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Amritsar, Punjab: A painter-turned-sculptor has a story to tell. Narinder Singh, an eminent artiste, had the urge to do something different and a challenge thrown by a woman made him manifest his inner dream and created a life out a wooden piece. Since then he has not looked back and dedicated his whole life to this form of art. However, for him this art has different perception. “It’s not me who works on wood to express my thoughts, in fact it is the wood itself which uses me to communicate its silent feelings,” says Narinder, who has put up an exhibition of his works at local Art Gallery. Narrating his story about metamorphosis, Narinder is basically an art teache…
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Washington: The U. S. Army announced today that it accepted a Sikh officer into its active forces. The officer had sought an accommodation allowing him to maintain his religiously mandated turban and beard while serving his country. The Army's decision is a major step towards ending a 23-year old policy that excludes Sikhs from service. The Sikh officer, Captain Kamaljeet Singh Kalsi, a doctor, was recruited to join the Army's Health Professions Scholarship Program several years ago. He maintained his turban throughout his 8 years of medical education, which included specialized Army training, attendance at Army ceremonies and work in military medical facilities. Nev…
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Chandigarh, Punjab: Over 100 villages of Punjab are set to have underground Sewage system, to free the rural population from the menace of open defecation and open overflowing stinking drains. <BR itxtvisited="1"><BR itxtvisited="1">The Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal has instructed to cover all villages of religious importance first under this programme and a humble beginning is being made from Baba Bakala, the 'Tapo Bhumi' of Ninth Sikh Guru Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Sahib and Holy village Khadoor Sahib, a holy land visited by eight Sikh Gurus.<BR itxtvisited="1"><BR itxtvisited="1">Reviewing the working of Rs. 1280 Crores Rural Water Supp…
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Amritsar: Pilgrims visiting the Harimandir Sahib will not have to walk on the parkarma of the holy sarovar in harsh weather as re-doing of the verandahs along the passage is expected to be completed in three to four months. The verandas in the Harimandir Sahib complex along the parkarma on all four sides give shelter to devotees from harsh weather or rain. But since the verandas being repaired by devotees and volunteers of kar sewa led by Baba Jagtar Singh have not been in use, the kar sewa for the repair of the corridor has been on for more than one year. As devotees walk barefoot on open marbled passage to reach the sanctum sanctorum covering the parkarma, they somet…
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Amritsar, Punjab: Environmentalists and agriculturists have expressed acute concern over the sharply-depleting ground water levels for the cultivation of paddy in the border region here.</p> The state has recorded 40 percent deficient rain during the month of June and July but some showers in August have redeemed the situation slightly. According to reports in the media, the ground-water-level-situation in Punjab had been quite grim but effective measures taken by certain NGOs backed by the government, for the last two years, have created a situation where the fall could be termed relatively insignificant. It is pertinent to mention here that a strong message was…
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Chandigarh, Punjab: Punjab and the Centre appear to be headed for a fresh confrontation over the issue of inter-state water sharing. Nearly 62 years after the Independence, Punjab has decided to take the Centre head on and demand a royalty on water to the tune of Rs 20,000 crore for the water flowing into Rajasthan. Seepage from the Rajasthan canal has caused major water-logging in southern Punjab, but more importantly, the recent controversy involving the management of the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) wherein the Centre tried to appoint a member from Rajasthan on the board is unacceptable to Punjab. General Secretary of the SAD Prem Singh Chandumajra said: “The …
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Chandigarh, Punjab: She spoke out for the daughters of Punjab who remain neglected and for whose welfare the Punjab government claims to be working day and night. At an international forum in Geneva, she countered falsehoods peddled by an Indian officer that Punjab has high literacy and that all girls have access to education. She is the daughter of one of Punjab's most extra-ordinary scholars, Prof Pritam Singh, and also a sister of Vice Chancellor Dr Jairup Singh of Central University, Bathinda. But more than that, she is a Sikh woman who knows her mind. Posted as a pediatrician at Rajindra Government Medical College and Hospital at Patiala, Harshinder Kaur told the U…
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Ludhiana, Punjab: The Punjab government today banned a former Delhi High Court Judge, Justice TS Doabia, from inquiring into the December 5 violence against Sikhs on the plea that his presence threatened law and order in the city. The government, however, could not prevent Sikh activists from giving their written statements as 76 of them, including 12 injured in the firing, informed the panel in writing of the happenings on the day. Justice Doabia was asked by Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) chief Paramjit Singh Sarna to look into the incidents that forced the police to open fire leading to killing of a Sikh activist. The retired Judge reached the Gujja…
