Chandigarh Sikh organization Kendri Sri Guru Singh Sabha (KSGSS) on Tuesday condemned the attack on a Gurdwara at Toronto, Canada and asked the Sikhs living abroad to be vigilant against the Hindutva designs aimed at provoking and targeting them to consolidate the ultra-nationalist forces against the Sikhs and other minorities. The statement which was issued...
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Assassinations of pro-freedom Sikh activists don’t end; Now in Punjab; Who is behind the conspiracy?
Author Hardeep Singh FARIDKOT: Assassination of young Sikh activist Gurpreet Singh Hari Nau, who has been taking part in the pro-freedom Sikh struggle in Punjab for the last few years, has worried the community, as it is another killing of the Sikh activist in recent time. A village of Hari Nau village in Faridkot district...
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...
Sikhs remember Bhai Dilawar Singh at Akal Takht on 29th martyrdom day
AMRITSAR Members of the Sikh community on August 31 remembered sacrifice of Bhai Dilawar Singh at Sri Akal Takht Sahib on his 29th Shahidi Dihara (martyrdom day). Bhai Dilawar Singh became human bomb to end the tyrannical rule in Punjab in 1995 by assassinating the then Chief Minister Beant Singh who massacred thousands of Sikh youths...
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
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...
Noted journalist who was on Pegasus snoop list for raising Sikh concerns, passes away
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...
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
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
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...