Guru Ram Dass 475th anniversary celebratedOctober 9th, 2009 AMRITSAR - Sikh devotees took dip in the holy pond of Golden Temple, here on the occasion of 475th birth anniversary of Guru Ram Dass, the fourth great Guru of Sikhs. Scores of devotees offered prayers at the Golden Temple shrine.
Radio Pakistan nostalgic about Khalistan movementAugust 6th, 2009 ABOHAR - The Punjabi Durbar programme of Radio Pakistan is still nostalgic about the 'Khalistan' which had many followers in the early eighties. The assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and the operations in the Golden Temple are looked on by them as highlights of the 'Khalistan movement'.
Curfew lifted in trouble-torn areas of PunjabMay 28th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Following improvement in the situation in areas hit by violence, day curfew was lifted in Jalandhar, Phagwara, Hoshiarpur, Malout and Ludhiana in Punjab. Punjab had witnessed large-scale violence and arson after followers of Sikh religious sect Dera Sachkhand Ballan took to the streets on Sunday night in protest against the attack on their leaders in a Vienna Gurudwara.
Prakash Singh Badal asks people to be calmMay 27th, 2009 AMRITSAR - Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal has appealed to the people not to allow miscreants to disturb peace in the state. "I appeal to the people of Punjab that these miscreants are enemies of the country as well as enemies of Punjab.
Normalcy returning to Punjab, railway traffic resumesMay 27th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Punjab is slowly returning to normal, as railway traffic has resumed in the state. Besides local train services, two special trains have left for Delhi from Jammu.
Sikh diaspora condemns violence and appeals for peaceMay 27th, 2009 AMRITSAR - Sikh leaders and diaspora across world have condemned the violence in Vienna and in Punjab. Talking from San Francisco, Dr.
Violence leaves Punjab poorer by Rs.7,000 crore: AssochamMay 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Punjab has incurred property losses of up to Rs.7,000 crore on account of the violence by followers of the Dera Sachh Khand sect, according to conservative estimates arrived at by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham). "Social tension in Punjab has caused a loss of Rs.6,000-Rs.7,000 crore of public property and pushed behind its investment prospects to a significant extent," Assocham said in a statement Tuesday.
Sikhs protest outside Austrian embassy in Delhi over Vienna killingMay 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Around 200 people held a demonstration outside the Austrian embassy here Tuesday, demanding an investigation into the killing of a Sikh religious leader in Vienna. The protesters, followers of the slain Sant Rama Nand of Dera Sachh Khand, gathered outside the embassy at Chandragupta Marg in Chanakyapuri Tuesday morning.
India-Pakistan bus service temporarily haltedMay 25th, 2009 LUDHIANA - The India-Pakistan bus service 'Sada-e-Sarhad' has been temporarily halted by the Punjab authorities from Monday (May 25). The large-scale violence between followers of Dera Sach Khand and conservative Sikhs in the state over the attack on a Sikh shrine in the Austrian capital Vienna forced the authorities to stop the service on security reasons.
Manmohan Singh appeals for peace in PunjabMay 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has expressed deep concern over incidents of violence in Punjab.
PM appeals for peace in PunjabMay 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday appealed to the people of Punjab to maintain peace and harmony after violence broke out in the state following the death of a Sikh religious leader in a clash in Vienna. "I am deeply distressed by the outbreak of violence in Punjab following certain incidents in Vienna, Austria.
Sikhs continue protests against atrocities on their community by TalibanMay 7th, 2009 AMRITSAR - Sikhs continued protests across Punjab against the atrocities being committed on their brethren by the Taliban in Pakistan. Scores of activists took to the streets in Amritsar to express their anguish against the treatment meted out to Sikhs in Pakistan's North West Front Province (NWFP).
Victims of anti-Sikh riots ransack Jalandhar Congress officeApril 4th, 2009 JALANDHAR - A group of protesters claiming to be victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots Saturday ransacked the main office of the Congress in this Punjab city. Congress leaders said the protesters were openly carrying swords and sticks and attacked the party office with the police remaining a mute spectator to the whole incident.
Congress leader quits over Tytler clean chit, Sikh leaders shockedApril 2nd, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Sikh community in Punjab Thursday voiced its disappointment over the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) clean chit to Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in a case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, a senior Congress leader quit the party and other leaders condemned the CBI move. Former Punjab assembly deputy speaker and former Congress legislator Bir Devinder Singh resigned from the primary membership of the Congress party, saying he could not be associated with a party which was siding with perpetrators of violence against Sikhs in 1984.
Dera chief questioned by Punjab police in HaryanaFebruary 6th, 2009 SIRSA - Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh was Saturday questioned by the Punjab police in this Haryana town in a case of hurting religious sentiments of the Sikhs by dressing up as the 10th Guru Gobind Singh. The Dera chief was questioned by Punjab police officials at the police lines complex here amid tight security.
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