New Delhi [India], September 24 (ANI): A life convict in a case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots has sought the suspension of his sentence for transplant liver and Kidney transplants. The appellant was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment by the trial court in 2018. Another convict was awarded the death sentence.

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New Delhi [India], September 12 (ANI): The BJP on Monday slammed the Congress over photo of 'khaki' shorts on fire it posted on its Twitter handle in the context of its Bharat Jodo Yatra and said the photo tweeted by the opposition party was nothing "but instigating people for violence".

New Delhi [India], September 12 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday while hearing a plea moved by a retired police official against whom proceedings were initiated in the year 1992 over the issue of the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in the year 1984, observed that the "nation was still bleeding" after the anti-Sikh riots of 1984 and allegation of misconduct against him is serious in nature.

New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice to former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar on a plea challenging the bail granted to him in a case related to the killing of two people during the 1984 riots.

Jaipur Apr 22 PTI The BJP on Friday attacked the Congress government over a Class 12 board exam question paper claiming that six questions in it were aimed at glorifying the ruling party in RajasthanThis may be an attempt to mislead the new generation because it does not know the history of the Congress BJP state president Satish Poonia said in UdaipurSix questions in the Class 12 board exam question paper for Political Science were related to the Congress in which an unsuccessful attempt was made to glorify the party he saidAlleging politicisation of educational institutes the BJP demanded the suspension of the person who set the question paperPoonia said the questions included The general election of 1971 proved to be an election for the re-establishment of the Congress Explain this statement and Who gave the slogan of Garibi HataoThe others were Briefly discuss the Congress as a social and ideological alliance How many seats did the Congress win in the 1984 Lok Sabha elections Which party dominated the first three general elections in India and Under what circumstances did the Congress contest the 1967 general election and what mandate did it get the Rajasthan BJP chief addedThe Congress should tell who imposed emergency in the country who misused Article 356 more than 100 times who was guilty of the anti-Sikh riots in 1984 he saidIt is the same Congress which calls Akbar great but does not glorify the greatness of Maharana Pratap Poonia allegedA question related to the communist party was asked as well On what basis was CPI divided Another question was Who was the founder of BSP the BJP saidResponding to the allegation state Education Minister B D Kalla said the questions were not selected by the governmentThe board is an autonomous body The identity of the expert setting the paper is kept confidential he addedBJP MLA and spokesperson Ram Lal Sharma it was unfortunate that the state government is working to teach children the history of the CongressThe BJP demands that any institution head or teacher who prepared such types of questions should be immediately suspended he said PTI SDA IJT

New Delhi [India], March 19 (ANI): In a letter to President Ram Nath Kovind, an advocate and social activist has sought direction to reopen all cases pertaining to the "massacre" of Kashmiri Pandits and also for the constitution of a special investigation team (SIT) to reinvestigate incidents of killings in the Kashmir valley.

New Delhi Nov 19 PTI A Delhi court has dismissed a plea seeking a declaration of a man who went missing during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots as dead and issuance of his death certificate citing lack of cogent proof and contradictionsAn 80-year-old man had moved the court claiming that his son Ajit Singh came to Kashmere Gate in Delhi in the last week of October 1984 to purchase the motor parts but went missing after the anti-Sikh riots erupted in the first week of November Mian Singh a resident of Jammu and Kashmir filed a civil suit seeking a declaration of his missing son as dead and a direction to North Delhi Municipal Corporations Registrar of Births and Deaths to issue a death certificate Dismissing the suit Civil Judge Helly Fur Kaur noted that there is nothing on record to show that Ajit Singh visited Delhi in the last week of October 1984 Despite being put a query by the Court during final arguments plaintiff did not bring on record any ID proof of Ajit Singh nor any kind of document which could reasonably satisfy the court about his identity and existence the civil judge noted in an order dated November 18Further the judge said that the documents relied upon by Mian Singh consisted of a partly legible copy of the certificate issued by Prabandhak Committee Gurudwara Guru Nanak Satsang a copy of a letter to the Prime Minister for rehabilitation writ petitions correspondence between Delhi Commission of Police and SDM JK The judge noted that no missing report is available since the police refused to register the same and the one lodged with Delhi Administration got misplaced by Mian Singh I have gone through these documents meticulously However no cogent proof is found that substantially and satisfactorily supports the claim of the plaintiff since all the documents are merely based on representations of the plaintiff In fact it has come to pass that there are some contradictions between the plaint and documents she said The civil judge noted that in a writ petition Mian Singh had mentioned that his son went missing in the last week of November as against averment in the plaint that he went missing in the last week of October Furthermore the judge said that in the plaint before the court Ajit has been shown as the eldest son of Mian Singh while in the letter to the Prime Minister he has been mentioned as a younger son As per Mian Singh in 1979 he went to Nepal along with his family to earn his livelihood where he started a business of motor parts trading and his son Ajit Singh worked as a contractor for the supply of auto spare parts It is thus Singhs case that his son came to India to purchase the motor parts in the last week of October but went missing during the anti-Sikh riots and till date his whereabouts are not known the court noted The riots had broken out after the assassination of then prime minister Indira Gandhi on October 31 1984 PTI AAK RKS RKS

New Delhi [India], October 31 (ANI): All India Mahila Congress (AIMC) on Sunday organised a special programme at the Congress headquarters in the national capital to pay tribute to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her death anniversary.

Chandigarh Oct 31 PTI Senior Congress leader Sunil Jakhar on Sunday took a dig at Charanjit Singh Channi-led government in Punjab for allegedly failing to issue newspaper advertisements to remember Indira Gandhi on her death anniversary In a tweet Jakhar tagged a Punjab government advertisement issued last year under the Amarinder Singh-led Congress government to commemorate the former Prime Minister I can understand BJP trying to erase Iron Lady of India from history but dont we still have a Congress Government in Punjab Jakhar tweeted In another tweet Jakhar made a veiled allusion to the appointment of Jagdish Tytler as a permanent invitee to the Delhi Congress new executive committee and wondered if governments not issuing an ad to remember Indira had anything to do with it Or is it a case of once burned twice shy - in light of certain appointment two days ago Jakhar posted Tytler was one of the main accused in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi PS I know Capt Saab Amarinder wont mind my using this PB Govts ad from last year as none appeared today he added in another tweet Indira Gandhi was assassinated on this day in 1984 by two of her own security guards Opposition parties including BJP and SAD in Punjab have targeted the Channi led government over Tytlers appointment BJP leader Tarun Chugh on Saturday asked Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and Congress state unit chief Navjot Singh Sidhu to clarify if they endorsed Tytlers appointment as a permanent invitee to the committee Tytler has been named as one of the key Congress leaders in Delhi but he Kamal Nath and Sajjan Kumar continue to be the blue-eyed boys of the party in spite of the fact that their role in riots against Sikhs has been always highlighted by many witnesses Chugh said SAD leader Daljit Singh Cheema asked Channi to tell Punjabis why he gave his consent for the appointment of Tytler to a prestigious Congress panel Three days back also Jakhar had made a cryptic comment when Channi was on a visit to Delhi and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal visited Punjab on the same day Punjab CM in Delhi Delhi CM in Punjab yet again Must say at least one of them has got his timing right Jakhar had tweeted Kejriwal had responded with a smile icon Before Congress propped up Channi for the top post Jakhar was among the front-runners after unceremonious exit of veteran leader Amarinder Singh as the state chief minister PTI SUN VSD VN VN