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Amritsar, Punjab: To cope with the ever increasing rush of devotees at the Golden Temple, the SGPC has embarked on an expansion and modernisation plan for the langar facility, which at present can accommodate 5,000 pilgrims at a time. As part ...

London, UK: Hundreds of British Sikhs today held a march in central London in protest against Operation Bluestar that took place 30 years ago. The march from Hyde Park to Trafalgar Square involved sloganeering. “Thousands were killed or had disappeared,” said ...

Amritsar, Punjab:  Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) president Simranjit Singh Mann has rejected the proposed “one-sided inquiry” by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) as directed by Akal Takht jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh. The jathedar had on Saturday asked the SGPC ...

Amritsar, Punjab: The ‘Akal Purkh ki Fauj’, a social-cum-religious group, on Saturday held a blood donation camp near Gurdwara Ramsar here and appealed for peace and communal harmony. ‘Akal Purkh ki Fauj’ patron Jaswinder Singh said, “The idea behind holding the ...