Manjinder Singh Sirsa :Pakistan Government Trying to Help Black Hats Who Are Trying To Convert Bhai Taru Singh ji Shaheedi Asthan

                           Mr. Manjinder Singh Sirsa,President,DSGMC

New Delhi, July 28 : The Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee President and National Spokesman of the Shiromani Akali Dal Mr. Manjinder Singh Sirsa today said that the Pakistan Government is trying to help black hats who are trying to convert Bhai Taru Singh ji Shaheedi Asthan Gurudwara into a mosque.

 In a statement released here today, Mr. Sirsa said that it is shocking to see that the Pakistan Government has blamed Indian Media for defaming it. He said that instead of listening to the voice of its own citizens particularly Sikhs and  Evacuee Trust Property Board, the Government of Pakistan is trying to help out those black hats who are on a spree to damage religious places of the minority community.

He said that the Pakistan Sikh Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (PSGPC) Chief Mr. Satwant Singh has gone on record in a viral video in which he has disclosed how attempts are being made to convert pious place into a mosque by miscreants. 

Apart from it Evacuee Trust Property Board Secretary Sanjqullah Khan has written to DIG (ops) Lahore about one Sohail Butt/Attari s/o Salah ud Din Butt local resident of Lahore so called focal person of Darbar Hazrat Shah Kaku Chisti has tried to defame Pakistan by uploading a baseless propaganda video against Sikh community of Pakistan, PSGPC & ETP Board. 

He has also given a DVD of the said footage to the police and sought action against the guilty. But instead of  taking note of this, the Pakistan Government is trying to help out black hats who are promoted by desperate radicals who are always active against Minority Communities in Pakistan. He said that it is more shocking to see that those who want to convert this sacred place into a mosque are demanding proof of Shaheedi of Bhai Taru Singh. He asked ‘Do Sikhs need to prove what sacrifices they made in the land which is now part of Pakistan ?’

He also said that it has been 11 months since when Jagjit Kaur daughter of Head Granthi is languishing in jail only because she has refused to marry a Muslim man. He said that Sikhs which always worked to save daughters of even enemies, now have to keep safe their daughters in Pakistan out of fear of their abduction. He also question whether these are facilities which the Pakistan Government was claiming to provide to minorities.

Mr. Sirsa urged the Prime Minister Mr. Imran Khan to awake from deep slumber and order action against the guilty who are trying to convert Shaheedi Asthan of Bhai Taru Singh ji into a mosque and threatened Sikh community and also take steps to ensure safety and security of minorities in his country.

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Mr.Sudeep Singh

Honorary Media Advisor

DSGMC

The New AIIMS at Bathinda Is Set to Commence Covid Testing

                                             AIIMS at Bathinda

The new AIIMS at Bathinda is set to commence Covid testing in the next two weeks with a daily initial capacity of 180, to be further scaled up to 500/day within a month of launch.

A 30-bedded Level II Covid care facility will also become functional within the next one month at the hospital, which is already providing OPD services to patients, including a large number of cancer patients.

This was disclosed by an official spokesperson on Tuesday 28th July in a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh with AIIMS Bathinda Executive Director &CEO Dr Dinesh Kumar Singh and other officials to review the progress of the hospital’s preparedness for Covid care and other related issues.

Describing it as a highly prestigious institute for Punjab, the Chief Minister said the Bathinda AIIMS will be of immense benefit to large number of patients in the Malwa belt.

The Chief Minister assured the AIIMS team of all support from the state government to facilitate Covid care at the facility, where some of the ancillary construction and other works have been delayed due to the outbreak of the pandemic.

Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan said the state government would extend all help to the institute to put the Covid and other essential infrastructure in place in order to scale up Punjab’s fight against the pandemic.

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Raveen Thukral

A veteran journalist 

Media face of Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh.

SSP Navjot Mahal and 40 Other Punjab Cops Offer to Donate Plasma

                      SSP Navjot Singh Mahal with his Team

Responding to Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh’s appeal, as many as 40 police personnel, recently recovered from Covid-19 infection, have offered to donate their blood plasma to save the lives of others infected with the deadly Coronavirus.

The majority of these are from Jalandhar Rural, with SSP Navjot Singh Mahal himself leading the way after recovering from the infection. He  has been personally reached out to his convalescent officers and men to donate plasma after their mandatory 2-week recovery period ends, subject to fulfilling other conditions for such donation.

within 24 hours of the SSP Jalandhar Rural coming forward to commit to plasma donation, 40 other police personnel had also volunteered, followed by more. The blood plasma of two cops –ASI Ram Lal and PHG Lakhwinder Singh – had already been taken.All the 33 personnel recovered from Covid-19 in Jalandhar Rural had committed to plasma donation.

