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December 3rd, 2008 - 4:25 pm ICT by IANS
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Chandigarh, Dec 3 (IANS) Traffic movement was restricted, many public parking spaces were closed and 1,500 policemen patrolled Chandigarh streets Wednesday in an attempt to fortify the joint capital of Punjab and ...
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November 23rd, 2008 - 9:00 pm ICT by ANI
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By Asheesh Goel
Dehradun, Nov.23 (ANI): Gurudwara Angitha Sahib in Sahaspur near Dehradun in Uttarakhand holds a unique significance for the Sikh community. For, at this gurudwara, the personification of Shri Guru ...
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November 18th, 2008 - 9:03 pm ICT by ANI
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By Ravinder Singh Robin
Amritsar, Nov.18 (ANI): Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday described anti Sikh riots of Delhi as wrong and incidents in Punjab that took place in 1984 as ...
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November 8th, 2008 - 9:13 am ICT by IANS
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Jersey City (New Jersey), Nov 8 (IANS) Agitated by two incidents of hate crime in less than a month, the Sikh community of New Jersey has demanded immediate action by police to ...
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October 19th, 2008 - 4:38 pm ICT by ANI
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By Ravinder Singh Robin
Washington, Oct.19 (ANI): U.S Presidential hopeful Barack Obama has extended his congratulations to the Sikh community here on the Tercentenary celebrations of Guruship of Guru Granth Sahib.
Obama, ...
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October 5th, 2008 - 9:15 pm ICT by ANI
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By Ravinder Singh Robin
Narli (Indo-Pak border), Oct.5 (ANI): Gatka, the Sikhs traditional martial art form, which is generally at public display usually during religious procession these days, is being popularized ...
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September 24th, 2008 - 6:29 pm ICT by ANI
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By Ravinder Singh Robin
Amritsar, September 24, (ANI): Popular for his jibes on political opponents, former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu of the Bharatiya Janta Party on Wednesday hailed Congress General Secretary Rahul ...
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September 22nd, 2008 - 10:45 am ICT by IANS
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Amritsar, Sep 22 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi made an unscheduled visit Monday to the shrine of Harmandar Sahib, popularly known as the Golden Temple, in this Sikh holy city in ...
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September 11th, 2008 - 4:15 pm ICT by ANI
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Kuala Lumpur , Sept 11 (ANI): Daljit Singh Dalliwal, a Malaysian Indian Sikh, was sworn in as a Senator here last evening.
Daljit Singh (48), the president of the Punjabi Business Chamber, ...
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September 11th, 2008 - 11:56 am ICT by IANS
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Kuala Lumpur, Sep 11 (IANS) Malaysian Punjabi Business Chamber president Daljit Singh Dalliwal, who has been sworn in as a senator, says his appointment shows Sikhs are not neglected in this Southeast ...
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August 29th, 2008 - 2:18 pm ICT by ANI
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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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August 25th, 2008 - 2:08 pm ICT by IANS
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Kuala Lumpur, Aug 25 (IANS) From singing and doing the Bhangra to studying law, ethnic Indian artiste Manjit Singh Gill, popularly known as M-Ji, has proved he can do it all.M-Ji has ...
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August 15th, 2008 - 12:28 am ICT by IANS
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Barnala (Punjab), Aug 14 (IANS) At least five people were injured in a clash between members of the Sikh community and followers of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect in a village in ...
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August 14th, 2008 - 9:25 am ICT by IANS
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By Subhash K. Jha
Mumbai, Aug 14 (IANS) The agitations by some Sikh groups against the depiction of Sikhs in the romantic comedy "Singh Is Kinng" has left producer Vipul Shah agitated. Directed ...
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August 11th, 2008 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
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By Jaideep Sarin and Alkesh Sharma
Chandigarh, Aug 11 (IANS) There was no end to rejoicing or the ringing of phone bells at the Bindra farmhouse near here, ever since Chandigarh boy Abhinav ...
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August 11th, 2008 - 4:45 pm ICT by IANS
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Chandigarh, Aug 11 (IANS) With their son winning the first gold for India in the Olympics Monday, Babli and A.S. Bindra could not hide their joy, receiving congratulations from friends and relatives ...
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August 8th, 2008 - 1:49 pm ICT by IANS
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Amritsar, Aug 8 (IANS) The first show of much-hyped Hindi film "Singh is Kinng" was disrupted Friday at a cinema hall here after protests by Sikh activists. The Sikh activists vandalised the ...
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August 7th, 2008 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) Thursday gave a clean chit to the much hyped Akshay Kumar starrer romantic comedy "Singh is Kinng", which is releasing ...
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August 7th, 2008 - 4:56 pm ICT by ANI
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By Ravinder Singh Robin
Amritsar, Aug.7 (ANI): Heads of various Sikh organizations on Thursday witnessed the annointment and coronation of Giani Gurbachan Singh as the acting Jathedar of the Akal Takht, the ...
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August 5th, 2008 - 4:21 pm ICT by ANI
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By Ravinder Singh Robin
Amritsar, Aug.5 (ANI): Giani Gurbachan Singh was today named the acting Jathedar of the Akal Takht, a day after his predecessor, Joginder Singh Vedanti, resigned from the same ...
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August 5th, 2008 - 2:46 pm ICT by IANS
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Amritsar, Aug 5 (IANS) The head of the Akal Takht - the highest temporal seat of Sikh religion - Joginder Singh Vedanti resigned from his post Tuesday. Vedanti submitted his resignation to ...
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August 4th, 2008 - 3:16 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) The Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee (DSGMC) Monday formed a three-member committee to screen Akshay Kumar starrer "Singh is Kinng" to see if there Sikhs have been ...
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August 1st, 2008 - 11:15 am ICT by IANS
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London, Aug 1 (IANS) A 13-year-old boy of Indian origin, who was left by his parents at a temple here last year and then taken into foster care, has run away from ...
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July 30th, 2008 - 1:17 pm ICT by IANS
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By Jaideep Sarin
Ludhiana, July 30 (IANS) It was just a few months ago - eight to be precise - on a Gurpurab day (the birth anniversary of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev) ...
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July 29th, 2008 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
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Sirsa (Haryana), July 29 (IANS) Physical verification of arms and arms licences will be carried out in Haryana's Sirsa district following incidents of clashes and the prevailing tension between Dera Sacha Sauda ...
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July 27th, 2008 - 11:35 pm ICT by IANS
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Sirsa (Haryana), July 27 (IANS) Controversial Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh Sunday said in this Haryana town that the differences between the sect and the Sikh community could ...
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July 26th, 2008 - 3:17 pm ICT by IANS
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Ambala (Haryana), July 26 (IANS) A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here Saturday ordered that rape charges be framed against controversial Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh. ...
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July 25th, 2008 - 10:31 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday directed a group of colleges of Delhi University (DU), which claim to be run by minority institutions, to reserve seats for Other ...
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July 23rd, 2008 - 1:02 pm ICT by ANI
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Amritsar, July 23 (ANI): Normal life was hit across Punjab on Wednesday, as activists of several Sikh organizations stopped trains and buses in response to a shutdown call given by Harnam ...
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July 21st, 2008 - 11:49 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh despite being a Sikh and Punjabi has not done anything either for the community or Punjab, Akali Dal MP Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa said ...
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