Posted: Thu Sep 02 2010, 03:26 hrs Septuagenarian Baba Charanjit Singh had a tough time for nearly six hours when a bid to change the cloth wrapped around the 110-foot high Nishan Sahib Ji at Gurdwara Sarabha Nagar went awry. Singh got stuck midway up around 11 am, and it took a great deal of effort »
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A 70 Years Old Guru Pyara stuck atop Sri Nishan Sahib, brought down after six-hour operation
Nagar kirtan marks Guru Granth Sahib’s installation
Amritsar, September 1 Nagar kirtan was taken out to celebrate the 406th anniversary of the installation of Guru Granth Sahib at the Golden Temple with religious fervour here today. After performing ardas at Gurdwara Ramsar Sahib, the nagar kirtan led by Panj Piaras went through various markets of the holy city. The gurdwara is the »
Sharjah court accepts translator, records statements of 17 boys on death row
Chandigarh, September 1 The statements of all 17 Indian boys facing the death sentence in the Sharjah murder case were recorded today by a Sharjah Sharia Appeal Court after it accepted Mohammed Arif, a Balouchi, as translator-cum-interpreter. Relatives of eight of the 17 boys were present in the court during the recording of the statements. »
Akal Takht Jathedar solicited US lawmaker’s support for recognition of “Sikh Genocide”
NEW YORK: Akal Takht Jathedar Singh Sahib Giani Gurbachan Singh Ji while addressing the “Sikh Genocide” conference in New York declared that killing of Sikhs in 1984 was “Genocide” because it was a planned effort to eradicate Sikh religion. Jathedar who specially came to New York to address the conference organized by “Sikhs for Justice” »
Procession held to mark 406th ceremony of installation of Guru Granth Sahib
Amritsar 2010-09-01 18:30:00 A colourful ‘Nagar Kirtan’ procession was taken out by Sikhs here, to mark the 406th ceremony of the installation of Guru Granth Sahib Ji on Wednesday. Five priests, also known as ‘Panj Pyare’, led the colourful procession. “The fifth Guru (Arjan Dev), our supreme Guru Nanak Devji…for the welfare of the human »
