AMRITSAR: State spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Prof. Sarchand Singh Khiala said that said that the Waqf Amendment Bill is a matter of national interest, there is no interference in the religious affairs of Islam or mosques etc., so there is no question of hurting anyone's religious sentiment.
In a,statement here today, he questioned the Congress that if this bill is an attack on the basic structure of the Constitution, then on what basis have they made the Act in this regard in 1995 and other amendments in 2013?

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee President Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami today inaugurated the renovated branch of Punjab National Bank near Gurdwara Baba Atal Rai Sahib.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee(SGPC) President Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami today appealed to all organizations of the Sikh Panth, Damdami Taksal, Nihang Singh Dals, global Sikh organizations, Singh Sabhas, Diwans, Sabha Societies and scholars and intellectuals living in the country and abroad to send their suggestions till APRIL 20 to determine the rules regarding the qualification, appointment, scope of work, responsibilities and retirement of Jathedar of Sri Akal Takht Sahib.

AMRITSAR: A massive protest dharna was held outside the Shiromani Gurwara Parbandhak Committee office under the leadership of Sant Baba Harnam Singh Khalsa, head of Damdami Taksal, for the reinstatement of the Jathedars of the three Takhts  and a memorandum was given to Shiromani Committee President Harjinder Singh Dhami demanding the reinstatement of the Jathedars. It was announced that the next program would be drawn up if the demand was not accepted by April 15th.

AMRITSAR: The budget of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee for the financial year 2025-26 of Rs 1386 crore 47 lakh 80 thousand was passed today.

AMRITSAR: Damdami Taksal leader Harnam Singh Dhumma today led protest march in Amritsar from Golden Gate to Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Cmmittee {SGPC) head office demanding restoration of services of Giani Raghbir Singh Giani Sultan Singh and Giani Harpreet Singh removed by SGPC Executive committee.

AMRITSAR: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee today celebrated the Gurtagaddi Diwas of the seventh Guru, Sri Guru Har Rai Sahib Ji, as Environment Day and planted saplings at Guru Ke Bagh located in the Sri Darbar Sahib complex.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee President Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami has strongly criticized the indifferent policy being adopted by the Government of India on the issue of the release of the imprisoned Sikhs and termed this approach of the government as a violation of human rights, affront to the values of justice and injustice to the Sikhs.

AMRITSAR: A petition was submitted under the signatures of more than 40 Shiromani Gurdwara Committee {SGPC} members to bring a re solution to cancel the anti-Panthic resolutions passed in the meeting of the Interim Committee recently.

AMRITSAR: Retaliating against the press statement issued by Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee President Harjinder Singh Dhami, SGPC Interim Committee member Jathedar Jaswant Singh Pudain, SGPC member Surinder Singh Bhulewal Rathan, Master Mithu Singh Kahneke said that today, every SGPC member as well as the entire Sikh Sangat has doubts about the sincerity of President Advocate Dhami.

CHANDIGARH: Shiromani G6 Parban6 Committee (SGPC) members should come forward to fulfill their moral duty to get the resolutions on removal of Jathedar Saheban by the internal committee of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee cancelled.

AMRITSAR: After a meeting with Former Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal today, Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami has agreed to withdraw his resignation and will resume his duties as the President of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) within 4 days.

AMRITSAR: In the case of some mischievous people tearing and trampling under their feet the Sikh flags and the picture of Sant Jarnail Singh Khalsa Bhindranwale put up by Sikh and Punjabi youth in the presence of the police in Himachal Pradesh, Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargajj took strict notice and said in a press statement that this will not be acceptable at all.

AMRITSAR: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has unanimously rejected the resignation of its President, Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami, and urged him to resume his duties immediately.

AMRITSAR: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has strongly condemned the shocking attack on devotees and sewadars at Sri Guru Ramdas Niwas, located within Golden Temple .

CHANDIGARH: SGPC members Surinder Singh Bhulewalratha, Bhai Manjit Singh,: Satwinder Singh Tohra, Jarnail Singh Kartarpur and Malkit Singh Changal thanked former Jathedar of Sri Akal Takht Sahib Giani Raghubir Singh Ji for making the nation aware and alert about all these unfortunate developments in the way Panthic rituals were violated during the coronation ceremony of the new Jathedars of Takht Sri Kesgarh Sahibyesterday.

