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Thursday, April 22, 2010
Gurmat Samagam on 16th May, 2010
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Gurdwara land sold to Pak's Defence Housing Authority: Report
PTI
ISLAMABAD: A secret probe conducted by Pakistani authorities after the Indian government protested against the sale of a Sikh gurdwara's land to the Defence Housing Authority in Lahore has confirmed that the deal was "less than clean", according to a media report today.
The 575 kanals of land was sold by the Evacuee Trust Property Board, the body that administers the shrines and properties of Pakistan's minority communities.
The sale had triggered protests in the Indian parliament last year.
The probe by the federal ministry for minority affairs revealed that the land belonged to gurdwaras and could not be sold under The Sikh Gurdawara Act of 1925.
The inquiry also revealed that the land was sold at rates lower than those prevailing in the market.
The findings of the inquiry are being kept secret as the "confirmation of massive irregularities in the questionable deal... might land certain top guns of the ETPB in big trouble", The News daily reported.
The probe was launched after the Indian government sent a letter dated December 29, 2009 in which it asked its Pakistani counterpart to investigate the sale of land attached to gurdwaras and other Sikh shrines.
The newspaper's report contended that the inquiry resulted in ETPB chairman Asif Hashmi's "dramatic" decision to
announce his resignation during an official function in Lahore on Monday.
The daily quoted its sources as saying that Hashmi was aware of the findings of the inquiry, which had been sent to prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani for further action.
The inquiry revealed that the land sold to the army-run Defence Housing Authority belonged to ETPB for the past century and was attached to Sikh gurdwaras and trusts.
The current management of the ETPB, led by chairman Hashmi, decided to enter into a "dubious agreement" with the Defence Housing Authority after violating all "relevant rules and laws", the report said.
"The intricacies have provided a lot of room to the Indian government because of association of Defence Housing Authority with our armed forces and this was used to defame Pakistan, present government and our armed forces. That was why the deal between Defence Housing Authority and ETPB was highlighted in the media all over the world," the inquiry report said.
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Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Delhi Premiere Show : "Bhai Taru Singh Ji"
Satkar Yog Vir Jee - Behan Jee,
WAHEGURU JI KA KHALSA, WAHEGURU JI KI FATEH"
Delhi Premiere Show
Vismaad Pesents
"Bhai Taru Singh Ji"
01-02 May Sat. & Sun. 2010 (only 5 Shows)
Not to be “Missed”
Master Tara Singh Auditorium,
Khalsa College, Delhi Univ.(North Campus) Delhi -7
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Monday, April 19, 2010
Guidelines by the Directorate of Education, Delhi
In one of the best decisions taken by the Delhi Education Minister Mr Arvinder Singh Lovely, Directorate of Education, has issued the following guidelines :
GUIDELINES FOR CONSTITUTION OF PARENTS TEACHERS ASSOCIATION IN AIDED / UNAIDED SCHOOLS
GUIDELINES REGARDING FEE HIKE IN RECOGNISED UNAIDED SCHOOLS
Delhites, please contact immediately to the school administration in which you have your school going kids so that you are a part of the, to be constituted Parents Teachers association of the respective schools. The detailed guidelines have already been uploaded on this blog and can be viewed by DOUBLE clicking the links above or the posts below.
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2010 SikhNet Youth Film Festival Announced!
The Fifth Annual SikhNet Youth Online Film Festival is gearing up RIGHT NOW and is open for your submissions!
OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, The film festival has inspired OVER A HUNDRED AND FORTY submissions of original films created by Sikh youth from all around the world. Film Festival winners from previous years like Angad Singh and Jasmeet Singh have gone on to have their films shown on television in the U.K. and India as well as having them screened at other film festivals.
2010 Prizes to be announced...
NOW is the time to start. If you don't know what to do, start tossing ideas around with your friends and family right away. It's really easy to get started even if you've never tried your hand at filmmaking. Last year our first place winners in the Junior Division were first-time film makers 12 year old Japman Kaur and Triman Singh.
