Archive for January, 2012
Dalip Singh’s guardian wanted £1,000 annuity from Sikh Maharaja
Amritsar, Punjab: The Scottish surgeon who was appointed as guardian to Maharaja Dalip Singh was not above trying to feather his own nest at the Maharaja’s expense. Newly released documents show that Dr John Login tried and failed to persuade the East India Company to give him a £1,000 annuity from the personal privy purse [...]
January 31, 2012
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Punjab records highest 76.63 percent polling, likely to rise
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab polling today concluded peacefully with state recording 76.63 poll percentage till the reports reaching here by now. It was exceeded last assembly poll percentage marginally that was 75.47 percent. According to Ms. Kusumjit Sidhu, poll percentage in Pathankot district was 71.93%, Gurdaspur 75.33%, Amritsar 72.33, Tarn Taran 69.03, Kapurthala 79.22, Jalandhar 74%, [...]
January 31, 2012
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Namdhari Darbar announces support to Congress
SRI BHAINI SAHIB: The Namdhari community on Satuday put a full stop to all the rumours that it is not supporting Congress party this time. In a press release issued on Saturday, Sri Uday Singh and Sant Jagtar Singh said that the community has always supported the Congress party and the whole Namdhari community will [...]
January 30, 2012
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Please give one more term, will not contest again; Badal pleads before Punjab electorate
LAMBI: Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP alliance today sought repeat mandate to honour the spotless statesman Parkash Singh Badal, the Chief Minister with six decade political life, with another term, so that he could complete his development vision for Punjab. “I will not contest again, he promised. Sukhbir Singh Badal President Shiromani Akali Dal and Mr. Rajnath [...]
January 30, 2012
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Badal for strong action against US TV host on his Golden temple remarks
By Naresh Kumar Sharma The US defence of NBC television host Jay Leno’s reported remarks on Golden temple during “The Tonight Show” termed as a “satirical” has snowballed into a major controversy. The Chief Minister of Punjab Parkash Singh Badal on Tuesday demanded strong action against Leno. A Leno skit reportedly mocked the Golden Temple [...]
January 25, 2012
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US State Dept defends Jay Leno’s right to joke about Sikh Gurdwara
Washington DC: The State Department said today that Jay Leno has the right to make jokes about religions, even if they offend people in foreign countries, as did his Jan. 19 joke about GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney’s summer home being a famous Sikh temple. The Indian Sikh community is in an uproar about the [...]
January 25, 2012
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AISSF asks Kuldip Nayar to tender an apology to Akal Takht
AISSF has asked veteran Journalist Kuldip Nayar to tender his apology regarding the objectionable and controversial contents in his recently released autobiography ‘Beyond the Lines’. AISSF president in a letter to Kuldip Nayar has said that he would like to remind Nayar that “Shaheed Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale head of Damdami Taksal and Shaheed Bhai [...]
January 21, 2012
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Gurudwara Waraich – Dera Beas Row : Sikhs should wait for decision of Akal Takht : SGPC
Claiming that no harm has been done to Shri Guru Granth Sahib in the Gurudwara of village Waraich allegedly dismantled by Dera Radha Soami, Beas, Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee president Jathedar Avtar Singh has appealed to Sikh Sangat to wait for the decision of Akal Takht in this matter. . In a statement issued here [...]
January 19, 2012
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Nayar’s apology only to cool down the tempers of Sikhs for the time being : Dal Khalsa
Dal Khalsa has taken exception to the contents of the apology issued on behalf of Kuldip Nayar that the objectionable parts of his controversial autobiography shall be removed in the next edition. Suggesting a respectable way out Dal Khalsa has said that the author should withhold the stock lying with the publisher and insert additional [...]
January 19, 2012
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Ex-SGPC President Jagir Kaur booked for liquor haul
Amritsar, Punjab: Punjab Police on Sunday registered a case against Shiromani Akali Dal candidate Bibi Jagir Kaur and 4 aides for allegedly distributing liquor to voters to influence them. They acted on a tip-off from Congress candidate Sukhpal Singh Khera and seized a vehicle laden with 183 cases of liquor in Kapurthala on Friday. This [...]
January 18, 2012
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