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SGPC member in dock, yet again

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), ...

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The general of sparrows about the life of Banda Bahadur

India: In the recent past a senior administrator and many times vice-chancellor in Punjab, as well as the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee have banned anyone other than a Sikh from writing on the religious aspects of Sikh history. Under the ...

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SGPC takes expert help on scriptures

Chandigarh: The Shiromani Gurd war a Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Wednesday consulted archival experts from Hyderabad and Patiala for preserving remains of Sikh scriptures that were damaged during Operation Bluestar in 1984. The artefacts would also be digitalised as part ...

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SGPC nod to preservation of historic ‘birs’

Amritsar, Punjab:  The SGPC executive committee gave its approval for the preservation of historic ‘birs’ of Guru Granth Sahib during its meeting held in Chandigarh today. SGPC chief Avtar Singh Makkar said the ‘birs’ that bore bullet marks of Operation ...

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