Pak: The Pakistan government has declared “Panja Sahib” a holy city and will initiate efforts to sort out all issues related to the welfare of the Sikhs living at the pilgrimage site, The Times Of India reported on Friday. This was stated by the President of the Pak-Indo Friendship Association and Legal Consulate Ministry of Interior Government of Pakistan, Arif ...

Chandigarh, Punjab:  The Punjab Government today hired a helicopter to airlift the pilgrims stuck at Hemkunt Sahib and its surrounding areas. Disclosing this here today, an official spokesman said the helicopter had been hired following the directions of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. He said the Chief Minister had constituted a team comprising Special Secretary KS Pannu and DIG Khubi ...

New York, USA: Rights group challenged the dismissal of human rights violation case against CM Badal and filed appeal with the US Circuit Court. The Sikh group has challenged the May 17 order of Federal Judge dismissing the case against CM Badal for failure to effectuate service and the order denying rights group’s motion to conduct jurisdictional discovery. Judge Adelman ...

Amritsar, Punjab: A new Punjabi movie ” Sadda Haq”, a song which likens Sikhs’ tenth master Guru Gobind Singh and martyr Bhagat Singh to militant leaders Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and Balwant Singh Rajoana, has been banned by the Punjab government on Thursday. The song “Baghi” (the rebel) had drawn flak from various Hindu organizations in Punjab. The movie, which has ...

Patiala,Panjab: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today accused the Congress of interfering in the religious affairs of Sikhs, which would not be tolerated by the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD). The move to amend the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Act, 1971, by the Congress government in Delhi was a “testimony to the fact” that the Congress was meddling in the religious affairs ...