If they can win, so can you!
Increase your chances of winning
Get feedback from the SikhNet staff judges. Start the creative process now, and send us your scripts and rough films. That way you will have enough time to get our feedback and be better able to create and submit your film on time.
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Bloody fight erupts at Brampton Sikh temple
Five people are in hospital after two opposing groups clashed inside a Brampton Sikh temple Sunday afternoon.
The fight broke out at the Guru Nanak Sikh Centre at Glidden Rd. near Hwy 410 and Steeles Ave. when one group tried to break up the other group’s meeting. It started as a fistfight but witnesses say turbans soon flew and hammers, machetes and construction knives were brandished as a group of about 100 people clashed at about 3:45 p.m.
The fight spilled outside as Peel Regional Police scrambled to take control, said witnesses.
“It was quite chaotic,” said Jagdish Grewal, editor of Punjabi Post, a newspaper published in Brampton, who arrived minutes after the fight broke out and saw two men lying outside with a bloodied hammer between them. Others were being given first-aid and taken to hospital.
Inside the hall, where the scuffle happened, Grewal said knives and machetes were still lying on the floor along with torn blood-soaked clothes. “There was blood too on the tiles,” Grewal told the Star.
At heart is the control of the temple but no one will say that openly.
The management was not available to comment on Sunday’s violence but members of the temple said trouble had started brewing a couple of days earlier when the group opposing the management announced that it would hold a meeting inside the temple.
“All we wanted was to have a meeting to discuss matters of the temple,” said Rampal Dhillon, who was inside the hall when the fight broke out. “We started the meeting at 3 p.m. and it was going smoothly when about two dozen people stormed inside.”
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Sunday, April 18, 2010
'Missing' chargesheet tabled in court
NEW DELHI: The "missing" chargesheet, in a case involving former union minister Sajjan Kumar as an accused in the anti-sikh riots case dramatically surfaced before a trial court on Saturday.
B S Joon, the special public prosecutor appointed by Delhi High Court for anti-sikh riot case trials, furnished a chargesheet that was prepared in 1992, but was never sent to court for trial.
Terming it as "total illegality" by the Delhi Police, the prosecutor told additional sessions judge V K Goyal that the chargesheet against Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, citing sufficient evidence to proceed against him was prepared but was never brought before a judge to seek his prosecution.
TOI had first highlighted how the fate of an FIR naming Congress leader Sajjan Kumar remained a mystery and how the special PP had moved court seeking to know its status.
The prosecutor in his application had alleged that non-prosecution of the accused in the FIR would amount to "miscarriage" of justice. Joon's plea had led the court to summon the then investigating officer, Rajiv Ranjan for an explanation.
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B S Joon, the special public prosecutor appointed by Delhi High Court for anti-sikh riot case trials, furnished a chargesheet that was prepared in 1992, but was never sent to court for trial.
Terming it as "total illegality" by the Delhi Police, the prosecutor told additional sessions judge V K Goyal that the chargesheet against Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, citing sufficient evidence to proceed against him was prepared but was never brought before a judge to seek his prosecution.
"The chargesheet was prepared in the case FIR number 67/87 in police station Nangloi, naming Sajjan Kumar as accused on April 8, 1992 but it was dumped in the police files and never brought before the court," Joon alleged. He also showed from the police records how the chargesheet was kept tagged with another case that was going on before the court.
TOI had first highlighted how the fate of an FIR naming Congress leader Sajjan Kumar remained a mystery and how the special PP had moved court seeking to know its status.
The prosecutor in his application had alleged that non-prosecution of the accused in the FIR would amount to "miscarriage" of justice. Joon's plea had led the court to summon the then investigating officer, Rajiv Ranjan for an explanation.
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Saturday, April 17, 2010
Sikhs Greeted on Vaisakhi in the US Congress
Reflecting the views of his fellow Congressmen, an eminent lawmaker from Indiana has greeted Sikhs across the country and the world over on the occasion on Vaisakhi.
