Reader captures Sikh temple ablaze

Ed Bliquez of Vancouver captured this video of the Oct. 12, 2012 fire that destroyed the Sikh temple that was under construction.

KAUR Pritty : first Sikh girl contestant (sp.a Social Party) for a Mayor Post in Sint-Truiden ( Belgium )

Sd Bishan Singh Ji lahore clarifies : No religious structures being intervened by DSGMC

PC on DSGMC Elections by Sd. Paramjit Singh Sarna, President, DSGMC : SikhsIndia

SAD opposes amendment in Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Act

Chandigarh, Oct 9 (PTI) Shiromani Akali Dal today strongly opposed the Shiela Dikshit government's decision to amend the Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Act and warned the Congress party against playing with the sentiments of the community.

The party also opposed the proposal of holding direct election for the post of President, Delhi Gurudwara Management Sikh Committee, terming it "anti-democratic exercise" to scuttle the elections that were to be held before December 31 as per a court directive.

with thanks : PTI News : LINK

Delhi Cabinet clears Delhi Sikh Gurudwaras (Amendment) Bill

Delhi government today approved a Bill seeking certain changes in functioning of Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee. 

A meeting of the Delhi Cabinet presided over by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit cleared the draft of Delhi Sikh Gurudwaras (Amendment) Bill, 2012. 

The Bill will now be sent to the Union Home Ministry for approval following which it will be tabled in the Delhi Assembly. 

 The Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee was constituted under Section 3 of Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Act, 1971 with an aim to oversee functioning of the gurudwaras across the city. 

In the amendment bill, the government seeks to extend tenure of the president of the Committee to four years instead of current two years besides proposing to make certain other changes in the organisation. 

The Committee consists of 46 elected members from single member wards and nine co-opted members. 

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Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College's 40th Anniversary Celebration

Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College( Dev Nagar,University of Delhi )on the Occasion of its 40th Anniversary Celebration;organised two days Workshop : Approaches, Processes & Tools of Education (APT) at Radisson Blue Hotel,Greater Noida on 3rd and 4th October 2012 for both teaching and Non-teaching staff members. Chief objectives of Workshop were re- thinking educator's role/approach in teaching, explaining contemporary changes in the area of higher education and considering new techniques and tools of teaching. Teaching is a unique profession where the professional and personal self of the educator has a lasting impression on molding career of the student. In this age of easy access to information , chalk and board tools alone are insufficient in delivering the content and capturing students’ attention. Hence it is imperative that the holistic approach of the teacher is re- addressed . For this , it becomes essential for educators to acquire themselves with latest information tools to keep pace with students,to facilitate research, dissemination of information and also for tabulation of performance and attendance. The workshop successfully motivated teaching and non -teaching staff to negotiate with new approaches in teaching; apply new tools in class room teaching / administrative work and revisit the processes at work to move forward with new age's enthusiasm. 40 years celebrations was an appreciative effort to look back and cherish the achievements and rediscover the passion for teaching . This collective re- look and planning will certainly help the institute/College in marching ahead to achieve certain Goals and greatest possible heights. The credit for holding this dedicated Unique Workshop goes to Sd. Bhupinder Singh Chadha ( Chairman),Dr. Man Mohan Kaur( Principal,SGND Khalsa College),Ch. Kuljeet Singh( Treasurer),Parent Body & Governing Body of the College. 

SAD condemns move by Sheila Dikshit-govt to pardon Kishori Lal

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) expressed deep anguish and shock over the recommendation of Congress party Sheila Dikshit led-Government of Delhi to pardon Kishori Lal, convicted for the murder of seven Sikhs in the 1984 Sikh massacre and said that this move hurt the sentiments of the Sikh community. The recommendation has been sent to Lt Governor of Delhi In a statement released on Friday, SAD Secretary and Spokesman Dr Daljit Singh Cheema said that it was ironic that the Congress party instead of pursuing the remaining cases to ensure punishment to the guilty of the 1984 Sikh massacre was working to release even those who had been convicted. “The Congress party is behaving in a most irresponsible, illegal, unconstitutional and shameful manner,” he added. Kishori Lal was awarded the death punishment thrice for the murders, but each death sentence was converted into life imprisonment by the Supreme Court.

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Sikh woman, three children found murdered in Belgium

London: In a gruesome incident, four members of a Sikh family, including three children, have been found murdered in their home in Belgium's capital city of Brussels.

All the four victims, who hailed from Punjab, had their throats cut, a report from Brussels said.

The gruesome discovery was made when the father of the children found them and his wife dead after he returned his home in the Brussels municipality of Etterbeek from work on Friday night, Belgian news portal Deredactie.be reported.

According to the report, the Brussels judicial authorities have confirmed that they are probing a quadruple murder, but have refused to comment further on the case.

The father of the children came to live in Belgium 15 years ago and his wife joined him around 5 years ago.

The report, however, did not give names and other details of the family.

with thanks : NDTV : LINK

88-year-old translates Guru Granth Sahib in Urdu

Eighty-eight-year-old Sikh Davinder Pal  Singh, a retired revenue official, who translated Sri Guru Granth Sahib in Urdu, was on Wednesday honoured in Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University, Fatehgarh Sahib by the university acting vice-chancellor Gurmohan Singh Walia. Walia said Davinder Pal Singh translated Sri Guru Granth Sahib in Urdu language so that crores of Urdu reading population across the globe may get the knowledge of the teachings and principles enshrined in Sri Guru Granth Sahib.

He said the translation has been completed in 16,000 hand written pages in about 15 years.

He recognising his services towards the cause of Sikhism, the chancellor of the University and SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar has decided to hand over the work of compilation and printing of the Urdu version of the granth to the University after proper evaluation by eminent Sikh scholars having the knowledge of Urdu. He said that this task would be completed within a period of two years.

After getting it printed in four to eight volumes, it would be made available to Urdu reading and speaking population.

Davinder Pal Singh said that he was motivated to initiate this task with the blessings of Almighty and he wished to see it printed in his life time. He said that when he read somewhere that the holy Quran has been translated in 72 languages and the Bible in 120 languages, he decided to get Sri Guru Granth Sahib translated into Urdu, the language over which he has a command. It will be the fourth translation of Sri Granth Sahib.

On this occasion Pritpal Singh, registrar and Sukhdev Singh, chairman, Sikh History Research Board, SGPC was also present.

with thanks : Hindustan Times : LINK