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Amritsar, Punjab: Devotees visiting the Golden Temple will no longer have to stand in long queues for getting ‘parshad’ as the SGPC plans to open 23 new counters, including 15 for ‘karah parshad’ and eight for ‘pinni parshad’, at the ...

Amritsar, Punjab: With an idea to take away youth from drugs and make them physically fit, the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) constituted a sports directorate on Saturday. DSGMC president Manjit Singh GK told TOI that former hockey player Swaranjit ...

Muktsar, Punjab: A year after being penalised for attending a Dera Sacha Sauda congregation, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) member Navtej Singh Kauni has been summoned again by the Akal Takht for the same ‘offence’. Kauni, SGPC member from Doda (Muktsar), ...

Afghanistan: Outsiders may have trouble distinguishing between the turbans worn by Afghan Sikhs, with their tighter folds, varied colours and tucked-in edges, and those worn by Afghan Muslims, usually black or white with the end hanging down the wearer’s back. The ...