GURDASPUR: An old, uncovered and unused well at Sri Hargobindpur, 20 metres from the Sri Hargobindpur-Amritsar road, is waiting for an accident to get the attention of authorities concerned. In the absence of a boundary wall or warning sign around the well, it is posing a threat to human life. Sources say ...

CHANDIGARH: The central government has decided to convene a meeting of the newly-elected members of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee on December 5. The SGPC's ex-officio members are the head granthi of Darbar Sahib, Amritsar, and jathedars of Akal Takht, Takht Keshgarh Sahib, Takht Patna Sahib, Takht Hazur Sahib, and Takht ...

CHANDIGARH: Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday thanked the Sikh masses for reposing over­ whelming faith in the party in the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee elections and decried "breast-beating" by rivals’ captain Amarinder Singh and Manpreet Badal over the results. SOURCE-HT

BATALA: Deputy chief minister Sukhbir Badal has said Punjab Congress president Capt Amarinder Singh has to apologise to the people for working against the interests of the state". Addressing five rallies in the favour of seven SGPC candidates of the Shiromani Akali Dal and Sant Samaj at different places, Sukhbir criticized ...

CHANDIGARH: Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Friday sought the personal intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in securing early pardon for Devender Pal Singh Bhullar from the death sentence so that the feelings of the Sikh community are assuaged. In a letter to the prime minister, Badal said that he ...

CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Akali Dal on Friday released the first list of 64 candidates for the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee elections scheduled for September. SAD patron Parkash Singh  Badaland parry president Sukhbir Singh Badal cleared the list. The names of the remaining candidates will be released soon. According to the SAD president, ...

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 ...

AMRITSAR: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Tuesday dispatched 450 copies of Guru Granth Sahib to Italy from Mumbai port in a specially designed cabin in a ship to meet the demands of overseas Sikhs. The scriptures were sent off following an 'ardas' by jathedar of Shri Kesgarh Sahib Giani Tarlochan Singh. ...

ANANDPUR SAHIB: The Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) has demanded that the management of Gurdwara Manji Sahib (Dera Badhbhag Singh) in Una district in Himachal Pradesh be handed over to the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPG). Talking to reporters here on Monday after submitting a memorandum, addressed to Himachal chief minister Prem ...

PATIALA: The special CBI court on Friday reserved its judgment on cancellation of bail to the accused in the Harpreet Kaur murder case. After concluding arguments in the case, the court fixed April 2 as the next date of hearing. On the application filed by complainant Kamaljeet Singh on March 21, ...

FATEHGARH SAHIB: Only the Akal Takht jathedar can summon Punjab Congress president Captain Amarinder Singh to chide him for his "defiant" visit to Dera Sacha Sauda in Sirsa, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Avtar Singh Makkar told reporters here on Friday. Makkar said he had gathered only from the media ...

TARN TARAN: Prem Singh Lalpura, 85, former president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), died at a hospital in Amritsar on Wednesday. Backed by then chief minister Partap Singh Kairon, Lalpura defeated Mastar Tara Singh to be elected SGPC president in November 1958. He held the post till March 1960. Three-time ...

AMRITSAR: In an effort to motivate Sikh students in the state, secretary of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) Joginder Singh Adliwal distributed scholar­ ships worth Rs 5, 02,700 among students at a special function organised at Sri Guru Hargobind Sahib Public School Ramdass. The scholarships have been given by the ...