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Amritsar, Punjab: With an aim to discourage female foeticide, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee has announced to hand over a ‘shagun’ of  ₹ 1,000 to every girl child born at SGPC-run Ram Das Charitable Hospital at the time of birth. The ...

Dehradun: A group of 50 Sikh pilgrims from Patiala headed on foot for the Hemkunt Sahib shrine in Uttarakhand on Monday. Gover nor Aziz Qureshi saw off the pilgrims at Gurdwara Dukhniwaran Sahib. Fifty pilgrims, including women, men and children, are ...

Islamabad, Pak: Sikhs in Pakistan have held a protest march and threatened to launch a countrywide agitation if the government fails to provide security to them following targeted killings of members of the minority community in recent weeks. The protest march ...

Amritsar, Punjab: Expressing concern over the killing of Sikhs in Pakistan, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has written to foreign minister Sushma Swaraj and appealed to her to take up the issue with the Pakistan government. Issuing a statement, SGPC ...