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Sikh Light Infantry is best marching contingent
New Delhi, Jan 28 (PTI) Army's Sikh Light Infantry has been awarded the best marching contingent among the three Services at the Republic Day parade this year while the CRPF contingent bagged the honours in the paramilitary and auxiliary forces category.
"In the Services category, Territorial Army (Sikh LI) has been adjudged the best marching contingent in the Republic Day Parade 2014.
With thanks : PTI News : LINK
Breaking News : 1984 Riots
Delhi govt will form an SIT on 1984 anti-Sikh riots after all discussion; justice will be done: Delhi Assembly Speaker M.S. Dhir.
With thanks : India Today : LINK
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Worshippers escape as lightning hits Sikh temple
IANS
London, Jan 27: Worshippers at a Sikh temple in the British city of Leicester had a lucky escape when its roof collapsed after being struck by lightning.
CCTV footage showed a group of elderly women were singing hymns at the Ramgarhia Sikh Temple in Leicester on Jan 25 afternoon when a bolt of lightning struck, blowing a hole in the roof and sending worshippers fleeing in panic.
The rear wall and roof of the temple collapsed, media reported.
One person who suffered minor injuries was discharged after treatment at a hospital.
Temple president Indy Panesar told Leicester Mercury that it could have been a lot worse as there were 250 people in the prayer room about half an hour before the strike.
"There were about 20 people in the main prayer hall, with some of them being the old women singing,” Leicester Mercury quoted Panesar as saying.
"It is a miracle no one was seriously hurt or killed," Panesar said. He said the temple's holy scriptures were not damaged in the roof fall.
"The scriptures were in the main prayer hall and could have taken a direct hit but did not,” he said.
"One of the women respectfully collected them and we put them in a safe place. That was another amazing piece of good fortune."
with thanks : IANS : LINK
Relics of Guru Gobind Singh to be shifted to Takht Kesgarh Sahib
PATIALA: the Punjab government has finally declared that Nabha is not an "ideal location" to display the over 300-year-old relics of the 10th Sikh Guru Gobind Singh and these would be kept at Takht Kesgarh Sahib in Anandpur Sahib. Residents of Nabha had given several representations in this regard and even fought a lengthy legal battle to convince the state government to display relics of Guru Gobind Singh in their town.
The state government has taken the decision on the basis of the report submitted by the five-member committee, which included officials of the Patiala district administration and department of archaeology and culture, set up to exploring suitability of a site for displaying relics at Nabha.
Acting on a petition filed by Gurmail Singh, who pleaded that sentiments of Nabha residents should be considered while deciding a site to display the relics, the Punjab and Haryana high court had on December last year directed the state government to examine the "suitability of the location of the place as suggested by the petitioner."
The petitioner had pleaded that the relics could be placed either at Gurdwara Sangat Sar Sahib or Gurdwara Deep Baba Ajaypal Singh (Ghorewala Gurdwara). However, the state government has decided that both sites are not suitable to keep the relics.
"The court had ordered us to select an appropriate site in consultation with the people of Nabha. Acting on the order, we had formed a committee that had the deputy commissioner and the director (culture affairs) as its members. After consulting all quarters, the committee has recommended that there is no ideal place in Nabha to display the relics. Hence, these would be shifted to Takht Sri Kesgarh Sahib," said S S Channy, principal secretary, department of archaeology and cultural affairs.
Of the total 14 relics, some of those belonging to Guru Gobind Singh were handed over to the state government by Delhi-based descendants of Nabha royals after a court order in 2008. In December 2013, the descendants of Nabha royals had agreed to hand over the rest of the relics to the state government.
with thanks : Times of India : LINK
Sikh businessman sues AAP's Vishwas for 'insulting community'
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Kumar Vishwas has once again landed in trouble, this time for allegedly insulting the Sikh community.
Sikh businessman Manjit Singh Abrol, 56, has filed the case against Vishwas at the Chembur police station after watching a video that showed Vishwas allegedly making fun of the community during a show some years ago.
"The video is clearly derogatory and has hurt the sentiments of our community," said Abrol.
AAP leaders said complaints against Vishwas are completely "motivated" to prevent him from fighting the elections against Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi in Amethi.
with thanks : Dailymail : LINK
Monday, January 27, 2014
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