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Punjab govt and SGPC join hands to celebrate 550th Guru Nanak Prakash Pura
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Jun 29 (ANI):The Punjab government and the Sikh Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) will jointly celebrate Guru Nanak Dev's 550th birth anniversary this year.
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224 Sikh devotees leave for Pakistan on death anniversary of Maharaja Ranj
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], June 27 (ANI): To commemorate the 180th Death Anniversary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, a batch of 224 Sikh devotees from the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) left for Pakistan in a special train from Attari Railway Station on Thursday morning.
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Pakistan refuses visa to 58 Sikhs for pilgrimage
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], June 26 (ANI): Pakistan on Wednesday refused visas to 58 Sikh pilgrims who wanted to go there to observe the death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.
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Phoolka requests Punjab CM to press for appointment of Chief Commissioner
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 20 (ANI): Senior advocate HS Phoolka on Monday requested Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh to meet Union Home Minister after the formation of a new government at the Centre and press for appointment of Chief Commissioner of Gurudwara Elections,
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Akali Dal abstains from NDA meeting
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 31 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), also known as Akali Dal, and a key ally of BJP in Punjab, on Thursday abstained from the NDA meeting called to discuss the issues to be considered and taken up during the Interim Budget Session of Parliament, which began today.
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Former SGPC chief lambasts BJP on Accidental Prime Minister
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], Jan 4 (ANI): Former Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) chief Avtar Singh Makkar on Friday criticised 'The Accidental Prime Minister' movie and asserted that the film has been made on the behest of BJP only to defame former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
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Former SGPC chief Bibi Jagir Kaur acquitted in her daughter's murder case
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab), [India], Dec 4 (ANI): The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday acquitted former Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) chief Bibi Jagir Kaur in the murder case of her daughter Harpreet Kaur.
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Punjab CM flays Kirpal Singh's removal from Sikh History Resource Project
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab), Nov 12 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has taken strong exception to the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) decision to remove noted Sikh scholar and eminent historian Kirpal Singh as the chairman of the Sikh History Resource Editing P
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History books row: SGPC stages protests, demands apology from Punjab CM
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Nov 3 (ANI): Protesting against the alleged denigration of Guru Sahiban in the history books of the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB), the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Friday sought an apology from Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder
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Army Chief visits Golden Temple
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], July 8 (ANI): Army chief General Bipin Rawat visited Golden Temple in Amritsar on Sunday to seek blessings and talk about the security of the temple.
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Punjab: 25 Sikh families from Afghanistan seek Indian citizenship
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], July 8 (ANI): As many as 25 Sikh families from Afghanistan have urged the Congress-led Punjab government to provide them Indian citizenship and give houses to stay as they are unable to fulfill their daily requirements.
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SGPC chief calls Jalalabad blast 'deliberate attack'
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 2 (ANI): Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee president GS Longowal on Monday called the 'barbaric' suicide bombing in Afghanistan's Jalalabad city, a 'deliberate' attack.
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