1984 anti sikh riots

Families who escaped 1984 anti-Sikh riots fear displacement again in Mohali

December 13, 2025 9:59 am

Residents of a rehabilitation colony in Mohali’s Phase 11 have intensified protests against an anti-encroachment drive, saying the demolitions have revived memories of displacement after the 1984 Sikh riots and threaten their only source of livelihood.

Haryana Cabinet approves jobs for 1984 anti-Sikh riot victims, 13 other key decisions

November 04, 2025 5:03 am

The Cabinet also approved the New Teacher Transfer Policy-2025, which removes the existing zoning system and allows teachers to choose schools directly.

1984 anti-Sikh Riots | Amitabh Bachchan ‘unexonerated’ in eyes of Sikh community: Akal Takht Jathedar

November 02, 2025 4:01 am

Urges boycott of individuals, Congress leaders linked to 1984

‘Complainant planted in political vendetta by probe agency’: Sajjan Kumar challenges conviction in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case

October 18, 2025 12:25 am

The appeal, listed for hearing before a Delhi High Court bench of Justices Vivek Chaudhary and Manoj Jain on Friday, has been adjourned to November 19

Eye on Punjab 2027, Haryana announces govt jobs for 1984 anti-Sikh riot victims

August 26, 2025 5:25 am

One member each from 121 families in state, who lost a loved one during the riots will be given government jobs, Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said

'Can't undo past but can improve present': Delhi CM gives job letters to kin of 1984 riot victims

May 28, 2025 11:11 am

“This is not just an appointment — it is justice walking into their lives after 40 years of silence and struggle,” the CM asserted. Hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi, she underlined that the process of justice for the riot victims began after he came to power.

Rahul Gandhi: Wasn’t there… but ready to take responsibility for 1984 riots

May 05, 2025 7:54 am

“As far as the mistakes the Congress party have made are concerned, a lot of them happened when I was not there. But I am more than happy to take responsibility for everything bad that the Congress has done in its history,” Rahul Gandhi said.

1984 anti-Sikh riots case: Delhi HC refuses to entertain state’s appeal against acquittals after 29-year delay

March 04, 2025 4:03 am

Explaining the delay, the state had said that the “filing of this petition has been delayed primarily due to the Justice S N Dhingra’s Committee, which was constituted on December 14, 2018, and submitted the report on April 15, 2019”

‘Brutal, reprehensible’: Court hands Sajjan Kumar life term in another anti-Sikh riots case

February 26, 2025 2:49 am

Sajjan Kumar is lodged in Tihar Jail, where he is serving a life sentence in another case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

‘Even if Sajjan Kumar is sentenced to death, we can’t get back the life we lost’: 1984 riot victims recount their pain

February 25, 2025 4:58 pm

Even as former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar awaits the court’s order on the quantum of punishment to be awarded in connection with a 1984 case, families displaced in the aftermath of the riots continue to be haunted by its horrors.

1984 riots: Akali Dal protests over Amarinder Singh’s remark on Tytler

April 21, 2014 4:40 pm

Akali Dal on Monday (April 21) staged a protest outside Congress headquarters in New Delhi against its Amritsar Lok Sabha candidate Amarinder Singh's alleged remarks on the anti-Sikh riots of 1984.

HS Phoolka on how he survived the Sikh riots

June 22, 2020 6:06 pm

Senior advocate H S Phoolka has just started practising in the Delhi High Court when Indira Gandhi was assassinated on October 31, 1984. Here is the story of how he and his pregnant wife survived the three-day carnage.

Delhi HC sends Sajjan Kumar to jail for life in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case

June 22, 2020 6:07 pm

After 34 years, the Delhi High Court held Sajjan Kumar guilty of being involved in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and sentenced him to life imprisonment. Here's what the court said and how political leaders reacted.

Delhi High Court Hears 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots Pleas

June 22, 2020 6:58 pm

CBI working at snail's pace in 1984 riots: Phoolka

February 22, 2016 2:46 pm

New Delhi, Feb 22 (ANI): Advocate H.S. Phoolka on Monday expressed displeasure over CBI's slow proceedings to bring the perpetrators of 1984 sikh riots to justice, saying that the investigation team had filed the closure report against Jagdish Tytler three times. Phoolka added that 31 years have passed and the CBI still needs time to investigate the matter. Phoolka said that CBI SP has been granted two more months and the next hearing has been scheduled to April27.

Deputy CM Sukhbir Badal on Sikh riots compensation

January 12, 2015 10:39 am