CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Monday raised strong objections over the decision of Government of India to cancel the Visit of Sikh pilgrims to Pakistan on the occasion of parkash purab of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji. 

DAYTON, Ohio: Members of the Sikh community in Dayton joined hundreds of local residents to pay tribute at the 24th annual 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony held at the Beavercreek 9/11 Memorial. The event marked the anniversary of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, which claimed more than 2,600 lives at the World Trade Center, 184 lives at the Pentagon, and 40 lives in Pennsylvania. The annual ceremony was organized by the Beavercreek Police and Fire Departments. 

AMRITSAR: Acting Jathedar of Akal Takht, Giani Kuldip Singh Gargajj, participated in a Gurmat Samagam (religious congregation) organized by the Sikh community of Chittisinghpura village in Anantnag district of Kashmir valley.

AMRITSAR: Amid the tense situation in India and Pakistan, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee President Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami reached Poonch today to meet the families of four Sikhs killed in the attacks in Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir recently and gave cheques of financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh each to the families.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Committee officials reached the hospital to inquire about the condition of the Sikhs injured in the attack in Poonch and assured all possible help from the Shiromani Committee. Shiromani Committee Secretary Pratap Singh and Manager of Sri Darbar SahibS. Rajinder Singh Ruby met Gurmeet Singh and Kak Rajvansh Singh, who are undergoing treatment in a private hospital in Amritsar.

CHANDIGARH: Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal today came down heavily against Rahul Gandhi, firing a volley of questions against the Congress leader’s “hypocritical, fake and meaningless words about the sins committed by his party against the brave and patriotic Sikh quom”

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee President Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami has congratulated a large number of Punjabis, especially Sikh representatives, in the Canadian federal elections, expressing happiness. He said that it is a matter of great pride for the Sikh community and all Punjabis that these candidates have proved their leadership in Canadian politics by winning and have raised the heads of Punjabis.

AMRITSAR: The director of the documentary film being made on the massacre of 35 Sikhs in March 2000 in Chatti Singhpura, Jammu and Kashmir, along with his team, paid obeisance at Sachkhand Sri Harmandir Sahib here today.

AMRITSAR: The meeting of the Interim Committee of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee held today under the chairmanship of Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami, strongly criticized the policy of evasion being adopted by the central government in the case of Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana and other captive Sikhs and termed this phenomenon as injustice to the minority Sikhs.

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 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.

SRI ANANDPUR SAHIB:   Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargajj Jathedar Akal Takht said that :We will launch a religious awareness campaign from homes of poor Sikhs on Vaisakhi. He was speaking to Sikh snagat on conlcuding day of three day Holla Mohalla festival.

AMRITSAR: Giani Raghbir Singh Jathedar of Sri Akal Takht Sahib has directed the Sikhs to recite Mool-Mantra and Gur-Mantra for a minute on December 27 at 10 am in the memory of four sahivlbzadas of Sri Guru Gobind Singh

AMRITSAR: Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami, president of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, taking notice of the incident of preventing an amritdhari Sikh from entering with Kirpan at Delhi's Jhilmil metro station, said that it is a violation of the country's constitution.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee has organised a religious nagar kirtan procession on the eve of 525th birth anniversary of first Guru of Sikhs Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji here on Saturday.

AMRITSAR: Giani Raghbir Singh Jathedar of Sri Akal Takht Sahib has ordered the Sikh community in view of the completion of 40 years of the Sikh Genocide of November 1, 1984 that on the occasion of Bandi chhod Divas on November 1, only ghee should be consumed in the memory of Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji. Lamps should be lit only and electrical decorations not to be done.

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.

NEW YORK; The New York Police have arrested two men in connection with two separate attacks on Sikhs in the city amid rising fears in the community in an area with a prominent gurdwara.

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: Baba Harnam Singh head of Damdami Taksal president of Sant Samaj Stressing on the need to ban the emigration of Sikh youth from Punjab, he appealed to the Sikhs living abroad to invest in Punjab.

AMRITSAR: The Indian government has withdrawn an order barring Sikh workers from carrying out their duties with kirpans at the country's airports.

PHAGWARA: BJP National Leader Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal has welcomed the assurance and statement of Primary and Secondary Education Minister of Karnataka BC Nagesh who has clarified the controversial issue of turban wearing Sikh students in schools/colleges and openly said that wearing the turban is the constitutional right for the Sikh community and the high court’s interim order is only applicable to the wearing of hijab, saffron
stole and religious flags only.

NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Tuesday ordered the blocking of apps, website and social media accounts linked to the banned organisation, Sikhs For Justice (SFJ).

CHANDIGARH: It's the battle among Sikhs to choose the 'Sardar' of Punjab, the state with a debt burden of at least Rs 2.82 lakh crore at the end of the current government's tenure.

