Mohansingh Rajpal is Pune's first Sikh mayor

PUNE: Mohansingh Rajpal of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) was elected mayor on Tuesday with a comfortable margin of 44 votes. Rajpal was elected with the support of the Congress party.

It was a straight fight between Rajpal, who got 89 votes and the Shiv Sena (SS) candidate Deepak Gawde who managed to get 45 votes from SS and Bharatiya Janata Party members. Ten corporators were absent during the elections, eight of them from the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena.

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1984 riots case: CBI terms witness 'unreliable'

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday termed as "unreliable" a key witness of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi, who had testified against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler, while clarifying its stand and giving a clean chit to the former central minister.

Reading out the affidavits of the witness, Surinder Singh, filed at different times, the probe agency said he remained silent for 17 years and recorded his statement only in 2001 before the Nanawati Commission, in which he named Tytler as an accused.

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Prof. Darshan Singh Khalsa controversy - a detailed view

Sat Sri Akal,

Please view below the step wise details of the Controversy with Prof. Darshan singh Khalsa. It's just an effort to offer you the detailed view of the complete controversy.

View the short clip on youtube which started spreading the controversy :

http://sikhsindia.blogspot.com/2009/10/may-we-ask-prof-darshan-singh-ragee-ji.html

View the copy of the EDICT issued by Akal Takht Sahib :

http://sikhsindia.blogspot.com/2009/11/copy-of-edict-from-akal-takht-sahib.html

View the COMPLETE VIDEO of Keertan at Rochester :

http://sikhsindia.blogspot.com/2009/11/view-controversial-video-of-prof.html

View copy of the letter from the President, Gurdwara Rochester, New york : http://sikhsindia.blogspot.com/2009/11/letter-from-rochester-gurdwara-for-prof.html

View the poster issued by Singh Sahib :

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Letter from Rochester Gurdwara, for Prof. Darshan Singh ji Khalsa

BY SD. DALJEET SINGH HOTHI & SANGAT from GURDWARA ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

