Yearly Archives: 2013

Include Jat Sikhs in OBC list: Akalis to Centre

Chandigarh, Punjab: The core committee of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today demanded that Jat Sikhs be included in the Centre’s list of Other Backward Classes (OBC). An official press release said that the meeting chaired by party president Sukhbir Singh ...

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Review meeting held for Eco-Amritsar

Amritsar, Punjab: Eco-Amritsar, an initiative by EcoSikh USA, which took off in June 2012, held a stakeholders project review meeting here today at Clarks Inn. EcoSikh president Dr Rajwant Singh discussed various issues which would be taken up in the coming ...

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NRIs pitch in for tighter security at Golden Temple

Amritsar, Punjab: In a major boost to security at the Golden Temple, a new security system with high definition PTZ cameras having features like sophisticated face recognition and face tracking software is being installed at the holy shrine. The project is ...

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Congress to make Gujarat Sikh farmers’ eviction a poll issue

New Delhi: To make it hard for the BJP and its trusted ally, the SAD, the Congress has decide to make the forced eviction of Sikh farmers from Kutch by the Narendra Modi-led Gujarat Government a poll issue. The Congress today ...

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