NEW DELHI: The Sikhs were enraged in the Palia subdivision of Lakhimpur Kheri in Indian province of Uttar Pradesh (UP) to stage a protest after a police officer had called a Sikh commuter a “terrorist”. On July 28, the police were stopping common commuters as some part of the road was under water due to...
Author Hardeep Singh AMRITSAR: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Monday sent invitations to four descendants of Rai Bular, who was contemporary of Guru Nanak and His ardent devotee, living in Pakistan-administered Punjab to visit India-administered Punjab to attend the Parkash Gurpurb (birth anniversary) celebrations of the founder of the Sikhi. In the invitation...
NEW DELHI: In a significant development, Congress MP from Jalandhar and former Chief Minister of Punjab Charanjit Singh Channi on Thursday, rising above the party line, lodged protest against detention of pro-freedom Sikh leader and Khadoor Sahib MP Bhai Amritpal Singh under the contentious National Security Act (NSA) in Indian Parliament. While delivering his speech...
CHANDIGARH Noted journalist and editor-in-chief of the Punjabi newspaper Rozana Pehredar, Jaspal Singh Heran, who was on the first Pegasus snoop list that came out in 2021, for voicing against suppression of Sikhs in India, passed away at 75 on Thursday. He has been ailing for long time and was bedridden for the past few...
AMRITSAR A delegation of Roman Catholic Churches on Monday met Akal Takht Sahib jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh and raised concern over the unfair activities being carried out in Punjab by the fake pastors, fake prophets and self-styled Christian missionaries in the name Christianity. The meeting was held as these activities are hitting ties between Sikhs...
AMRITSAR Akal Takht Sahib jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh on Saturday directed the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to install portraits of pro-freedom Sikh leaders Bhai Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Bhai Paramjit Singh Panjwar and Bhai Gajinder Singh at Central Sikh Museum in Sri Darbar Sahib complex. He issued this direction while addressing the function organised by the gurdwara...
NEW DELHI In a significant development, visa requirements for Sikh pilgrims aged 65 and above have been eased to allow family visas at the request of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD-Badal), announced Delhi party chief and former Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) former Paramjit Singh Sarna on...
AMRITSAR The Sikhs under the leadership of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Thursday organized a function to mark 69th anniversary of the attack launched by Indian security forces at Sri Darbar Sahib on July 4 in 1955. The function was organized at Gurdwara Manji Sahib Diwan Hall situated in the complex of the Central...
CHANDIGARH Punjab Government has forwarded letter of pro-freedom Sikh leader and Khadoor Sahib MP-elect Amritpal Singh to the speaker of Lok Sabha, lower house of Indian Parliament. The letter seeks permission for taking oath as a Member of Parliament. The chief of Waris Punjab De organization, Amritpal Singh wrote this letter from Central Jail Dibrugarh...
AMRITSAR In memory of Sikh freedom fighters Bhai Hardeep Singh Nijjar and Bhai Avtar Singh Khanda who were allegedly killed by Indian intelligence agencies on the soil of Canada and UK respectively, a function was organised on Saturday at Gurdwara Baba Atal Rai Sahib, situated in Sri Darbar Sahib complex in Amritsar. The function was...