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SGPC constitutes panel to probe incident of thrashing of IAS Kahan Singh Pannu

Amritsar, Punjab: It is learnt that on June 26, 2013 the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandik Committee (SGPC) announced the formation of a three member panel to investigate the thrashing of IAS officer, Kahan Singh Pannu at Gobind Dham in Uttarakhand. The ...

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Gurdwara officials abandoned us

Faridkot, Punjab: While the Punjab Government is making tall claims of evacuating over 800 stranded pilgrims from Hemkund Sahib, two local families, which returned today, flayed the SGPC, Hemkund gurdwara management and the government for its “apathetic” attitude in the ...

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Sikh jatha leaves for Pak

Amritsar, Punjab: A 202-member Sikh jatha today left for Pakistan on a special train to observe the death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh at Gurdwara Dehra Sahib in Lahore. The jatha were to board the train to Pakistan at Attari ...

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SGPC hails US verdict lifting ban on ‘kirpan’

Amritsar, Punjab:  The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has hailed a US court’s decision to lift the ban on wearing ‘kirpan’ on the premises of Gurdwara of Rochester. In a statement issued here today, SGPC chief Avtar Singh Makkar said ...

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