AMRITSAR: The Akal Takht has directed that till the Anand Marriage Act does not come into force, managements of all gurdwaras in the country will issue marriage certificates to Sikh couples after the Anand Karaj ceremony. "Already some shrines are doing it, but we want all marriages taking place in gurdwaras ...

AMRITSAR: Former Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) secretary and Panthic Morcha spokesman Manjit Singh Calcutta has lashed out at chief minister Parkash Singh Badal's reported remarks that Dera Sacha Sauda followers can cast their votes in the SGPC polls, provided they are registered. In a communique to Takht Damdama Sahib Jathedar ...

KHADUR SAHIB: On the occasion of the World AIDS Day, Akal Takht jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh and Baba Sewa Singh organised an AIDS awareness rally here on Monday. Thousands of students from various educational institutions across Punjab, joined by people from all walks of life, walked through the streets of Khadur ...

GURDASPUR: Agriculture minister Sucha Singh Langah inaugurated a three-day sports and cultural fair in the memory of Sant Baba Bhurewala at Jaura Chhattran village, 14 Ian from here, on Sunday. Addressing a gathering, Langah said international wrestlers, women kabaddi teams, World Cup Kabaddi to Championship-2010 winner team and players of other ...

FATEHGARH SAHIB: There is no move the replace Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Avtar Singh Makkar said on Wednesday. The statement came in the background of speculation that former Akal Takht Jathedar Jasbir Singh Rode would replace Giani Gurbachan Singh. Makkar, who was speaking after ...

AMRITSAR: A request from the ad hoc Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (HSGPC) for a separate panel for their state was yet again rejected out­ right by Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh on Thursday. An HSGPC delegation had met the jathedar, requesting his intervention on their demand for a separate ...

KHADOOR SAHIB (TARN TARAN): A programme on environmental preservation led by Sewa Singh Khadoor Sahib and Balbir Singh Seechewal, and designed by the Mahatma Gandhi State Public Administration, was launched here on Sunday. While the religious leaders recited Sikh Gurus' preaching on environment, Seechewal also criticized the Punjab government by showing ...

SANGRUR: Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh has clarified that the one-month period for Sikhs expelled from Sikh Panth to atone their sins does not hold for Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh, whom is a "non-Sikh". However, if he appears before the Takht as an ordinary citizen, the ...

AMRITSAR: The Sikh high priests in a meeting at the Akal Takht on Sunday announced that all those excommunicated from the panth (community) could return to the mainstream if they apologized at Akal Takht within a month. Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh said,  “Keeping in mind the recent tricentenary celebrations ...

AMRITSAR: The five Sikh high priests on Wednesday warned of stern action against all those in contact with excommunicated former Takht Jathedar Prof Darshan Singh Ragi. Addressing a press conference following the clergy meeting, Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh said details were being collected to initiate action against those who ...

AMRITSAR: Roop Singh, additional secretary, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), addressed the closing ceremony of Parliament of the World's Religions at Melbourne, Australia, on Wednesday. Over 5,000 persons from more than a dozen faiths and hundreds of sects from around the world attended the closing. The parliament was held between December 3 ...

AMRITSAR: Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh said on Wednesday that one of his predecessors, Prof Darshan Singh, should appeal' at the temporal seat without any fear. "We know how to maintain dignity when questioning a former Akal Takht Jathedar, " he said, adding that they were yet to decide whether ...

JATHEDAR EXPRESSES regret over delay in setting up Minar-e-Shaheedan at Harmandir Sahib Complex JAlANDHAR: Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh on Wednesday announced to issue a directive to the SGPC to start work on a memorial as homage to those killed in Operation Bluestar 25 years ago. Talking to HT, Giani Gurbachan ...