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Amritsar, Punjab: Ex-ragi Darshan has reiterated his stand that he will neither appear before the Singh Sahiban on January 7 nor will obey any “tankha” in the ongoing controversy on Dasham Granth. He alleged that politicalisation of religion was being done by the Badal family which would be most harmful for the Sikh quam. When »
Amritsar, Punjab: Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (HSGPC) leader Jagdish Singh Jhinda and his five associates-most of whom are also members of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC)- have been summoned at Akal Takht on September 19 by Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh and the high Sikh priests with direction to explain violation of the Sikh »
Fremont, California: Giani Gurbachan Singh, Jathedar of Sri Akal Takht Sahib, who was here on a invitation of the committee of Fremont Gurdwara Sahib, received a warm welcome from the sangat. Fremont Sangat welcomed the Singh Sahib and asked him to take the initiative of leading the efforts to get released the Sikh youth languishing »
Amritsar, Punjab: Some of the panthic leaders joined SAD (A) chief Simranjit Singh Mann in strongly criticising the RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat for dreaming a Hindu Rashtra. Those present included Giani Gurbachan Singh Jathedar of the Akal Takht, Jathedar Iqbal Singh from Patna Sahib and Jathedar Balwant Singh Nandgarh from Talwandi Sabo. During a condolence »
Amritsar, Punjab: Foreign-based new generation of Sikhs and people from other religions having faith in Guru Granth Sahib will hardly have any problem in comprehending the meaning and message in the holy book as the SGPC has initiated work on preparing the first “authentic and widely-accepted” annotative version (Teeka) of Guru Granth Sahib. The annotative »
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 [...]