Sikhs hold protest against Rahul`s remarks on 1984 riots

Last Updated: Monday, February 3, 2014, 00:30

Over hundreds of Sikhs staged a protest against Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for his remarks on the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh started his two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir here on Sunday.

Congress did nothing to stop pogrom of Sikhs in 1984: BJP

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 12:34

Criticizing Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi`s statement on the 1984 anti- Sikh riots, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday asserted that Sikh community`s anger against the Congress is justified, and added that the riots was a sponsored pogrom of Sikhs.

Sikh rights group wants Sonia Gandhi to depose before US court

Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 14:27

A Sikh rights group wants Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi to depose before a federal court here in a human rights violation lawsuit filed against her after she informed the court that she had not visited the US in September last year and was not served summons in the case.

Sikhs campaigning for decision to allow articles of faith

Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 00:42

Disappointed over Pentagon dress code requirements, Sikhs are running signature campaign seeking Congressional support to allow Sikh-Americans to serve in military while abiding by their faith.

`US military to allow Sikhs with turban on case by case basis`

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 09:51

A Sikh can be allowed to enter the US military with turban and beard, the Pentagon has said, noting that the approval in this regard would be given on a case by case basis and there is no universal or automatic approval to the new relaxed religious norms.

US military releases new instructions to Sikhs on religious garb

Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 13:16

In a decision that might have a far reaching impact on Sikhs joining the US military, the US has issued new instructions relaxing norms to allow troops to wear jewellery and apparel to comply with their religious requirements.

Congress party challenges US court`s jurisdiction in 1984 riots` case

Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 10:17

India`s Congress party has filed a motion before the US Federal Court of Southern District of New York seeking dismissal of a human rights violation case relating to 1984 anti-Sikh violence.

Operation Bluestar hero trashes talk of UK help

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 21:31

Amid the raging row over claims that Margaret Thatcher`s government had aided India in the Operation Bluestar to flush out militants from the Golden Temple in 1984, Lt Gen (Retd) KS Brar, who led the offensive, on Tuesday said it was planned and executed by Indian military commanders.

Congress compromised nation`s sovereignty during Operation Bluestar: SAD

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 21:07

Amid claims that the Margaret Thatcher government might have helped Indira Gandhi plan Operation Blue Star, the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal in Punjab on Tuesday said this had exposed a "major conspiracy" of the Congress against Sikhs.

Sikhs demand probe into British SAS-Operation Bluestar link

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 14:49

Outraged Sikh organisations and leaders on Tuesday demanded a thorough probe into reports that the British government colluded with former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi over Operation Blue Star