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Akal Takhat: Revoking Europe Dastar Ban a Top Priority
AMRITSAR SAHIB (July 5, 2013)–Giani Gurbachan Singh, appointed Jathedar of Sri Akal Takhat Sahib, has asked the SGPC to take up the “dastar” issue with high priority. Jathedar asked Avtar Makkar to...
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Drunk Police Officer Kills Sikh Youth in Faridkot, Punjab
Parents of Pavittar Singh FARIDKOT, Punjab (July 5, 2013)–A clash between two rival factions of Shiromani Akal Dal at Chet Singh Wala village, Faridkot, led to the murder of a Sikh youth after a drunk...
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High Court Asks Punjab Government to Set up Mechanism to Screen Vulgar Songs
CHANDIGARH, Punjab (July 7, 2013)–The Punjab and Haryana High Court has refused to interfere in a case registered against Honey “Singh” by the Punjab Police. It has held that the State Government is...
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Op/Ed – Exclusive: Details of Shocking Revelations of Abuses by Punjab Police
Last week Punjab Police sub inspector Surjit Singh made the sensational disclosure that he and other members of the Punjab Police had engaged in the extrajudicial killings of Sikh youth in the late...
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Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s Gobindgarh Fort to Open in September
AMRITSAR SAHIB (July 11, 2013)–The historic Gobindgarh Fort Amritsar, a legacy of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, is all set to be put on the international tourist circuit as it will open to the first visitors...
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CHANDIGARH, Punjab (July 10, 2013)–Henceforth, barring DGPs, Additional DGPs, IGs (Zonal) and SSPs, no police officer will be allowed to sport a red light on his vehicle. A notification issued by the...
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Akali Dal Leader Guilty of Illegal Land Grabbing near Chandigarh
CHANDIGARH, Punjab (July 16, 2013)–Former Director-General of Punjab Police Paramdip Singh Gill is in the dock, as the judicial panel probing into allegation, has found him guilty of illegally grabbing...
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Punjab Fake Encounters: Human Rights Organisations to Approach High Court
Fake Encounters Carried out by Police in India JALLANDHAR, Punjab (July 16, 2013)–Various Human Rights Organisations based in Punjab have decided to take forward the case of fake encounters to the High...
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Sikhs for Justice to serve US court summons to Badal in Punjab
WASHINGTON, DC, USA (July 16, 2013)–A Sikh rights body in US has said that it will use provisions of the Hague Service Treaty to serve the summons of a US court to Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh...
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Depleting Water Level Worries Punjab, the Land of Five Rivers
CHANDIGARH, Punjab (July 17, 2013)–The Punjab Government has intensified its efforts to prevent the further depleting of ground water table, which had alarmingly gone down due to excessive sowing of...
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Canadian NDP Party Expresses Concern Over Forced Disappearances In Punjab
OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada (July 17, 2013)–New Democrats are expressing concern over the safety of Punjab Police sub inspector Surjit Singh following allegations of police participation in forced...
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Amritsar Sahib to Have “Golden Gates” at Four Major Entrances
AMRITSAR SAHIB (July 18, 2013)–In a proposed plan to “further face-lift the beauty of Sri Amritsar” Sahib, the State Government has announced that golden entrance gates would be installed at all four...
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SGPC to Preserve 1984 Injured Saroop of Guru Granth Sahib - Announces Plans...
Picture of Guru Granth Sahib Saroop that was injured in 1984 CHANDIGARH, Punjab (July 18, 2013)–Taking an important decision, the SGPC passed a resolution to construct a committee to preserve...
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Need for Sikhs to Remain Vigilant as Supreme Court Seeks CBI Response in Bhai...
NEW DELHI (July 20, 2013)–The Supreme Court of India has asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to provide its response to a petition filed by Bhai Jagtar Singh Hawara, Jathedar of Babbar...
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AISSF Seeks Akal Takhat Intervention To Stop Mass Conversions of Sikhs
Chief Minister Parkash Badal and Murderer Izhar Alam AMRITSAR SAHIB (July 22, 2013)–All India Sikh Students Federation (AISSF), Peer Mohammad faction, has submitted a memorandum with [the appointed]...
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Miri Piri Divas Celebrated at Akal Takhat Sahib
AMRITSAR SAHIB (July 22, 2013)–Miri Piri Divas was celebrated at Sri Akal Takhat Sahib to remember the blessings of Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji, the sixth Sikh Guru. Sangat in considerable size was...
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Outrage Over Desecration Of Guru Granth Sahib In Sindh
Islamabad (July 23, 2013)–As per media reports another incident of desecrating Sikh Scripture, Sri Guru Granth Sahib was reported at the Shikarpur gurdwara in the Sindh Province of Pakistan. According...
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Akal Takhat: Strict Action Against Anti-Sikh Comments on the Internet
AMRITSAR SAHIB (July 23, 2013)–Appointed Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh, while taking a strong note of certain unscrupulous elements posting anti-religion comments, views and pictures on the...
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Sikh multimedia website takes notice of Kanwar Sandhu’s documentary on...
JALLANDHAR, Punjab (July 25, 2013)–Sikh Siyasat News and Multimedia, a web-based news and multimedia hub, has recently released a talk-show discussing senior Punjab journalist Kanwar Sandhu’s...
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Gurmat Parchar Initiative Starts in Punjab’s Prisons - Giani Gurbachan Singh...
AMRITSAR SAHIB (July 25, 2013)–With the joint efforts of the Punjab Jail Division and Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, a gurmat smagam was organized at Central Jail Amritsar. The program in...
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