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Jathedar seeks PM’s help on detainees

Amritsar, Punjab: Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh today said the Union Government, particularly Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, should wake up to the plight of Sikh detainees languishing in jails for years despite having completed their sentence and to ensure that ...

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Eviction notice to more traders near plaza

Amritsar, Punjab: Within months of the displacement of traders in Ghee Mandi area near Jallianwala Bagh for a road-widening project, a similar threat looms large over the traders having shops on either side of the Golden Temple’s Ghantaghar entrance. The SGPC ...

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SGPC warns against ‘parshad’ from strangers

Amritsar, Punjab: A day after three pilgrims from Kota in Rajasthan were taken ill after consuming ‘parshad’ given to them by some strangers at the Golden Temple Complex here, the SGPC (Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee) has announced a string of measures ...

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4 hospitalised after taking ‘prasad’ from strangers at Harmandar Sahib

Amritsar, Punjab: Four pilgrims were hospitalised after consuming ‘prasad’ taken from strangers that was apparently laced with a poisonous substance at Harmandar Sahib here on Monday. The ‘prasad’ was distributed to the four by two strangers in the ‘parikrama’ of the ...

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