New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) A Delhi court on Thursday acquitted former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar in connection with the alleged killings of two Sikhs, Sohan Singh and his son-in-law Avtar Singh, in Delhi’s Janakpuri, and another incident in Vikaspuri where one Gurcharan Singh was allegedly set ablaze, during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.Pronouncing a brief order, Special Judge Digvijay Singh of the Rouse Avenue Courts acquitted 78-year-old Sajjan Kumar.The case pertained to allegations of violence durin…
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Lucknow, Jan 15 (IANS) Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju, on Thursday, dismissed as propaganda the claims that minorities are ill-treated in India, asserting that no citizen has ever been forced to leave the country due to oppression. Speaking at an interaction with members of the minority community at the Christ Church College in Lucknow, Union Minister Rijiju said, “You must have heard remarks that excesses are being committed against Muslims, Sikhs or Christians. Such claims are pr…
Amritsar, Jan 15 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will appear before the Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of the Sikhs, here on Thursday for allegedly making derogatory remarks on Sikh tenets. He is skipping the Golden Jubilee Convention of Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) in Amritsar to be presided over by President Droupadi Murmu owing to his appearance before the Akal Takht.CM Mann is the third Chief Minister to be summoned by the Akal Takht after Parkash Singh Badal and Surjit…
Islamabad, Dec 30 (IANS) Pakistan’s persecution of religious minorities has again drawn global attention amid an entrenched pattern of discrimination, violence, and institutional neglect, a report said on Tuesday. Citing observers, a report in Khalsa Vox highlighted how minorities in Pakistan — including Hindus, Christians, Sikhs, Ahmadis and others — continue to face social marginalisation, targetted attacks, and legal restrictions that curtail their freedom to practice religion openly an…
Agartala, Dec 26 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Friday said that forced religious conversions or conversions carried out through inducements are wrong, asserting that faith and self-sacrifice must come from conviction, not coercion.Addressing a Veer Bal Diwas programme organised at a Gurdwara, the Chief Minister said the observance of the day helps instill values of courage, sacrifice and morality among the younger generation.“The main purpose of Veer Bal Diwas is to convey that r…