Islamabad, April 19 (IANS) The Pakistan government has denied granting visas to 92 Indian devotees, according to an article published in Khalsa Vox news portal.The article said that initially the nation had issued visas to the devotees for the period from April 10 to 19, during which pilgrims celebrated Khalsa Sajna Diwas at Gurdwara Panja Sahib.Though these 92 devotees do not use “Singh” or “Kaur” in their names, all of them have firm faith in all the ten Sikh gurus, Sudeep Singh writes in Khal…
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New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Debt-ridden Pakistan is under pressure to repay its huge loans taken from the Gulf countries, who are losing patience over the inordinate delay, with the UAE refusing to rollover the $3 billion payment that is now overdue.Pakistan’s economy has lurched from one IMF programme to the next for decades, each tranche accompanied by promises of reform that evaporate once the cheque clears. Friendly Gulf monarchies and Beijing have repeatedly stepped in as lenders of first …
Wellington, March 30 (IANS) New Zealand’s largest-ever drug bust has revived focus on Baltej Singh, the nephew of Satwant Singh — one of the two bodyguards involved in the assassination of former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1984 — highlighting a complex intersection of “international crime, historical legacy and legal complexity”, a report said on Monday.Citing a recent investigation by New Zealand’s largest news organisation, Stuff, the Khalsa Vox report said that Baltej Singh has …
Chandigarh, March 30 (IANS) For decades, Punjab’s agricultural landscape has followed a familiar pattern — wheat during winter and paddy in summer. While this cycle once played a vital role in ensuring the nation’s food security, it is now under pressure. Challenges such as shrinking landholdings, rising input costs, declining groundwater levels, and unpredictable weather have made monoculture increasingly unsustainable, especially for small and marginal farmers.In response to these challe…
Ottawa, March 26 (IANS) Khalistani extremists disparaging Shaheed Bhagat Singh, who embraced the noose for India’s independence, is not an act of courage but moral bankruptcy masquerading as activism. Such acts expose “Khalistanism” for what it truly is – “not a liberation theology, but a grievance industry that survives by cannibalising its own history,” a report has highlighted. According to a Khalsa Vox article, in the recent days, social media platform X has once again been inundated with …
Ottawa, March 23 (IANS) The so-called ‘Khalistani movement’ is a toxic cycle of intimidation and glorification of violence that has been kept alive by a small section of the diaspora as a grotesque parody of activism in Canada. It suppresses free speech in Western countries, undermines India-Canada relations, and unfairly impacts the majority of law-abiding Sikhs who have no affiliation with separatism, a report highlighted on Monday. Highlighting a post on X by Canadian investigative journalist…
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Canada is facing fresh calls to take firm action against Khalistani extremist elements operating from its soil, amid concerns that separatist networks continue to use the country as a base for anti-India activities.The issue has remained a persistent irritant in ties between India and Canada, with New Delhi repeatedly raising concerns about pro-Khalistan groups organising events, spreading propaganda and targeting Indian diplomatic missions.An opinion piece published b…
London, March 19 (IANS) A deeply concerning claim circulating on social media alleges that Pakistani “grooming gangs” operating in the United Kingdom are targetting Sikh girls, luring them into their networks and encouraging religion conversion through financial incentives or emotional coercion. According to a report in Khalsa Vox, if substantiated, these allegations would extend beyond a single community and raise serious concerns about broader public safety and the rule of law.“The Unite…
Ottawa, March 10 (IANS) The brutal killing of Nancy Grewal, a Canadian citizen and well-known critic of the Khalistan movement, highlights growing concerns over Khalistani extremism spilling into violence on Canadian soil, against the backdrop of long-standing India-Canada tensions over the issue, a report said on Tuesday. According to a report in ‘Khalsa Vox’, the brutal stabbing of 45-year-old Grewal has left Canada’s South Asian communities and the wider public in shock. Between March 7 and 9…
Ontario (Canada), March 5 (IANS) The murder of a prominent social media influencer, also a well-known Khalistani critic, has shocked Canada’s Punjabi diaspora community even as investigators in LaSalle – a town in Windsor-Essex region of Ontario – struggle to trace the culprits. 45-year-old Nancy Grewal was stabbed to death at her residence on March 3. According to reports, emergency services responded to reports of a stabbing shortly before 9:30 pm with the paramedics from Essex-Windsor Emergen…