CHANDIGARH —To protest against the Punjab government’s move of framing Sikh leaders including Jathedars of Sikh Takhts into false cases of sedition, Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) and other Panthik groups who played vital role in organizing Sarbat Khalsa have decided to boycott the Khadoor Sahib by-poll slated for Feb 13. The decision has been taken in […]
Khadoor Sahib : In month of October, 2015, a number of incidents of Guru Granth Sahib’s sacrilege happened across Punjab on large scale, deeply hurting Sikh sentiments. These incidents were accompanied by another incident, during which the Punjab Police opened fire at peaceful Sikhs who were undertaking peaceful agitation against the sacrilege. The firing by […]
A Sikh man wearing a turban was escorted out of a Donald Trump rally in Muscatine High School, Iowa. This, after the man interrupted Trump’s speech by displaying a banner that read ‘Stop Hate’. Trump, who is currently the GOP front-runner, then pointed to the crowd, referring to the protester and another person accompanying him […]
LUDHIANA : Bhai Lakhwinder Singh Lakha of Narangwal was released earlier today on parole from the Burail Jail. After his release, Bhai Lakha immediately went to the DMC Hero Heart hospital in Ludhiana to see Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa. At the hospital, Bhai Lakha appreciated the year long struggle by Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa and […]
AMRITSAR SAHIB—Last year, while the SGPC had asked the Akal Takht Sahib ‘appointed’ Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh to oversee the calendar row, yesterday, it issued the latest calendar in his absence. Notably, the calendar was launched solely by the SGPC staff, including Avtar Makkar and controversial Chief Secretary Harcharan Singh, and no appointed Jathedar or […]