November 2011 Archive

Advani faces protests in Punjab

Amritsar (November 15, 2011): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani continued to face angry protests on the third day of his Jan Chetna Yatra ...

SikhLens announced special focus on youth segment at the 2011 Sikh arts and film festival

Ludhiana (November 15, 2011): In a press statement received by Sikh Siyasat Network, SikhLens announced the Focus on Youth segment of the 2011 Sikh Art & Film Festival being held from November 18 - 20, 2011, at Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts.

SCI held hearing on Professor Bhullar’s case; Directed GOI to provide information of other review petitions

New Delhi (November 15, 2011): The Supreme Court of India has directed the Government of India on Tuesday, the 15th of November, 2011, to lay down, before it, details of all consitutional review petitions of death row convicts pending before the President of India.

SCI may hear Prof Bhullar’s case on 15 November

New Delhi (November 15, 2011): The Supreme Court of India is expected to hear Professor Devender Singh Bhullar’s petition on 15 November, 2011 against execution ...

IMAC want India to do justice to victims of Sikh Genocide 1984

Ludhiana (November 14, 2011): According to certain media reports the Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), which is a group of Indian Muslim diaspora in United ...

Court Verdict: Sikh victims of November 1984 can not be treated like Kashmiri Pandits

Note: Text of following judgement of Punjab and Haryana High Court is made available to Sikh Siyasat Network by Advocate Navkiran Singh. IN THE HIGH ...

Arundhati Roy slams International Community’s silence over Indian Occupation on Kashmir

New York (November 13, 2011): Renowned Indian activist and novelist Arundhati Roy has decried the silence of the international community over the continued “brutal Indian ...

Sikh Siyasat Network brings smart view for phone users

Ludhiana (November 13, 2011): Sikh Siyasat Network brings easy access to its news website for iPhone and Android users. Now our readers will get better ...

Sikh body to oppose Hindutva Icon L. K. Advani’s yatra in Punjab

Chandigarh (November 12, 2011): All India Sikhs Students Federation (AISSF) announced that it will disturb L.K. Advani’s Rath Yatra on November 16th when it will enter Chandigarh because of BJP leaders active role in Indian Government’s military action on Sri Harmandir Sahib in June 1984. AISSF will support SAD (Amritsar) Leader Simranjit Singh Mann’s planned disturbance of Advani’s Yatra in Punjab.

Warning to Hindutva extremist groups: Sikh Panth would not tolerate their hooliganism anymore

Hoshiarpur (November 11, 2011): Firing a salvo against the right wing Hindutva extremist group for assaulting Jagtar Singh Hawara, the assassin of late chief minister ...

US President Obama send greetings to Sikhs on Guru Nanak’s Gurpurb

Washington/USA (November 10, 2011): President Barack Obama sent greetings to the Sikh community worldwide on the occasion of Guru Nanak Dev ji's 342nd birth-anniversary today. Sikhs are marking today the birth anniversary of their own founder, Guru Nanak, born in 1469 and it is the fifth largest religion with 26 million adherents worldwide.

March for Gurudwara Gian Godhri begins; SGPC remains indifferent

Amritsar, Punjab (November 8, 2011): Gurudwara Gian Godri, a Sikhs Gurudwara that was set up at Har-ki-Pauri in memory of Guru Nanak Dev's to Haridwar in 1504-05, was destroyed by notorious mobs as a part of genocidal violance against Sikhs in November 1984.

Systematic Practice of enforced disappearance: Now mass graves are found in South Kashmir too

Srinagar/Kashmir (November 7, 2011): The issue of secret killings during enforced disappearance of civilians in Kashmir by Indian Security forces is has now begin to come in to light. Mass graves are now reported to have been found in Bindu-Kokarnag area of South Kashmir. Auqaf Committee is reported to have confirmed the presence of several unidentified graves, according to various media reports.

Amritsar to go green under Green Pilgrimage Network’s efforts

Assisi/Italy (November 7, 2011): A ban on cars on pilgrimage routes; solar panels for cathedral roofs; provision of fresh clean, water for pilgrims, and the planting of thousands of trees around sacred sites - these are just some of the initiatives which the founder members of the Green Pilgrimage Network today pledged to implement. Amritsar, only city from South Asia joined the network.

J&K: Geelani prevented from offering prayers on Eid

Srinagar/Amritsar (November 7, 2011): Jammu and Kashmir government has reportedly prevented Syed Ali Shah Geelani, a Kashmiri leader and Chairman of Hurriyat Conference-G) from offering Eid congregation prayers on the sacred occasion of Eidul Azha being celebrated on November 7.

Don’t patronize Alam-Virk-Saini, all are “killers of Sikhs”, Dal Khalsa to Badal and Amrinder

The Dal Khalsa took a dig at Parkash Singh Badal for taking somersault on giving clean chit to retired police officer Mohammad Izhar Alam who was among of the most-cruel officers notorious for the killing of Sikh youth in fake encounters. In a statement issued here today, Dal Khalsa secretary for human rights Pritpal Singh and spokesperson Kanwar Pal Singh said the U-turn of Badal has once again reflected his opportunistic and unprincipled politics.

Khalra Case – SCI uphold life sentence for killer cops

New Delhi (November 05, 2011): The Supreme Court of India on Friday, November 4, upheld the sentence of life imprisonment awarded to former Punjab police personnel. These persons were found guilty of abducting and then killing human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra, who was probing the enforced disappearance of Sikhs and mass secret cremation of their bodies during mid-1980s to mid-1990s.

Sikh Genocide 1984: Advocate HS Phoolka says evidence against Indian Minister Kamal Nath is well documented

Ludhiana (November 04, 2011): In a special report published by "SikhNN" it is stated that: Harvinder Singh Phoolka, a human rights lawyer working for justice for the victims of the 1984 genocidal violance against Sikhs, said he has evidence of Indian Minister of Urban Development Kamal Nath’s involvement in the massacre.

Students remembered victims of Sikh genocide by donating eyes

Jalandhar (November 03, 2011): More than two hundred students of Layllpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar donated their eyes in the memory of thousands of Sikhs massacred during November 1984 genocidal violence against Sikhs. In a brief samagam held at Gurudwara Sahib of Layllpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar students gathered to remember the innocent victims of this heinous crime.

Dal Khalsa’s youth workers hold protest Rally in Amritsar

Amritsar : Seeking UN intervention, Dal Khalsa chief Harchranjit Singh Dhami said all attempts to get justice within the legal framework of the Indian system for the victims of Nov 1984 carnage have failed. He was speaking at a protest sit-in organized by his party’s youth wing the ‘Sikh Youth of Punjab’ to voice their anger against the mass killings of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and elsewhere in Nov 1984.

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