Police ensure radical Sikh leaders are kept away from Dalleke

The Moga police left no stone unturned to ensure that leaders of Sant Samaj and other radical leaders could not make it to Dalleke village where tension between the followers of Dera Sacha Sauda and radical Sikhs continue. The village witnessed clashes between the two groups last Sunday that left four people injured. 

The radical Sikh leaders had called a meeting at the village gurdwara on Thursday. The police stopped these leaders from heading towards the village by rounding them up on the way. Only a few member of the Akal Purakh Ki Fauj’s Jodhpurwale Singh managed to reach the gurdwara. Some leaders, however, gathered at the nearby Gurdwara Bibi Kaahan Kaur and urged all parties to maintain peace till a communication from the Akal Takht was received. 

Kuldeep Singh of Damdami Taksal said Baljit Singh Daduwal was stopped by the police at Kot Shamir near Bathinda while Sant Gumreet Singh and his jatha, coming from Tiloka Haryana, were stopped at Baghapurana and were taken to Samlsar police station. Resham Singh Khukrana another radical Sikh leaders was taken to the Sadar police station. 

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First Sikh officer joins Victoria police

The first officer of the Sikh faith has been inducted into Victoria Police.

Constable Amitoj Singh graduated from the Police Academy wearing a newly designed police-issue turban, featuring the service's checkerboard pattern.

Constable Singh will be assigned to Endeavour Hills next week.

He says serving the community is in the Sikh blood.

"The founders of Sikh people, they have been standing up for the rights of the community all the time," he said

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Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College

Media ---New Perspectives :

Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College has organised two days Media Workshop (11th March-12th March) at Sir Shankar Lal Concert Hall,North Campus,University of Delhi.Workshop was inaugurated by Sd. Bhupinder Singh Chadha ( Chairman,SGND Khalsa College ) & Dr.Man Mohan Kaur ( Principal,SGND Khalsa College).

Main speakers in today's inaugural session were Prof.Gopeshwar Singh(Head,Department of Hindi,University of Delhi),Prof.Ramesh Gautam ( Department of Hindi) and Mr. Amrit Pal Singh( Chief Corespondent ,Delhi Doordarshan).Dr.Balbeer Kundra and Dr.Harnek Singh Gill( Associate Professors, Department of Hindi,SGND Khalsa College) are Organisers/Coordinators of the workshop.





Dr.Gurdeep Kaur
Associate Professor
SGND Khalsa College
University of Delhi
Dev Hagar
New Delhi-110005

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Pics of the Meeting for discussions on the Nanak Shahi Calender by DSGMC

NanakShahi Calender : Discussions by DSGMC

Sarna ji has invited the Sangat for discussions. It's a welcome step. We must reach there n participate in a healthy discussion. If Sarna ji is willing to bring unanimity on this issue, we must support him. How long we can have two dates for Gurupurab, Sangrand and other important days. We have to reach a conclusion.

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Punjab town tense after Sikh group-Dera followers clash

There was heavy police presence in Moga and the nearby Dhauleke village on Tuesday, a day after clashes between followers of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect and a radical Sikh group left over a dozen people injured. Followers of the Dera Sacha Sauda, which has its headquarter in Haryana's Sirsa town, are demanding action against members of the Ek Noor Khalsa Fauj, a radical Sikh organisation, for allegedly disrupting their religious function at Dhauleke village Sunday. They also accuse the group of burning the effigy of Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim.

Members of both groups clashed at Dhauleke village on Monday, injuring over a dozen people and some policemen. Agitators also set a Punjab roadways bus on fire and damaged some private vehicles in Moga, around 250 km from the state capital Chandigarh. 

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Reward offered in Calif. shooting of 2 Sikh men

ELK GROVE, Calif. (AP) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations has offered a $5,000 reward after two Sikh men were gunned down — one of them fatally — on a sidewalk in a Northern California suburb.

The executive director of the council's Sacramento Valley chapter noted that Sikh men in beards and turbans are often targeted by those who mistake them for Muslims.

"The Muslim community offers its condolences and support to the Sikh community in this time of sorrow," Basim Elkarra said.

The reward for information leading to a conviction in the Friday afternoon shooting in Elk Grove comes as police cautioned there was no evidence it was a hate crime. However, the Sacramento suburb's police chief, Robert Lehner, said there was no other apparent motive.

 

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