AMRITSAR: Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami, president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, has taken a strong notice of the prohibition of Amritdhari Sikh employees from performing duty wearing Kakar (Kirpan) at airports. Advocate Dhami said that according to the order issued recently by the Civil Aviation Security Bureau, banning the wearing of Kirpan by the Sikh employees on duty at the airport is a push against the Sikhs.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee today observed 37th death anniversary of Shaheed Bhai Beant Singh one of the assassins of former Prime Miinister Indira Gandhi.,  SGPC with the support of the Sangat, offered the blessings of Sri Akhand Path Sahib at Gurdwara Jhanda Bunga Sahib within in Sri Darbar Sahib complex.

AMRITSAR: Many important resolutions were passed during today's general meeting of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, which were approved by the members present amid cheers.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) candidate and loyalist of the Badal family, Harjinder Singh Dhami was on Monday re-elected as the president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) for the fourth time in a row by defeating three-time Sikh body chief Bibi Jagir Kaur.

AMRITSAR: The Shiromani Committee has sent a legal notice through its legal advisor Advocate Amanbir Singh Siali for false statements made by BJP leader RP Singh against the Sikh organization.

AMRITSAR: After being announced as the candidate for the post of president for the annual election of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee President Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami thanked the Shiromani Akali Dal.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee President Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami has rejected the resignation of Jathedar Takht Sri Damdama Sahib Talwandi Sabo Giani Harpreet Singh. While addressing reporters at the Shiromani Committee's headquarters, Advocate Dhami said that the Shiromani Committee has always respected the Jathedars of the Takht Sahibs and will continue to do so.

AMRITSAR: Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh today expressed serious concern over resignation by Giani Harpreet Singh Jathedar of Takht Damdama Sahib Talwandi Sabo and directed the SGPC not to accept the resignation of Jathedar.

AMRITSAR: Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh Jathedar of Sri Akal Takht Sahib has ordered the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee to immediately invite Sikh scholars to examine the film 'Punjab 95' based on the life of Shaheed Bhai Jaswant Singh Khalra from various angles. Constitute a high level panel.

AMRITSAR: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee President Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami has announced to convene the general house session of annual election of SGPC President and other office-bearers on October 28, 2024.

AMRITSAR: Three meetings of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) of its Dharam Prachar Committee, Sikh Itihas Research Board and Education Committee were held today at Sri Guru Ramdas University of Health Sciences Vallah in Sri Amritsar under the presidentship  of  Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami.

AMRITSAR: A delegation of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee has today met the Governor of Meghalaya Mr. C.H. Vijayashankar and sought his intervention to resolve the issue of Gurdwara Guru Nanak Darbar located in Punjabi Colony at Shillong immediately.

SRI GOINDWAL SAHIB (TARN TARAN): Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) President Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami questioned Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann for not declaring a holiday in Punjab on the ocassion of ‘Gurgaddi Diwas’ of Guru Ramdas and ‘Joti Jot Diwas’ of Guru Amardas.

AMRITSAR: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) President Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami taking strong notice of statement of Iqbal Singh Lalpura, Chairman of National Commission for Minorities (NCM) of trying to assimilate the Sikh existence with Sanatan, has appealed to Jathedar of Akal Takht Sahib to take strict action against him as per the Panthic traditions.

KHADOOR SAHIB: Dedicated to the 450th centenary of Sri Guru Ramdas Ji's Gurtagaddi Divas and Sri Guru Amar Das Ji's Jyoti Jyoti Divas, a special seminar was organized by the Dharma Prachar Committee on the topic 'Life and Bani of Sri Guru Amar Das Ji' at Sri Guru Angad Dev Khalsa College here today.

CHANDIGARH: The Global Sikh Council (GSC) has urged the prompt amendment of the Sikh Gurdwaras Act of 1925, citing its numerous loopholes that enable government intervention in the administration of gurdwaras and delay general elections to constitute the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC).

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandak Committee has taken over the holy scriptures of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji returned by the local police in Doha Qatar and decorated it at Gurdwara Baba Gurbaksh Singh Ji within in Sri Darbar Sahib complex.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee has taken over the holy BIR of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji returned by the local police in Doha Qatar and decorated it at Gurdwara Baba Gurbaksh Singh Ji within in Sri Darbar Sahib complex.

AMRITSAR: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) President Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami has welcomed return of the two holy Saroops (scriptures) of Sri Guru Granth Sahib by Doha Police in Qatar with the efforts of Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) of India and has demanded that these Saroops should be brought to India.

AMRITSAR: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has written to the Punjab Government, demanding exemption from foreign leave for government employees who tend to visit Gurdwara Sri Darbar Sahib Sri Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan via Corridor.

