Bhai Harminder Singh Mintoo Put on 3 Day Police Remand for 2010 Case
NABHA (Patiala), Punjab (December 19, 2014)—Bhai Harminder Singh Mintoo was sent on police remand by a Nabha court on December 17, 2014 until December 20, 2014 for a case which is related to FIR number...
View ArticleShoot Me, but I will not Resign: Jathedar Nandgarh
BATHINDA, Punjab (December 20, 2014)—Takht Sri Damdama Sahib Jathedar Giani Balwant Singh Nandgarh has apparently stated that the state government has withdrawn his security cover as per the directions...
View ArticleBhai Gurbakhash Singh Khalsa’s Strike: Sikh Bodies To Meet Akal Takht...
Kanwarbir Singh, Bibi Jagdish Kaur and other Sikh leaders addressing media persons AMRITSAR SAHIB, Punjab (December 21, 2014)—Various Sikh organizations will be meeting Sri Akal Takht Sahib appointed...
View ArticleSikh Council UK Expresses Concerns on SIT Report in Jodhpur Case
LONDON, UK (December 21, 2014)—The Sikh Council has today expressed concerns with the report into the burning of Saroop of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji in Jodhpur In Punjab India produced by the Special...
View ArticleAISSF Conducts Camp to Get Signatures for Petition Against Article 25 (2)(b)
AMRITSAR SAHIB, Punjab (December 21, 2014)—All India Sikh Students Federation (Peermohammad) and Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) organized a two day in order to get more signatures for the petition to be sent...
View ArticleVideo: Baba Ranjit Singh Dhadrianwale on Hunger Strike of Bhai Gurbaksh Singh
Click here to view the embedded video. AMRITSAR SAHIB, Punjab (December 21, 2014)—Baba Ranjit Singh Khalsa, as per the wishes of Bhai Gurbaksh Singh, have been fulfilling their duty by continuing...
View ArticleProcess of Replacing Nanakshahi Calendar with Traditional Bikrami Calendar...
AMRITSAR SAHIB, Punjab (December 22, 2014)—The process of replacing the amended Nanakshahi Calender to the traditional Bikrami Calender is most likely to be started from Dec 22 by making further...
View ArticlePunjab Taking Steps to Fund the Fight Against Cancer
CHANDIGARH, Punjab (December 22, 2014)—The Punjab Cabinet introduced a bill related to making an amendment in section 6 of the Punjab State Cancer and Drug Addiction Treatment Infrastructure Fund Act,...
View ArticleSikh Bodies Seek Ban on Ram Rahim’s Debut Film ‘Messenger of God’
NEW DELHI, India (December 22, 2014)—Controversial chief of Sacha Sauda cult Gurmeet Ram Rahim’s new film Messenger of God (MSG) has kicked off a controversy even before its release. The All India...
View ArticleBreaking: 43rd Day of Hunger Strike: Bhai Gurbakhash Singh Faces Difficulty...
SAD (B) leader Avtar Singh Hit meets Bhai Gurbakhash Singh Khalsa AMBALA, Haryana (December 27, 2014)—Bhai Gurbakhash Singh Khalsa’s hunger strike has entered 43rd day and his health condition is...
View ArticleDal Khalsa to Home Minister: Translate Your Words into Action, Sikhs are Sick...
AMRITSAR SAHIB, Punjab (December 28, 2014)—As the Home Minister (HM) of India has admitted that Nov 1984 killings were Genocide and not riots, the Dal Khalsa has urged Shri Rajnath Singh to translate...
View ArticleCold Weather and Fog Affecting Life in Punjab
CHANDIGARH, Punjab (December 28, 2014)—The dense fog in Punjab, Chandigarh, and Haryana is affecting normal life. Visibility had been reduced to less than 50 meters in some places in the morning, and...
View Article44th Day of Hunger Strike: Concern Over Critical Health Condition of Bhai...
AMBALA, Haryana (December 29, 2014)—The hunger strike of Bhai Gurbaksh Singh Khalsa continues to its 44th day for the release of Sikh political prisoners languishing in various jails of India despite...
View ArticleShiromani Akali Dal to Commence Expedition Against Drugs in Punjab
CHANDIGARH, Punjab (December 29, 2014)—Expressing displeasure over the anti-drug campaign to be initiated by BJP on 12 January from Amritsar, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has announced to commence an...
View ArticleSikh Organizations Should Unite to Ensure Release of Sikh Prisoners, Says...
FATEHGARH SAHIB, Punjab (December 29, 2014)—On the occasion of the martyrdom anniversary of the Shote Sahibzaade in Fatehgarh Sahib, S. Simranjit Singh Mann appealed in the conference of Shiromani...
View ArticleSGPC Writes to Prime Minister Modi Again for the Release of Sikh Prisoners
AMRITSAR SAHIB, Punjab (December 29, 2014)—SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar has shot off another missive to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the immediate release of Sikh detainees who are languishing...
View ArticleShahedi Jor Mela: SAD Leaders Re-assert Sikh Identity
AMRITSAR SAHIB, Punjab (December 29, 2014)—Clearly shifting the spotlight from economic development to the Panth, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Saturday set the stage for the reassertion of the Sikh...
View ArticleSikh Bodies to Lobby for UN Resolution After Rajnath Terms 1984 Massacres as...
A gang of Hindus attacks a lone Sikh man JALANDHAR, Punjab (December 29, 2014)—Union home minister Rajnath Singh’s terming of the November 1984 violence against Sikhs as “genocide” has given fresh...
View ArticleJalandhar Sangat Conduct a March in Support of Bhai Gurbaksh Singh Khalsa
JALANDHAR, Punjab (December 30, 2014)—Sikh sangat from Jalandar peacefully went out on a march on Monday to support Bhai Gurbaksh Singh Khalsa and his hunger strike for the release of Sikh prisoners...
View ArticleSikhs Remember Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Through Green Nagar Kirtan
AMRITSAR SAHIB, Punjab (December 30, 2014)—Celebrating the Gurpurabs by way of Nagar Kirtans is something that the people of the diaspora have been doing all over the world. Eco Amritsar, an initiative...
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