Madam Speaker, I ask that you and my distinguished colleagues join me in honouring the Sikh Religious Society of Indiana, its Board of Directors, and congregation, as well as Sikh followers throughout the world, as they celebrate and observe the religious and historic event of Vaisakhi," Congressman Peter Visclosky said in his speech on the floor of the House on Thursday.
Madam Speaker, I ask that you and my distinguished colleagues join me in honouring the Sikh Religious Society of Indiana, its Board of Directors, and congregation, as well as Sikh followers throughout the world, as they celebrate and observe the religious and historic event of Vaisakhi," Congressman Peter Visclosky said in his speech on the floor of the House on Thursday.
Through their words and teachings, these honourable individuals and organisations remind us all of the struggles and accomplishments of the Sikh people throughout the world," he said.
In his speech he also asked the Congressmen to recognise the Sikh Religious Society of Indiana and its Board of Directors as they celebrate one of their most significant religious and historical events, Vaisakhi.
In his speech he also asked the Congressmen to recognise the Sikh Religious Society of Indiana and its Board of Directors as they celebrate one of their most significant religious and historical events, Vaisakhi.
The day will be commemorated on Sunday, April 18, at the Sikh Temple in Crown Point, Indiana. The Sikh Religious Society is a non-profit religious and social organisation that has served the community of Northwest Indiana since 1994.
Each year the Sikh people celebrate Vaisakhi, a festival that commemorates the establishment of the "Order of the Kahlsa" or "Pure Servants of God."
Each year the Sikh people celebrate Vaisakhi, a festival that commemorates the establishment of the "Order of the Kahlsa" or "Pure Servants of God."
In 1699, Sahib-E-Kamaal, Guru Gobind Singh Ji, the tenth guru, initiated the process of the conversion of the people of India into a morally receptive and disciplined army of the pure and courageous, whose main purpose was to overcome religious oppression and considerable human rights violations that were occurring in India at that time," Visclosky said.
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Some key dates in a century of Sikhism in British Columbia
1904: The arrival of the first wave of Sikh immigrants. The census listed 258 Sikhs. Siri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, the Sikh Holy book was first brought to Canada by Bhai Arjan Singh. The scriptures were located at a house in Port Moody.
1905: For the next three years, 5,000 Sikhs came to Canada.
1906: A house was rented in Vancouver to start a Gurdwara or Sikh place of worship.
1907: Foundation stone of the Gurdwara for Khalsa Diwan Society was laid at 1866 West 2nd Avenue, Vancouver.
1908: On Jan. 19, the first Sikh parade (Nagar Kirtan) took place to celebrate the opening of the Gurdwara on West 2nd Avenue in Vancouver. The first Granthi or priest was Bhai Balwant Singh.
1909: Establishment of Guru Nanak Mining and Trust company and plans to buy 440 acres of land in West Vancouver.
1911: The census for that year listed 2,342 Sikhs, less than half of that in 1908. Only three were women.
1912: Gurdwaras were built in Victoria, Fraser Mills and Abbotsford. Hardial Singh Atwal was the first Sikh born in Canada on Aug. 28. Hardial is the son of Balwant Singh Atwal, the first priest of the 2nd Avenue Gurdwara.
1914: The Komagata Maru, with 376 passengers, mostly Sikhs, under the leadership of Bhai Gurdit Singh, May 23, arrives in Vancouver. The Komagata Maru was escorted out of Vancouver under the guard of the Canadian Navy.
1918: Sikh population in British Columbia dropped to as low as 700. Mayo Lumber Company built a Sikh temple near Duncan at Paldi. This town was named after the village in India.
1919: Immigration restrictions on bringing wives and children under eighteen years old from India were lifted. Sikh women and children started arriving from India.
1925: Khalsa Diwan Society had autonomous branches at Vancouver, Abbotsford, New Westminster, Golden, Duncan, Coombs and Ocean Falls.
