because the truth needs to be told
On 13 November, SGPC general house re-appointed Gobind Singh Longowal as president. Actually Sukhbir Singh Badal did. What does this election mean to the Sikhs? Well, nothing! How much does the SGPC care for the Sikhs and modern democratic governance? Well, wh... More »
The general house of the SGPC -the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee re-appointed Gobind Singh Longowal as president for another term amidst walkout by the Panthic Front led by Sukhdev Singh Bhaur. He is the 42nd President of this august body of the Sikh... More »
Dal Khalsa, in a statement to the media, has sought the setting up of a high level SGPC Committee of renowned Sikh historians and academicians to review all books or parts thereof,which contain chapters in Sikh and Punjab history. It is common knowledge that s... More »
As a co-promoter and participant of the first-ever Panthic Assembly, the author, who is also the editor of the World Sikh News, is provides a ring-side view of the proceedings as well as the fall out of the same in the last few days in newspapers and on social... More »
Unable to face his own people in private or public for the past few months, in view of the anger of the Sikhs over his proximity to the Shiromani Akali Dal Badal and his role in granting pardon to the Sauda Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim, also under pressure of ... More »
Months after the general elections were held for the Takht Harmandir Patna Sahib Committee under the Takht Harmandir Sahib Gurdwara Management Act, 1956, DSGMC nominee and former legislator from Delhi, Avtar Singh Hit was unanimously elected as the President o... More »
To counter the continuing gross lies of the Badal Dal, the prevarication of the Congress party and the impunity climate to the police, Sikh personalities of all hues and shades, from all walks of life, with the primary parameter of the love and interest of the... More »
Fed up with dilly-dallying and lacklustre approach of Sikh bodies and political parties, Sikh activists have come together to convene a Panthic Assembly on 20-21 October 2018 in Amritsar of 117 members from Punjab and the Diaspora, aiming to charter a path of ... More »
On 3 October, when the UN Secretary General Mr Antonio Guterres lands in Amritsar on the personal section of his 4-day visit to India, he would be the first high-ranking UN official to visit Darbar Sahib. As SGPC prepares to honour him during his brief visit, ... More »
As the curfew in Shillong’s Punjabi lane has been withdrawn, Shillong Sikhs restart the completion of their Gurdwara with meagre resources with the threat of their dislocation still looming large on them as the government seems determined despite status quo or... More »
Renowned journalist and editor, famous columnist of Between the Lines in the Indian Express for many years, member of the infamous Punjabi group in Delhi, Kuldip Nayar passed away at the ripe age of 95 after a brief illness. The author presents a peep into how... More »
New Delhi: Commentators and opinion writers question the dastardly attack by the Islamic state, whereas the Akali leadership promises the passing of legislation for permanent citizenship of the Afghan Sikh community in Delhi. Afghan Sikhs including relatives o... More »