A special link has been created by the Punjab Police for volunteers to donate plasma to help out other patients who were struggling with the disease, according to the DGP. Gupta said a special campaign had been launched to create awareness among the cured police personnel to come out for this noble cause. The DGP lauded the Punjab Police corona warriors for their dedication to duty and service to humanity.

The Punjab Police has in place an elaborate mechanism to test its personnel on frontline duty to ensure early diagnosis, isolation and treatment.  The state government has set up one Plasma Bank in Patiala and is preparing to operationalize two more to strengthen its Covid treatment and care network.
http://www.babushahi.com/view-news.php?id=105538&headline=40-covid-recovered-Punjab-Police-personnel-offer-to-donate-plasma-in-response-to-CM

'Punjabi in New South Wales Schools': Parents Urged To EncourageCchildren To Grab The Chance To Learn

Acting on its commitment to teaching languages other than English, the NSW government has now developed a syllabus for students keen to learn and develop their skills in Punjabi.

In 2017, the NSW Department of Education undertook a collaborative curriculum project with the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) to draft Punjabi syllabus for students through kindergarten and year 10, after the state government gave its nod to teaching the language in public schools.

Mona Sidhu, a Sydney-based science teacher and language enthusiast told SBS Punjabi that the process which began in February 2018 has now concluded and the draft syllabuses for all years are now available on the NESA website.

Anyone who is already recognised to teach in NSW schools and is willing to teach can teach the language provided they have studied Punjabi until graduation.

'Parents must encourage children to opt for learning Punjabi in schools'.

https://www.sbs.com.au/language/english/audio/punjabi-in-nsw-schools-parents-urged-to-encourage-children-to-grab-the-chance-to-learn?

Dr.Gurdeep Kaur

Associate Professor

Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College

University of Delhi

Sikh Mission Foundation :Bhai Kanhaiya ji Award Was Given to Corona Warriors

Bhai Kanhaiya Ji Award was given to CoronaWarriors by Head Granthi Giani Ranjit Singh Ji at Gurudwara BanglaSahib. Event was organised by Sikh Mission Foundation(Members:Inderjeet Singh Vikas Puri,Satpal Singh Padam,JagdevSingh(Ex President,Singh Sabha, C Block, Vikas Puri ), Harvinder Singh Kholi).

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Inderjeet Singh Vikaspuri

During COVID-19 Crisis Turbans of Sikhs Are Becoming a Lifesaver :Sikh Community of Agra Makes Masks From Used Turbans For The Needy

For a Sikh, his pagri or turban is more than a headgear. It is an identity, a symbol of spirituality, pride and honour and presently, all because of an initiative by the members of the community. 

In Agra city of Uttar Pradesh, Sikhs under the banner of Sukhmani Sewa Sabha have started the mission ‘Turban for masks’ in which masks are being made from the old turbans collected from various households which will then be distributed among the needy people.

https://www.aninews.in/videos/national/sikh-community-agra-makes-masks-used-turbans-needy/

Editorial IN Afghanistan Times: Extremely Heartbreaking

The existence of several ethnics, religions and languages in a society indicate the unity and love among the citizens with painting a great image of beauty of a unified nation. Afghanistan is one of those rare countries in the region that has several religions, ethnics and languages. Besides the Pashtons, Tajikis, Hazaras, Uzbek and etc…there is some other minorities also living in the country.

Two of these rare beauties in Afghanistan are the Hindus and Sikhs who have been living since ages in the country. But unfortunately throughout the history, they have been oppressed and treated cruelly during the longest conflicts in Afghanistan.

Recently an attack conducted by the Islamic State (IS) also known as Daesh on the Sikhs’ temple in downtown Kabul, killed at least 25 Sikhs including women and children and wounded eight others. The attack faced widespread condemnation by the Afghan and foreign officials, but such acts would not cure their pain after they lost a member of their family. The consecutive deadly attacks and threats forced these minorities to consider leaving Afghanistan – a country they have called home for centuries.

As expected Delhi become the first country to officially announce the endorsement of visa and permanent asylum for the Afghan Sikhs and Hindus in India. On Sunday 26th July, the first batch of 11 Afghan Sikhs and Hindus left Kabul for Delhi to seek a permanent asylum there. However most of those Afghan Sikhs and Hindus, who left Afghanistan, promised to returned back home if the security become tighten that their lives would be no longer at risk. They have been having a very sound and peaceful relations with every other tribe in the country.

