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SAD leaders meet LG, say police was partisan

New Delhi: Tight security has been deployed in Tilak Vihar, West Delhi, after a clash between Balmikis and Sikhs yesterday. Twentythree persons, including seven police personnel, sustained injuries. Three persons with bullet injuries have been hospitalised. The police has registered ...

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SGPC chief wants PM to intervene

Amritsar, Punjab: The SGPC has criticised the attack on an 80-year-old Sikh at UK’s Coventry City Centre by a Caucasian teenaged girl. It has urged PM Manmohan Singh to intervene. Talking to mediapersons, SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar said such ...

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Deputy CM asks SGPC to focus on dharam parchar

Chandigarh: Shiromani Akali Dal president and Deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal has directed the SGPC to prepare a plan within a month to implement the agenda set by him for the religious body. Sukhbir has directed SGPC president Avtar Singh ...

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Book unveils history’s unsung Sikh heroes

Ludhiana, Punjab: The repulsion and sacrifices of the Sikhs in the most horrifying battle penned on the pages of history, has been traced down in a book titled ‘Sikhs in World War I’ by Bhupinder Singh Holland. The book lends ...

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