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By Ravinder Singh Robin, Amritsar, June 6 : Representatives of various Sikh organisations assembled at the Akal Takht, the highest spiritual seat of the Sikhs, on Wednesday to pay homage to martyrs of 'Operation Blue Star'. More...

Security has been beefed up for the 23rd anniversary of Operation Bluestar, being observed as Ghalughara Divas (genocide day), here at Akal Takht tomorrow. Sikh radicals will organise bhog of an Akhand Path to mark the occasion. It is likely that the issue of Dera Sacha Sauda will be raised...

Punjab Cultural Society is organising its annual cultural camp, Perfect Summer Camp-2007 at Punjabi Bhawan. According to Dr Davinder, the advisor of the society, the purpose of the camp is to promote folk dance and music. Boys and girls of various age groups are participating in the camp. Dr...

To meet Chief Minister to press for arrest of Dera chief With Sant Samaj activists announcing to court arrest if Dera Sacha Sauda chief is not arrested by June 18, various Sikh organisations in the city have decided to meet Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal for a solution to the impasse. The...

The golden jubilee celebrations of Sher-e-Punjab Bomb Disposal Unit commenced in the Western sector on Friday. The event began with a prayer, followed by a special Sainik Sammelan addressed by Lt Gen Noble Thamburaj, GOC, Corps and Colonel Commandant, the Bombay Sappers. Col SK Sharma...

The Punjab Junior girls and boys softball teams advanced to the semi-finals of the 25th Junior National Softball Championship being held at the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) grounds here today. In the girls super-league stage, Punjab drubbed Chattisgarh 11-9 while in another closely...

In a new revelation, a public inquiry has been told that the Sikh militants had warned the Indo-Canadian community not to fly on Air India weeks before the deadly 1985 Kanishka bombing. More...

In a delicate balancing act, seen as a move to avoid hardliners from hijacking the agenda, the Sikh high priests today came up with a calibrated response to the Dera Sacha Sauda s apology for portraying its chief in clothes associated with Guru Gobind Singh. The priests of the Akal Takht...

In a delicate balancing act, seen as a move to avoid hardliners from hijacking the agenda, the Sikh high priests today came up with a calibrated response More...

Top Sikh clerics will meet in Amritsar to decide the future course of action in the wake of an apology tendered by the Dera Sacha Sauda chief to Guru Gobind Singh on Sunday night. More...

The Anglo-Sikh War Memorial Trust will commemorate the anniversary of the war on June 2 at Hasanpur village near Ludhiana. Addressing mediapersons on Monday, Surat Singh Khalsa, an office-bearer of the Trust, said the Anglo-Sikh War of 1846, and not the 1857 war, was the first freedom struggle...

Andhra Pradesh crushed Uttar Pradesh with the score 21-1 on the first day of the 25th Junior National Championship being played at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) here today. Hosts Punjab too thrashed Chhattisgarh 12-0. Orissa outplayed Jammu and Kashmir with the score 11-0 and Madhya...

In a move that may end the standoff in Punjab, the Dera Sacha Sauda apologised this evening to Guru Gobind Singh in humanity s interest , reiterating that the sect held all religions in high esteem and their chief could never think of imitating the Guru. Hours after the Akal Takht deadline for...

In a move that may end the standoff in Punjab, the Dera Sacha Sauda apologised this evening to Guru Gobind Singh "in humanity's interest", reiterating that the sect held all religions More...

Peace prevailed in Punjab and parallel congregations held by the Dera and Sikh organisations passed off peacefully as the deadline set for closure of sect's centres in the state expired. More...

WITHIN a year Punjab would have its first Territorial Army s (TA s) Ecological Task Force Battalion. Punjab Cooperation and Defence Services Welfare Minister, Captain Kanwaljit Singh (retd) said at the inauguration of the Territorial Army Down the Ages that a proposal for raising such a...

Punjab police has provided sufficient security around the branches of the Dera Sacha Sauda all over Punjab to prevent any untoward incident following recent clashes between the activists of various Sikh organisations and followers of Dera Sacha Sauda. This was revealed by Director General of...

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has struck down the clause 37 that was introduced by the Punjab Government this year allowing students with MBBS degree from Punjab colleges, including Baba Farid University, Faridkot, an additional weightage of 15 per cent while seeking admission to higher...

Asserting that law and order would be maintained in the state at all costs, Punjab DGP N P S Aulakh said there are sufficient forces to provide security to all centres of the Dera Sacha Sauda in Punjab in view of the edict passed by Akal Takht for their closure by May 27. More...