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Delhi High Court pulls up municipal council for callousness

Delhi High Court pulls up municipal council for callousness

December 1st, 2008 - 11:02 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Monday pulled up New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) for its "callous attitude" towards a land acquisition case pending for over 30 years and ...

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Punjabi Durbar unaware of festival at Nankana Saheb

Punjabi Durbar unaware of festival at Nankana Saheb

November 18th, 2008 - 9:02 pm ICT by ANI -
Amritsar, Nov.18 (ANI): Radio Pakistans latest installment of Punjabi Durbar programme was oblivious of the festival being celebrated at Nankana Saheb where pilgrims in their thousands visited the birthplace of Guru ...

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India, Pakistan to hold talks on liberalising visa regime

November 14th, 2008 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, Nov 14 (IANS) Top officials from the interior ministries of Pakistan and India will meet here Nov 25 to discuss liberalizing their visa regime, as also issues related to counter-terrorism and ...

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November 13th, 2008 - 10:35 pm ICT by IANS -
NATIONAL Chhattisgarh set for polls amid Maoist threat - Lead moved at 13.09 Rajasthan BJP MP resigns alleging tickets sold, party denies - Lead moved at 19.54 India's moon impact probe to ...

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Sikhs take out processions on eve of Guru Nanak’’s birth anniversary

November 12th, 2008 - 9:17 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Nov 12 (ANI): Members of Sikh community took out a procession in New Delhi on Wednesday on the eve of the 540th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, the founder ...

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Only movies on Sikhs at this Toronto film fest!

October 12th, 2008 - 10:34 am ICT by IANS -
Toronto, Oct 12 (IANS) A line-up of movies revolving about the Sikh community is what the ongoing sixth global Spinning Wheel Film Festival (SWFF) has on offer, bringing together members of the ...

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Magnetic Hill draws visitors to Ladakh

October 9th, 2008 - 12:36 pm ICT by IANS -
Leh (Jammu and Kashmir), Oct 9 (IANS) You may not believe that a vehicle with its ignition off can move, but in Ladakh seeing is believing. Not only do vehicles move without ...

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No seats for minority Sikh students in Lahore University

August 29th, 2008 - 2:18 pm ICT by ANI -
Lahore , Aug 29 (ANI): Sikh students in Lahore have demanded reservation at the Government College University (GCU) after two of them were denied admission because of a lack of minority ...

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Delhi Education Director cautions govt schools against terror attacks

August 8th, 2008 - 3:17 pm ICT by ANI -
By Pankaj Yadav New Delhi , Aug 8 (ANI): In the aftermath of a hoax call early in the morning to blow up a public school in West Delhi , the Capitals ...

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Bomb scare in Delhi school found to be hoax

August 8th, 2008 - 2:01 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) An anonymous telephone call threatening a bomb blast in a school in the capital sparked panic Friday but it turned out to be a hoax. The Guru ...

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First Sikh doc in Pak history vows to treat patients without discrimination

July 28th, 2008 - 12:34 pm ICT by ANI -
Lahore , July 28 (ANI): Dr Mimpal Singh has become the first Sikh doctor in the history of Pakistan . After attaining his degree he vowed to treat his patients without ...

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Shutdown over Sikh-Dera row hits Punjab, Haryana (Lead)

July 23rd, 2008 - 9:44 pm ICT by IANS -
Chandigarh, July 23 (IANS) Normal life was paralysed in many towns of Punjab and Haryana Wednesday as a daylong shutdown called by Sikh activists, demanding the arrest of Dera Sacha Sauda sect ...

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Punjab shutdown over Sikh-Dera row hits rail, road traffic

July 23rd, 2008 - 4:19 pm ICT by IANS -
Chandigarh, July 23 (IANS) Rail and road traffic in Punjab was severely hit by a daylong state-wide shutdown called Wednesday by Sikh activists demanding the arrest of Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief ...

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Sikhs protest in Chandigarh against Dera chief

Sikhs protest in Chandigarh against Dera chief

July 15th, 2008 - 7:32 pm ICT by IANS -
Chandigarh, July 15 (IANS) Sikh activists from across Punjab held Chandigarh residents to ransom in some of the busiest areas of the city by blocking key roads for the third consecutive day ...

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Slum kids get international schooling in Chandigarh!

June 30th, 2008 - 12:08 pm ICT by IANS -
By Alkesh Sharma Chandigarh, June 30 (IANS) A building to match any corporate establishment, ultra-modern classrooms with audio-visual aids for teaching and computers - this is not an upscale city school, but a ...

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US varsity sets up chair in Sikh musicology

June 5th, 2008 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS -
New York, June 5 (IANS) An endowed chair to study and teach Sikh musical traditions has been established in the department of religion of Hofstra University here. The chair will focus on ...

