JALANDHAR: A number of Sikh organizations have announced to stage a dharna outside the BJP head office in New Delhi on December 20, to express their displeasure against the Uttarakhand government “inaction” on the issue of historic Gurdwara Gian Godri in Haridwar. “Sikh organizations and activists have been requesting the Uttrakhand government to restore the gurdwara land to them... 

The Jammu and Kashmir government has given a notice to Punjab seeking Rs 8,500 crore in compensation for the losses incurred on sharing water and power generated from Ravi river. “The government has sent a compensation notice seeking Rs 8,500 crore, including Rs 2,500 crore as a cost of sharing power, in compensation from Punjab,” Minister for Irrigation and Flood Control, Taj Mohi-ud-Din said... 

CHANDIGARH: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandhak Committee will be challenging the verdict delivered by Punjab and Haryana high court granting voting rights to Sehajdhari Sikhs, in the Supreme Court. A day after the Punjab and Haryana high court gave a verdict the SGPC and the SAD went into a huddle to discuss the issue. The matter will also come up for in depth discussion in core committee meeting of SAD... 

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday granted bail to Harvinder Singh who was arrested last month for slapping Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar soon after a public function. Allowing him to walk out of jail on bail, district judge HS Sharma said: “Violence in any form at any place, irrespective of the grievance of an individual, is to be neither preached nor approved. The applicant (Harvinder... 

Chote Sahibzade Shaheedi Divas Baba Zorawar Singh & Baba Fateh Singh Ji Sunday 1st January 2012 At Gurdwara Baba Zorawar Singh & Baba Fateh Singh Ji Phoenix Drive, Leadenhall, Milton Keynes, MK6 5 LU Programme: Friday 30 December 2011 – Arambh Sri Akhand Paath Sahib Ji Sunday 1st January 2012 – Akhand Paath Sahib Bhog – 9am Sri Sukhmani Sahib             –... 

LONDON 13 December 2011: International Panthic Dal submits a petition to stop Mohammed Izhar Alam ‘Sena’ becoming an candidate for the Panjab Assembly Elections in 2012.  I.P.D collected many thousands of signatures throughout the international community both in physical and digital format. It is clear that Sikhs throughout the world will not accept Izhar Alam contesting as an candidate... 

Peshawar—Sikhs community leader from Khyber Agency Sahib Singh announced joining Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) and said that the party Chief Imran Khan was the only hope to pull the country out of present crises. Sahib Singh, in a press conference on Tuesday, also announced resignation from Awami National Party (ANP) and said that minority particularly Sikh community had completely been ignored by... 

Faridkot, December 13 The pain and suffering of thousands of families in the district who have no access to safe drinking water seems to be losing in the electioneering din with no party speaking about the issue. “The election issues being raised by various political leaders do not touch our lives. The politicians are only interested in attacking their rivals,” said a rather disappointed Tarsem... 

Chandigarh, December 13 The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) have almost sealed a pre-poll seat-sharing arrangement with the two deciding to retain the same number of seats each as during the 2007 elections. The two have, however, agreed to exchange four seats. The BJP will contest 23 seats. It will give up its claim on the Garshankar seat in lieu of the Ludhiana (West)... 

(Reuters) – Returning to India from a summit in Bali last month, Manmohan Singh was cheerful and determined: once dubbed “the leader other leaders love,” he’d enjoyed meeting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and U.S. President Barack Obama, one of his biggest admirers. With a host of long-stalled reforms ready for debate in the next parliamentary session, he told a close colleague...