Everything you need to know about Badasara Khalsa: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Badasara Khalsa: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Amritsar, May 10 (ANI): To make public aware about their legal rights and offer the poor and downtrodden free legal aid, a special Legal Aid Clinic was set up at Khalsa College of Education (KCE) today.
Amritsar, April 27 (ANI): A memorial built in honour of those killed during Operation Blue Star in the first week of June 1984, is set to be opened to the public at the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar on Saturday.
Washington, April 13 (IANS) Five Democratic lawmakers have introduced a Congressional resolution on the occasion of Vaisakhi, commemorating the creation of the Khalsa, a fellowship of devout Sikhs, by the tenth Sikh guru, Guru Gobind Singh in 1699.
Amritsar, April 10 (ANI):The Sikh diaspora on Wednesday demanded justice for victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in wake of a Delhi Court setting aside the CBI closure report on the role of senior Congress leader Jagdish Tytler.
Chandigarh, April 5 (IANS) Slated to be released Friday, Punjabi film "Sadda Haq" became a non-starter in cinema halls across Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh after authorities in both states and the union territory imposed a ban on its screening.
Amritsar, Apr. 4 (ANI): Taking forward his theory of 'sustainable growth' in agriculture, world acclaimed agriculture scientist and Rajya Sabha MP, Prof. MS Swaminathan, today said 'organic farming' will usher in the ever-green revolution in the country.
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) India has sought assistance from Britian following reports that organisations like Babbar Khalsa International and other Khalistani terror outfits are active there and are trying to revive Sikh militancy, parliament was informed Tuesday.
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Two people, including a 30-year-old civil services aspirant, were killed after the autorickshaw they were travelling in collided with a speeding truck here Thursday, police said. The truck driver was arrested.
Chandigarh, March 7 (IANS) For the first time ever in India, Punjab Police Thursday said they had recovered two sophisticated automatic MP-5 guns from the state on the basis of information from a Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terrorist arrested recently.
Amritsar, Feb 27 (IANS) A Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terrorist with a reward of Rs.10 lakh on his head has been arrested in Punjab, police said Wednesday.
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) An increasing number of people in the 15-35 age group are suffering spinal injuries due to road accidents, doctors and officials said here Tuesday.
Amritsar, Feb. 17 (ANI): Former Army Chief and Arunachal Pradesh Governor, General (Retired) J. J. Singh on Sunday said though war is not likely with China in the near future, India must keep modernizing and strengthening its defence mechanism as it would be a 'formidable deterrent'.
Los Angeles, Dec 21 (IANS) British comedian Russell Brand reportedly gifted a posh car to his yoga instructor Tej Kaur Khalsa, who refused to accept it.
Amritsar Dec 15 (ANI): Taking serious note of the increasing crime case against women, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice Altamas Kabir has said that the people have to change their mindset to decrease the crime against women in the country.
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) Some people abroad are sending money to "certain intermediaries" in Punjab to revive terrorism in the state, parliament was informed Tuesday.
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) The Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the Indian Mujahideen are interested in carrying out terrorist violence in India but there are no such inputs about the Taliban, the government said Tuesday.
Amritsar, Dec 6 (IANS) Punjab Police Thursday dismissed a station house officer (SHO) for dereliction of duty a day after an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) was shot dead by a ruling Shiromani Akali Dal leader near here.
Anandpur Sahib (Punjab), Nov 7 (IANS) Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper Wednesday offered prayers at Takht Keshgarh Sahib here during his one-day visit to Punjab and Chandigarh.
Amritsar, Nov 5 (IANS) Radical Sikh organisation Dal Khalsa has urged Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to do more for the Sikh community since it was a global community, transgressing international borders.
Amritsar, Oct 13 (IANS) Radical Sikh organization Dal Khalsa Saturday took exception to the central government's move to invoke the law prohibiting misuse of religious sites to stop construction work on a memorial being built inside the Golden Temple complex here.
