Tag: SGPC
Former Akali Minister Manjit Singh Calcutta passes away
AMRITSAR - Former Higher Education Minister for Punjab and a former Secretary of the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC), Manjit Singh Calcutta passed away here on Wednesday morning. The veteran Akali...
Literature at Sikh Reference Library to be Available Online soon
AMRITSAR - In its endeavour to spruce up its treasures at the Sikh Reference Library established in 1946, the SGPC is now into making its contents available online. The access to rare...
Ahead of Bandi Chhor Divas, Sarbat Khalsa Jathedars detained
AMRITSAR - Ahead of Bandi Chhor Divas and to prevent “parallel Jathedars" from reaching Akal Takht, the police detained Sarbat Khalsa appointed jathedars. The Amritsar Rural police today detained Takht Kesgarh Sahib “parallel”...
SGPC withdraws Shiromani Patarkar award from Kuldip Nayar
AMRITSAR - The SGPC today withdrew the Shiromani Patarkar Award conferred to veteran journalist Kuldip Nayar for using “objectionable words” and hurting Sikh sentiments by writing objectionable content against. The SGPC executive...
Calendar Confusion: Gurpurb celebrated twice in 3 days
Two days after the SGPC commemorated the parkash purab of Dhan Guru Ramdas ji. the occasion was celebrated again today. This was the result of a controversy over Nanakshahi calendar. Sikh organisations, including...
Controversial SGPC Chief Secretary Harcharan Singh resigns
AMRITSAR - Former banker and SGPC Chief Secretary, Harcharan Singh, 72, resigned resigned from the highly controversial posting on Friday amid talk that he had been asked to go since he could...
Paramjit Singh Sarna adviser to CM Capt Amarinder Singh
PATIALA - Former DSGMC chief Paramjit Singh Sarna has been appointed as adviser to Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Tuesday. After assuming his new assignment, Sarna went to Gurdwara Dukhniwaran Sahib in...
GST raises Harmandir Sahib Langar expenses by crores
The newly-introduced GST is going to pinch the world's largest community kitchen – feeding freshly cooked food to an estimated 50,000 devotees on weekdays and over 1,00,000 on weekends and special occasions....