Archive for June, 2012
350 Sikhs reach Pakistan for Ranjit Singh anniversary
ISLAMABAD: Around 350 Sikh pilgrims from India have arrived in Pakistan by a special train to observe the 173rd death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. The Sikhs left for Gurdwara Janamasthan in Nankana Sahib by train after reaching Lahore Thursday, The News International reported Friday. They will go to Hassan Abdal June 23 to visit [...]
June 22, 2012
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KCCS, US based EcoSikh join hands for environment conservation
AMRITSAR: The local historic Khalsa College Charitable Society (KCCS) and US-based EcoSikh, an NGO working for environment protection worldwide today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to jointly implement `Eco-Amritsar Initiative’, meant to green the `holy city’. The MoU, signed between KCCS honourary secretary Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhina and EcoSikh Chief Dr. Rajwant Singh, envisages [...]
June 22, 2012
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Blue star monument to be shrine of communal brotherhood: Badal
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal said here today that peace and communal harmony in Punjab ‘is not only the top priority but the most sacred mission’ for the SAD BJP Government. “We are fully alive to our constitutional and moral obligation in this regard and we are here to fulfill that. No [...]
June 21, 2012
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Punjab assembly adjourned amidst slogan shouting by Cong legislators
CHANDIGARH:The Punjab assembly was adjourned on Thursday amidst great deal of pandemonium and fierce slogan-shouting by Congress Legislators on the third day of the ongoing budget session. The trouble arose when Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal was replying on a matter pertaining to memorial being built at Harmandir Sahib in the premises of the golden [...]
June 21, 2012
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Congress walks out protesting Rajoana, Bluestar memorial; BJP keeps quiet
CHANDIGARH: Congress legislators led by the Legislative Party leader Sunil Jakhar today staged a walkout protesting against the setting up of Operation Bluestar Memorial at the Golden Temple Complex and honouring of Balwant Singh Rajoana, the self confessed and convicted assassin of former Chief Minister Beant Singh. Surprisingly the members of the Bhartiya Janata Party, [...]
June 21, 2012
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Student’s death: Dal Khalsa writes to Badal, slams his govt
AMRITSAR: Dal Khalsa has written a protest letter to Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal alleging that the Gurdaspur administration backed by the BJP and “over confident” police force was not allowing the law to take its own course in the case of Jaspal Singh, student of Beant College of Engineering who fell into the [...]
June 18, 2012
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Sikh diaspora urge Akal Takht to implement original Nanakshahi Calendar
AMRITSAR: The Sikh devotees assembled at Lahore’s Gurdwara Dera Sahib in Pakistan to observe the Martyrdom Day of fifth Sikh Master, Guru Arjun Dev, today urged Jathedar Akal Takht to implement the original Nanakshahi Calendar (separate Sikh calendar), released by the Sikhs’s highest temporal seat in 2003. Gathering of Sikhs devotees said there had been [...]
June 17, 2012
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Dera head killed for desecration of Guru Granth Sahib – 3 Singhs surrender
Ganganagar, Rajasthan, June 11 (YP Bureau) A Controversial Dera head, who had been in the news for desecrating Shri Guru Granth Sahib earlier this year, was Monday killed in Peelibanga (Rajasthan) by three Singhs with sharp-edged weapons. After the act, all three walked to a police station and confessed having killed the Dera head. The [...]
June 12, 2012
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ਗੁਰੂ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਦੇ ਬੇਅਦਬੀ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲੇ ਸੂਰਜ ਮੁਨੀ ਦਾ ਕਤਲ
12 ਜੂਨ 2012: ਫਰਵਰੀ ਮਹੀਨੇ ਡੱਬਵਾਲੀ ਨੇੜਿਓ ਇਤਰਾਜ਼ ਯੋਗ ਹਾਲਤ ਮਿਲੇ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਗੁਰੂ ਗਰੰਥ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਦੇ ਪਾਵਨ ਸਰੂਪਾਂ ਦੀ ਬੇਅਦਬੀ ਕਰਨ ਦੇ ਮਾਮਲੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਨਾਮਜ਼ਦ ਪੀਲੀ ਬੰਗਾ ਦੇ ਸਾਧ ਸੂਰਜਮੁਨੀ ਦਾ ਕਤਲ ਹੋ ਗਿਆ । ਜਿਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਤਿੰਨ ਸਿੱਖ ਨਾਮਜਦ ਕੀਤੇ ਗਏ । ਰਾਜਸਥਾਨ ਪੱਤਰਿਕਾ ਮੁਤਾਬਿਕ ਜਦੋਂ ਸੂਰਜ ਮੁਨੀ ਆਪਣੇ ਡੇਰੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਮੰਜੇ ਤੇ ਬੈਠਾ [...]
June 12, 2012
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Why should SGPC not come under Right to Information Act?
Recently the State Information Commission in a landmark ruling directed the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabhandik Committee (SGPC) run Guru Ram Dass Charitable Trust to appoint a Public Information Officer for providing information to the people seeking it under the Right to Information Act (RTI). It is a welcome ruling generally accepted and acknowledged by the public [...]
June 1, 2012
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