New Delhi, India: Custodial torture, enforced disappearances and use of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act were the major concerns raised by UN member nations that grilled India yesterday when its national report for the second Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of human rights came up for discussions at Geneva. Most country representatives asked Attorney General Ghoolam Vahanvati representing India why the g ...

Amritsar, Punjab: The kar sewa (voluntary service) for erecting a memorial for those Sikhs who died fighting to protect Saachkhand Sri Harmander Sahib. Leaders of the ruling SAD were not present during the three-hour ceremony held during the 28th anniversary of Operation Bluestar, which falls on June 6. After performing the ‘bhog’ of ‘akhand path’ at Akal Takht, jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh dug out the so ...

Amritsar, Punjab: Akal Takht jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh on Tueday asked the Sikh community in India and abroad to discuss and deliberate on the new draft of 'Sikh Anand Marriage Act-2012', which will enable the community members to get their marriages registered under a separate Act. He said that a committee, comprising intellectuals, legal luminaries and experts, will be formed under the aegis Shiroman ...

Amritsar, Punjab: Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh's move to support a complete Sikh marriage Act has sparked a major controversy with the SGPC, DSGMC and Sikh intellectuals taking a conflicting stand. They said amendments being made in the Anand Marriage Act 1909 should be allowed to be passed while a complete Act could follow later. However, the Jathedar has also found support from a section of t ...

Amritsar, Punjabi: Even as the countdown to the start of Operation Bluestar Memorial's "kar sewa" on May 20 has begun, it has come to light that the memorial will be in the form of a gurdwara for which the left wing of the building located right next to Miri Piri at the Golden Temple Complex has been allocated. [caption id="attachment_7301" align="alignright" width="300" caption="The gurdwara near the Miri ...

Amritsar, Punjab: Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh today said the draft of ‘Sikh Marriage Act — 2012’, prepared by Khalsa College principal Daljeet Singh, would be discussed in a meeting of the Sikh clergy and later forwarded to the Union Government through the SGPC. The aim was to get a complete marriage Act for the Sikh community. Addressing a seminar organised by the Chief Khalsa Diwan here toda ...