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Articles 421 through 520 of 500:
- Cult Leader Sparks Sikh Riots With 'Guru' Stunt (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, May 22, 2007)
The Indian state of Punjab has been set alight by some of the worst rioting in a decade after a newspaper advert placed by the leader of a controversial religious sect sparked outrage in the region's Sikh community.
- Poisoned Air (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 22, 2007)
Punjab hurtles down the path towards more serious sectarian violence while the civic administration has claimed for itself the vantage position of a bystander.
- Give In And Be Happy (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, May 22, 2007)
In my last column, I had expressed my shock at the manner in which the DMK Union minister, Dayanidhi Maran, was removed and a new one installed.
- Why This Silence On Kanishka? (Pioneer, Rajeev Srinivasan, May 22, 2007)
Here are the bare facts. On June 23, 1985, Air India's flight 182, a Boeing 747 named Kanishka, blew up over the Atlantic off Ireland en route to India from Canada, killing all 329 aboard.
- Dera Chief Seeks President, Pm's Intervention (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 22, 2007)
Making the appeal through media, Dera's chief spokesman Aditya Insaan also urged the Punjab government to observe "Raj Dharma" in the wake of tomorrow's Punjab bandh called by the Sikh high priests.
- India Braced For Strike By Sikhs (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, May 22, 2007)
Security forces are on alert in northern India after Sikhs called for a general strike in protest at what they say is an insult to their religion.
- How Does A Democracy Change Gears On The Growth Highway (Business Line, D. Murali , May 22, 2007)
Steering a democracy on the development road is no different from driving a car. A shared vision of the future is the first gear.
- "No Question Of Vacating Deras" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 21, 2007)
The Dera Sacha Sauda, embroiled in a bitter controversy over its head's alleged insult to Guru Gobind Singh, on Sunday refused to budge and vacate its centres in Punjab.
- Enemy Within (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 21, 2007)
The blast in Hyderabad’s Mecca Masjid is the most recent in a series of terrorist attacks specifically targeting Muslims.
- Akal Takht Rejects Dera Chief's Regret, Wants Assets Sealed (Hindu, Sarabjit Pandher, May 21, 2007)
Call for bandh on Tuesday; case filed against Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh
Akal Takht to meet again on May 31
Slogans raised in favour of Khalistan
- Dera Row Worsens In Punjab (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 21, 2007)
The Sikh clergys fresh edict which came after a long-drawn meeting of various Sikh organizations at the Akal Takht, Amritsar on Sunday evening, signalled the continuing stand-off between the Dera and the Sikh organizations.
- Akal Takht Rejects Dera Regret, Calls Punjab Bandh Tomorrow (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 21, 2007)
Rejecting Dera Sacha Sauda’s expression of “regret”, Sikh high priests today called for a Punjab bandh on May 22 in protest against the Dera chief’s “act of blasphemy” by posing in the attire of Guru Gobind Singh.
- March Of The Righteous Brigade (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, May 21, 2007)
Since this column is often wrongly accused of nurturing ill-feelings towards Islam, I use the chance this week to show that I bear equal ill-will towards any religion that tries to occupy the public space.
- Minorities To Get Bank Loan Priority (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 21, 2007)
Giving in to pressure from the UPA government, the Reserve Bank of India has included 'minority communities' in the list of 'weaker sections' for the purpose of priority-sector lending by banks.
- Takht Calls For Punjab Bandh (Tribune, Varinder Walia, May 21, 2007)
Akal Takht today took an unprecedented decision to give a call for complete Punjab bandh tomorrow (May 22) in protest against the blasphemous acts of Dera Sacha Sauda chief, apart from serving yet another ultimatum to close down all its branches, . . .
- Punjab Police Files Case Against Dera Chief (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 21, 2007)
In a move aimed at mollifying members of the Sikh community, the Punjab police on Sunday registered a case against Dera Sacha Sauda chief Baba Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh for inciting sectarian trouble.
- A Sinister Plot (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 19, 2007)
It is extremely unfortunate that mischief-makers should be trying to unsettle the peace that prevails in Punjab within months of the Congress being voted out of power.
- Security Alert After Sikh Clashes In India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2007)
India’s prime minister called for calm Friday and security forces were on high alert in two northern states as violent protests between rival Sikh groups left at least one person dead.
- Pm Urges Calm Over Sikh Protests (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2007)
The Indian prime minister has appealed for calm amid confrontations between thousands of Sikhs and followers of the Dera Sacha Sauda (DSS) religious sect.
- One Killed, 15 Hurt In Punjab Town (Hindu, Sarabjit Pandher, May 19, 2007)
Life limping back to normal in Bathinda, where violence broke out
Protesters descend on properties of Dera
Centre rushing security forces
- Badal Convenes All-Party Meeting; Situation Tense In Punjab (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2007)
Dera head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh purportedly appeared in the attire of the 10th Sikh guru in an advertisement, sparking clashes between Sikhs and Dera followers in Punjab, Rajasthan and New Delhi over the past three days.
