Topics:
A new Sikh religious TV channel has launched on the Sky EPG platform today but not the one that was expected. Taking many by surprise, Sangat TV has replaced JML Lifestyle on Sky Digital EPG channel 661 today. Channel officials had kept tightlipped about the launch of this channel due to the feisty competition amongst »
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” »
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 »
Sep 1: A top Pakistani politician who berated the great Sikh ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh as the epitome of mismanagement and corruption has apologised saying he has had a change of mind. Leader of opposition in Pakistan’s parliament, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, who in the past frequently referred to Ranjit Singh while highlighting issues of »
FATEHGARH SAHIB: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee president Avtar Singh Makkar said that the committee is contemplating to open two educational institutes in Jammu and Kashmir state. Makkar, who was here to inaugurate karsewa(voluntary service) of staff quarters, said that the SGPC had taken up the matter with Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and expressed its »
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. [...]
Dilgeer at it Again: New book claims only first 13 angs of Maharaj is Nitnem
Writer Harjinder Dilgeer, who last year wrote the anti-panthic book called Sikh Twareekh is at it again. This time he has written a book called “Nitnem- Guru Granth Sahib ji de pehla 13 Ang.” In this book Dilgeer claims that the daily Nitnem of a Sikh is only in the first 13 Angs of Maharaj [...]