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Patiala, Punjab: Speakers at the inaugural function of the Gurmat Sangeet competition, organised by Punjabi University’s department of Gurmat Sangeet yesterday, disapproved of the practice of reciting Gurbani based on film music. They felt it was against the spirit with which Sikh Gurus had composed and recited Gurbani and took the focus of the listener away from the quintessence of the divine word to popular film compositions. In his presidential address, Vice-Chancellor Dr Jaspal Singh said the department had been actively parrying the onslaught of western music on Indian classical music through the recital of Sikh divine music. Gurmat Sangeet, having been establishe…
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Londond, UK: Against the stunning backdrop of the Tower of London, ‘Tigerstyle’ took over 200 people who gathered on the historic grounds, on a musical Journey through history. Launching this year’s event series presented by the Anglo Sikh Heritage, ‘Jewel in the crown’ made a mark in history being the first Sikh event at the Tower of London with live music inspired by the life of Maharajah Duleep Singh. The classically trained Scottish Sikh brothers performed songs fusing traditional daadi raag with rich eclectic instrumentation. Crowds watched intently under the lit London skyline, “this is the perfect setting! I’ve really enjoyed the music, the underlying message is…
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British authorities are cracking down on the many tantriks, babas and psychics who prey on the fears and desires of the Asian community by promising them remedies, everlasting love and good fortune. Most newspapers published in Indian languages in London carry hundreds of advertisements from such individuals, promising ‘100 per cent guarantee’ of love and riches, or promising to cure cancer and lift curses. The soothsayers industry is said to be worth 40 million pounds every year. Now, authorities in the east Midlands town of Leicester, better known as ‘Little India’, have announced a campaign against such babas and tantriks, most of whom have origins in the Indian sub…
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Toronto, Canada: The Sikh Activist Network demands a retraction of the false statements in an article published online by the Toronto Sun on Thursday, April 22, 2010. This article falsely claims that the Sikh Activist Network, a youth run organization based out of the Peel region, has been coordinating efforts to block Premier Dalton McGuinty’s attendance at the annual Khalsa Day parade in Toronto.</p> The Sikh Activist Network has never made a statement in regards to the attendance of Premier Dalton McGuinty at the Toronto Khalsa Day Parade. Furthermore, the Sikh Activist Network adheres to the Sikh spiritual belief in respect, tolerance and equality for all peopl…
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Chandigarh, Punjab: The Punjab government is all set to enact a law with the provision of jail, heavy fine and even cancellation of licences of defaulting travel agents to strike at the root of human trafficking. Under the new law, all travel agents will be required to be registered with the state authorities. As the Assembly is not in session, a draft ordinance — which received the state Cabinet nod on September 16 last year — has been sent to Punjab Governor Gen S F Rodrigues (retd). As soon as the Governor gives his clearance, the ordinance will be notified. In the next Assembly session, a Bill will be tabled before the House to be passed as an Act. As per the propos…
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Amritsar, Punjab: Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and parts of Jammu and Kashmir reeled under a power crisis as 35 lines of the northern grid tripped around 3 am following a technical glitch in the transmission lines triggered by fog and cold conditions. In Punjab, it was a complete blackout and the power production remained suspended for several hours. “Due to intense fog conditions in North India, high-tension lines of the northern grid tripped at 3.02 am today, leading to major power interruption in several states, including Punjab,” said a Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) spokesman. The power officials said they managed to resume the partial supply by morning. Boar…
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Surrey, Canada: A candle vigil was held in Surrey in memory of Sikh Bhai Bhag Singh, many have given him the title 'the first Indian martyr on Canadian soil". In commemoration of the 95th anniversary of the death of Bhai Bhag Singh, hundreds gathered in his honour. The event was organised by the Indo Canadian Workers' Association (ICWA) at Bear Creek Park at 13750-88 Avenue Surry Bhai Bhag Singh headed the Khalsa Diwan Society, which is the oldest Sikh religious body in Canada. According to the ICWA, he and his comrade Bhai Badan Singh were shot by Bela Singh, an agent of the British government, on September 5, 1914. Both victims died. The shootings came less than two…
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The Punjab police achieved a major breakthrough when it managed to break a module of the alleged Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) sympathisers by arresting four persons from the Sathiala township bus stand barely a day before Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal was scheduled to participate in a “sangat darshan” programme at Sathiala. Senior Badal, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal and their family members were already on the hit list. Pavittar Singh, a resident of Baba Bakala, and Punjab police official Bhupinder Singh, his wife Amarjit Kaur, residents of New Santokhpura locality of Jalandhar, and Jaspal Singh, another resident of Jalandhar, were nabbed b…
