Solan (Himachal Pradesh): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday again raked up Congress leader Sam Pitroda’s controversial remark in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, as he picked holes in the 10-year rule of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) at the the Centre. Without naming Pitroda or talking about the anti-Sikh riots, Modi, in […]
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Sam Pitroda apologises for remark on 1984 anti-Sikh riots
Shimla: Congress leader Sam Pitroda, who had courted controversy for his remark in connection with the anti-Sikh riots of 1984, apologised on Friday for his comment, saying his statement was taken out of context as his Hindi was not good. On Thursday, Indian Oversees Congress chief Pitroda had brushed off the 1984 anti-Sikh riots by […]
1984 riots: Sajjan’s plea seeking more time to surrender rejected by Delhi HC
New Delhi (2 Min Read) : The Delhi High Court on Friday rejected a plea seeking more time to surrender by former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, who was given life imprisonment in an anti-Sikh riot case earlier this week. Sajjan Kumar had sought more time to surrender so he could settle some family matters, as […]
Haryana Minister wants Rajiv Gandhi punished posthumously for anti-Sikh riots
Chandigarh (2 Min Read) : Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij kicked up a new controversy on Monday when he demanded that former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi should be “punished posthumously” so that families of about 3,400 Sikhs, who died in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, get justice. In his tweet, Vij said that the Delhi High […]
Justice Dhingra led 2-member SIT to probe ‘closed’ anti-Sikh riot cases
New Delhi (2 Min Read) : The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave its nod to a two-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by the former Delhi High Court Judge S.N. Dhingra to probe 186 anti-Sikh riot cases that had been declared closed. The other member of the SIT is Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Abhishek […]
Perpetrators of anti-Sikh riots should be punished: Rahul
London : Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said that he stands with the victims of 1984 anti-Sikh riots and those guilty of violence should be punished as per law. “If violence is being perpetrated against somebody, there is a legal process. That legal process must go on and the people who have carried out […]
Rahul can’t be held responsible for anti-Sikh riots: Chidambaram
Kolkata : Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday backed Rahul Gandhi for his comments in UK on the anti-Sikh riots in 1984, saying the party president had not absolved anyone for the gruesome incidents. Interacting with the media here, Chidambaram said former prime minister Manmohan Singh and ex-party president Sonia Gandhi have already apologised […]
Anti-Sikh riots: Delhi HC ex-judge Justice Dhingra to head new SIT
New Delhi, Jan 11 : The Supreme Court on Thursday appointed former judge of Delhi High Court Justice S.N. Dhingra to head the new Special Investigation Team (SIT) that will probe 186 anti-Sikh riots cases which were closed by an earlier SIT. Appointing Justice Dhingra as the new SIT head, the bench of Chief Justice Dipak […]