CHANDIGARH: Taking up a public interest litigation filed by the Sehajdhari Sikh Party seeking appointment of an administrator to take care of the day-to day working of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), the Punjab and Haryana high court on Tuesday issued notices of motion to the Centre, Gurdwara Election Commission ...

AMRITSAR: On the occasion of the birth anniversary of the 10th Sikh guru, Guru Gobind Singh, a 'Nagar Kirtan' was organised from Akal Takht by Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) with complete religious fervor and Sikh traditions on Friday. With the Guru Granth Sahib placed in a golden palanquin decorated with ...

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday said that there was no legal hurdle in holding a meeting of the newly constituted body of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on December 5 and declined to stay it. " The court held this view while taking up the petition ...

CHANDIGARH: A full bench of the Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday reserved its judgment on the petitions seeking voting rights for Sehajdhari Sikhs in the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) elections. The full bench comprising of justices Surya Kant, M Jeyapaul and MMS Bedi reserved the judgment after arguments ...

CHANDIGARH: Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday thanked the people of Punjab for the "peaceful" conduct of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) elections. They said the polls were a massive exercise, but carried out in a free and fair manner, silencing ...

CHANDIGARH: The Gurdwara  Election Commission on Tuesday asked candidates contesting the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) elections to remove posters and billboards put up by them or their supporters on public properties, by Thursday. After the Thursday deadline, it would be considered a violation of the model code of conduct ...

CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) and Sant Samaj on Friday questioned the meaning and requirement of the term Sehajdhari in Sikhism. They demanded a "permanent solution" to the issue by abandoning the term "Sehajdhari". With Thursday's turn of events, the issue that remained buried for years has become the ...

SAS NAGAR: Pointing out major discrepancies in voter lists for the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), Hardeep Singh, a local candidate, has written to the chief election commissioner, gurdwaras. Talking to media persons, Singh alleged, 'There are about 450 persons whose names have not been included in the lists despite the ...

CHANDIGARH: The Gurdwara Election Commission has told the Punjab and Haryana high court that the Centre had approved holding of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) elections on September 18 and the decision to hold the polls was not taken under any pressure. The reply was submitted by chief commissioner of ...

FATEHGARH SAHIB: Eminent Sikh scholar Gurnek Singh has been appointed as acting vice-chancellor (V-C) of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC)-run Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University. Jasbir Singh Ahluwalia, the founding V-C of the university, who was shot on the university ,campus on August 1, is being treated at at ...

CHANDIGARH: The Gurdwara lay Election Commission on Tuesday convened a meeting of Sikh religious bodies regarding the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) elections, raising the hope that the polls would be conducted in to September. Gurdwara election commissioner justice HS Brar (retd) said he had sent three dates September 4, 11 ...

CHANDIGARH NEWS: The committee constituted on the issue of a separate Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) in Haryana had submitted its report in favour of having a separate SGPC and was being legally examined by the state government. Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said this while interacting with media persons ...

AMRITSAR: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Wednesday constituted a five­ member team to take charge of raising a memorial to Sikhs killed in Operation Bluestar in June 1984. The army's operation in 1984 was to flush out armed militants led by then Damdami Taksal chief Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, from ...