1929: Khalsa Diwan Society invited Charles Andrew, a friend of Mahatma Gandhi and Sir Rabindranth Tagore, Nobel laureate, to see firsthand the unfair treatment of the Sikhs.
1944: Survey of Sikhs in Canada showed that there were 1,756; 98% of them lived in British Columbia.
1947: Sikhs were granted franchise to vote and become Canadian citizens.
1949: Indian Prime Minister Nehru visited the Vancouver Sikh temple with his daughter Indira Grandhi.
1950: Narajan Singh Grewal was the first Sikh elected to a city council in Mission, B.C. In 1954 he would again make history when he is elected mayor of Mission.
1951: There were 2,148 Sikhs in Canada.
1969: March 30, foundation stone for the Khalsa Diwan Society Gurdwara at 8000 Ross Street was laid.
1975: Sikh Samachar, a newspaper, was published by the B.C. Sikh societies.
1979: The 500th birthday of Guru Amar Das Ji. Since that year, an annual Khalsa Day parade (Nagar Kirtan) is held in Vancouver.
1980: Federation of Sikh Societies of Canada was the first Sikh organization registered nationally.
1986: Khalsa School, a full-time private school, was established in Vancouver. This school teaches Sikh religion and Punjabi language classes. Khalsa Credit Union was registered on Feb. 19, to provide financial service to the Sikh Community.
1990: On March 15, the solicitor general of Canada announced that the RCMP dress code would be amended to have a turbaned Sikh join the force. Const. Baltej Singh Dhillon of B.C. had the honour of becoming the first baptized Sikh to join the RCMP.
1991: Three Sikhs were elected to the British Columbia legislature. Manmohan (Moe) Sihota and Ujjal Dosanjh went on to hold various cabinet posts. The other MLA is Harbhajan (Harry) Lalli.
1993: Harbans (Herb) Dhaliwal from Vancouver and Gurbax Singh Mahli were the first Sikhs elected to the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa. Vancouver's Punjabi Market at 49th Avenue and Main Street was officially recognized with bilingual signs in English and Punjabi.
1995: The B.C. government officially recognized the Vaisakhi Parade and published a brochure.
1996: In September, British Columbia schools started to offer Punjabi language in its regular curriculum from Grades 5 to 12.
1996: There were over a hundred Gurdwaras across Canada. Fifty of them were in B.C. Opening of the Sikh Resource Centre in Vancouver to celebrate the centennial of the Sikhs in Canada on July 28.
1998: The Gurdwara Sahib Dasmesh Darbar is established. It will over the years stage the biggest Vaisakhi parades outside of India.
1999: A postage stamp was issued to commemorate the contributions that Sikh Canadians had made in the building of Canada.
2000-2010: Today, the number of Sikhs in Canada is approximately 300,000.
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1905: For the next three years, 5,000 Sikhs came to Canada.
1906: A house was rented in Vancouver to start a Gurdwara or Sikh place of worship.
1907: Foundation stone of the Gurdwara for Khalsa Diwan Society was laid at 1866 West 2nd Avenue, Vancouver.
1908: On Jan. 19, the first Sikh parade (Nagar Kirtan) took place to celebrate the opening of the Gurdwara on West 2nd Avenue in Vancouver. The first Granthi or priest was Bhai Balwant Singh.
1909: Establishment of Guru Nanak Mining and Trust company and plans to buy 440 acres of land in West Vancouver.
1911: The census for that year listed 2,342 Sikhs, less than half of that in 1908. Only three were women.
1912: Gurdwaras were built in Victoria, Fraser Mills and Abbotsford. Hardial Singh Atwal was the first Sikh born in Canada on Aug. 28. Hardial is the son of Balwant Singh Atwal, the first priest of the 2nd Avenue Gurdwara.