AMRITSAR: The allegations leveled by Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) President Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami against Sikhs joining the BJP for denying 'Guru Sahib' have reached Akal Takht.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain a PIL seeking a direction to censor all future social media posts by Bollywood actress Kangna Ranaut, on the grounds that she had made several sacrilegious statements against the Sikh community, especially in connection with the protest against the farm laws.

CHANDIGARH:Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt) President and Rajya Sabha Member, S. Sukhdev Singh while strongly opposing Delhi Chief Minister and National Convener of Aam Aadmi Party, Sh. Arvind Kejriwal, S. Dhindsa said that Kejriwal who is ignorant of Panthic ideology should refrain himself from causing any hindrance in the release of Professor Devinderpal Singh Bhullar and 20 other imprisoned Singhs.

AMRITSAR: The birth anniversary of 10th Guru of Sikhs Sri Guru Gobind Singh was celebrated with great enthusiasm here on Sunday. Thousands of devotees took a holy dip in the sacred sarovar of Golden Temple .

AMRITSAR: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee has taken a strong notice of the posts defaming the Sikh community on social media. A letter has been written by the Shiromani Committee to the Commissioner of Police, Amritsar in this regard.

AMRITSAR: Mr Harjinder Singh Dhami, president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee , has strongly condemned the ban on Sikhs wearing Sri Sahib (kirpan) in court complexes or government institutions in Pakistan's as unfortunate and against religious freedom.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee President Bibi Jagir Kaur has congratulated the Sikh world on the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak and urged them to follow the teachings of Guru Sahib.

AMRITSAR:Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee President Bibi Jagir Kaur has congratulated the Sikh world on the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak and urged them to follow the teachings of Guru Sahib.

NEW DELHI: Congress MP from Anandpur Sahib Manish Tewari has shot a letter to Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi to ensure reservation to Mazhabi Sikhs & Balmikis.

WASHINGTON, DC: EcoSikh represented Sikh community at a major prayer gathering of various faith leaders held, on Monday, outside the US State Department to amplify the issue of climate emergency ahead of the World summit on Climate change. The rally was held as a follow up to “Faith and Science” conference hosted by Pope Francis where faith leaders jointly issued an appeal to the world leaders for setting ambitious targets to address the issue of climate change.

AMRITSAR: The action being taken by the Meghalaya government to evict the Sikhs living in Shillong is highly reprehensible. Disclosing this here today Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) President Bibi Jagir Kaur said that it was not logical to evict the Sikhs living in Shillong for years.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Sunday strongly opposed the decision of the Meghalaya government to evict the Sikhs living in Shillong. Taking up cudgels on behalf of the beleaguered Sikh community, S. Randhawa has decided to take up the matter with the Union Home Minister and Meghalaya Chief Minister stoutly protesting against the wrong decision.

LUCKNOW: Posters attacking the Congress of showing false sympathy towards farmers, have come up at several places in Lucknow.

LUCKNOW: UP minister of state for Jal Shakti, Baldev Singh Aulakh, has written a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah saying that Rampur district, which is his constituency, would ready to welcome Hindus and Sikhs who are being evacuated from Afghanistan.

NEW DELHI: At least 140 Afghan Sikh pilgrims who were scheduled to arrive in Delhi on Thursday to attend the celebrations marking the 400th birth anniversary of Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur, were stopped by the Taliban to board a flight from Kabul.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee has denied that Sikhs living in Afghanistan have been kidnapped by the Taliban even as the security situation in the war-torn country has further deteriorated.

AMRITSAR: Charanjit Singh Gumtala president of Amritsar Vikas Manch said that the Anand Marriage Act introduced by the Union Government for Sikhs in the Rajya Sabha on May 7 is not a complete marriage act as it is for Hindus, Christians and Muslims. It would not be an exaggeration to call it the Lame Marriage Act.

KABUL: A contingent of persons from the Hindu and Sikh communities who are stranded in Afghanistan were provided reassurance of safety by the Taliban, media reports said.

AMRITSAR: With the return of Talibans in Afghanistan, families of Hindu and Sikhs are sensing danger and eager to leave the nation but not willing to come to India at any cost.

NEW DELHI: As the situation in Afghanistan is deteriorating fast after the takeover by the Taliban, several Sikh families are stuck there and are looking for safe passage out of the war ravaged country. One of them is Sanmeet Singh, an Afghan Sikh, whose family members are in Afghanistan and they have no idea how to return to India.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee President Bibi Jagir Kaur appealed to the Prime Minister of India Mr Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Mr Subramaniam Jaishankar to ensure the safety of Sikhs living in Afghanistan and make unconditional arrangements for those Sikhs who want to come to India from Afghanistan.

