Hundreds honour US gurdwara shooting victims
August 11th, 2012 - 12:21 am ICT by IANS
Oak Creek (Wisconsin), Aug 10 (IANS) Hundreds of mourners, Sikhs and others, policemen and religious leaders, men and women gathered here Friday to pay their last respects to six worshippers ... Read more...
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From translation screens to ACs, gurdwaras go hi-tech (Feature)
May 2nd, 2012 - 1:51 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh/Amritsar, May 2 (IANS) The afternoon heat outside bothers none. As the gathering of the devout listens to hymns in air-conditioned comfort, the English translation of the lyrics appears on ... Read more...
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Sehajdhari Sikhs want cancellation of SGPC poll
December 21st, 2011 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 21 (IANS) A day after the Punjab and Haryana High Court quashed a 2003 notification of the central government barring Sehajdhari Sikhs from voting in Shiromani Gurdwara ... Read more...
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Non-baptised Sikhs can vote in SGPC polls: Court (Lead)
December 20th, 2011 - 7:45 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 20 (IANS) Quashing an October 2003 central government notification, the Punjab and Haryana High Court Tuesday allowed voting rights to Sehajdhari or non-baptised Sikhs in elections to ... Read more...
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Non-baptised Sikhs can vote in SGPC polls: Court
December 20th, 2011 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 20 (IANS) Quashing an October 2003 central government notification, the Punjab and Haryana High Court Tuesday allowed voting rights to Sehajdhari or non-baptised Sikhs in elections to the ... Read more...
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Slap murder charge if holy book is damaged: SGPC
September 29th, 2011 - 3:48 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Sep 29 (IANS) The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) will press for murder charge if anyone desecrates the Sikh holy book, Guru Granth Sahib, SGPC chief Avtar Singh Makkar ... Read more...
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Gurdwara polls: Government drops curbs on voters
September 2nd, 2011 - 12:31 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Sep 1 (IANS) The withdrawal of a 2003 notification by the central government, which will allow Sehajdari Sikhs to cast votes in this month?s Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee ... Read more...
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SGPGC’s Sri Guru Granth Sahib university launched
July 25th, 2011 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
Fatehgarh Sahib (Punjab), July 25 (IANS) The Sri Guru Granth Sahib University (SGGSU) was launched in this Sikh holy city Monday with the first academic session being inaugurated by Chief ... Read more...
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President offers prayers at Golden Temple
October 6th, 2010 - 1:45 pm ICT by IANS
Amritsar, Oct 6 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil Wednesday arrived in this Sikh holy city and offered prayers at 'Harmandar Sahib', popularly known as the Golden Temple, the holiest of Sikh shrines ... Read more...
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Sikh ‘Fateh March’ enters Punjab
May 12th, 2010 - 3:17 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, May 12 (IANS) Hundreds of people gathered at the Shambhu barrier on the Punjab-Haryana border as the 'Fateh (victory) March', to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the victory of Sikh ... Read more...
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Sikh group leaves for Pakistan to mark Baisakhi with relatives
April 11th, 2010 - 10:36 pm ICT by ANI
By Sawinder SinghAmritsar, April 11 (ANI): A group of Sikhs on Sunday morning left for Pakistan to be with their relatives living in Pakistan ahead of the upcoming Baisakhi, the harvest ... Read more...
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Sikh devotees celebrate Guru Parab
December 24th, 2009 - 6:25 pm ICT by ANI
Patna, Dec 24 (ANI): Sikh devotees on Thursday offered prayers at Gurudwara Patna Sahib on the 343rd birth anniversary of their 10th and last religious leader, Guru Gobind Singh. The guru's birth ... Read more...
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Akal Takht asks SGPC to send team to probe Vienna shooting
August 12th, 2009 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
Amritsar, Aug 12 (IANS) The Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of Sikhs, Wednesday directed the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to send a team to Austrian capital Vienna to probe the ... Read more...
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Social neglect leading to growing influence of sects: Experts
May 29th, 2009 - 1:33 pm ICT by IANS
By Alkesh Sharma
Chandigarh, May 29 (IANS) Punjab came to a grinding halt for nearly two days after followers of Dera Sachh Khand protested violently against the attack on their leaders in Vienna. ... Read more...
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Ravidass sect leaders calm angry followers, demand action (Lead,superseding earlier story)
May 26th, 2009 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS
By Dipankar De Sarkar
London/Vienna, May 26 (IANS) Europe-based leaders of a Sikh sect, whose deputy leader was shot dead in Vienna, Tuesday urged thousands of angry followers in the continent to remain ... Read more...
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Priests calm Ravi Das followers in Britain, want swift Indian action
May 26th, 2009 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS
By Dipankar De Sarkar
London, May 26 (IANS) The Europe-wide head of a Sikh sect whose deputy leader was assassinated in Vienna said Tuesday he was determined to calm down followers in ... Read more...