1914: The Komagata Maru, with 376 passengers, mostly Sikhs, under the leadership of Bhai Gurdit Singh, May 23, arrives in Vancouver. The Komagata Maru was escorted out of Vancouver under the guard of the Canadian Navy.
1918: Sikh population in British Columbia dropped to as low as 700. Mayo Lumber Company built a Sikh temple near Duncan at Paldi. This town was named after the village in India.
1919: Immigration restrictions on bringing wives and children under eighteen years old from India were lifted. Sikh women and children started arriving from India.
1925: Khalsa Diwan Society had autonomous branches at Vancouver, Abbotsford, New Westminster, Golden, Duncan, Coombs and Ocean Falls.
1929: Khalsa Diwan Society invited Charles Andrew, a friend of Mahatma Gandhi and Sir Rabindranth Tagore, Nobel laureate, to see firsthand the unfair treatment of the Sikhs.
1944: Survey of Sikhs in Canada showed that there were 1,756; 98% of them lived in British Columbia.
1947: Sikhs were granted franchise to vote and become Canadian citizens.
1949: Indian Prime Minister Nehru visited the Vancouver Sikh temple with his daughter Indira Grandhi.
1950: Narajan Singh Grewal was the first Sikh elected to a city council in Mission, B.C. In 1954 he would again make history when he is elected mayor of Mission.
1951: There were 2,148 Sikhs in Canada.
1969: March 30, foundation stone for the Khalsa Diwan Society Gurdwara at 8000 Ross Street was laid.
1975: Sikh Samachar, a newspaper, was published by the B.C. Sikh societies.
1979: The 500th birthday of Guru Amar Das Ji. Since that year, an annual Khalsa Day parade (Nagar Kirtan) is held in Vancouver.
1980: Federation of Sikh Societies of Canada was the first Sikh organization registered nationally.
1986: Khalsa School, a full-time private school, was established in Vancouver. This school teaches Sikh religion and Punjabi language classes. Khalsa Credit Union was registered on Feb. 19, to provide financial service to the Sikh Community.
1990: On March 15, the solicitor general of Canada announced that the RCMP dress code would be amended to have a turbaned Sikh join the force. Const. Baltej Singh Dhillon of B.C. had the honour of becoming the first baptized Sikh to join the RCMP.
1991: Three Sikhs were elected to the British Columbia legislature. Manmohan (Moe) Sihota and Ujjal Dosanjh went on to hold various cabinet posts. The other MLA is Harbhajan (Harry) Lalli.
1993: Harbans (Herb) Dhaliwal from Vancouver and Gurbax Singh Mahli were the first Sikhs elected to the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa. Vancouver's Punjabi Market at 49th Avenue and Main Street was officially recognized with bilingual signs in English and Punjabi.
1995: The B.C. government officially recognized the Vaisakhi Parade and published a brochure.
1996: In September, British Columbia schools started to offer Punjabi language in its regular curriculum from Grades 5 to 12.
1996: There were over a hundred Gurdwaras across Canada. Fifty of them were in B.C. Opening of the Sikh Resource Centre in Vancouver to celebrate the centennial of the Sikhs in Canada on July 28.
1998: The Gurdwara Sahib Dasmesh Darbar is established. It will over the years stage the biggest Vaisakhi parades outside of India.
1999: A postage stamp was issued to commemorate the contributions that Sikh Canadians had made in the building of Canada.
2000-2010: Today, the number of Sikhs in Canada is approximately 300,000.
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Firefighters join annual Sikh festival
KENT NEWS: Firefighters will help celebrate the Sikh festival of Vaisakhi by taking part in a procession through Gravesend today.Community safety officers will be on hand to offer advice about lighting
ceremonial candles during the festival, which marks the beginning of the
harvest season in Punjab, India.
The procession starts from the new Sikh temple complex in Khalsa Avenue at
11.30am.Principal community liaison officer Pirthipal Singh said:"While enjoying
Vaisakhi this year we want people to be safe from fire-related hazards in
the home."
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