TORONTO: Canada will admit 20,000 vulnerable Afghans, including Sikhs and Hindus, as Taliban fighters gain control of major parts of the war-torn nation.

AMRITSAR: Bibi Jagir Kaur, President of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, discussed the issues of Sikhs around the world as well as the preservation of Sikh heritage during the online meeting with officials of the Global Sikh Council.

SHIMLA: US-based banned Pro-Khalistan group Sikhs for Justice has issued a threat to Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, saying the latter won't be allowed to hoist the national flag in the hill state.

AMRITSAR:The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has demanded the governments of India and Afghanistan to ensure the safety of Sikhs living in Afghanistan. Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami, Chief Secretary, SGPC, said in a press statement issued from its headquarters here today said that the declining number of Sikhs in Afghanistan was a matter of grave concern which the Government of India should take seriously and ensure the well-being of the Sikhs living there. Make efforts to protect .

CHANDIGARH: Expressing deep concern over the declining number of Sikhs in Afghanistan due to the outbreak of civil war, Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt) President and Rajya Sabha Member, S. Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa has written a letter to the Indian Ministry of External Affairs.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) President Bibi Jagir Kaur has condemned the grenade attack targeting the minority Sikh community in Jalalabad, Afghanistan and called on the Government of India to negotiate with the Government of Afghanistan and take the lives of Sikhs there. . - Ensure the safety of goods.

WASHIGTON: 102 leaders from many religions joined to express their support for President Biden’s climate agenda. EcoSikh was represented by Dr. Rajwant Singh. He recited a hymn by Guru Nanak, the founder of the Sikh faith and shared the Sikh perspective on environment.

AMRITSAR: ShiromanI Akali Dal (SAD) Senior leader and Former chief Parliamentary Secretary Virsa Singh Valtoha today urged Giani Harpreet Singh Jathedar of Akal Takht  to declare Gandhi family including Indira Ganghi, Sonia Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi and Giani Zail Singh former President as enemies of Sikh community for their role in third holocaust of June 1984 and Sikh Genocide in November 1984 on anniversary of Operation Blue Star on June 6.

CHANDIGARH: United Sikhs and Karan Gilhotra Foundation dedicated a Mini COVID-19 Care Centre which gets operational today at the Sports Complex, Sector 43, Chandigarh. The Covid-19 Care Centre is inaugurated by V.P. Singh Badnore, (Governor) and Manoj Kumar Parida, IAS (Adviser to the Administrator) and our special guest Gurpreet Ghuggi.

WASHINGTON: Sikh community has welcomed the verdict of Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, being declared guilty of killing George Floyd, a black man. Chauvin kept Floyd’s neck under his knee for more than 9 minutes last year, killing George Floyd and sparking a national and global reckoning about race and police brutality in America.

INDIANAPOLIS: Sikhs Political Action Committee chairman Gurinder Singh Khalsa, who originally hails from Haryana, described killing of eight innocent persons, half of them were Indian American Sikhs as "Today is a very sad day for Americans, Hoosiers, and particularly for the Sikh community."

NEW DELHI: Hailing the social service by Sikh community and Gurudwaras all over the world, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday stressed the need to do "proper research and documentation" on this aspect of the Sikh tradition.

MOHALI: International social organisation of Sikh community – ‘United Sikhs’ has been providing financial aid to the needy farmers, who have suffered loss of life or property due to the ongoing farmers protest. Assistance of Rs 50,000 each is being given to many victim families.

PHAGWARA:Former Punjab Minister and Chairman of Punjab Agro Industries Corporation Joginder Singh Mann today said that denial of permission to Jatha for Sri Nankana Sahib by Modi government reflects the myopic mindset of BJP led government towards minorities especially the Sikhs.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Congress MP Ravneet Singh Bittu today lashed out at Deep Sidhu Punjabi Film actor for playing role in violence by certain elements and accused Sidhu for playing in the hands of Sikhs for justice.

CHANDIGARH: Prominent farmer leader of Punjab, President of Chandigarh State Unit of All India Jatt Mahasabha and National Delegate of Mahasabha S. Rajinder Singh Badheri has said that the present Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi is working to implement the hidden agenda of not only the BJP but also the RSS and Jana Sangh in the country. Their main task now seems to be to separate Sikhs and Muslims from India but Sikhs and Muslims will not allow such moves to succeed.

NEW YORK: Dr. Rajwant Singh, Founder of EcoSikh and Chairman of the Sikh Council on Religion and Education (SCORE), welcomed Biden’s inauguration today and said, “We are pleased that Joe Biden has become the 46th president of the United States. We are very confident that he will bring the nation together, a task which is critically needed in the face of pandemic and deep polarization in America.”

