Everyone liked Gurmail Singh

– except the thugs who beat him to death

Gurmail Singh, a 63-year-old grandfather, ran a corner shop — the only shop — in a village perched on a steep hill above the sprawling former mill town of Huddersfield. His murder inside the store last Saturday evening has provoked anguish and anger in Cowcliffe, where villagers have been mourning as though they had lost one of their own.

Saturday 27th February 2010

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Taliban kill 2 Sikhs, send heads to Pak gurdwara

Jaspal Singh and Mahan Singh, both businessmen, were kidnapped from Tira Valley

The Taliban has reportedly beheaded two Sikhs in Pakistan's lawless tribal region bordering Afghanistan and sent the heads to a gurdwara. Jaspal Singh and Mahan Singh, both businessmen, were kidnapped from Tira Valley, in Khyber agency, and Darra Adamkheil, in Orakzai agency, on January 19 and held for ransom. Sources in the area told TOI on Sunday that they were killed because they were paying `protection' money to a rival faction.

Sunday 21st February 2010

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Sikh victim families seek strong punishment for Sajjan Kumar

CBI opposes bail to Sajjan in 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases

A development that is likely to soothe the victim families of the 1984 anti-Sikh carnage, prime accused Sajjan Kumar is likely to be arrested as the Kokardarma court where the case was being heard issued non-bailable warrants against him, as he failed to appear in the courts today. Earlier in the day, the Delhi High Court refused to grant him anticipatory bail and listed the case for February 18 to be heard by a regular bench of the court.

Wednesday 17th February 2010

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Bhai Sahib Bhai Jasbir Singh Ji Khalsa

(Shri Darbar Sahib Wale)

Bhai Sahib Bhai Jasbir Singh Ji Khalsa (Shri Darbar Sahib Wale) will be doing kirtan on Sunday 21th February 2010 from 7 p.m to 8 p.m at Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara Clarence Place, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 1LD.

Please attend to receive Guru Jis blessings and to enjoy great kirtan.

Saturday 13th February 2010

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Afghanistan's Sikh heroine fights for rights

She wanted to be a pilot as a child, but has now been recognised as a leading campaigner for the rights of Afghan women.

She wanted to be a pilot as a child, but has now been recognised as a leading campaigner for the rights of Afghan women.

"It is difficult for a woman to be a pilot in Afghanistan. My father said it does not fit in with this country's culture," Dr Anarkali Kaur Honaryar tells me, sitting in her office at the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission. In some ways the high flyer has taken on a challenge much tougher than piloting planes. She fights for women's rights in a society that remains staunchly patriarchal, and where many of her gender still breathe beneath their veils.

Thursday 11th February 2010

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