Seven Congress legislators and three Aam Aadmi Party MLAs who recently switched over to the ruling party also said Navjot Singh Sidhu was a celebrity and was no doubt an asset to the party but condemning and criticising his own party and government in public has only created a "rift in the cadres and weakened it".
Four Delhi University colleges were exempted by the Delhi high court on Monday from reserving 27 per cent of their seats for the Other Backward Classes students for admission in academic year 2012-13 on ground of being minority educational institutions.
The PAC expressed its concern over anti-party activities indulged in by Gandhi and Khalsa. Both have been involved in the activities of certain outfits, opposed to aims and objectives of the AAP.
Some people in the gathering were also seen brandishing swords and wearing t-shirts and carrying banners with pictures of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale.
A court in Uttarakhand granted Mumbai police four-day transit remand of Shweta Singh so that she could be brought to the city.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to ask Britain to take strong action against Sikh groups trying to revive the demand for a separate Khalistan and their attempts to radicalise Sikh youth besides giving them training on how to make bombs.
Foiling a major terror plot, four suspected Pakistan-linked terrorists on their way to Telangana to deliver explosives were nabbed in Haryana's Karnal on Thursday and arms, ammunition and IEDs were recovered from their vehicle, senior police officials said.
"This effectively allows the police to apprehend any individual who looks 'foreign'--regardless of immigration status--simply based on their appearance," said Priya Murthy, policy director of South Asian Americans Leading Together.
Thousands of people have celebrated the Sikh New Year in Toronto, amid tension that a fresh outbreak of violence within the community could spoil the function.
Babbar Khalsa militant Jagtar Singh Tara, convicted for life in the then Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh's assassination, was brought in New Delhi on Friday night by a team of Punjab Police after being extradited from Bangkok.
On the run for over 10 years, Sikh militant Jagtar Singh Tara, convicted for life in the then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh's assassination, has been deported by Thailand.
Akal Takht head Gurbachan Singh's customary address on the occasion of Diwali drowned in the din on Wednesday amid slogan shouting by Sikh hardliners, even as parallely "appointed" jathedar of Akal Takht also managed to address the gathering but was arrested soon after.
Amandeep Singh, a general internist at Monroe Hospital in Indiana, recently received the death threat through a text message on his cell phone by the unknown individual who claimed to have murdered the number's previous owner, community leaders said.
Recognising that peaceful protests are a hallmark of a thriving democracy, the United States has said that it encourages dialogue between the protesting farmers and the Indian government to resolve their differences.
The home ministry said these individuals are operating from Pakistan and other foreign soil and involved in various acts of terrorism.
'These small efforts by the youngsters to help aged people like us will go a long way in strengthening our fight against the centre'
MNS leader Raj Thackeray's drive against North Indian migrants in Maharashtra has found support from radical Sikh outfit Dal Khalsa which has announced a march on November 1 to highlight among other issues the influx of migrants in Punjab.
"The decision to list organisations such as Babbar Khalsa, Babbar Khalsa International and the International Sikh Youth Federation as terrorist entities under the Criminal Code is intended to protect Canada and Canadians from terrorism," Canadian public safety minister Stockwell Day said.
The IB, which had sounded the warning bell around two years back regarding the revival Sikh militancy, also adds that the ISI had chosen five outfits from Pakistan, including the Lashkar-e-Tayiba, to train the activists from the Babbar Khalsa.
When applying for a driver's license in Portland, Oregon, Meherbani Kaur Khalsa was informed that she would have to remove her turban for the license photograph. Khalsa immediately contacted SALDEF for assistance. SALDEF wrote to Youngs about the violation of Khalsa's right to wear her turban as allowed by Oregon law.
India strongly condemned the terror attack, saying targeting of a religious place in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak reflects the "diabolical mindset" of the perpetrators and their backers.
The Sikhs bring in the festival with song, dance and fun activities.
A purported video of Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Kumar Mishra in which he is heard telling farmers that he would 'discipline' them in 'two minutes' appears to have angered them even before Sunday's violent clashes in Lakhimpur Kheri.
'Families think 100 times before sending their children to mainland India.'
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday announced job for a member of the family of each farmer from the state who died during the agitation against the Centre's new farm laws.
Tarsem said BKI has prepared more 'human bombs' and few of them have already been assigned their jobs to hit their targets, according to senior police officials.
Delhi University's four-year undergraduate programme in its current form will inconvenience students as opposed to benefiting them.
Four men from Long Island and one from Queens were arrested in August 2004 and indicted on charges of second-degree assault, second-degree assault as a hate crime, and second-degree harassment in connection with the attack.
The apex court has also sought details of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) and the judicial enquiry commission, reportedly set up by the state government.
Since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the US, Sikhs have been at the receiving end of several attacks and verbal abuses as they are mistaken for Muslims because of their beard and turban.
Bollywood gets into the festive spirit.
Key witness in the Air India trial Inderjit Singh Reyat's daughter was married to former leader of Babbar Khalsa who faced terrorism charges in the case.
Delhi University's four-year undergraduate programme in its current form will inconvenience students as opposed to benefiting them.
Amid oxygen shortage and a faltering health system in the country, India is seeing over 300,000 cases daily.
India has called the remarks by foreign leaders on protests by farmers as "ill-informed" and "unwarranted" as the matter pertained to the internal affairs of a democratic country.
If Dhyan Chand's wizardry was a source of joy in a colonised India, Balbir Singh Sr's artistry was an inspiration for an India trying to find its bearings post-independence.
Police resorted to lathicharge for a brief time to control protesters who broke barricades. Hours later, they were granted permission to enter Delhi and stage a peaceful protest at Nirankari ground in Burari.
The recent input by the Intelligence Bureau -- suggesting that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is being targeted by militant Khalistani groups -- indicates that the Inter Services Intelligence is planning to re-launch its covert movement in India.
Gopal Singh Chawla, under the instructions from the Pakistani authorities, recently stopped Indian officials from entering Gurudwara Panja Sahib on April 14 (Baisakhi day).
