New Zealand mosque shootings: Attacks on houses of worship show rise of hate crime, religious places more vulnerable globally
Kritvip • 6 years agoPlaces of worship are 'soft targets' as they reign in a psychological hijack of people. "By targeting a house of worship, rather than a private home or business, the attacker has committed a powerful symbolic transgression: profaning a space that is both sacred and communal."
1984 anti-Sikh riots accused Sajjan Kumar's plea seeking more time to surrender dismissed by Delhi HC
• 6 years agoOn Monday, 73-year-old Sajjan Kumar was directed by the high court to surrender before authorities by 31 December. He had moved a plea seeking extension of time to surrender
India sets Guinness World Record with 918 kgs of khichdi
Fp Staff • 7 years agoIndia set a new Guinness World Record on Saturday by cooking 918 kilograms of 'Khichdi', a traditional multi-grain dish at the World Food India event in Delhi.
Punjab Police claims insurgency is returning to state, activists term recent arrests a ploy to evade questions on development
Sat Singh And Manoj Kumar • 7 years agoPunjab Police claims it has arrested several youths and busted groups who have been communicating with terrorist outfits, and working for them as sleeper cells
Haryana Gurudwara collapse: One killed, eight injured as portion of shrine falls in Panipat
• 8 years agoA 30-year-old man was killed, while eight others were injured when a portion of a Gurdwara collapsed here today, officials said.
Sikh shrine roof collapses in Haryana's Panipat: One killed, four injured
Ians • 8 years agoAt least one person was killed and four others were injured when the roof of a structure within a Sikh shrine in Haryana's Panipat collapsed on Monday evening.
Manchester terror attack: Residents welcome the stranded in hour of crisis with food, accommodation
Fp Staff • 8 years agoTaxi drivers,gurudwaras and locals came forward to help out those stranded after the Manchester arena terror attacks. Twitter became a platform for co-ordination too.
Pakistan Sikhs open temple after 73 years, risking attacks
• 9 years agoAn armed policeman stood guard outside the 300-year-old Sikh temple, known as a gurdwara, in northwest Pakistan.
Gurudwara attack: Teens who bombed Sikh temple in Germany were IS sympathisers
• 9 years agoTwo secondary school students accused of carrying out a bomb attack on a Gurudwara in the German city of Essen nearly two weeks ago are radical Islamists and sympathisers of the Islamic State (IS) and al-Qaeda, authorities said.
Pakistan re-opens 300-year-old Sikh Gurudwara after 73 years; Muslim neighbours believe attack is 'inevitable'
• 9 years agoEarlier this month, the gurdwara in Peshawar's crowded Old City opened its doors to Sikh worshippers for the first time in 73 years.