The Afghan Sikhs and Hindus mainly worked in the educational centers and some of them were engaged into personal business in the past. But recently, they have been faded in Afghanistan. Losing such peaceful minorities is a great lost for Afghanistan. It is so disappointed that we could not support them or embrace such a minor ethnic, which was considered as a main beauty of national unity in our country.

The Afghan government failed to protect them. For the ordinary Afghans, it is really painful to see this happening. Extremely heartbreaking, hope a day will come that all Afghans irrespective of their religious, ethnic, political and linguistic affiliations will be able to live peacefully in Afghanistan without the fear of discrimination and intimidation. It’s of great concern that billions of dollars expended on Afghan democracy and the result is that…

http://www.afghanistantimes.af/editorial-extremely-heartbreaking/

Dr.Gurdeep Kaur

Associate Professor

Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa Collge

University of Delhi

Gagandeep Singh Khalsa Fell Into the North Saskatchewan River While Posing For Photos Near The Edge of The River With a Mountain in The Background

        Gagandeep Singh Khalsa is pictured near the North Saskatchewan River (His Last Picture)
Members of Calgary’s Sikh community are in shock as a search continues for Gagandeep Singh Khalsa. Friends say he fell into the North Saskatchewan River near the Glacier Lake Trail in Banff National Park.

The young man was posing for photos near the edge of the river with a mountain in the background when it’s believed he fell. That was the last time his friends saw him.

Gagandeep was travelling to Jasper, Alta., with two other friends when they stopped to hike the Glacier Lake Trail just after 6 p.m.

At a bridge on the trail, Khalsa scrambled down to the river’s edge, friends said.

“One of his friends was standing on the bridge and he asked him to take his picture,” Parmeet Singh Boparai told Global News Monday. “His friend took his picture and his friend turned his back to take another picture. Then he heard some noises from the back.”

Khalsa’s hiking companions said they turned around and saw hands waving from the water.

“They jumped into the water trying to rescue [Khalsa], but they couldn’t find him,” Boparai said.

“The only thing they got was his turban. His turban was floating. They pulled out his turban and left it on the side to show the rescue team where it was.”

The two remaining hikers ran up to Highway 93 looking for help after they discovered they had no cell phone signal. They were able to call 9-1-1 from the nearby Saskatchewan River Crossing.

https://globalnews.ca/video/rd/3ebff668-d068-11ea-9de3-0242ac110003/?jwsource=cl

https://www.sootoday.com/global-news/search-continues-near-lake-louise-for-calgary-man-believed-to-have-fallen-into-north-saskatchewan-river-2596163?fbcl

Evacuee Trust Property Board of Pakistan Has Taken A Stern Stand Against The Communalist Mindset of Sohail Bhatt Attari

Pakistan’s Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB), a state-run body responsible for the management of shrines of religious minorities, on Monday asked police to take “strict disciplinary action” against a Lahore resident named Sohail Butt Attari, who was allegedly behind efforts to “provoke people against the historical Gurdwara Taro Singh and occupy the attached vacant plot in Landa Bazar”.

A letter written by ETPB to the police, which was released by Pakistani officials, also accused Attari of trying to “defame Pakistan by uploading a baseless propaganda video” against the Sikh minority and the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee. It described the committee as the “only official representative regulatory body” for Pakistani Sikhs.

The letter further said Attari’s video was being used by Indian media to damage Pakistan’s image and that “multiple conspiracies” were being hatched after the successful opening of the Kartarpur Corridor last year.

                                    Gurdwara Shahidi Asthan Bhai Taru Ji

Gurdwara Shahidi Asthan Bhai Taru Ji is a historical gurdwara where Bhai Taru Ji made supreme sacrifice in 1745. The gurdwara is a place of reverence and considered sacred by the Sikh community. This incident has been viewed with grave concern in India.

There have been calls for justice for the minority Sikh community in Pakistan. India has expressed its concerns, in strongest terms on this incident and called upon Pakistan to investigate the matter and take immediate remedial measures.
http://www.asianage.com/india/all-india/280720/india-objects-to-pakistans-decision-to-convert-lahore-gurdwara-into-mosque.html

Gurudwara Sis Ganj Sahib, Chandni chowk, Delhi

Aimanjeet Kour : Sikh Female Got Govermnent Admission In MBBS On Merit Basis,Pakistan

        Aimanjeet Kour with Professor Kalyan Singh Kalyan

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Dr.Kalyan Singh Kalyan
Assitant Professor
GCU(Government College University)
Lahore,Pakistan

Dr.Gurdeep Kaur
Associate Professor
Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College
University of Delhi