- Yesterday Calling Today’S Mrs G (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, May 19, 2007)
IF there had been live television news in 1978, I would have shown you the visuals from that summer in Punjab, and made you wonder how little things seem to have changed in three decades. But then, angry religious mobs carrying kirpans would . . . .
- Badal Rules Out Talks With Dera Sacha Sauda Chief (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2007)
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has virtually ruled out any reconciliation in the near future with Dera Sacha Sauda chief Baba Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh against whom Sikh organisations have launched countrywide protests for committing . . .
- Control Punjab Before Losing Control (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 19, 2007)
The violence that has spilled over from Punjab to neighbouring areas brings back memories of the Nirankari agitation of the 1970s.
- Isolate Militants (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 19, 2007)
AN alarming aspect of the ugly goings-on in Punjab vis-à-vis Dera Sacha Sauda and the Sikhs is the rise of the militant voice.
- Calm Returns To Salabatpura (Tribune, Chander Parkash, May 19, 2007)
A day after thousands of Sikhs surrounded the Salabatpura branch of Dera Sacha Sauda threatening to attack the same, the situation was brought under control after paramilitary forces where deployed in the village.
- Respite (Tribune, Prabhjot Singh, May 19, 2007)
Deployment of para military forces and promulgation of prohibitory orders notwithstanding, stray incidents of violence, arson and protests were reported from different parts of Punjab where the overall situation continued to be tense but under . . . .
- Sauda With Religion (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 19, 2007)
The raging fire in Punjab and elsewhere after the preceptor of a little known sect, Dera Sacha Sauda, appeared in the garb of the 10th Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh, has left most people in a state of bewilderment.
- Partisan Interests (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 19, 2007)
The violence following the “blasphemous” depiction of Baba Gurmeet Singh Ram Raheem, the chief of Dera Sacha Sauda sect of Sikhism in the attire of Guru Gobind Singh, the 10th Sikh Guru in a newspaper advertisement issued by the . . . .
- Badal Convenes All-Party Meet, Punjab Still Tense (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2007)
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Friday convened an all-party meeting here in the wake of sectarian strife between followers of the Dera Sacha Sauda and Sikhs even as an uneasy calm prevailed in parts of the state.
- Being Somebody: A Matter Of Pride (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 19, 2007)
We Indians are the best examples of what Louis Dumgnt called homo hierarchus humans conscious of hierarchy, writes KUSHWANT SINGH.
- Decommunalise Punjab's Polity (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 19, 2007)
It’s a shame that the Shiromani Akali Dal-led Punjab government has allowed volatile sections of the state’s population to supersede the majesty of the secular Indian state.
- What Is Behind Sikh Protests? (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2007)
Clashes between India's long-established Sikh community and a religious sect in the northern Indian state of Punjab have left one person dead and dozens others injured. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has appealed for calm.
- Anyone For Blasphemy? (Indian Express, Arun Jaitley, May 19, 2007)
The debate on the Vadodara incident has deliberately been conducted in the abstract. But ask: can the works of ‘art’ be justified in the name of ‘artistic freedom’?
- History, New And Old (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 19, 2007)
The tensions between Sikh organisations and the Dera Sacha Sauda sect are being kept dangerously simmering by political players.
- First Death In Dera Violence As High Priests Call For Chief’S Arrest (Indian Express, DHARMENDRA RATAUL, May 18, 2007)
Hours after Sikh high priests gave the Centre and Punjab government a three-day ultimatum to arrest the Dera Sacha Sauda chief for hurting their sentiments by posing as Guru Gobind Singh, one person was killed when a shot was fired at Sikhs who . . . .
- Centre Says It Will Give All Help (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2007)
The Centre today appealed for calm as the volatile situation continued to prevail amidst reports of intermittent clashes between various Akali groups and followers of Dera Sacha Sauda in many parts of Punjab and Haryana.
- 'Arrest Baba In 3 Days' (Tribune, Chander Parkash, May 18, 2007)
The Sikh clergy today issued an edict directing the Sikh Sangat to snap all ties, including social, religious and political, with Baba Ram Rahim Gurmit, head, Dera Sacha Sauda, and its followers.
- Central Forces Rushed To Punjab, Haryana (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2007)
Faith divided Punjab in a way not seen in the last two decades as the battle between Dera Sacha Sauda, a sect with a large following in Punjab and Haryana, and various Sikh groups claimed its first life on Thursday.
- It’S 1978 Once More (Indian Express, Bhupinder Brar, May 18, 2007)
History repeats itself, quite often in horrifying ways. I hope fervently this does not happen in Punjab yet again. The signs are ominous, however, and it already feels like walking on quickly thinning ice.
