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Amritsar, Punjab: Displaying their firm resolve to uphold the Sikh maryada and to dedicate themselves to the preservation of Sikh rituals, dozens of All-India Sikh Students’ Federation (Grewal) activists brandished traditional weapons in front of the Golden Temple complex and Akal Takht amid chanting of “Bole So Nihal…..” here today.
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Akal Takht supreme for all Sikhs: AISSF
February 14th, 2010 
Amandeep Kaur New changes in Nanakshahi Calendar will Unite Sikh Community
January 6th, 2010 Amandeep Kaur 
Amritsar, Punjab: Approval of changes in the Nanakshahi calendar by the Akal Takht, has expressed the hope that the changed calendar will work as a “catalyst for unity among the Sikhs. These changes will be implemented from March 14, 2010. The direct fallout of the changes in the hitherto widely accepted calendar will be that from March 14 onwards, the dates of important days will hardly remain fixed as was the case in the widely accepted Nanakshahi calendar, based on the solar system and calculations.
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Tags: akal takht, nanaksahi, nanakshahi calendar, purewal calendar, sgpc, sikh calendar 
3 Comments »Darshan Singh supporters silenced by Sikh Sangat in NY
December 25th, 2009 Amandeep Kaur New York, USA: Two weeks back a meeting was held at Gurudwara Richmond Hill, New York to take stock of situation of Ludhiana events in Punjab. This meeting was called by a few organizations of Sikh Cultural Society and Tri State.The agenda was hijacked for showing support for tankhaiya Darshan Singh Ragi. It was observed that many Gurudwara representatives of Tri State did not attend this meeting.
Posted in America Tags: akal takht, darshan singh, gurdwara richmond hill, ragi darhsan singh, tahel singh 21 Comments »Ex-Ragi Darshan Singh declared Guilty of Misconduct (Tankhayia)
December 5th, 2009 Amandeep Kaur 
Amritsar, Punjab: Highest spiritual and temporal seat of the Sikhs, Sri Akal Takht Sahib, today declared its former Jathedar Professor Darshan Singh as ‘Tankhaiya’ (guilty of religious misconduct). The Sikh clergy, after a marathon meeting, issued an edict awarding the religious punishment to Darshan Singh who previously had been warned several times by Sri Akal Takht Sahib.
Posted in Asia Tags: akal takht, darshan singh, dasam granth sahib, professor darshan singh, ragi darshan singh, tankhayia 10 Comments »The Line is Drawn – The Choice is Ours
December 4th, 2009 Jasvir Singh 
Prof Darshan Singh Ragi is in the panthic dock for using derogatory remarks on the Jeevan and Banee of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Sahib. The case is simple and straightforward. He narrated a story which is claimed appeared in Sri Dasam Granth. While performing keertan at a gurdwara in Rochester, NY, Prof Darshan Singh claimed that a story appears in Charitropakhyan where Guru Gobind Singh Sahib goes to a prostitute. The prostitute tries to lure him. Guru Sahib contemplates that if establishes relationship with the prostitute then the one who will be born out of that relationship will only be a pimp.
Posted in America, Articles, Asia, Europe Tags: akal takht, darshan singh, professor darshan singh, rss, sikh missionary, sri dasam granth 4 Comments »