CHANDIGARH: Violating the Sikh 'Maryada' and fearing backlash from Nihang and Sikh organisation, the Shiromani Gurdawara Parbhandak Committee (SGPC) today held the installation ceremony of newly appointed Jathedar of Kesgarh Sahib Kuldip Singh Gargaj shortly after midnight, at 2.50 AM.

CHANDIGARH: Amid opposition of appointment of Kuldeep Singh Gargaj as Jathedar of Takht kesgarh Sahib by Sikh and Nihang organisations, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandak Committee(SGPC) today installed the new Jathedar shortly after midnight, at 2.50 AM without the presence of Guru Granth Sahib.

BELGIUM: We, the representatives of Gurdwaras across Europe, strongly condemn the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) backed Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) for prematurely and arbitrarily removing Jathedar of Akal Takht Giani Raghbir Singh and Jathedar of Takht Kesgarh Sahib Giani Sultan Singh by the Executive Committee (EC) of the SGPC without due consideration for the profound religious significance of the position of Jathedar, and instead, the decision is driven by political motives aimed at advancing their own interests.

KAITHAL: A special meeting of a group of Sikh Sangat was held on Saturday at Gurudwara Neem Sahib here . In the meeting, the recent decisions of the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) were severely criticized. The meeting was chaired by Sardar Sharanjit Singh Sotha, the state head. Shiromani Akali Dal Haryana.

CHANDIGARH: Large number of senior leaders of Shiromani Akali Dal(Badal) including senior Akali leader and former Minister Bikram Singh Majithia have opposed the SGPC decision of expelling Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh.

AMRITSAR: The Shiromani Gurdawara Parbhandak Committed(SGPC) today removed Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh and Takht Kesgarh Sahib Jathedar Giani Sultan Singh.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandak Committee President Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami said that he will not withdraw his resignation.

AMRITSAR: Taking strong note of the mob lynching of a Sikh businessman and the damage done to his showroom in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee has strongly condemned the incident and demanded strict action against the accused persons.

AMRITSAR: The meeting of the Executive commottee of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee will be held on March 7 at its headquarters at 11 AM.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee handed over an amount of Rs. 16 lakh 70 thousand to the administrators of the respective schools/colleges for the fees of 105 Sikligar and Vanjara Sikh children studying in various schools/colleges in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh for the year 2023-24. Earlier, the Dharam Prachar Committee had also given an amount of Rs. 13 lakh 44 thousand for the fees of Sikligar and Vanjara Sikh children in Raipur and Chhattisgarh. This amount has been handed over to the administrators by Shiromani Committee members Bhai Rajinder Singh Mehta, Surjit Singh Bhittevad, Sukhwarsh Singh Pannu and Secretary Balwinder Singh Kahlwan.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee has released an amount of Rs 13 lakh 44 thousand for the school/college fees of Sikligar and Vanjara Sikh children.

AMRITSAR: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee has welcomed the sentencing of Delhi Sikh massacre convict Sajjan Kumar.

CHANDIGARH: The Regional Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (RCED) successfully conducted four Faculty Development Programs (FDPs) under the “Education to Excellence” initiative onbehalf of Directorate of Education for the faculty members of Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC). These programs were organized at Talwandi Sabo, Patiala, Fatehgarh Sahib, and Amritsar, witnessing participation from 94 faculty members representing 31 colleges across Punjab.

AMRITSAR: The resignation of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) President Harjinder Singh Dhami was not accepted by the Executive committee today and requested Advocate Dhami to reconsider about his resignation. The Executive committee appealed to Dhami to take up the post again.

HOSHIARPUR: A high level delegation of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today met Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami and appealed to him to continue serving as President of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC).

HOSHIARPUR: A high level delegation of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today met Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami and appealed to him to continue serving as President of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC).

AMRITSAR: The meeting of the Executive Committee of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee will be held on February 21 to discuss the situation after the resignation of Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami.

CHANDIGARH: The president of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) Harjinder Singh Dhami today resigned from his post. He has submitted his resignation to SGPC Executive Committee.

AMRITSAR: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has expressed its sympathy with the Indians being deported from the US.

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.