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Controversial ‘deras’ add fuel to Punjab fire
May 26th, 2009 - 2:24 pm ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin
Chandigarh, May 26 (IANS) Punjab's social and religious fabric is undergoing a gradual change - and divisions too - with the increasing influence of controversial deras, or sects, headed by ... Read more...
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India condemns Vienna violence, wants attackers punished (Lead)
May 25th, 2009 - 3:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) India Monday condemned the clashes involving rival Sikh groups in Vienna, which triggered violence in Punjab, and said it has asked Austrian authorities to ensure that the ... Read more...
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India condemns Vienna gurdwara violence, wants attackers punished
May 25th, 2009 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) India Monday condemned the clashes involving rival Sikh groups in Vienna that also triggered violence in parts of Punjab and said it was in touch with the ... Read more...
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Indian Sikh guru dies in Austrian gurdwara attack, six arrested (Second Lead)
May 25th, 2009 - 1:50 pm ICT by IANS
By Mehru Jaffer
Vienna, May 25 (IANS) An Indian Sikh guru died in the Austrian capital Monday following an armed attack at a gurdwara the previous day. Six people have been arrested for ... Read more...
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Man nabbed for entering sanctum area of Golden Temple
April 26th, 2009 - 1:47 pm ICT by IANS
Amritsar, April 26 (IANS) A man was nabbed in the holiest of Sikh shrines Harmandir Sahib for jumping into the area of the sanctum sanctorum where the holy book Guru Granth Sahib ... Read more...
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Two die, portion of religious press building crashes
April 15th, 2009 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
Amritsar, April 15 (IANS) At least two people were killed and two others were injured here when a portion of the printing press building where the Sikh holy book, Guru Granth Sahib, ... Read more...
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PM prays at the Golden Temple (Second Lead, superseding previous story)
March 24th, 2009 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
Amritsar, March 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, accompanied by his wife Gursharan Kaur, Tuesday morning visited Harmandar Sahib, the sanctum sanctorum of the Golden Temple, to offer thanksgiving prayers for ... Read more...
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PM thanks almighty at Golden Temple (Lead)
March 24th, 2009 - 10:24 am ICT by IANS
Amritsar, March 24 (IANS) A devout Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday morning visited Harmandar Sahib, the holiest of Sikh shrines popularly known as Golden Temple, for offering thanksgiving prayers after his ... Read more...
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Badal holds prayers at Golden Temple for PM’s health
January 26th, 2009 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
Amritsar, Jan 26 (IANS) They may belong to completely different political ideologies and camps, but that did not stop Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal from conducting an uninterrupted recitation - Akhand ... Read more...
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Sikhs across India mark Guru Nanak’s birth anniversary with fervour (Roundup, combining different series)
November 13th, 2008 - 7:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) As dawn broke Thursday, hundreds of Sikhs across India thronged gurudwaras for morning prayers to mark the 539th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of ... Read more...
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After gurdwara raid row, Belgian king visits Sikh shrine
November 6th, 2008 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) With a raid on two gurdwaras in Brussels triggering outrage among the Sikh community, Belgium's King Albert II and Queen Paola took time off to visit Gurdwara ... Read more...
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Gurdwara raid casts shadow on Belgian king’s visit to India (Lead)
November 2nd, 2008 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS
Brussels, Nov 2 (IANS) King Albert II of Belgium arrives in India on a nine-day visit Monday amid a row in his country over a raid on a gurdwara by police seeking ... Read more...
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Gurdwara raids cast shadow on Belgian king’s visit to India
November 2nd, 2008 - 12:09 pm ICT by IANS
Brussels, Nov 2 (IANS) King Albert II of Belgium arrives in India on a nine-day visit Monday amid a row in his country over a raid on two gurdwaras by police ... Read more...
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World’s first Sikh University to come up in Punjab
August 31st, 2008 - 1:30 pm ICT by IANS
Fatehgarh Sahib (Punjab), Aug 31 (IANS) This holy town in Punjab, where two sons of the 10th Sikh Guru, Gobind Singh, attained martyrdom in the 18th century, is set to be home ... Read more...
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Government pays for Guru Granth Sahib translation
July 27th, 2008 - 12:09 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 27 (IANS) The central government has given a grant of Rs.10 million for the translation of the Sikh holy book Guru Granth Sahib into English and Hindi to commemorate the ... Read more...
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Malaysian Sikhs join debate over use of the word ‘Allah’
July 4th, 2008 - 11:32 am ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, July 4 (IANS) Malaysia's 100,000-strong Sikh community is the latest party seeking to intervene in the suit by the Catholic church over the use of the word Allah. The Malaysian ... Read more...
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Thousands join Sikh procession
March 2nd, 2008 - 10:32 pm ICT by admin
Chandigarh, March 2 (IANS) Thousands of devotees, particularly Sikhs, paid obeisance to a religious procession ceremoniously carrying the Sikh holy book - Guru Granth Sahib - and weapons of 10th Sikh guru ... Read more...
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Sikhs celebrate birth anniversary of Guru Ram Das
November 14th, 2007 - 1:54 am ICT by admin
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