☬ ੴ ਵਾਿਹਗੁਰੂ ਜੀ ਕੀ ਫ਼ਤਿਹ॥ ☬
ਵਲੋ ਰੋਚੈਸਟਰ ਿਨਉਯਾਰਕ (ਯੂ ਐਸ ਏ) ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ ਦੀ ਸੰਗਤ
ਿਮਤੀ 22, 23 ਅਗੱਸਤ 2009 ਨੰ ੂਸਾਡੇ ਸੱਦਾ ਪੱਤਰ ਤੇ ਿਸੱਖ ਕੌਮ ਦੇ ਮਹਾਨ ਿਵਦਵਾਨ
ਜੀ ਸਾਬਕਾ ਜਥੇਦਾਰ ਅਕਾਲ ਤਖਤ ਸਾਿਹਬ ਸਾਡੇ ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰੇ ਰਾਚੈਸਟਰ ਿਨਉਯਾਰ
ਿਵੱਚ ਆਏ ਉਹਨਾ ਗੁਰਮਤ ਿਵਚਾਰਾਂ ਦੇ ਨਾਲ ਨਾਲ ਐਸੀਆ ਰਚਨਾਵਾ ਵਾਰੇ ਸਚੇਤ ਕ
ਗੋਿਬੰਦ ਿਸੰਘ ਜੀ ਦੇ ਨਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਜੋੜੀਆਂ ਗਈਆ ਹਨ। ਉਹਨਾ ਰਚਨਾਵਾ ਿਜਹਨਾਂ ਤੋ ਪ੍ਰੋ: ਦ
ਨੇ ਸੁਚੇਤ ਕੀਤਾ ਿਕ ਇਹ ਗੁਰੁ ਗੋਿਬੰਦ ਿਸੰਘ ਜੀ ਦੀਆਂ ਨਹੀ ਹੋ ਸਕਦੀਆਂ। ਇੱਕ
ਿਵਦਵਾਨ ਕਹਾਉਣ ਵਾਲਾ ਸਕਸ਼ ਗੁਰਸ਼ਰਨਜੀਤ ਿਸੰਘ ਲਾਬਾਂ ਤੇ ਉਸ ਦੀ ਟੋਲੀ ਿਜਸ
ਤਾਿਹਤ ਿਜਹੜੀ ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ ਰਾਚੈਸਟਰ ਦੇ ਿਦਵਾਨ ਹਾਲ ਿਵੱਚ ਬਣੀ ਪ੍ਰੋ: ਦਰਸ਼ਨ ਿਸੰਘ
ਨੰ ੂ ਇਸ ਤਰਾ ਤਰੋੜ ਮਰੋੜ ਕੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਆਪ ਨੰ ੂ ਉੱਤਰੀ ਅਮਰੀਕਾ ਿਵੱਚ ਪੰਜਾਬੀਆਂ ਦ
ਅਖਵਾਉਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਜੱਸ ਟੀ ਵੀ ਤ􀂃 ਿਦਖਾਇਆਂ ਿਗਆ, ਜੋ ਿਕ ਸਚਾਈ ਤੋ ਕੋਹਾਂ ਦੂਰ ਸੀ। ਿ
ਆਮ ਿਸੱਖਾ ਨੰ ੂ ਗੁਮਰਾਹ ਕੀਤਾ ਿਗਆ। ਜੋ ਿਕ ਬਹੁਤ ਹੀ ਮੰਦਭਾਗੀ ਕਰਤੂਤ ਹੈ। ਿਪਛ
ਬਹੁਤ ਸਾਰੇ ਿਵਦਵਾਨ ਕਿਹਦੇ ਆ ਰਹੇ ਹਨ ਿਕ ਦਸਮ ਗੰ੍ਰਥ ਿਵੱਚ ਚਿਰੱਤਰ ਨੰ ਬਰ 16, 2
ਗੋਿਬੰਦ ਿਸੰਘ ਜੀ ਜੀਵਨ ਗਾਥਾ ਹੈ। ਉਹਨਾਂ ਿਵਦਵਾਨਾ ਿਵੱਚੋ ਪੋ: ਰਾਮ ਪ੍ਰਕਾ􀂩 ਿਸੰਘ ਜੀ (
ਅੰਿਮ੍ਰਤਸਰ) ਦੇ ਲੇਖ ‘ਚਾਨਣ ਮੁਨਾਰਾ’ ਜੋ ਫਰਵਰੀ 1959 ਿਵਚ ‘ਗੁਰਮਿਤ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ’ ਿਵ
