jarnail singh

T he vicious pre-planned slaughter of the Sikh people in 1984 following Indira Gandhi's assassination did not just leave every Sikh traumatised. It also deeply affected their psyche, their faith in their neighbours, in the system, in the state, in the very idea of justice itself. For many of us non-Sikhs, it was a defining moment in our lives.  

The court of judicial magistrate Kuljit Pal Singh has adjourned the case of acid attack on Paramjit Kaur, a Dalit woman who also suffered sexual assault and police atrocities, to November 19 while a DSP recorded her statement in this case here today.  

Even as Jarnail Singh sat jobless and ostracised in his modest home at Lajpat Nagar, Delhi, he was busy with what he believed to be his biggest responsibility - bringing the minds behind the 1984 anti-Sikh massacre to book.  

Mainpuri (UP) Nov 8 (PTI) The district administration has cancelled the pension of 399 people after an enquiry revealed that they were ineligible beneficiaries, official said here today. "During the enquiry, which was conducted on the orders of Chief Minister Mayawati, it was found that 399 people, who were either ineligible or even dead were getting old age pension," Chief Development Officer J B Singh said. He said that the order to cancel pension of the ineligible candidates was issued yesterday.

During the enquiry, which was conducted on the orders of Chief Minister Mayawati, it was found that 399 people, who were either ineligible or even dead were getting old age pension   -J B Singh

 

A 1975-batch IAS officer of the Punjab cadre, Sudhir Mittal, and Jiji Thomson, 1980-batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre, are all set to be appointed by the Central government as top administrative officers to look after the functioning of the Organising Committee of the Commonwealth Games 2010.  

In just the six months after his "symbolic protest" of April 7, Singh has put together the book.  

Authorities in Punjab's Ropar district Thursday ordered a probe into an incident in which students from a village government school were illegally transported on a tractor-trolley for a film show held here by the district administration.  

Jarnail Singh - the journalist who made headlines when he lobbed his shoe at Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram in April - is back in the news.  

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has decided to get involved in the effort to get the Capital ready for next year's Commonwealth Games, seeking to avert a potential national embarrassment on account of shoddy preparations for the country's biggest sporting event in 27 years.  

Seven Dera Sacha Sauda followers were killed and over 35 were injured when the mini-truck carrying them collided head on with a tractor trolley laden with Cotton near the village Chormar about 35 kms from here last night, police said today.