 Journalist Jarnail Singh correspondent with Hindi daily Dainik Jagran who had hurled shoe on Union Home Minister P.Chidambram during the press conference at Delhi, was Monday honoured by SGPC when he came to pay obesance at Golden Temple here.
He was here along with his family including his wife and two children who were also honored by the SGPC chief Avtar Singh Makkar at the information center of Golden Temple.
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 Members of a cultural troupe from Britanny (Western France) who arrived here today shopped in traditional bazaars.
The 50-member troupe of dancers and musicians came here to perform Breizh Side Storiou (nightingale of the valley) in traditional costumes at the BBK DAV College for Women here on behalf of the Virsa Vihar Society. The traditional Breton folk music of France includes variety of vocal and instrumental styles.
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Inspired by the protest of a Sikh journalist who hurled his shoe at Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram Tuesday, Sikhs in northern Punjab state blocked railways to protest the mandating to run in general elections by the ruling Congress party of a politician who led anti-Sikh riots in 1984.
Rail traffic in most parts of Punjab Wednesday remained paralyzed for about six hours as Sikhs demonstrated on railway tracks to register their protest.
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 The Punjab and Haryana High Court touched on the sensitive issue of significance of unshorn hair in Sikhism. The debate in the Friday’s hearing, headed by Justice JS Khehar, unveiled the profoundness of Sikhism.
A synopsis, under the guidelines of a Sikh cleric, Giani Harinder Pal Singh, was prepared on “Significance of unshorn hair in Sikhism”. A high court advocate, Pavit Mattewal, carried the 32-page synopsis that comprised of different shabads taken from the holy Guru Granth Sahib.
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Mission roots bring Assamese Sikhs to Punjab
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A Sikh family of Assam's Nowgaon district which has adopted the Assamese culture and dress code.
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Sunday, 15 March 2009
AMRITSAR: In 1820, when Maharaja Ranjit Singh sent around 500 Sikh
soldiers to Assam to help the Ahom tribe fight Burmese invaders, most
had died in the battle of Hadirachaki. Of a small band who survived,
few returned home while others settled down there - making Assam their
home.
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