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First batch of 11 Afghan Sikhs arrive, say atmosphere of fear prevails the
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): The first batch of eleven members of the minuscule Sikh community from Afghanistan, who have been facing persecution at the hands of Pakistan backed Taliban, arrived in India at 1:20 pm on Sunday in a special flight facilitated by the Government of India.
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'...Hindustan is Hindustan': Nidan Singh thanks Indian govt after his retu
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): Nidan Singh Sachdeva, the Afghan Sikh who was kidnapped a month ago and released recently, arrived here earlier in the day and narrated the ordeals that he faced at the hands of abductors and also thanked the Indian government for bringing him back to his
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11 Afghan Sikhs, including Nidan Singh abducted from Gurudwara last month,
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): Eleven members of Sikh community from Afghanistan, who were granted short-term visas by Indian Embassy in Kabul, including Nidan Singh Sachdeva, who was abducted from a gurudwara in Paktia province last month, touched down in New Delhi on Sunday afternoon
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Canada snubs so-called 'Punjab 2020 Referendum', experts call it India's d
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 25 (ANI): Sikh leaders and experts have deemed it a diplomatic victory for New Delhi after the Canadian government snubbed 'Punjab 2020 Referendum' by a US-based secessionist group that seeks a separate homeland of Khalistan for Sikhs in India.
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Punjab welcomes Canada's statement of not recognising `Referendum 2020'
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 25 (ANI): People in Punjab have welcomed the step taken by the Canadian government for not recognising the so-called 'Punjab 2020 Referendum' by a US-based secessionist group that seeks a separate homeland of Khalistan for Sikhs in India.
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India appreciates Afghan govt, tribal elders for rescuing Sikh leader Nida
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): India on Saturday expressed its appreciation towards the Afghan government and tribal elders for their efforts in rescuing Nidan Singh Sachdeva, a Sikh community leader in Afghanistan, who was kidnapped in Chamkani district of Paktia province.
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Pakistan carrying genocide of Sikh youth through drug abusing, says Sant D
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Cheeka (Haryana), July 15 (ANI): The newly elected acting president of Haryana Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee (HSGPC), Sant Baba Baljit Singh Daduwal lambasted Pakistan for carrying out genocide of Sikh youth in Punjab and Haryana by smuggling drugs and narcotics into India through the inter
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DSGMC starts free ambulance service for COVID-19 patients
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) has started a free ambulance service for COVID-19 patients on Guru Har Krishan Sahib Ji's Prakash Purab.
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Sikh youth going abroad getting radicalised by Khalistanis in the West: Su
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
California [USA], July 13 (ANI): The youth from Punjab migrating abroad for green pastures are being misled and radicalised by the Khalistanis living in the West, claims a Sikh activist based in the United States.
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Centre bans pro-Khalistan organisation's websites being used for registeri
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): In a big blow to pro-Khalistan group Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) the government on Sunday blocked 40 websites being used by it for "registering supporters for its cause."
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40 websites of unlawful organisation Sikhs for Justice blocked
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): The Centre on Sunday blocked 40 websites of Sikhs For Justice (SFJ), an unlawful organisation under UAPA, 1967, "for a campaign for registering supporters for its cause."
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1984 anti-Sikh riots convict serving sentence in Mandoli jail dies of COVI
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Mahender Yadav, a convict in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, who was earlier lodged in Mandoli jail and had tested positive for COVID-19 passed away at a private hospital in Delhi on June 4, according to Sandeep Goel, Delhi Director General (Prisons) on Sunday
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