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Chandigarh, Punjab: All anti-Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) forces that had put their brains and brawn together for a change in the top leadership of the Sikh parliament in the probable year of election to its general house find their efforts decimated by unabated majority loyalty to the ruling group. Though the opposition had a limited success in preventing unanimity in elections, it could not come anywhere near displacing any of the Badal Dal loyalists from any of the positions in the executive committee of the SGPC that is elected every November. While the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) has every reason to be pleased both with the appointment of Justice Harphool S…
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Bathinda, Punjab: In the wake of detection of more than 100 Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) positive cases and death of two Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) patients in the first 10 months in Bathinda district, the situation seems to be alarming and grim in the district as far as the matter relating to HIV/AIDS cases is concerned. Sources in the Health Department told The Tribune that from January to October as many as 111 HIV positive cases had been detected in three integrated counselling and testing centres (ICTCs), situated at Bathinda, Rampura and Talwandi Sabo, while two AIDS patients died during this period in the district. Besides, there may reporte…
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Amritsar, Punjab: In what has come has come as a blow to the SGPC management, the Sikh Gurdwara Judicial Commission (SGJC) has slapped a contempt notice on SGPC chief Avtar Singh Makkar and secretary Dalmegh Singh for allegedly violating the commission directions in respect of commissioning of a private firm for the audit of the SGPC. The full bench of the commission has fixed December 1 as the next date of hearing in the case. The SGJC has issued the directions on a petition filed by Baldev Singh Sarsa, a leader of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Panch Pardhani) who had sought the revocation of a contract between the SGPC and a Chandigarh-based chartered accountants’ firm, Ms …
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Sacramento, California: California Governor Schwarzenegger said NO to a measure that would have required police to receive training in how to deal with members of the Sikh faith, who carry a small, curved sword called a kirpan. Civil rights activists pushed for the bill, AB 504 by Assemblyman by Warren Furutani (D-Long Beach), saying Sikhs who carry the blade, which they consider sacred, are being unnecessarily arrested and prosecuted. Schwarzenegger said the state Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training should set such guidelines, not the Legislature. Source: Los Angeles Times
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Veteran Akali leader and member of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) Manjit Singh Calcutta has created a flutter within the Akali circles and outside as well by accusing the SGPC management of “violation of hukamnamas” issued by Akal Takht from time to time. Calcutta has sought to highlight the sensitive issue of alleged violation of Akal Takht “hukamnamas” by successive presidents of the SGPC and its management citing a couple of cases in his “open letter” addressed to the Akal Takht Jathedar. “On one hand, all of us treat ‘hukamnamas’ issued from the Takht as an ‘order of the Almighty’ and on the other hand, the SGPC itself was violating these edicts …
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Chandigarh, Punjab: Bir Devinder Singh former deputy speaker of Punjab Vidhan Sabha on Monday warned against over playing the incident of detention of film actor Shah Rukh Khan by US airport authorities. The text of his press statement is reproduced below. "The Statement of Ambika Soni Union I&B Minister on the frisking of Shah Rukh Khan at Newark Air Port in New Jersey (US) is highly irresponsible. It is not for a senior Minister to speak in such a casual manner while commenting upon an incident which smack of racism and occurred on a foreign land. I do concede her legitimate right as I&B Minister to give her reaction on the treatment meted out to a Bollywood su…
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Ottawa, Canada: The World Sikh Organization of Canada (WSO) condemns the continuing human rights violations and fake encounter killings being carried out by security forces in India. Tehelka Newsmagazine in its August 8, 2009 edition has published photographs of the broad daylight murder of 27 year old Chongkham Sanjit in a fake encounter by Indian Security Forces in the state of Manipur. While Manipur police commandos claimed that the dead man, whom they accused of being a member of a banned separatist group, was armed and killed in an encounter, Tehlka’s photographs show Indian commandos approaching the unarmed Mr. Sanjit, taking him into a pharmacy and then emerging …
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