ਭਾਈ ਵੀਰ ਿਸੰਘ ਜੀ ਨੇ ਆਪਣੀ ਿਕਤਾਬ ਕਲਗੀਧਰ ਚਮਤਕਾਰ ਿਵੱਚ ਵੀ ਖੁਲਾਸਾ ਕ
ਚਿਰੱਤਰ 16, 21, 22, 23 ਗੁਰੂ ਜੀ ਦੀ ਹੱਡ ਬੀਤੀ ਹੈ। ਇਹਨਾ ਤੋ ਇਲਾਵਾ ਿਗਆਨੀ
ਨਰੈਣ ਿਸੰਘ, ਿਪਆਰਾ ਿਸੰਘ ਪਦਮ ਵੀ ਆਪਣੀਆ ਪੁਸਤਕਾ ਿਵੱਚ ਇਹੀ ਿਖਆਲ ਪਰ
ਹੁਣ ਜਦੋ ਪੋ੍ਰ: ਦਰਸ਼ਨ ਿਸੰਘ ਜੀ ਆਮ ਿਸੱਖ ਸੰਗਤ ਨੰ ੂਸੁਚੇਤ ਕਰਦੇ ਹਨ ਿਕ ਦਸਮ ਗੰ੍ਰਥ
ਗੋਿਬੰਦ ਿਸੰਘ ਜੀ ਦੀ ਨਹੀ ਹੈ ਤਾਂ ਮਾਜੂਦਾ ਜਥੇਦਾਰਾ ਦੇ ਿਢੱਡੀ ਪੀੜਾਂ ਿਕਓ ਪਈਆ
ਇਨਸਾਫ ਕਰਨ ਬੈਠਦਾ ਹੈ ਤਾਂ ਉਸ ਸ਼ੈਤਾਨੀ ਕਾਰਵਾਈ ਨੰ ੂਠੀਕ ਿਸੱਧ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲੇ ਗੁਰ
ਵਰਗੇ ਝੂਠੇ ਗਵਾਹ ਵੀ ਭਗਤਾਉਣੇ ਪ􀂂ਦੇ ਹਨ। ਉਸ ਸੱਚ ਨੰ ੂਝੂਠ ਿਸੱਧ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਸਤੇ ਟੱੁਕ
ਡਾਢੀ ਲੋੜ ਪ􀂂ਦੀ ਹੈ। ਿਜਹੜੀ ਿਸੱਖੀ ਤੋਪਾਂ ਬੰਬਾਂ, ਤਲਵਾਰਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਨਹੀ ਮਰੀ ਅੱਜ ਧਾਰਿ
ਭੇਖੀਆਂ ਦੇ ਹੱਥੋ ਡਾਂਵਾ ਡੋਲ ਹੋ ਗਈ ਹੈ। ਿਸੱਖੋ ਜਾਗੋ! ਜੇ ਪ੍ਰੋ: ਦਰਸ਼ਨ ਿਸੰਘ ਵਰਗੇ ਿਵਦਵ
ਨੰ ੂਜਗਾਉਣ ਦੀ ਕੋਿਸ਼ਸ਼ ਕੀਤੀ ਹੈ ਤਾਂ ਆਪਾ ਸਾਿਰਆ ਨੰ ੂਉਹਨਾ ਦਾ ਸਾਥ ਦੇਣ ਦੀ ਲੋੜ
ਪ੍ਰੋ: ਦਰਸ਼ਨ ਿਸੰਘ ਦਾ ਪੁਤਲਾ ਬਣਾ ਕੇ ਸਾੜਦੇ ਹਨ ਉਹਨਾ ਦਾ ਵੀ ਮਦਾਰੀ ਦੇ ਿਰੱਛ
ਮਦਾਰੀ ਨੇ ਡੱੁਗਡੱੁਗੀ ਵਜਾਉਣੀ ਤੇ ਉਹਨਾਂ ਨੇ ਨੱ ਚਣਾ ਹੀ ਹੈ। ਉਹਨਾ ਨੰ ੂਅਸਲ ਗੱਲ ਦਾ ਵ
ਪ੍ਰੋ: ਦਰਸ਼ਨ ਿਸੰਘ ਜੀ ਨੇ ਰਾਚੈਸਟਰ ਦੇ ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰੇ ਿਵੱਚ ਕੀ ਿਕਹਾ ਤੇ ਨਾਂ ਹੀ ਉਹਨਾ ਨੇ
ਡੀ ਦੇਖੀ ਹੈ। ਤੇ ਨਾਂ ਹੀ ਦੇਖਣ ਦੀ ਕੋਿਸ਼ਸ਼ ਕੀਤੀ ਹੈ। ਿਫਰ ਵੀ ਜੇ ਕੋਈ ਸੱਜਣ ਅਸਲ ਡੀ
ਚਾਹੰੁਦਾ ਹੋਵੇ ਉਹ ਸਾਡੇ ਨਾਲ ਸੰਪਰਕ ਕਰ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ। ਧੰਨਵਾਦ