Chandigarh, Oct 4 (IANS) Is the Khalistan movement still alive? Should a memorial have been built at the Golden Temple in memory of the militants who died during Operation Bluestar in 1984? The troubling questions were back with the assassination attempt in London on Lt. Gen. (retd) K.S. Brar, who led the Indian Army operation into the Golden Temple 28 years ago.
Amritsar, Sep 18 (IANS) Accusing the Shiromani Akali Dal of "hypocrisy" by demanding FDI in multi-brand retail and then opposing it, radical Sikh group Dal Khalsa has called for a rethink on the issue.
Amritsar, Aug 10 (IANS) Officials of the US embassy in India Friday attended the prayer service at the Golden Temple here, the holiest of Sikh shrines, for six people killed at the Oak Creek gurdwara at Milwaukee, US, last week.
Washington, Aug 6 (IANS) Mistaken for Muslims for their beards and turbans, the Sikh community in the US has faced more than 700 attacks or bias-related incidents since the Sep 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington.
Chandigarh, July 13 (IANS) Home Minister P. Chidambaram Friday said the threat of terrorism remains in Punjab but expressed confidence about the government's ability to tackle any attempt to thwart peace in the border state.
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday sought a response from the Delhi University (DU) on a plea filed by a group of colleges seeking exemption from reserving seats for students from Other Backward Classes (OBCs), as they were minority-run institutions.
Srinagar, June 14 (ANI): As the irate employees extended their protest against the state government to the second day, the police resorted to the use of water cannons to disperse them.
Amritsar, June 12 (ANI): A team of experts from Department of Agriculture, Khalsa College, here, have achieved major a breakthrough in developing a new variety of Plum, which experts claim will revolutionize horticulture in state.
Amritsar, June 12 (ANI): A team of experts from the Department of Agriculture, Khalsa College, here, have achieved major a breakthrough in developing a new variety of plum, which they claim will revolutionize horticulture in Punjab.
Amritsar, June 6 (ANI): The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) felicitated the sister of Balwant Singh Rajoana, the assassin of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh on the twenty-eighth anniversary of the Operation Blue Star of 1984, here on Wednesday.
Amritsar, June 5 (IANS) Radical Sikh organisation Dal Khalsa Tuesday released a directory of the people who died during the Indian Army's Operation Bluestar in the Golden Temple complex in the Sikh holy city in June 1984.
Amritsar, May 20 (ANI): After a gap of over a quarter century, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandhak Committee (SGPC) has laid the foundation stone for a memorial to be built for victims of Operation Blue Star, at the Golden Temple.
Amritsar, May 20 (IANS) To remember those killed in the Indian Army's Operation Bluestar inside the Golden Temple complex in 1984, the Sikh clergy Sunday laid the foundation stone for a memorial inside the complex here.
Amritsar, May 18 (ANI): The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandhak Committee (SGPC) will construct a memorial for victims of Operation Blue Star at the Golden Temple.
Chandigarh, May 10 (IANS) Punjab's traditional 'gatka' martial art form may not have anything to do with coconuts but a determined group of Sikh youth from the state's border district of Tarn Taran have claimed an entry into the Guinness World Records by breaking coconuts, a representative said Thursday.
London, May 8 (ANI): An Indian boy has become the world's youngest master of an obscure Indian martial art called Gatka.
Tarn Taran, April 24 (ANI): Breaking coconuts on the head is not for the faint hearted, but a seven-members of the Tarn Taran based Bir Khalsa Dal (BKD) amazed authorities by smashing 59 coconuts in one minute on their forehead during a competition held in Rome for the world record on April 18.
Chandigarh, April 12 (IANS) Relics believed to be associated with the ancient Harappan civilisation have been dug out from a village in Haryana by archaeological experts from Cambridge and the Banaras Hindu University (BHU).
The scheduled execution of Balwant Singh Rajoana, a Babbar Khalsa terroist, who got capital punishment for killing erstwhile Chief Minister of Punjab Beant Singh on August 31, 1995, has been halted just before three days........
