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Amritsar: Pilgrims visiting the Harimandir Sahib will not have to walk on the parkarma of the holy sarovar in harsh weather as re-doing of the verandahs along the passage is expected to be completed in three to four months. The verandas in the Harimandir Sahib complex along the parkarma on all four sides give shelter »
Amritsar, Punjab: The SGPC has decided to reconsider the issue of getting world heritage status for Harmandar Sahib (Golden Temple), Amritsar, from Unesco. The exercise has been started on the directions of the Sikh Gurdwara Judicial Committee, which received a petition seeking direction to the SGPC to consider the issue of getting world heritage status »
Amritsar, Punjab: Pilibhit MP Varun Gandhi, who paid obeisance at Harmandar Sahib here on Sunday, was denied a `siropa’ (robe of honour) by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC). He was only given a set of books on Sikh history. Punjab Sikhs had protested against the BJP leader following his allegedly communal speech during campaigning »
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 [...]