1984 Anti Sikh Riots
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UP govt constitutes SIT to probe 1984 Kanpur riots
Politics | February 06, 2019 9:13 ISTIn 1984 riots in Kanpur, at least 125 people were killed.
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1984 anti-Sikh riots: Supreme Court to hear Sajjan Kumar's appeal on January 14
India | January 10, 2019 21:40 ISTThe Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on January 14 the appeal filed by former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar challenging the Delhi High Court verdict convicting and sentencing him to life term in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.
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1984 anti-Sikh riots survivors deface 'Rajiv Chowk' signboard, demand its renaming
India | December 26, 2018 23:41 ISTRaising slogans against former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, the protesters garlanded the signboard with shoes and slippers and sprayed black paint on it.
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1984 Anti-Sikh Riots: Former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar moves Delhi HC, seeks time till Jan 31 to surrender
India | December 20, 2018 13:11 ISTThe high court had directed Kumar on Monday to surrender before authorities by December 31, however, he has now sought 30 additional days to settle family affairs.
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1984 anti-Sikh riots case: India TV Chairman Rajat Sharma recalls massacre
India | December 17, 2018 23:55 ISTThe high court directed Kumar (73) and other five convicts to surrender by December 31, 2018 and not to leave Delhi.
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Ironical that Sajjan verdict came as Kamal Nath took oath: Jaitley
Politics | December 17, 2018 22:52 IST"Rahul Gandhi who tweets all the time, doesn't even welcome the court's decision. No Congress leader spoke on verdict. It proves that they don't have any regret on the matter," he said.
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1984 anti-Sikh riots case: Sajjan Kumar sentenced to life term, says will move SC; victims pledge fight will go on
India | December 17, 2018 23:34 ISTThe high court said though it was "undeniable" that it took over three decades to punish the accused in the case, it was important to assure the victims that despite the challenges faced by the court, "truth will prevail and justice will be done".
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Sajjan Kumar gets life term in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case: Here's who said what on Delhi High Court's verdict
India | December 17, 2018 16:34 ISTThe court said the life sentence awarded to the Congress leader would be for the "remainder of his life" and directed him to surrender by December 31.
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Political slugfest erupts over 1984 anti-Sikh riots verdict, BJP asks Rahul to sack Kamal Nath; Cong hits back
India | December 17, 2018 13:59 ISTWhile BJP leaders have taken the occasion to target the Madhya Pradesh CM designate Kamal Nath on the day of the swearing-in ceremony, Congress urged all the parties not to politicise the issue.
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Sajjan Kumar sentenced to life term in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case: Here's what Delhi HC observes
India | December 17, 2018 14:53 ISTMeanwhile, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley welcomed the court’s judgement on Sajjan Kumar and termed the 1984 anti-Sikh riot case as the worst kind of genocide that we ever saw.
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Sajjan Kumar: Know all about Congress leader who got life term in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case
India | December 17, 2018 11:17 ISTA prosecutor of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in 2012, had told a Delhi court that riots targeting the Sikhs had the "patronage" of Sajjan Kumar.
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1984 anti-Sikh riots: Delhi High Court upholds conviction of 88 people
India | November 28, 2018 15:28 ISTThe convicts had challenged the August 27, 1996 judgment of a Sessions Court which had convicted 88 out of the 107 people arrested on November 2, 1984 for rioting, burning houses and curfew violation in Trilokpuri area of East Delhi.
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1984 riots | Arun Jaitley blames Cong for 'massacre'; praises Modi, Vajpayee govts for delivering justice to Sikhs
India | November 21, 2018 18:57 ISTIn a Facebook post titled “The Legacy Of 1984”, Jaitley accused the Congress government of allowing the militancy in Punjab to go unchecked, anticipating elections towards the end of 1984.
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1984 Anti-Sikh Riots: Death sentence for convict Yashpal, Naresh given life imprisonment
News | November 20, 2018 16:53 IST1984 Anti-Sikh Riots: Death sentence for convict Yashpal, Naresh given life imprisonment
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1984 riots: Delhi court awards death sentence to convict Yashpal Singh, Naresh gets life imprisonment
India | November 21, 2018 1:16 ISTOn November 15, the court had convicted both Yashpal and Naresh for killing two persons and injuring three others in south Delhi’s Mahipalpur during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
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1984 riots: Sajjan Kumar instigated mob to kill Sikhs, victim tells court
India | November 16, 2018 21:41 ISTOn November 1, 1984 when I stepped out to look for my goat, I saw accused Sajjan Kumar addressing the crowed and was saying 'hamari ma maar di. Sardaro ko maar do', Kaur told District Judge Poonam A Bamba.
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SAD takes out protest march to seek justice for 1984 anti-Sikh riots victims
India | November 03, 2018 14:29 ISTThe march, led by SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal and Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal, started from Gurudwara Pratapganj and ended outside Parliament Street police station.
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Blaming Rahul Gandhi for 1984 anti-Sikh riots is absurd, says Punjab CM Amarinder Singh
India | August 26, 2018 22:31 ISTTo hold Rahul Gandhi responsible for an act, of which he was not even aware when it happened, was completely ridiculous, said the chief minister.
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Rahul Gandhi trying to wash his party's hands of its alleged culpability in 1984 riots: BJP leader RP Singh
India | August 26, 2018 20:32 ISTBJP's national secretary R P Singh said Gandhi was trying to wash his party's hands of its alleged culpability in the riots.
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'He was just 13 or 14 then': Chidambaram justifies Rahul Gandhi's 'Congress wasn't involved in 1984 riots' remark
Politics | August 25, 2018 14:47 ISTIn 2013, the then PM Manmohan Singh had tendered an apology in the Parliament for the violence. UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi too had expressed regrets.
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