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Jarnail Singh, a journalist with Dainik Jagran, the Hindi daily who recently hurled shoe towards Indian Home Minister Shri P. Chidambram today visited Harmandir Sahib. Jarnail Singh was accompanied by his family.
SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar honoured Jarnail Singh and his family at the Information Centre in Harmandir Sahib complex. Both had a talk for about 10 minutes in a closed room.
A Jatha of around thousand sikh pilgrims has arrived in Pakistan today on the eve of Baisakhi on 14th of April. SGPC organizes this tour every year to celebrate Baisakhi Mela at Nankana Sahib. The Jatha arrived by special train.
The pilgrims will attend Baisakhi celebrations at Nankana Sahib and then they will visit Gurdwara Sacha Sauda in Shekhupura on Wednesday.
Congress today withdrew Lok Sabha Tickets from Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan Kumar, the accused in 1984 anti-sikh riots. Surrendering to Sikh protests worldwide against tickets given to alleged accused in anti sikh riots which caught fire after CBI gave clean chit to Jagdish Tytler in 1984 antisikh riots case.
In a press release this evening Congress spokesman Jnardhan Dwivedi said, “Both Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan Kumar expressed their feelings to opt out of Lok Sabha Elections and work for party instead.” He said we have accepted their feelings and both will not be contesting the 2009 general elections.
Today, more than 100 Sikhs gathered outside Karkardooma Court to protest against CBI clean chit to Jagdish Tytler in 1984 Sikh riots case. Court will today hear the CBI plea of closing case against Jagdish Tytler.
The protestors belonging to All India Sikh students Federation, Shiromani Akali Dal(Badal) and other Sikh organizations raised slogans against CBI giving clean chit to Tytler.
Central Bureau of Investigation yesterday, gave clean chit to Jagdish Tytler, Senior Congress Leader in 1984 Sikh Riots Case. This news shocked the Sikh Community as Jagdish Tytler is one of the persons responsible for killing thousands of innocent Sikhs.
CBI requested Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate to cancel the FIR against Tytler as it has not found any incriminating evidence against Jagdish Tytler in the investigaton. CBI said that it found statement of Jasbir Singh, one of the key witness in the case as unreliable and most of the witnesses altered their statements in this case.
Capt. Kanwaljit Singh, Senior Akali Leader and Cooperation Minister, Punjab passed away in a road accident last evening near village Khanpur on Kharar-Ropar highway. He was 66. The sudden demise of Capt Kanwaljit Singh created shock waves in whole of the Punjab.
The car in which Capt Kanwaljit Singh was travelling was hit by two trucks one from front and the other from rear side and the car was sand witched. He was rushed to PGI Chandigarh where doctors failed to revive him from PolyTrauma Condition and declared him dead late in the evening at 8.30 PM.
On Friday March 27, Sikh community protested on streets against alleged derogatory remarks made by Varun Gandhi against Sikhs. Activists of National Akali Dal(NAD) and Shiromani Akali Dal Khalsa(SADK) participated in the protest.
Varun Gandhi is BJP MP candidate from Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh and to woo hindu votes, he allegedly made hatred remarks against Sikhs and Muslims that has sparked row in Indian politics.
A Post office in Frisco, Texas has apologized to a Sikh Father for asking him to remove turban of his 6 year old son to take photograph for passport. On March 17, Darshan Singh went to local post office to get photograph for his son’s passport. On reaching there, post office officials asked him to remove turban of his son if he wanted to take passport photograph.
When Darshan Singh asked them as to why so, the officials said that Federal rules do not permit headgear on passport photograph. Darshan Singh then moved to Sikh coalition and told them the whole issue. The Legal team of Sikh Coalition informed him that a person can wear headgear if it is of religious importance by giving an application to the local Post office.
Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committe has justified its decision to use the photograph of damaged Akal Takht after 1984 Operation Blue Star to the Election Commission of India. Earlier this week, SGPC released Nanakshahi Calendar with the photograph of Akal Takhat Sahib which led to chorus of protest with Congress and other parties in Punjab as this move of SGPC could affect sikh voter’s sentiments.
Varun Gandhi, the BJP leader allegedly made hatred remarks about religions other than Hinduism last week have caused a political wrangle in Punjab. His anti-sikh remarks have been taken as a serious note by the Congress party and few radical sikh organizations like Dal Khalsa. As the ruling Akali-Dal has an alliance with BJP and with BJP leader making anti-sikh remarks, it will surely heat up the political battle field in Punjab.