- Protests Against Dera Continue (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2007)
Expressing their anger against Dera Sacha Sauda, protest demonstrations by various Sikh organisations were held at different places across the Kashmir valley today, while an effigy of Dera Sacha Sauda’s chief Gurmit Ram Rahim was burnt at the Lal . . .
- Punjab Burns In Sikh Fury (Telegraph, GAJINDER SINGH, May 18, 2007)
Sectarian violence continued to rock Punjab, prompting the Centre to issue advisories to virtually all north Indian states and ask the army to remain on standby.
- Peace Must Prevail (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 18, 2007)
The happenings in Punjab during the last few days do not portend well for the state. They have all the characteristics of a drawn out battle, unless tackled well in time.
- Sikh Students Ordered To Grow Long Hair (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2007)
Sikh students in the capital must not cut their hair or trim their beards if they want to study at schools and colleges run by their community, a governing body official said on Wednesday.
- India Tensions Over Sikh Protests (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2007)
The Indian government is sending security reinforcements to the states of Punjab and Haryana amid signs of growing religious violence.
- `Soft Edict' Against Dera Provokes Sikh Groups (Hindu, Sarabjit Pandher, May 18, 2007)
Protesters attack Dera Sacha Sauda campuses
A dozen Dera followers injured
Singh Sahibs serve ultimatum on Government
- Preachers, Politics, Primordial Passions (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 18, 2007)
In times less driven by primordial religious passions, Saturday's kitsch-laden re-enactment of Guru Gobind Singh's baptism of the first Khalsa Sikhs might have provoked nothing but wry humour.
- Thousands Of Sikhs, Dera Men In Standoff (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2007)
The rapidly escalating clashes between Dera Sacha Sauda followers and Sikhs in Punjab claimed its first victim on Thursday when one person was killed near Sunam in Sangrur district.
- Clashes Across Punjab, Centre Rushes Forces (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2007)
Radical Sikh factions, reportedly led by Khalistani elements, have launched attacks on at least five establishments of the Dera Sacha Sauda in an expression of violent indignation at what they view as "a much too soft" stance adopted against . . . .
- Tension Mounts In Punjab, One Killed In Sangrur (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2007)
One person was on Thursday killed in a clash between Dera Sacha Sauda followers and Sikhs near Sunam in Sangrur district as tension mounted in Punjab after Sikh high priests called for a social boycott of the controversial religious group for . . ,
- Patil Assures Help To Tackle Punjab Situation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2007)
Nothing should happen to hurt the sentiments of the Sikh community, says Home Minister
- Airline Was Responsible For Security Shortfalls In Air India (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2007)
Air India officials were worried about extra costs when they sent Flight 182 to its doom on June 22, 1985, before it could be searched by a bomb dog.
- Punjab Remains Tense, Sikhs Seek Apology From Dera Chief (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2007)
Several towns and cities in Punjab remained tense on Wednesday as the Sikh community continued to demand an apology from the head of Dera Sacha Sauda sect Gurmit Ram Rahim for portraying himself on the lines of the revered 10th Sikh Guru Gobind Singh.
- Sect ‘Sacrilege’ Sparks Clashes In N India (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2007)
Tension prevailed in several towns of Punjab even as followers of the Dera Sacha Sauda in New Delhi and Patiala today clashed with Sikhs protesting against an advertisement featuring the controversial religious order’s chief attired in the garb . . .
- Protests In Up, Uttarakhand, Mp (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2007)
The youth wing of the Uttarakhand Sikh Federation (USF) today staged a demonstration and burnt Dera Sacha Sauda chief in effigy in protest against the alleged disrespect shown to Guru Gobind Singh.
- Canadian Police Were Unaware Of Threats (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2007)
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) unit responsible for coordinating airport security was often not tipped about threats and warnings that preceded the 1985 Air India bombing, the inquiry into the disaster was told.
- Peace Pact In Punjab After More Clashes (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2007)
The residents of Bathinda heaved a sigh of relief on Tuesday as followers of the Dera Sacha Sauda agreed to lift a 36-hour dharna after a “compromise” with the district administration. Patiala Zone IG M.K.
- Clashes Between Sikh Sects Across Punjab (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2007)
Punjab exploded in a rage of protests on Tuesday as followers of Dera Sacha Sauda, a cult with a following large enough to help the Congress win 15-20 seats during the February Assembly elections, clashed with members of various Sikh groups for . . . .
- More Violence On Day Ii (Tribune, Chander Parkash, May 16, 2007)
As many as 20 persons, including seven policemen, four women, one press reporter, were injured when the followers of Dera Sacha Sauda clashed with policemen, camping in and around the local Circuit House, without any provocation here today.
