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.

1984 riots massive failure of government: Habibullah

Last Updated: Sunday, February 2, 2014, 12:22

Outgoing National Commission for Minorities chairperson Wajahat Habibullah, who served in the PMO when the anti-Sikh riots took place, says the government had collapsed in 1984 and the violence was a "massive failure" on its part.

1984 riots: Court queries police on destruction of records

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 21:04

Senior officers of Delhi Police were directed by city court, hearing 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, to place before it statutory rules governing destruction of official records of investigating agency.

SAD threatens of agitation on anti-Sikh riots issue

Last Updated: Friday, January 31, 2014, 18:51

Threatening to launch agitation against Rahul Gandhi, Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee gave ultimatum to Congress leader to reveal names of party men involved in 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

Anti-Sikh riots: SIT will help reopen cases closed by police, says Phoolka

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 21:39

Throwing his weight behind Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe 1984 riots in national capital, anti-Sikh riots lawyer said this move will help re-open cases that were closed by police "wrongly".

1984 riots extremely sad, PM has apologised: Manish Tewari

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 18:40

Amidst a controversy over Rahul Gandhi`s remarks on 1984 anti-Sikh riots, government on Thursday sought to control damage as it said the episode was "extremely sad and unfortunate" and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has already apologised several times for it.

1984 riots: Sikh groups want Rahul Gandhi to name `guilty` Congress leaders

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 12:40

Members of Sikh organisations are protested outside the All India Congress Committee office in the heart of the national capital on Thursday with the demand that Rahul Gandhi name the Congress leaders whom he alluded to having played a role in the 1984 riots.

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.

1984 riots: Rajiv Gandhi did not take calls from Zail Singh, claims aide

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 09:57

Tarlochan Singh, press secretary of former president Giani Zail Singh, has contradicted Rahul Gandhi`s claim that the Congress government had tried to stop the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

Bajwa slams Badals over demand for apology from Rahul

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 29, 2014, 20:48

Defending Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, the party chief in Punjab today questioned the wisdom of SAD leaders in seeking apology from him over the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

SIT probe into 1984 riots, clemency for Bhullar: Is AAP wooing Sikhs?

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 29, 2014, 14:25

After Shiromani Akali Dal and BJP, the Aam Aadmi Party has also backed the demand by the victims of 1984 riots that a Special Investigation Team (SIT) be constituted to probe the carnage on the streets of Delhi that had left thousands dead.

US court to hear Congress party`s challenge to 1984 riots

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 29, 2014, 12:40

A US federal court will hear March 19 a motion filed by India`s Congress party for dismissing of a human rights violation case relating to the 1984 anti-Sikh violence.