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World War I & its impact on Sikhs
By helping the British colonialists in suppressing the Revolt of 1857, the Punjab Sikh chiefs and soldiers had saved the empire. The Sikh soldiers were taken in the army first in 1846. During 1853-54 they crushed the Santhal rebellion in the Ganga valley....
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Jolt for Badal as Delhi votes Sarna way
The Shiromani Akali Dal (Delhi) led by Mr Paramjit Singh Sarna today retained the DSGMC despite Parkash Singh Badal addressing rallies and SGPC president Jathedar Avtar Singh Makkar personally supervising the party's poll strategy...
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Time to teach netas some green lessons
Are politicians concerned about environmental changes around them or have they made environment and ecology election issues, the answer is a big no....
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Giani Gurdit Singh passes away
Eminent Punjabi writer Giani Gurdit Singh, known particularly for his book "Mera Pind" that has sustained readership over the past four decades, passed away....
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Wedding Re-arranged to Gurdwara Sahib
Over the past three years the Sikh Community has united in peace to stop the abuse of Sri Guru Granth Sahib. To date over 170 Anand Karaj’s have been re-arranged from hotels, etc, to Gurdwaras. And now, a wedding due to take place on 28th January has already been re-arranged to a Gurdwara....
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Come My Beloved
Even a moment spent in the ecstasy of awareness makes the whole of life worth living. As if one lives in a single moment of this burning quest, life becomes bearable....
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Giani Gian Singh : Poet, Historian
His true calling in life began when he resigned his position as a granted in Patiala and set out on an extensive peregrination across India visiting places of pilgrimage, especially those commemorating events in Sikh history....
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Badal loses bid to wrest control of DSGMC
Shiromani Akali Dal led by Prakash Singh Badal today failed to wrest control of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee as his rivals retained majority in the religious body ahead of Punjab Assembly elections next month...
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News Items 30 to 39
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A Monument of Injustice
This film depicts the true historical facts how under a deep conspiracy the young Maharaja was dethroned.., how he was separated from his mother..
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Relevance of Sri Guru Granth Sahib for Today
Sri Guru Granth Sahib, was compiled by the fifth Guru of the Sikhs, Guru Arjun, as Adi Granth in 1604. Four centuries have tested the authenticity of the Holy Book and it has come out successful, being recognized by more and more people all over the world as a...
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Dr. Tejindepal Singh Involved in Accident
Tragedy struck the Toronto Sikh community when Dr. Tejinderpal Singh 'Dulla', a renowned nishkam Kirtanee, and his wife Bibi Jasbir Kaur became involved in a fatal vehicle accident on Wednesday near Owen Sound in Southern Ontario.....
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International Human Rights Campaign Gathers Pace
An international human rights postcard campaign to free three innocent Sikhs held in a Punjab jail, being spearheaded by the Sikh Federation (UK), Sikh Secretariat, Young Sikhs (UK) and Khalsa Human Rights, is gaining increasing political and human rights support from across the globe....
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The history of buildings at Hazur Sahib Nanded
In 1831, Lord Bentinck met Maharaja Ranjit Singh to inform him of the poor condition of the Takhat (Throne) Hazoor Sahib. This greatly disturbed the Maharaja who then made a supplication (an ardaas) to God to have the opportunity to....
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In Memory of Chali Mukte
You and your companions, all forty of you are muktas - the Saved Ones. The battlefield shall be called Muktsar or the Pool of Salvation. You are delivered from the chain of births and deaths forever. You have attained mukti, freedom from birth and death.....
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Art, Faith and History
It is a potent nexus, even explosive at times, as history tells us. Just think of the riots that occurred all over Europe and in parts of the Muslim world in 2005, triggered by the...
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News Items 20 to 29
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House of Waris
He is 32 years old with long slender fingers, neatly tied dastaar, short bushy open beard and a New York hipness. He became a celebrity in the Sikh community after his last role in the Hollywood flick, 'Inside Man' by Spike Lee....
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Innovators take aim at clogged hearts
High-tech companies often begin in a garage. That's where Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard made the first Hewlett-Packard electronics in 1938 in San Jose. It's where Steve Jobs and Stephen Wozniak created the first Apple computer in 1976 in Cupertino. But Advanced Cardiovascular Devices got its start on the beach...
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I see no Stranger - Early Sikh Art and Devotion
Sikhism is a way of life, a journey that begins without but takes you within. It is an endeavour to connect with the Formless, the Enduring, the Divine, through the Guru's grace. The journey is the destination....
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News Items 10 to 19
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100 Year Old Saroop of Maharaj Missing?
Over a hundred-year-old handwritten bir of Guru Granth Sahib, which was installed on the first floor of Golden Temple many years ago, has been replaced with a printed saroop....
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