AMRITSAR: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee has sent a legal notice to the makers of Kangana Ranaut's 'Emergency' film, which misrepresents the character and history of Sikhs, and asked them to cut the objectionable scenes with anti-Sikh sentiments.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee has decided to install scanner machines at the main entrances of Sachkhand Sri Darbar Sahib.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee President Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami has asked Amritsar Municipal Commissioner Sandeep Rishi to remove illegal occupants from the roads leading to Sachkhand Sri Harmandir Sahib, regularize auto rickshaws near the holy shrine and repair the roads as required.

AMRITSAR: Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami, president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), has termed the harassment of minority Sikhs in Pakistan as unfortunate.

AMRITSAR: The executive Committee of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee will be held at Teja Singh Samundari Hall here on April 26.

AMRITSAR: Officials of Yuva Unstoppable, a Gujarat-based NGO, who paid obeisance at Sachkhand Sri Harmandir Sahib, were felicitated by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) officials.

AMRITSAR: Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami, president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), has strongly condemned the attack on two Sikhs in the United States.

AMRITSAR: The meeting of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee was held under the presidentship at Teja Singh Samundari Hall here today to discuss the preparations for the concluding Samagam on the eve of 400th birth anniversary of Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Jo.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann writed letter to SGPC president

AMRITSAR: Giani Harpreet Singh, Jathedar of Akal Takht Sahib religious supreme Court of Sikhs said that if the Punjab Government gives its approval for the channel within a month then we will start the channel soon.

CHANDIGARH: Urging Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) to allow the state government to install the advanced broadcast/communication technologies at Sri Darbar Sahib, Amritsar, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday said that the Punjab government can provide all possible help in disseminating the ‘Sarb Sanji Gurbani’ across the globe with an aim to spread the universal message of ‘Sarbat da Bhala’ (welfare of all).

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) President Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami has demanded release of sikh detainees lodged in various jails of the country for the last three decades on the occasion of Khalsa Sajna Diwas Vaisakhi.

AMRITSAR: Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami, president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), has expressed grave concern over the racially motivated attacks on Sikhs in the United States and called on the Gurdwara Committees and Sikh leaders to speak out against the practice.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee ( SGPC) has issued walkie-talkies to the secadars at Sachkhand Sri Harmandir Sahib. issued orders not to use mobile phones.

AMRITSAR: Prime Asia TV has been accused of deliberately defaming the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) in its programs.

AMRITSAR: The incident of stopping an Amritdhari Gursikh youth from entering a metro station at Amritsar-Delhi with a kirpan is a violation of the Constitution of the country and the perpetrators should be severely punished.

AMRITSAR: During the General Session of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee held today, the annual budget for the financial year 2022-23 was passed to the tune of Rs. 980 crores. The budget session was held in the presence of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji at Teja Singh Samundari Hall, the headquarters of the Shiromani Committee, which was inaugurated by Giani Raghbir Singh, Jathedar of Takht Sri Kesgarh Sahib.

NEW DELHI: Odisha Naval Tata Hockey High-Performance Centre, Roundglass Punjab Hockey Club Academy and S.G.P.C. Hockey Academy recorded victories in their respective games on the fourth day of the 2nd Hockey India Sub-junior Men Academy National Championship at Ghumanhera near here.

AMRITSAR: Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami, President of the Shiromani Committee, meanwhile, held a special meeting with the dignitaries of the kaar seva today to discuss the ongoing kaar seva in the historic Gurdwaras and requested for speedy completion of the work being done.

AMRITSAR: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has suspended 7 employees and transferred 3 others on the basis of the investigation report of the Flying Department in the case of smoking by a woman in the Golden Temple complex..

AMRITSAR: Following the objections raised by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, the program of Jashan-e-Baharan to be held by the Government of Pakistan from March 23 to 27 near Gurdwara Sri Darbar Sahib Sri Kartarpur Sahib (Pakistan) has been canceled.

AMRITSAR: Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami, President of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee has expressed deep sorrow over the death of Sukhwinder Singh Jhabal and said that Sukhwinder Singh Jhabal has done remarkable work while serving as a member of the SGPC.

AMRITSAR: Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami, President of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, congratulated the Sikh Sangat on the occasion of Nanakshahi Sammat 554 and encouraged them to live according to Gurbani.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee President Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami has expressed grave sorrow over the death of Nirmal Singh president Chief Khalsa Diwan and said it is big loss to panth.he paid homage to the departed soul.

AMRITSAR: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has demanded passports from the sangat for the pilgrims to be sent to the shrines in Pakistan on the occasion of the martyrdom anniversary of the fifth Patshah Guru Arjan and the death anniversary of Shere Punjab Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Both the groups are scheduled to be sent to Pakistan in June 2022.