CHICAGO: Despite the ongoing pandemic, in the Sikh spirit of “Langar” the Sikh youth of Chicago area, under the auspices of Sikh Religious Society of Chicago, served food to the needy families on Christmas day December 25, 2020 at the Salvation Army Center in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The Salvation Army takes donations and provides basic human needs of food and shelter to the needy.

WASHINGTON: Sikhs across the United States have expressed joy at Joe Biden and Kamala Harris's election in the United States. Dr. Rajwant Singh, Chairman of the Sikh Council on Religion and Education (SCORE) and Founder of EcoSikh, said, "We are pleased with the results of these hard fought elections. Finally the nation can come together and move towards reconciliation during this very difficult time."

LONDON:Sikhs in the United Kingdom lost a prolonged battle as the London High Court has ruled that Sikhs will not be recorded as an ethnic group in the 2021 British census.

ISLAMABAD:The Pakistan government has sent out invitations to Indian Sikhs to attend celebrations marking the 551st birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism.

TRACY (California): UNITED SIKHS conducted a community press conference on October 15, 2020 attended by the Mayor of Tracy, California to call for answers in the on-going fight for justice for Parmjit Singh Kang who was murdered in a Gretchen Talley Park on August 25, 2019 in Tracy, California. The police arrested and held a white male without bail for a year in connection with the murder but the San Joaquin Court dismissed the case against the accused citing lack of sufficient evidence.

PATIALA: Strongly condemning the Indian Government’s move in branding Nine Sikhs associated with Khalistan struggle as “terrorists”, the Dal Khalsa and the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) today asked the Union Home Ministry to rectify its error.

CHANDIGARH: Concerned over reports of eviction faced by 500 Sikhs from a scheduled tribal block in Madhya Pradesh, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday decided to send a fact finding delegation to ascertain the facts of the matter and ensure that the evacuees are not rendered homeless or otherwise harassed.

CHANDIGARH:Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday expressed deep concern over Akal Takht Acting Jathedar’s remarks that Sikhs were not safe even in India, and asked the Takht to put pressure on the Akalis to sever all ties with the ruling alliance at the Centre, which had been unable to ensure a sense of safety among the minorities in the country.

DELHI: Marking the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak ji,Delhi Sikh  Gurdwara  Managment Committee has started an unique initiative  to motivate Sikh youngsters  to take pride in Turban  which represents Sikh faith and is  core piece of sikh  identity. 

CHANDIGARH: The walls tell the tales of their gallantry. The gold plaque is a shining testimony to their glory. It could well be mistaken for a small museum. But it is actually a room dedicated to the valour of 2 Sikhs, with whom Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has an indestructible bond, that has survived three generations of his family of soldiers.

CHANDIGARH: The Senior Congress leader from Punjab and Cabinet Minister, S. Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa today lashed out at the Modi Government for its blatant ignorance displayed towards the 550th Parkash Purb celebrations in the budget presented today and termed it as treachery on the entire Sikh community. The minister said that the Union Finance Minister has heaped insult on the 13 crore ‘Nanak Naam Leva’ sangat by not even mentioning the 550th Parkash Purb even once during her entire budget speech.

CHANDIGARH:  A high-level delegation, which has been rushed to Shillong by Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, on Wednesday assured the Punjabi settlers there of full support to protect their fundamental rights.

CHANDIGARH: The Badal family-Parkash Singh Badal and his sn Sukhbir Singh Badal-are caught on wrong foot 0n the issue of series of sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib in Punjab and police action on protesting Sikhs in Kotkapura and Bargari where two Sikhs were killed in police firing. The Justice Ranjit Singh commission report has nailed Badal family members on their involvement in ghasty incidents.

By Bir Devinder Singh 
The issue of cold blood murders of seven Sikh prisoners in the Pilibhit jail of UP, after unleashing horrendous third degree tortures excruciating pain, way back in November 1994 has surfaced prominently in the print media. The other day some members of Parliament from Punjab, called on the Union Home Minister Mr. Raj Nath Singh, seeking CBI probe in the incident happened during the regime of Mr. Mulayam Singh Yadav.

By Satinder Bains
CHANDIGARH: Punjab is once again heading for a period of turmoil not because Sikhs are facing any immediate threat from the Indian eastablishment or some forces from outside are challenging the religious and political existing of Sikhs. It is due to those very forces who have lost credibility in public and creating internal conflict among the Sikhs would well serve their purpose of creating fear psychosis among the Sikhs and Hindus.

By Satinder Bains
CHANDIGARH: A debate is going on in Punjab and among Sikhs around the world over the issues of no action taken on theft of 'Bir' of Guru Granth Sahib from Faridkot village, granting pardon to Dera Sacha Sauda Chief Gurmeet Ram Raheem Singh (later revoked), the sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib, unprovoked firing on peaceful Sikh protesters, suspension of Panj Piaras and rejecting their verdict to remove Sikh High priests.