Published 8y ago - WSN News Bureau Stirring a hornet’s nest, Rahul Gandhi remarked at a London meeting with Parliamentarians that the Congress party had no hand in the November 1984 massacre. His father’s accomplice P. Chidambaram justified saying, “something terrible happened then.” Sikhs have... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Rohingya Muslims still in search of a home Published 8y ago - WSN News Bureau Thrown out by the Nobel Prize laureate Aung Sang Suu Kyi led Myanmar government following organised ethnic cleansing one year ago, the Rohingya Muslims are still in search of a home with Bangladesh and Myanmar negotiating return to Rakhine from where they were... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Dera Sauda, one year on since pseudo-Baba arrest Published 8y ago - WSN News Bureau A year ago, there was mayhem on the streets of Panchkula, near Chandigarh when Dera Sauda followers went berserk after the pseudo-saint Gurmeet Ram Rahim was sentenced for 20 years for rape of his lady followers. One year ago, the followers have dwindled, prop... More »