New Delhi, Mar 28 (ANI): The Centre on Wednesday stayed the death sentence of Balwant Singh Rajoana, a co-accused in the assassination of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh.
New Delhi/Chandigarh, March 28 (IANS) The central government Wednesday stayed the hanging of Babbar Khalsa International terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana for the Aug 31, 1995 assassination of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh. The execution was scheduled for Saturday.
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) The central government Wednesday stayed the hanging of Babbar Khalsa International terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana for the Aug 31, 1995 assassination of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh. The execution was scheduled Saturday.
Chandigarh, March 28 (IANS) A shutdown called by Sikh groups to protest the scheduled hanging of terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana affected life in most parts of Punjab but the man facing death remained defiant.
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) The central government Wednesday stayed the hanging of Babbar Khalsa International terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana for the Aug 31, 1995 assassination of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh. The execution was scheduled for Saturday.
The Wednesday bandh in Punjab at last turned violent in the evening after remaining peace till after noon......
Chandigarh, March 28 (IANS) A shutdown called by Sikh groups to protest the scheduled hanging of terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana affected life in most parts of Punjab but the man facing death remained defiant.
The row over proposed hanging to Babbar Khalsa terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana scheduled on March 31, has intensified as several Sikh groups including Siromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC)........
Chandigarh, March 26 (IANS) The Patiala jail superintendent Monday moved a petition in a court here seeking deferment of Sikh terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana's death warrant, saying the legal process in the assassination case of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh was still on.
Delhi Police has nabbed a militant of banned terrorist outfit Babbar Khalsa International (BKI).
New Delhi, Dec 23 (ANI): Delhi Police today arrested two alleged Babbar Khalsa terrorists from Punjab and Shalimar Bagh in New Delhi. The arrested persons have been identified as Sarvpreet Singh and Jaswinder Singh.
Amritsar, Dec 3, (ANI): Supreme Court Judge, Justice DK Jain, while delivering a speech at the 105th Annual Convocation of Khalsa College has expressed serious concern over the spread of drugs in Punjab, which he said is playing havoc with society at large.
Amritsar, Nov.19 (ANI): Sikh Canadian federal minister Tim Uppal today said that apart from relaxing visas for students, Canada wanted that their provincial governments work with Indian states, especially Punjab, to forge collaboration in the field of education.
Amritsar, Nov.13 (ANI): A fusion of Ecuadorian dance and Punjab panorama was witnessed at the Khalsa College of Education here on Saturday.
New Delhi, Oct 14 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna on Friday welcomed China's decision not to divert the Brahmaputra River, which had been a long-standing row between the two neighbours.
Amritsar, Oct.3 (ANI): Rare books, manuscripts and handwritten documents of the 16th to the early part of the 19th century, covering events related to Sikh gurus and the Anglo-Sikh Wars, are soon to be digitised.
Amritsar, May 14(ANI): The Anti Terrorist Squad of Punjab Police added one more feather to its cap with the arrest of a hardcore militant and recovery of arms and ammunition from his hideout.
Kuala Lumpur, Apr 15 (ANI): The Tamil and Sikh communities in Malaysia have celebrating Varisha Pirappu (new year) and Vesakhi in their own unique style.
Amritsar, Apr 14 (ANI): Thousands of devotees from across India visited the Golden Temple, the holy shrine of the Sikhs at Amritsar on Thursday on the occasion of Baisakhi celebration.
Nevada (US), Nov 10 (ANI): Sacred chanting as a principal mode of worship was discussed when Simrit Kaur Khalsa, one of the highly gifted singers of devotional music, and Rajan Zed, Hindu statesman, met in Reno (Nevada, USA).
Hoshiarpur (Punjab), Oct.18 (ANI): A militant of the banned outfit Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) managed to escape from detention on Monday in Punjab's Hoshiarpur District.
