The former Congress MP has been convicted for murdering a Sikh man and his son in the violence that unfolded on the streets of Delhi and other parts of the country after Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated on October 31, 1984
25 February,2025 04:09 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
The prosecution, Jaswant's wife, and the complainant had demanded that Kumar to be given death penalty
25 February,2025 02:35 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
The prosecution seeks the death penalty for former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar, convicted for his role in the brutal killing of a father-son duo during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. The case has sparked calls for justice from victims and their families.
18 February,2025 01:24 PM IST | New Delhi
The court in January adjourned the pronouncement after the prosecution sought time to advance further arguments on certain points
07 February,2025 09:25 PM IST | New Delhi | PTI
Forty years after Punjab was gripped by militancy, the idea of Khalistan still haunts the State and the Hindu votebank the Congress cynically created then has been hijacked by the BJP
28 October,2024 11:00 AM IST | Mumbai | Ajaz Ashraf
The party claims that an amendment seeking revocation of former Prime Minister's Bharat Ratna was added to a resolution, but it wasn't passed
23 December,2018 11:00 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
Rajnath Singh said the biggest incident of lynching had occurred in 1984 when thousands of Sikhs were killed in the aftermath of the assassination of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
24 July,2018 03:45 PM IST | New Delhi | IANS
Earlier, describing the 1984 riots as a "very painful tragedy", Rahul Gandhi, who was on a two-day visit to the UK, had said, "It was a tragedy, it was a painful experience
27 August,2018 09:40 AM IST | Chandigarh | PTI
They also attacked Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh for defending Gandhi and his stand and claimed he had hurt the sentiments of people in his state and of Sikhs across the country
28 August,2018 07:50 AM IST | New Delhi | PTIAn international human rights group has asked the Indian government to prosecute those involved in 1984 Sikh riots, following the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
03 November,2009 09:44 AM IST | PTIADVERTISEMENT