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Sikh doc tops child heath diploma exam in Pak

May 20th, 2008 - 12:08 pm ICT by admin -
Lahore , May 20 (ANI): Dr Mimpal Singh has become the first Pakistani Sikh not only to successfully pass the examination of Diploma in Child Health (DCH), but also topped the ...

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US urged to help rebuild historic gurdwara in Iraq

April 17th, 2008 - 9:42 pm ICT by admin -
New York, April 17 (IANS) An American Sikh leader has urged Washington to rebuild a historic Sikh shrine in Iraq, destroyed by extremists three years ago. Rajwant Singh met Secretary of Defence ...

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Indian community celebrates Baisakhi in Poland

April 13th, 2008 - 4:43 pm ICT by admin -
By Surender Bhutani Warsaw, April 13 (IANS) The Indian community celebrated Baisakhi with traditional fanfare at a gurdwara in the Polish capital. This is the only Sikh shrine in the whole of Eastern ...

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Sikhs throng Pakistan shrine for Baisakhi

April 12th, 2008 - 12:07 pm ICT by admin -
By Muhammad Najeeb Hasanabdal (Pakistan), April 12 (IANS) More than 20,000 Sikh pilgrims from all over the world, including India, have started arriving at Panja Sahib in Hasanabdal, some 60 km from Islamabad, ...

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Campaign in Punjab against female foeticide

April 1st, 2008 - 9:30 am ICT by admin -
By Jaideep Sarin Ludhiana, April 1 (IANS) Giving voice to the unborn girl child who is mercilessly killed in the womb, activists in Punjab have launched a powerful campaign against female foeticide that ...

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Dalai Lama to receive interfaith prize

March 25th, 2008 - 8:22 pm ICT by admin -
New York, March 25 (IANS) The Dalai Lama, currently caught in a crossfire between China and protesters in Tibet, has been selected as the first recipient of the international Guru Nanak Interaith ...

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Canadian gurdwara sacks member for assault on white woman teacher

March 22nd, 2008 - 10:04 am ICT by admin -
Vancouver, March 22 (IANS) The Khalsa Diwan Society, the oldest Sikh body in North America that runs Canada's oldest gurdwara on Ross Street here, has suspended one of its executive members on ...

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Indo-Canadians lose $50,000 bond on deportee

March 12th, 2008 - 10:07 pm ICT by admin -
Vancouver, March 12 (IANS) While official word on it was awaited, supporters of failed refugee claimant Laibar Singh forfeited the $50,000 bond they had put up to keep the disabled man in ...

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7 days for Indians to hand over deportee or lose $50,000

March 4th, 2008 - 11:11 am ICT by admin -
Vancouver, March 4 (IANS) Canadian authorities have allowed supporters of failed refugee claimant Laibar Singh one more week to either hand him over or face forfeiture of their $50,000 bond. The bond ...

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Supporters seek year’s extended stay for disabled Sikh

March 3rd, 2008 - 11:07 pm ICT by admin -
Vancouver, March 3 (IANS) Supporters of failed refugee claimant Laibar Singh, who Monday stand to lose their $50,000 bond for keeping him in Canada, have requested the authorities to delay its forfeiture ...

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Supporters now want paralysed Sikh deported to India

February 20th, 2008 - 10:00 am ICT by admin -
Vancouver, Feb 20 (IANS) Prominent supporters of failed refugee claimant Laibar Singh, whose deportation to India was twice stopped by them, now want him to go back to India. Singh has been ...

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Sikh scholars seek Persian experts help for better understanding of Guru Granth

January 5th, 2008 - 7:27 pm ICT by admin -
By Ravinder Singh Chandigarh, Jan 5 (ANI): Sikhs visiting Gurdwaras to pay obeisance to the Guru Granth Sahib may not be aware that the sacred book has several Persian words and verses. For ...

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Sikhs in Malaysia mark Guru Nanak’s birthday

December 27th, 2007 - 1:49 pm ICT by admin -
Rawang, Dec 27 (ANI): Month-long prayers to commemorate Guru Nanak's 538th birthday were held at one of the oldest Sikh gurudwara in Malaysia. Thousands of devotees flocked to the Nanaksar gurudwara to ...

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Sikhs abandon taking out nagar kirtan in Nankana Sahib

November 24th, 2007 - 5:38 pm ICT by admin -
By Ravinder Singh Robin Amritsar, Nov.24 (ANI): Sikh celebrations of Guru Nanak's 538th birth anniversary in Pakistan were on Saturday confined to the Gurdwara Nankana Sahib due to security threats. Over 20,000 Sikh ...

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