Tag: SGPC
SGPC virtually ENDS Nanakshahi Calendar
Amritsar - The SGPC move to come out with Sikh New Year calendar having “Bikrami character” has not found favour with Sikh organisations in various countries. These organisations have rejected the new...
SGPC approves Guru Granth Sahib Bir printing facilty in Canada
Amritsar - The Shriomani Gurdwara Pharbandhak Committee (SGPC) has finally approved to set up a printing facility at British Columbia (BC) in Canada for printing Guru Granth Sahib Birs so as to cater...
SGPC takes over Takht Patna Sahib too, Makkar elected president
PATNA Sahib - In a huge blow to Paramjit Singh Sarna-led SAD (Delhi), SAD (Badal) wrested the control of Takht Patna Sahib Management Board on Friday. Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) chief Avtar Singh Makkar...
Shaheedi Saka Nankana Sahib – The Nankana Massacre
The Nankana Sahib Massacre refers to the grim episode during the Gurdwara Reform movement in which a peaceful batch of reformist Sikhs was subjected to a murderous assault on 20 February 1921...
Breaking: Massive Beadbi of Gutka Sahibs discovered in Ludhiana
The police have recovered 1,000 boxes containing 40,000 Gutkas from the house of the accused who burnt the Gutkas yesterday. The police also recovered boxes from Dhandari. The accused told the police that 200...
Giani Gurmukh Singh takes charge as Takht Damdama Sahib Jathedar
Talwandi Sabo - Giani Gurmukh Singh has been appointed as the acting Jathedar of Takht Sri Damdama Sahib, at a ceremony held here on Sunday, 27th January. The decision was reached following a...
List of Takht Jathedars controversially sacked by SGPC
The recent removal of Takht Sri Damdama Sahib Jathedar Balwant Singh Nandgarh, despite opposition from several quarters has divided the Sikhs once again. He is not the first Jathedar who has been...
SGPC sacks Takht Damdama Sahib Jathedar Giani Balwant Singh Nandgarh
Fatehgarh Sahib - Amidt controversy arising out of diametrically opposite stands of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) and Takht Damdama Sahib jathedar Balwant Singh Nandgarh on the Nanakshahi calendar came to a...