AMRITSAR: The annual budget session of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee religious Parliament of Sikhs will be held on March 30 at the headquarters of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee at Teja Singh Samundari Hall here on Natch 30.

AMRITSAR: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has warned the sangat that some anti-Sikh forces are trying to discredit the SGPC, the leading religious body of Sikhs, of which the Sikh Panth needs to be aware.

AMRITSAR: Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami, president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), has strongly objected to a college in Bangalore, Karnataka, asking an Amritdhari Gursikh girl to take off her turban and come to the college.

AMRITSAR: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee has started preparations for the forthcoming budget. In this regard a sub-committee constituted by the President of the Shiromani Committee Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami held a meeting at the headquarters of the Shiromani Committee here today

AMRITSAR: Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami, president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee*SGPC) has strongly condemned the gangrape and murder of a minor girl in Hyderabad, Telangana.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee President Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami has expressed deep sorrow over the death of Punjabi actor Deep Sidhu who addressed the concerns of Punjab.

ROPAR:The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today received a major boost in this assembly constituency with former Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) member Jarnail Singh Aulakh rejoining the party along with his entire team.

AMRITSAR:Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) President Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami has strongly objected to the Haryana government's granting of 21 days furlough to Dera Sirsa Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim.

AMRITSAR:Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami, President, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, has expressed deep sorrow over the death of Harbans Singh Ghumman, a former member of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee and former MLA.

AMRITSAR: Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami, president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), has strongly condemned Congress leader Mohammad Mustafa for calling the Guru Granth Sahib a book and asked the Sikh community to apologize.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee has took a strong criticism Baljit Singh Daduwal's statement regarding selection of office bearers of Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee .

AMRITSAR: The issue of conversion and marriage of two Sikh girls from Kashmir has been largely resolved through the efforts of Sikh leaders. Manmeet Kaur, an 18-year-old Sikh girl from Srinagar, was handed over to her family by the court following the persistent efforts of the Sikh community and thoughtful Sikh leaders. With Sukhbir Singh, it was done at Rainawari Gurdwara Sahib as per complete gurmaryada.

AMRITSAR: Advocate Bhagwant Singh Sialka, General Secretary of the SGPC, said that when the governments had also raised their hands during the Corona epidemic, the SGPC, realizing its duty, came forward for public service and became a beacon for the people.

AMRITSAR:Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Bibi Jagir Kaur has strongly condemned the incident act committed by a woman by setting fire to a flammable substance at Gurdwara Sahib in village Joulian near Bhavanigarh and demanded severe punishment for the culprits.

AMRITSAR: A long time, the entire parkarma path around the holy water tank (‘sarovar’) of the Golden Temple was full of devotees. outside the ‘Darshani Deori’ to ensure devotees queued up with the mandated distance between each other.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdawara Parbhandak Committee (SGPC) controlled by SAD(Badal) today refused to offer Siropa to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and former IG Kunwar Vijay Partap Singh when they came to pay obeisance at Golden Temple. They also went to Durgiana Mandir where management presented them siropa.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee President Bibi Jagir Kaur has demanded from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the Government of India that the web series 'Eclipse' based on the events of 1984 Sikh genocide be released on Disney + Hotstar platform on June 24. Stop immediately.

AMRITSAR: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) today started Free Covid Vaccination Camp by setting up a centre at Takht Sri Kesgarh Sahib, Sri Anandpur Sahib

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has sought the intervention of chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh in getting vacated the illegal occupation from General Shivdev Singh Diwan Gurbachan Singh Khalsa College in Patiala, being run by the Sikh body.

AMRITSAR: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee today distributed scholarships worth about Rs. 22 lakh to 990 students of the religious examination for the session.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) President Bibi Jagir Kaur immediately dismissed four employees of Gurdwara Gangsar Sahib Jaito in Faridkot district on charges of violating service rules and defaming the management of Guru Ghar. Has taken a tough decision.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak committee will organise scholarships distribution function at gurdwara Manji Sahib within Golden Temple complex here on June 17 at two pm. SGPC President Bibi Jagir Kaur will distribute scholarship cheques to students.

AMRITSAR: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Bibi Jagir Kaur has written a letter to the Pakistan government and urged to repair Gurdwara Nanaksar Sahib built in the memory of Sri Guru Nanak Dev situated in Chakk Fateh Bhinder village in Daska tehsil of Sialkot district.

