“Torture Update India”, released today, the 26th June, the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture 2018, states that a total of 1,674 custodial deaths including 1,530 deaths in judicial custody and 144 deaths in police custody took place from 1 April 2017 to 28 February 2018 as per the statistics placed by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India before the Rajya Sabha on 14 March 2018.
SGPC president Gobind Singh Longowal on Monday (June 25) dubbed the ongoing protest of acting jathedar Bhai Dhian Singh Mand at Bargari village a political stunt.
Aam Aadmi Party on Monday (June 25) staged a dharna in front of the district complex, Roopnagar against the attack on local AAP MLA, Amarjeet Singh Sandhoa.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday (June 25) appointed MLA Dirba, Harpal Singh Cheema as the head of state legal cell while the party has given the responsibility to head the Kisaan Wing to renowned farmer leader Daljeet Singh Sadarpura.
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday (June 25) announced to pay the full compensation amount of Rs. 4.5 crore to the Jodhpur detainees if the Centre fails to come out with its share.
The Gujarat High Court on June 25, 2018, awarded 10-year rigorous imprisonment to three convicts in the 2002 Naroda Patiya massacre case.
Indian authorities should cease arrests of Dalit rights activists for their work, Amnesty International India and Human Rights Watch said today.
The dream of Master Tara Singh of forming an autonomous Sikh state within the country after Independence remained unfulfilled, said his granddaughter-in-law Prof Jaspreet Kaur.
Media house 'The Print' yesterday published an interview with Aam Aadmi Party MLA and Leader of Opposition in Punjab- Sukhpal Singh Khaira, in which he denied having any knowledge about the so-termed "Referendum 2020" move.
Patiala MP Dr. Dharamvira Gandhi has reportedly said that any peaceful move for demanding separate homeland was justified.
As per reports Noorpur Bedi, Ropar MLA and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Amarjit Singh Sandoa was today attacked by alleged "mining mafia".
Crisis with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) continues to deepen. The internal rift and power struggle with Punjab unit of AAP is wide open once again.
Moga police presented Dera Sauda Sirsa follower and a leader of DSS’s 45 member committee leader Mahinderpal Bittu before a duty magistrate on Wednesday (June 20) under tight security.
The Indian government should immediately act on the recommendations in the first-ever report by the United Nations on human rights in Kashmir, Human Rights Watch said.
The Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) on Tuesday announced to end up its alliance with PDP in Jammu and Kashmir, said General Secretary Ram Madhav.
The team is probing three cases related to Beadbi incidents, including the Beadbi of Guru Granth Sahib in Bargari on October 12, 2015 that had triggered massive outrage from the Sikh Panth.
The 'drama' being played out by pro-India Punjab politicians took an expected twist yesterday as Leader of Opposition in Punjab (LoP) and Aam Aadmi Party MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira reportedly maintained that he was being targeted under a conspiracy.
Following the footsteps of his predecessor Badals, Chief Minister Capt Amrinder Singh too has delayed and deflected the investigations into the Bargari beadbi case and has taken shelter behind the ongoing probe into the matter being undertaken by the CBI and the Justice Ranjit Singh Commission.
When Indian media platforms hold discussion on the issue of ‘Sikh independence’ or ‘Khalistan’, they include different participants from various political parties that are opposed to each other.
The recent arrests in the Bhima Koregaon case and charging the accused with the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) are clear violation of civil rights and a straight demonstration of the very character of a deep state, said A Sayeed, President Social Democratic Party of India.
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