ਸਾਡਾ ਫੋਨ ਨੰ ਬਰ 585-698-0146 ਹੈ।

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Sikhs vie for title of 'Mr Singh' in Amritsar

2009-11-29 16:40:00

Sikh youths from across the world competed for the coveted title of 'Mr Singh International' at a Sikh fashion show here on Saturday.

Organised by a voluntary organisation, named Akal Purakh Ki Fauj (APKF), the fashion show was organised with an aim to attract the youths towards modelling.

The participants were glad to participate in the competition.

"About 15,000 people have come to watch Sikhs walk the ramp that's their pride in Sikhism. These Sikhs are going to rock the show and prove that Sikhs are the best, will be the best and remain the best throughout the world," said Amanpreet, one of the participants.

The organisers believed that shows like this would give a platform to the youths to make their presence felt not only in modelling but also in Bollywood.

"Our aim is to showcase the talent of these Sikh youths and through this take them to Bollywood where they can show their talent. There is dearth of robust Sikh youths in the Bollywood and people from other community enact the roles of Sikhs which they cannot justify," Jaswinder Singh, President APKF.

Non-resident Indians from England, Australia, Hong Kong and Canada participated in the show. (ANI)

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Desperate foreign students seek charity

Hundreds of destitute Indian students have finished another free lunch at a Sikh temple in Southall, west London. It's not the dream of England they were sold.

"I can't afford to rent a room, I'm borrowing money from relatives at home just to buy my bus fare to college," says Nitin Walia, who has sought refuge at the temple since he arrived on a student visa last week.

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Pak Sikh thrashed for not converting

AMRITSAR: A Sikh advocate in Pakistan was reportedly thrashed and threatened with dire consequences recently if he did not convert to Islam,forcing his family to run for safety to a gurdwara in Hassanabdal near Rawalpindi.

While the victim, Anup Singh, was yet to regain consciousness, the incident has left the Sikh community in Pakistan rattled and insecure. Talking to TOI from Islamabad, Anup’s brother, Ravinder Singh, recalled horror of November 21. ‘‘A group of at least eight men kidnapped my brother from his office and took him to Mohammad Amin’s residence, where he was stripped and photographed with Amin’s wife.’’

Undergoing treatment for fractures and severe head injuries in Holy Family Hospital, Ralwalpindi, where doctors said it might take a few months before Anup could start leading a normal life, the advocate was reportedly assaulted for fighting a separation case for Amin’s wife, Safina Kanwal. ‘‘The goons made my brother sign on a blank paper, after which they cut his hair, beard, moustaches and threatened him to convert to Islam if he wanted to live in Pakistan.’’

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CIC slaps fine of Rs 57,500 on Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee

NEW DELHI: The Central Information Commission (CIC) has slapped a fine of Rs 57,500 on the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee for its failure to reply to 3 RTI applications.

Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Prabandh Sudhar Committee member Kuldip Singh Bhogal in a press conference on Saturday informed that the CIC has imposed a penalty of Rs 57,500 for non-furnishing of information under RTI Act in three different complaints by the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC).

Bhogal said there were reports of illegal transfer of Guru Harkrishan Hospital, Bala Sahib, in Delhi to one Manipal Group by the office bearers of DSGMC. "An RTI application was filed by the Sudhar Committee seeking a copy of the agreement made with the said Manipal Group. But the information was not provided even after one year. In view of the delay, the CIC in its final hearing passed an order imposing a penalty of Rs 25,000,'' Bhogal said.

"Similarly, in another complaint, the CIC imposed a penalty of Rs 25,000 on DSGMC for not furnishing the details of the fee paid by it to lawyers to defend the case of illegal postponement of elections of the executive board due in February 2008. A fine of Rs 7,500 was also imposed for delay in providing information in another matter,'' Bhogal added.

When contacted, DSGMC chief PS Sarna rubbished the claims of Bhogal and on the RTI issue, he said, "Our lawyer has told us that we are not covered by the RTI Act as we are a religious body. Thus, we decided not to respond to the RTI applications.''

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