CHANDIGARH: Extending his government’s full support to the solar plant project for Darbar Sahib, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder on Saturday said he had already directed the Power department to accord approval to the Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) for installation of the plant and work proactively to ensure its early completion.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Bibi Jagir Kaur has strongly condemned the beadi (desecration) of Sri Guru Granth Sahib at Paharpur village in Kaithal district of Haryana and demanded action against the accused person.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara  Parbsndhak Committee will soon complete   the  work of gallery being  constructed  in the memory of those  those  killed in military  action  at Golden  Temple  on June  1984. The work of gallery assigned to Damdami Taksal is lying incomplete. The bullet hit Guru Granth  Sahib would  be made  public from time  to time.

AMRITSAR: Sikh devotees from India will not be able to visit Pakistan this year to observe the martyrdom day of Guru Arjan Dev ji since Pakistan government has not given permission due to Covid-19 restrictions.

AMRITSAR: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has taken stern notice of the sale of holy sainchis (volumes) of Guru Granth Sahib and Gutka Sahibs by e-commerce website Amazon.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Bibi Jagir Kaur has strongly condemned the sacrilege of holy Gutka Sahib in Bathinda.

PATIALA: Bir Devinder Singh formet deputy speaker of Punjab Vidhan Sabha today flayed SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal for taking credit of covid care centers being sert up by Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandak Committee (SGPC).

AMRITSAR: A row has begun over Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak committe (SGPC) decision of stopping of giving 'parsad' of Patasa and Siropa as Guru's blessings to the devotees visitng Sri Harmandir Sahib here. The Sikh bodies have targeted SGPC president Bibi Jagor Kaur for discontinuing the age old tradition.

AMRITSAR: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has taken strong notice of the 'baseless' allegations of website data 'misapproperiation' made by a political activist Sarchand Singh Khiala.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak committee (SGPC) initiated a move to introduce a mobile blood donation campaign. A special medically equipped bus, with the assistance of HDFC Bank, has been modified for having every facility pertaining to conducting blood donation camp. It will move in urban and rural areas as well.

AMRITSAR: BIbi Jagir kaur president Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) condemned brutal assault and desecration of ‘Kes’ (hair) of a Sikh youth in Rajasthan.

NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has expressed displeasure over a resolution passed by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee(SGPC) against the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

CHANDIGARH: Prominent Sikh farmer leader, President of Chandigarh unit of All India Jatt Mahasabha and National Delegate of the Mahasabha Sardar Rajinder Singh Badheri expressed deep sorrow on the sad demise of Sukhdarshan Singh Marar, former MLA of Sri Muktsar Sahib and member of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC). In a statement issued here today, he said, Describing Marar as a gentleman, and described his death an irreparable loss not only to his family but to the entire Punjab.

CHANDIGARH: Senior BJP Punjab leader and party's former National Secretary Harjit Singh Grewal on Wednesday condemned the role being played by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) in the ongoing farmers' agitation.

CHANDIGARH: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) raised the issue of delay in the election of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) in the Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday.

CHANDIGARH: The SGPC elections are being inordinately delayed because of the enigmatic understanding between Badal Family and Capt. Amarinder Singh. Their vested mammon interests including their intense Epicurus  greed are best served if the SGPC elections are not allowed to happen, under one pretext or the other.

CHANDIGARH: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday condemned the remarks made by Congress leader and Punjab minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa opposing the decision of the SGPC, the apex elected body of the Sikhs, to not invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the centenary events, including the 400th birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Tegh Bahadur.

AMRITSAR: The newly appointed SGPC president Bibi Jagir Kaur in her first Executive meeting here today announced to give Rs. 1 lac financial help to  seven families who lost their kin during the Kissan Sangarsh at Delhi border.

KAPURTHALA: In a hard hitting statement released today, Sukhpal Singh Khaira MLA and former Leader of Opposition severely castigated the Badals for appointing a tainted and corrupt leader like Bibi Jagir Kaur as President of the prestigious SGPC. Khaira said it shows that the Akali Dal is bereft of fresh blood and clean leadership and is also politically bankrupt unable to find any respectable Sikh leader to head the SGPC.

AMRITSAR: Bibi Jagir Kaur a renowned face of Shriomani Akali dal( Badal) has been elected SGPC president through voting process for the period of one year during the annual election held at Teja Singh Samundari Hall here today.

AMRITSAR: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), which manages Sikh shrines and runs a 'langar' (free community kitchen) for hundreds of thousands of people on a daily basis at different gurdwaras, on Sunday celebrated its centenary in a low-key manner owing to the coronavirus pandemic.

AMARITSAR:The Akal Takht, the supreme temporal seat of Sikhs, on Friday held the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) accountable for lapses by its officials which caused over 300 copies of the Sikh holy book, the Guru Granth Sahib, to go missing.

AMRITSAR: Prayers and samagam was organised today at Akal Takht, the top Sikh temporal seat, in memory of Dilawar Singh, the assassin of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh.