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ANTI-SIKH RIOTS NEWS

41 years on, justice still eludes 1984 anti-Sikh riot victims: Only 13 murder convictions, 253 cases ended in acquittals

November 01, 2025 11:22 am

More than 2,700 members of the Sikh community were murdered in four days of violence in the Capital in the aftermath of the assassination of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards on October 31.

‘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

After SC rap, Delhi Police to challenge six acquittals in 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases

February 18, 2025 9:49 am

Taking note, the bench directed the police to ensure that the proposed SLPs be “filed in the maximum period of six weeks from today”

SC raps Delhi Police: 'Stop filing half-hearted appeals' against acquittals in 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases

February 20, 2025 11:45 am

Top court questions police commitment as Justice Dhingra panel reveals systematic 'hushing up' of riot cases.

1984 riots: Congress leader Jagdish Tytler seeks quashing of charges, pleads alibi

October 02, 2024 3:57 am

Jagdish Tytler’s counsel says the trial court refused to consider Doordarshan footage that according to him showed the Congress leader's presence at Teen Murti Bhavan when three men died in arson at the Pul Bangash Gurdwara in Delhi during the 1984 riots.

At North Delhi gurdwara, memories of anti-Sikh riots 40 years ago resurface

August 31, 2024 8:52 am

After Delhi court orders that Congress leader Jagdish Tytler, accused in the 1984 riots, is set to face trial for charges including hate speech and murder

In homes that witnessed 1984 riots, wounds still fresh: ‘Puraane zakhm kaise bharenge?’

December 18, 2018 6:44 am

The court noted Nirpreet Kaur’s testimony about how her father Nirmal Singh was killed, and the attack on the Raj Nagar gurdwara. Two shops away from the gurdwara is Nirmal’s home, now owned by another family which runs an electronics shop.

Speak,Memory

November 24, 2013 3:59 am

Author Jaspreet Singh on his new novel based on the anti-Sikh riots of 1984,and the politics of remembering.

City boy Gurdeep Singh is Skype vice-president

November 01, 2013 2:22 am

It was exactly 29 years ago on November 1 when a train from Delhi to Ranchi was attacked somewhere in Bihar during the anti-Sikh riots .

Anti-Sikh riots: Sonia Gandhi served US court summons in hospital

September 11, 2013 1:38 pm

Gandhi,66,returned to Delhi from the US after a routine medical check-up.

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