Bookmark?Remove? 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 »
Bookmark?Remove? 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 »
Bookmark?Remove? 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 »
Bookmark?Remove? 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 »
Bookmark?Remove? 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 »
Bookmark?Remove? Dal Khalsa seeks experts panel to review Punjab history syllabus Published 7y ago - WSN News Desk Dal Khalsa, in a statement to the media, has sought the setting up of a high level SGPC Committee of renowned Sikh historians and academicians to review all books or parts thereof,which contain chapters in Sikh and Punjab history. It is common knowledge that s... More »
Bookmark?Remove? 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 »
Bookmark?Remove? Mann Dal observes Ardas Diwas, submits memo to Indian President Published 7y ago - WSN News Desk The Simranjit Singh Mann-led Shiromani Akali Dal Amritsar observed Ardas Diwas at Gurdwara Rakabganj Sahib in New Delhi to commemorate the memory of all those killed in November 1984. Speaking on the occasion, Simranjit Singh Mann debunked the role of Sardar V... More »
Bookmark?Remove? 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 »
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? Veteran Akali strongman Ranjit Singh Brahmpura bids goodbye to Badals Published 8y ago - WSN News Desk Unable to withstand public pressure on the issue of handling the sacrilege issue by his party –Shiromani Akali Dal led by Parkash Singh Badal and Sukhbir Singh Badal, the doyen of Akali politics in the Majha region of Punjab –Ranjit Singh Brahmpura, who has a ... More »