Amritsar, Sept. 26 (ANI):Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh's 78th birthday was celebrated on Sunday in Amritsar city by his brother, well wishers and other relatives by distributing sweets and conducting special religious prayers .
New Delhi, Sep 4 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) student's wing, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), swept Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) elections on Saturday, giving a jolt to Congress party backed National Students Union of India (NSUI), wining three out of the four top posts, including that of the President.
Amritsar, Aug 1 (ANI): The Hindu festival of 'Teej' was celebrated in traditional spirit at the Khalsa College for Women in Punjab's Amritsar city on Saturday.
Amritsar, July 31 (ANI): Teej or, the festival of swings, was marked here on Saturday with traditional fervour.
Amritsar, July 20 (ANI): The Director General of Police in Punjab, P.S. Gill, on Tuesday said that Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) is helping terrorists to penetrate into East Punjab.
Chandigarh, July 19 (ANI): Police in Punjab arrested four Sikh militants, belonging to the banned Babbar Khalsa International extremist group and recovered arms and explosives from them in the state's Ludhiana District.
London, July 14 (ANI): Police in the West Midland area of Britain have arrested four men for their role in the murder of a controversial and high profile Sikh politician in India last year.
Mumbai, June 20 (ANI): The Mumbai Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) arrested a member of the insurgent Babbar Khalsa International group from a Mumbai suburb on Saturday.
Istanbul (Turkey), June 8 (ANI): Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Tuesday said that Islamabad is looking forward to the visit of Union Home MInister P. Chidambaram at the end of the month.
Washington, Apr.14 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, sent his good wishes to the country on the occasion of Baisakhi.
New Delhi, Apr 13 (ANI): Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari today greeted the people for the harvest festival of Baisakhi.
Mumbai, Apr 11 (ANI): Bollywood actors Raveena Tandon, Mahima Chaudhary, Mukesh Rishi and Jitendra came together at an event organised by the Punjabi Cultural and Heritage Board here ahead of the annual harvest festival.
Toronto, January 28 (ANI): People suffering from insomnia can move over sleeping pills and instead try sleep-time yoga, experts suggest.
Amritsar, Jan 13 (ANI): The Chief Khalsa Diwan, the oldest socio-religious organization of the Sikhs, recently hosted an exhibition on the cultural heritage of Sikhs.
Amritsar, Dec.21 (ANI): A collection of olden handwritten miniature manuscripts, replicas of Sikh weapons, and treasured photographs of the Sikh gurus and warriors has been put on public display here.
Ludhiana, Dec.8 (ANI): Legislators of ruling Akali Dal and the opposition Congress party got into scuffle with each other in the State assembly of Punjab over the racial violence in Ludhiana city.
Ludhiana, Dec 6(ANI): Authorities imposed curfew in Ludhiana on Sunday following violence by a large number of Sikhs protesting the holding of a public discourse by Divya Jyoti Jagriti Sansthan leader Ashutosh Maharaj.
Ludhiana, Dec 5 (ANI): One man was killed and twelve others were injured, when the police opened fire at the members of the protesting Sikh organisations. The protestors were pelting stones at the police.
Ludhiana, Dec 5 (ANI): The members of several Sikh outfits took to the streets here today, protesting against the arrival of a controversial religious leader Ashutosh Maharaj, who has not found favour with the Sikh groups for allegedly preaching against their religion.
Amritsar (Punjab), Nov 3 (ANI): Activists of the radical Sikh outfit Dal Khalsa today blocked trains and buses in Amritsar to enforce the Punjab bandh called by them to protest the alleged inaction against the 1984 riots accused.
Ipoh (Malaysia), Sep. 1 (ANI): Following Perak menteri besar Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir's announcement that state executive councillors might be taught Punjabi, the Punjabi Education Trust Malaysia has offered to give free language lessons to the top officers.
Chowk Mehta (Amritsar), June 4 (ANI): DamDami Taksal, the adical Sikh organisation, has demanded Prime Minister Manmohan ingh to take initiative to resolve all concerned issues of ikhs' social, religious and political organisations.
