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 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...
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...
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...
CHANDIGARH The newly elected Khadoor Sahib MP and pro-freedom young Sikh leader Amritpal Singh has made it clear that his stand in favor of formation of Khalistan, a sovereign Sikh nation, is intact and he will not compromise on it. On July 5, his mother Balwinder Kaur made a statement, that created confusion among the Sikh...
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 Days after a fashion designer and lifestyle influencer Archana Makwana hurt Sikh sentiments by performing yoga in parkarma of Sri Darbar Sahib and making pictures of this act viral over social media, Akal Takht jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh on Wednesday said Sri Darbar Sahib is not the place of photography and its sanctity and...
AMRITSAR Paying tribute to pro-freedom Sikh leader Bhai Hardeep Singh Nijjar who was assassinated by the men of Indian intelligence agencies on Canadian soil, Akal Takht Sahib jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh on Tuesday participated in the function organized by the Sikh body Dal Khalsa to mark Nijjar’s first death anniversary. While addressing the Sikh gathering...
CHANDIGARH At the time, when people of Punjab are waiting for release of pro-freedom Sikh leader Amritpal Singh after his landslide victory in the recently held parliamentary elections in Khadoor Sahib constituency, the Indian government has extended his detention under the contentious National Security Act (NSA). Same decision has been taken for his nine aides. ...
Hardeep Singh AMRITSAR Thousands of Sikh youths on Thursday gathered at Akal Takht Sahib to mark 40th anniversary of 1984 army attack carried out by India on Central Sikh shrine Sri Darbar Sahib (Golden Temple). They reiterated demand for Khalistan, sovereign Sikh nation, on the occasion, while remembering their martyrs including Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale who...