- Display Of Intolerance (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 16, 2007)
The bloody clashes between the supporters of Dera Sacha Sauda and those of various Sikh organisations in Bathinda on Monday which left a large number of persons injured were only the spillover effect of the tension existing . . . .
- Sacha Sauda Chief’S Effigy Burnt (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2007)
Activists of various Sikh organisations here today burnt an effigy of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmit Ram Rahim and condemned the dera culture, in the wake of the yesterday's clash between men of the dera and SGPC members and workers of Sikh bodies in . ..
- 20 Hurt As Clashes Spread In Punjab (Hindu, Sarabjit Pandher, May 16, 2007)
Punjab remained tense for the second day on Tuesday as followers of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect and Sikh activists staged protest rallies and clashed with the police in many areas.
- Sgpc, Dera Men Clash: 12 Injured (Tribune, Chander Parkash, May 15, 2007)
As many as 12 persons were injured, two of them seriously, when activists of the SGPC and various Sikh religious bodies clashed with activists of Dera Sacha Sauda near the deputy commissioner’s office before noon here today.
- Reminder Of Unity In Diversity (Hindu, Prema Nandakumar , May 15, 2007)
What is it that has made Indian culture endure through millennia of internal changes and external aggressions?
- India's Military History (Hindu, V. R. Raghavan , May 15, 2007)
A randomly selected events from the arrival of the East India Company to present day
- Misplaced Enthusiasm (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, May 15, 2007)
The rising of 1857 was more a struggle by the Muslim landed class to recover their lost power from the British
- 'Encounters Should Happen, If Required' (OutLook, K P S Gill, May 15, 2007)
"However, it is not okay to stage encounters. But even they do happen, and should not," says the former Punjab police chief.
- Extrajudicial Killings Indian Security Forces Face Heavy Criticism (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 15, 2007)
Hundreds if not thousands of extrajudicial killings are coming back to haunt Indian security forces who are facing a wave of public revulsion and demands for justice.
- Not The First Revolt Against The British (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 14, 2007)
It is fruitless to keep stoking up the controversy over whether the uprising of 1857 against the British in India was a war of Independence or whether it was just a series of ill-organised armed attacks by sporadic groups with their own axes to grind.
- Online Pilgrimage Bookings (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2007)
Now you can book your annual pilgrimages online. Yatra.com,. the online travel portal is offering customised pilgrimage packages that feature special packages.
- Go Spiritual (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2007)
Yatra Online, the online travel company, has introduced special pilgrimage packages.
- Probe Demanded Into Canada Sikh Parade (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2007)
Canada-based human rights groups have demanded a public inquiry into a Sikh parade in Surrey in which Air India bombing mastermind Talwinder Singh Parmar and several Sikh assassins were glorified as martyrs.
- To My 26 Daughters (Tribune, Reema Anand, May 11, 2007)
I didn’t give you birth my girls , albeit you were borne out of a massacre, a distortion of history, when humanity went insane and Indians lost their humanitarianism — The November 1984 Riots !!!
- Treat Anglo-Sikh War As First: Mps (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2007)
Disagreeing with the view that 1857 was the First War of Independence, Tarlochan Singh, Rajya Sabha MP from Haryana, today said that it was a part of the movement for independence.
- Canada Thought Ai Was 'Crying Wolf' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2007)
Canadian security officials were warned by Air India about bomb threats, but they played it down by saying the airline was simply ‘crying wolf’ to get extra security at no additional cost, says a document presented at the Air India inquiry.
- Nation Remembers First War Of Independence (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2007)
The capacious Central Hall was packed to capacity with an audience that included President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee.
- When Barbed Wires Bristled And Soldiers Paced The Land (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 11, 2007)
Cross-currents of communal intolerance, along with the compulsions and consequences of religious fanaticism, find their place in Anita Rau Badami’s Can You hear the Nightbird Call?
- Pm Remembers Marx, Forgets Mangal (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2007)
Recounting the significance of the 1857 uprising, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh paid glowing tribute to Karl Marx and Benjamin Disraeli. But he forgot Mangal Pandey, the hero of the rebellion that rocked India 150 years ago.
- Bid To Revive ‘Khalistan’ At Uk Meet, Delhi Is Quiet (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, May 11, 2007)
The Manmohan Singh government has not responded to a conference at a gurdwara in Birmingham that sought to revive the Khalistan movement and brought together secessionists from Nagaland, Kashmir and Assam on the same platform.
- The Story Of Us (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, May 09, 2007)
An aggrieved lawyer from Jaipur. A flamboyant act. A dismissive media. Haven’t we been here before? Think Valentine’s Day, Fire, Water, Michael Jackson, MTV, FTV, Tuff Shoes, bar dancers — to name just a few of the controversies regarding . . . .
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