riots: Badal seeks NHRC intervention for speedy trials < ');" class="size11 blue"> Rate/Chandigarh, Nov 4 (IANS) Punjab's Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal Wednesday sought the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) intervention for the speedy trial of cases against Congress leaders Sajjan Kumar and Jagdish Tytler, accused in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.A delegation of the Shiromani Akali Dal...
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Punjab Deputy Chief Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh badal today demanded the intervention of the President and the Prime Minister for 'giving justice to the victims of 1984 anti-sikh riots'.''The wounds of the 1984 carnage have not been forgotten even after 25 years and are still fresh in the minds of the community,'' Mr Badal said in a statement here today.The President...
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Delhi/Chandigarh, Nov 4 : Punjab's Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal Wednesday sought the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) intervention for the speedy trial of cases against Congress leaders Sajjan Kumar and Jagdish Tytler, accused in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.A delegation of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), led by the party president, met the NHRC chairman Justice (retd) G.P.Mathur in...
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Delhi/Chandigarh, Nov 4 : Punjab's Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal Wednesday sought the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) intervention for the speedy trial of cases against Congress leaders Sajjan Kumar and Jagdish Tytler, accused in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.A delegation of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), led by the party president, met the NHRC chairman Justice (retd) G. P. Mathur in...
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Monday by inducting Akali Dal leader Sewa Singh Sekhwan as a cabinet minister.Sekhwan was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Punjab Governor S.F. Rodrigues at the Raj Bhavan here.Sekhwan was elected legislator from the Kahnuwan assembly seat in Gurdaspur district August this year in a by-election.The slot had fallen vacant after minister Kanwaljit Singh died in a road accident in March...
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Canadian Prime Minister StephenHarper today paid obeisance at Golden Temple here in the city.Harper, who visited the sanctum sanctorum of theTemple, was also offered 'siropa' (robe of honour) by AkalTakhat Chief Gyani Joginder Singh Vedanti.With his head covered by a white cloth, Harper alongwith Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, CabinetMinister Manoranjan Kalia and Shiromani Gurudwara...
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arrived in Amritsar at the Golden Temple, the holiest Sikh shrine, to pay obeisance.Harper was accorded a warm welcome by Sikh religious leaders at the Golden Temple complex when he arrived here with a big entourage.Earlier, he was received at the Rajasansi airport here by Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal and Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Avtar Singh Makkar...
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Canadian PM to pay obeisance at Golden Temple < ');" class="size11 blue"> RateCanadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper Wednesday arrived in Amritsar at the Golden Temple, the holiest Sikh shrine, to pay obeisance.Harper was accorded a warm welcome by Sikh religious leaders at the Golden Temple complex when he arrived here with a big entourage.Earlier, he was received at the Rajasansi airport here by...
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Amritsar, Nov 18 : Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper Wednesday arrived in Amritsar at the Golden Temple, the holiest Sikh shrine, to pay obeisance.Harper was accorded a warm welcome by Sikh religious leaders at the Golden Temple complex when he arrived here with a big entourage.Earlier, he was received at the Rajasansi airport here by Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal and Shiromani...
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10-day long wedding celebrations of Punjab's "powerful" politician Bikram Singh Majithia, the brother-in-law of Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, has been keeping agencies of the Punjab government, including the state police, on its toes.The wedding celebrations of Majithia draw to a close Wednesday with a grand reception for the cri'e de la cr'me of the region at the farmhouse of a former...
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