Amritsar, May 24 (ANI): Various Sikh organisations have decided to observe the 25 years of Operation Blue Star as the Martyrs' Day in the first week of June in remembrance of Indian Army's action at the Golden temple to evict extremists hidden inside.
Amritsar, May 24 (IANS) Rejecting the advice from the country's first Sikh prime minister, Manmohan Singh, to forget the events of 1984, radical Sikh leaders Sunday gave a call for a 'genocide remembrance march' next month.
Jammu, May 24 (IANS) Two days after Manmohan Singh was sworn in as prime minister, massive celebrations were witnessed in the gurudwaras here Sunday.
Amritsar, March 24 (IANS) Sikh organisations, including some radical ones, are all set to evoke the painful memories of the Indian Army's storming of the Golden Temple complex in June 1984 to evict heavily armed Sikh extremists.
Chandigarh, May 13 (IANS) Radical Sikh leaders from the Dal Khalsa Wednesday exercised their franchise but rejected all candidates and parties under provision 49-O of the election code.
Hoshiarpur (Punjab) April 29 (IANS) Radical group Dal Khalsa reiterated its demand for a separate Sikh homeland Wednesday, the 23rd anniversary of what it calls 'Khalistan declaration day'.
Amritsar, April 24 (IANS) Expressing its solidarity with the Tamil population in the war-ravaged north Sri Lanka, a radical Sikh organization Dal Khalsa Friday urged the UN to intervene and save the thousands of people trapped in the conflict zone.
Amritsar, April 22 (ANI): The Sikhs in Punjab are still in the 'Baisakhi' mood. Baisakhi is the commencement of the New Year, the day when harvesting is done and it also holds religious significance for the Sikh community, as it also happens to be the day when the Panth Khalsa was founded.
Amritsar, April 20 (IANS) Radical Sikh organisations Monday rejected an offer made by controversial Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh to offer a conditional 'apology' before the Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of Sikh religion.
Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 15 (ANI): Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak gave a pleasant surprise to country's Sikh community by participating in the Vasakhi Day celebrations on Tuesday. Besides visiting the Sahib Tatt Khalsa Diwan Gurdwara for the first time, he also tried his hand at making chapattis, leaving other cooks delighted.
Kuala Lumpur, April 15 (IANS) The Malaysian prime minister making rotis! That was exactly what Najib Tun Razak did when he visited a gurudwara here to greet the Sikh community on Baisakhi.
Amritsar/ Jorhat, Apr 14 (ANI): Residents in different parts of the country indulged in fun and frolic as they rang in the traditional New Year in some states.
Chandigarh/Amritsar, April 14 (IANS) They might be big vote banks for political parties but a number of radical Sikh organisations have openly come out against political parties in Punjab pampering certain sects to gain votes.
Chandigarh, April 9 (IANS) The Congress move to drop Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan Kumar as its Lok Sabha poll candidates over their alleged involvement in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots Thursday drew sharp reactions from leaders in Punjab, the only Sikh majority state in India.
Amritsar, April 6 (IANS) Four years after they raised a Khalistani flag for a separate Sikh homeland, 19 Sikh activists have been charged with sedition by a court here.
Chandigarh, April 2 (IANS) The Sikh community in Punjab Thursday voiced its disappointment over the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) clean chit to Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in a case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, a senior Congress leader quit the party and other leaders condemned the CBI move.
Amritsar, March 22 (IANS) Twenty five years after Operation Bluestar - the Indian Army's storming of the Golden Temple complex in June 1984 to flush out heavily armed Sikh extremists, attempts are being made to evoke its painful memories to cash in on Sikh sentiments in the parliamentary elections.
Ludhiana, Jan.13 (ANI): Gatka, the ancient martial art form of Sikhs has flourished in North India for hundreds of years and to further popularise 'Gatka' among Sikh youths, recently a contest was organised in Ludhiana.
