Blacklisted Sikhs

Only two of the 314 Sikh foreign nationals who were blacklisted by the government remain in the list after 312 Sikh foreign nationals were removed from the Central Adverse List or blacklist containing the names of foreign nationals.

The government has removed from its blacklist names of 312 Sikh foreign nationals involved in anti-India activities and only two persons figure in the list now, Home Ministry officials said today.

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh today met Home Minister Rajnath Singh and raised the issue of getting back blacklisted Sikh youths into the mainstream, while suggesting doing away with the system of making such lists on religious lines.

Calling it a "step in the right direction", Sikh-Americans have welcomed the Indian government's decision of removing the names of 225 Sikhs from a blacklist.

Names of 225 Sikhs, chronicled in the government's blacklist for their alleged involvement in subversive or anti-India activities, have been removed over the last four years.

The Centre has deleted the names of 142 people out of the total 169 from the "blacklist" of Sikh NRIs following the pleas of the Punjab government, a government release said on Friday.The issue of blacklist, which was one of the major political demands of the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal and formed a part of its poll promises in February 2007, was a ...

Only two of the 314 Sikh foreign nationals who were blacklisted by the government remain in the list after 312 Sikh foreign nationals were removed from the Central Adverse List or blacklist containing the names of foreign nationals.

The government has removed from its blacklist names of 312 Sikh foreign nationals involved in anti-India activities and only two persons figure in the list now, Home Ministry officials said today.

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh today met Home Minister Rajnath Singh and raised the issue of getting back blacklisted Sikh youths into the mainstream, while suggesting doing away with the system of making such lists on religious lines.

Calling it a "step in the right direction", Sikh-Americans have welcomed the Indian government's decision of removing the names of 225 Sikhs from a blacklist.

Names of 225 Sikhs, chronicled in the government's blacklist for their alleged involvement in subversive or anti-India activities, have been removed over the last four years.

The Centre has deleted the names of 142 people out of the total 169 from the "blacklist" of Sikh NRIs following the pleas of the Punjab government, a government release said on Friday.The issue of blacklist, which was one of the major political demands of the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal and formed a part of its poll promises in February 2007, was a ...