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Case Filed Against Arundhati Roy For Kashmir Remarks
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Srinagar, J&K: A complaint has been filed with the Ranchi chief judicial magistrate against renowned author and social activist Arundhati Roy for her comments on Kashmir. Arundhati Roy has a known stand on Kashmir which differs from the official line propounded by New Delhi. Ms Roy while interacting with reporters in Ranchi on September 26 had said in her opinion she did not accept that Kashmir was ever an integral part of India. Unflinching in her support for a free Kashmir, internationally acclaimed writer, Arundhati Roy on Sunday said that the state was never an integral part of India and urged Kashmiris to stay focused on achieving their goal of azadi. At a sem…
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Chandigarh, Punjab: Waking up from slumber after 25 years, the government has given a sum of Rs 1.12 crore as ex-gratia grant to as many as 56 families of victims of 1984 anti-Sikh riots, who had migrated from the affected states and are presently residing in Moga district. Cheques of Rs 2 lakh each were presented to these families by senior SAD leader Jathedar Tota Singh in the presence of officials of the local administration at a function held in the district administrative complex here, today. Earlier, an ex-gratia grant of Rs 2 lakh each was provided to 193 victim families in April 2006 and 13 families in February 2009, who are presently residing in the district. …
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Bay Area, California: It was announced by some missionaries of bay area that an anti dasam Granth seminar was being held at Hayward, California today Aug 22, 2009. Keynote speaker was one Gurcharan Jeonwala and Parminder Parmar who use filthy language for banis of Dasam pita. A large number of Gursikhs gathered at Gurudwara sahib Fremont and were to march to the venue of seminar for protest. Kala afghana cult sensed that and they changed the venue at last minute to a restaurant in San Jose, CA a distance of 15 miles from Hayward. Singhs reached there and found they did not turn up there as well.They were contacted on the phone and said they had canceled the seminar due t…
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Saskatchewan, Canada: Baljit Singh has won seven teaching awards as a professor in the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) since he began teaching at the University of Saskatchewan, including being named a master teacher at spring convocation, but not a single one hangs on his office wall. “My attitude is that we don’t need awards to be the best we can be,” said Singh. “To inspire our students should be thanks enough.” Singh works with graduate students and teaches a first-year anatomy class. Although he is quick to point out the grade point average in his course is not great, he feels that pushing his students is more important than marks. “We should be than…
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Austria: Sikhs in Austria feel let down since no official of the Punjab government or the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) has visited Vienna to know their welfare. Sukhdev Singh, a resident of Austria, said here today that the Punjab government had sent a special plane to Vienna to bring the body of Sant Parmanand killed in a gurdwara on May 24, but had failed to visit the gurdwara where no “prakash” was being held for three “Birs” of Guru Granth Sahib for 14 days. The Austrian resident rued that Akal Takht had directed the SGPC to form a fact-finding committee some weeks ago, but the latter had failed to do so. He said even members of the Indian Embassy …
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President Obama Will Not Visit Harmandir Sahib During India Trip
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Washington, US: The White House has rejected media reports suggesting the US President, Barack Obama, cancelled his proposed visit to Golden Temple in Punjab so that he will not to have a head cover that could give him a look like a Muslim. Local media in home and abroad put up stories on cancellation of Obama’s trip to Amritsar giving different tones, which the White House strongly opposed. “We have visited many religious sites — mosques, churches, synagogues — on foreign travel. We will do so on this trip, probably in Indonesia. So I think that the decision we made was driven by, again, the interests of time, how to best advance our common interests with India in thes…
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Debt burden will make us a failed state: Manpreet
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Jalandhar, Punjab: Former Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal, who made a quick visit to the Doaba region today, said the debt worth Rs 71,000 had already become unsustainable and if the present trend continued Punjab would become a failed state in due course. In case the debt burden was not lightened, the state could default in the payment of instalments of interest and principal to off load the debt. He said keeping in view the heavy debt burden, the Centre had directed the state to set up a sinking fund, which meant setting aside money to pay the debt instalments. Manpreet said he had never talked about stopping the social welfare schemes such as…
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Seriously?? The Dhadi is trying to be cute. For those who didn't get it, he said: "Some say Maharaj killed bakras (goats). Some say he cut the heads of the Panj Piyaras. The truth is that they weren't goats. It was she-goats (ਬਕਰੀਆਂ). He jhatka'd she-goats. Not he-goats." Wow. This is possibly the stupidest thing I've ever heard in relation to Sikhi.
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