Posts Tagged ‘sgpc’

Guru ki Ninda Sunne Na Kaan

Amritsar, Punjab: So called preacher Ragi Darshan Singh is guilty of using derogatory words for character assassination of Sahib Guru Gobind Singh ji who is giver of amrit and sacrificed his entire family so that Sikhs could live. He has used such words as Guru Sahib going to a prostitute—-, prostitute shouting thief, thief—-  Guru Ji fleeing leaving shoes behind—- etc. This is very insulting language for Guru Sahib and those who have love for guru sahib can’t even hear such words.

New changes in Nanakshahi Calendar will Unite Sikh Community

jathedarAmritsar, 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.

SGPC elections leave oppn gasping for breath

logo_SGPCChandigarh, Punjab: All anti-Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) forces that had put their brains and brawn together for a change in the top leadership of the Sikh parliament in the probable year of election to its general house find their efforts decimated by unabated majority loyalty to the ruling group. Though the opposition had a limited success in preventing unanimity in elections, it could not come anywhere near displacing any of the Badal Dal loyalists from any of the positions in the executive committee of the SGPC that is elected every November.

No move to ‘withdraw’ Sikh Nanakshahi calendar

nanakshahi-calenderAmritsar, Punjab: Almost putting an end to the long-standing confusion and prevailing apprehensions in the Sikh circles, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) chief Avtar Singh Makkar has made it clear that there was no move to withdraw the Nanakshahi calendar.

Avtar Singh Makkar re-elected SGPC chief

 Amritsar, Punjab: As expected, Avtar Singh Makkar staged a comeback for the fifth time in a row when he got re-elected as the President of the SGPC with a thumping majority by cornering as many as 139 votes of a total of 164 members present in the general house meeting of the Mini Parliament of the Sikhs here today.