Now Dal Khalsa slams SGPC & Avtar Singh Makkar for participating in Hindu Maha Kumbh Mela

January 15, 2013

Amritsar/Ludhiana, Punjab (January 15, 2013): Opposing participation of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) in the Kumbh mela, the Dal Khalsa has slammed SGPC President Avtar Singh Makkar for succumbing to the pressure from the Shiromani Akali Dal Badal on this issue. SAD (Badal) is the ruling party in Punjab that runs a coalition government Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP), that has it's ideological base in Hindutva ideology. It is notable that SGPC is currently under the control of SAD (Badal).

Sikh genocide 1984: PIL on missing charge-sheet against Sajjan Kumar to come up on Jan 16

January 15, 2013

New Delhi, India (January 15, 2013): According to a news reported by certain media sections a PIL relating to the missing charge sheet involving Congress leader Sajjan Kumar is likely to come up on January 16 before the bench of Chief Justice and Justice V. K. Jain.

AISSF want Judicial commission to sack Makkar for “abuse of power” over SGPC’s participation to Kumb Mela

January 15, 2013

Amritsar, Punjab (January 15, 2013): All India Sikh Students Federation (AISSF) President Karnail Singh Peer Mohammad has approached Sikh Gurudwara Judicial Commission and Akal Takhat Sahib against Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) and it's president Avtar Singh Makkar for their decision to participate in Kumbh Mela, a Hindu festival.

Now Dal Khalsa slams SGPC & Avtar Singh Makkar for participating in Hindu Maha Kumbh Mela

January 15, 2013

Sikh genocide 1984: PIL on missing charge-sheet against Sajjan Kumar to come up on Jan 16

January 15, 2013

AISSF want Judicial commission to sack Makkar for “abuse of power” over SGPC’s participation to Kumb Mela

January 15, 2013

Re-building Punjab: Political Economy, Society and Values – conference at UC Santa Cruz on March 29-30

January 15, 2013

Santa Cruz/California, United States (January 15, 2013): It is learnt that on March 29-30, 2013, conference, with the theme, “Re-building Punjab: Political Economy, Society and Values” at University of California, Santa Cruz, California (United States).

Re-building Punjab: Political Economy, Society and Values – conference at UC Santa Cruz on March 29-30

January 15, 2013

More opposition to SGPC’s decision to participate in Maha Kumb Mela

January 15, 2013

Chandigarh, Punjab/India (January 15, 2013): According to media reprots Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) member Hardeep Singh on January 14, 2013 criticised the participation of the committee and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) patron, chief minister Parkash Singh Badal in the Kumbh Mela, saying it was against the Sikh tenets.