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Threat looms over historic gurdwara’s heritage structure at Sri Anandpur Sahib 
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Threat looms over historic gurdwara’s heritage structure at Sri Anandpur Sahib 

Sri Anandpur Sahib Thanks to the indifferent approach of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) towards the Sikh heritage sites and relics of different Sikh periods, a threat is looming over an old structure of historic Gurdwara Sis Ganj Sahib at Sri Anandpur Sahib.  Under the beautification and renovation project, heritage importance of the gurdwara’s...

5-year-old Sikh boy becomes world’s second youngest to scale Africa’s highest peak Mount Kilimanjaro
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5-year-old Sikh boy becomes world’s second youngest to scale Africa’s highest peak Mount Kilimanjaro

Author Hardeep Singh CHANDIGARH A Punjab based five-year-old Sikh boy Teghbir Singh has achieved a remarkable milestone by becoming world’s second youngest to scale Africa’s highest peak Mount Kilimanjaro which is located in Tanzania at a staggering height of more than 19340 ft (5895 Metres). Singh hails from Ropar town of Punjab. He started the...

Bargari Sacrilege Episode back in Spotlight as Role of AAP Govt, Badals Exposed 
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Bargari Sacrilege Episode back in Spotlight as Role of AAP Govt, Badals Exposed 

Author – Hardeep Singh CHANDIGARH The recent developments materialized in cases of 2015 Bargari sacrilege episode which left a deep wounds on the Sikh psyche after 1984 army attack on Sri Darbar Sahib and Akal Takht and Sikh Genocide, has again brought this issue in spotlight in religious-political arena of Punjab. These developments have further...

Install portrait of Nijjar, Panjwar and Gajinder Singh at Central Sikh Museum: Akal Takht to SGPC 
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Install portrait of Nijjar, Panjwar and Gajinder Singh at Central Sikh Museum: Akal Takht to SGPC 

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...

Sikh bodies gather at Akal Takht to pay rich tribute to pro-freedom exiled leader Gajinder Singh
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Sikh bodies gather at Akal Takht to pay rich tribute to pro-freedom exiled leader Gajinder Singh

AMRITSAR All the major Sikh organizations, activists and prominent figures on Saturday gathered at Akal Takht Sahib to attend the function organization by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) and Dal Khalsa to pay rich tribute to exiled pro-freedom leader Gajinder Singh who passed in Lahore on July 3 after brief illness. In memory of...

Visa conditions eased for elderly Sikhs Intending to visit Pakistan for family pilgrimage
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Visa conditions eased for elderly Sikhs Intending to visit Pakistan for family pilgrimage

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...

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Punjab Govt forwards Amritpal Singh’s letter for parole to Parliament 

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...