Bookmark?Remove? Jathedar Akal Takht Giani Gurbachan Singh resigns Published 8y ago - WSN News Bureau Unable to face his own people in private or public for the past few months, in view of the anger of the Sikhs over his proximity to the Shiromani Akali Dal Badal and his role in granting pardon to the Sauda Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim, also under pressure of ... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Delhi leader Avtar Singh Hit is President of Takht Patna Sahib Committee Published 8y ago - WSN News Bureau Months after the general elections were held for the Takht Harmandir Patna Sahib Committee under the Takht Harmandir Sahib Gurdwara Management Act, 1956, DSGMC nominee and former legislator from Delhi, Avtar Singh Hit was unanimously elected as the President o... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Ontario exempts helmets for Sikhs, WSO welcomes, safety expert cautions Published 8y ago - WSN News Bureau Turbaned Sikh motorcyclists in the Ontario state of Canada will not need helmets announced the provincial government in response to a bill introduced by the young and dynamic newly elected MPP Prabmeet Singh Sarkaria. Instead of passing the new legislation, t... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Centre directs Chandigarh to grant helmet exemption to Sikh women Published 8y ago - WSN News Desk Turban or no turban, Sikh women in Chandigarh are likely to be allowed to ride two-wheelers in this capital city of Punjab without a helmet. The Union government of India has asked the Union Territory government to enact a legislation as has been done by Punja... More »
Bookmark?Remove? UN Secretary-General to visit Amritsar on 3 October Published 8y ago - WSN News Desk On 3 October, when the UN Secretary General Mr Antonio Guterres lands in Amritsar on the personal section of his 4-day visit to India, he would be the first high-ranking UN official to visit Darbar Sahib. As SGPC prepares to honour him during his brief visit, ... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa resigns from Badal Dal posts Published 8y ago - WSN News Desk Unable to bear the strain anymore of the Akali Dal having gone astray from its mandated path of upholding the Akali spirit of truthfulness and respect the ideals of the party, Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, veteran Akali parliamentarian, secretary-general of the party... More »
Bookmark?Remove? National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions orders status quo of Shillong School Published 8y ago - WSN Delhi Desk On a petition by the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee to the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions, on behalf of the poor Sikhs of Shillong, a three-bench committee has ordered that status quo of the Guru Nanak School be maintained ... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Accord Vatican status to Nankana Sahib says NZ MP Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi Published 8y ago - WSN News Bureau In a congratulatory note to the newly elected Pakistan Premier Imran Khan, the first Sikh New Zealand Member of Parliament –Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi has urged that as part of the historic 550 year birth anniversary celebrations of the founder of the Sikh faith –... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Punjab Panchayat bodies elections on 19 September Published 8y ago - WSN News Bureau Polls to 22 Punjab zila parishads and 150 panchayat samitis will be held on September 19 stated Jagpal Singh Sandhu, the Punjab State Election Commissioner and from today the model code of conduct is in force. Nominations start from September 4 and end 7 Septe... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Arrest former Punjab police chief Sumedh Saini: Dal Khalsa Published 8y ago - WSN News Bureau Alleging full complicity of former DGP Punjab Sumedh Saini in acts of extrajudicial killings and rights violations in Punjab over the last three decades. Dal Khalsa has demanded his arrest and prosecution. Party spokesperson Kanwarpal Singh has said that he ha... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Sikh hijackers acquitted amidst Raj Karega slogans Published 8y ago - WSN Punjab Desk Amidst a galaxy of Sikh leaders from Punjab and Delhi, the two Dal Khalsa activists Satnam Singh Paonta Sahib and Tejinderpal Singh were acquitted by Additional Sessions Judge Ajay Pandey at the Patiala House courts, New Delhi today, with the detailed judgemen... More »
Bookmark?Remove? Congress did not kill Sikhs in November 1984 says Rahul Gandhi Published 8y ago - WSN News Bureau Stirring a hornet’s nest, Rahul Gandhi remarked at a London meeting with Parliamentarians that the Congress party had no hand in the November 1984 massacre. His father’s accomplice P. Chidambaram justified saying, “something terrible happened then.” Sikhs have... More »
