'Kishwer and I are looking at a February wedding. It will be a family affair in a gurdwara. It's pointless spending money on grand weddings.' Bigg Boss' Suyyash Rai gets ready for the next chapter.
A clash took place inside Golden Temple in Amritsar when a group of youths raised pro-Khalistan slogans, which was opposed by Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee volunteers, leaving five persons injured.
SGPC chief Kirpal Singh Badungar said the community's opinion would be sought on this issue.
It has been a double whammy for the cricketer-turned-politician since there is already an outcry over his visit to Pakistan.
Tohra was removed as SGPC chief in March 1999, a few days before the commencement of the Khalsa Tercentenary celebrations at Anandpur Sahib, following differences with then chief minister Parkash Singh Badal.
Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh is all set to take Punjab's close business as well as people-to-people relations with Canada to the next level, with a one-to-one meeting with visiting Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Amritsar on Wednesday, said an official spokesperson.
Mahinder Pal Singh has become the first Sikh cricketer to be selected in Pakistan's National Cricket Academy after he was picked for a fast bowlers' camp, being organised by the Pakistan Cricket Board. The 21-year old Mahinder was selected at an emerging player camp, organised by PCB in Multan in November. "It was a proud moment for me to be selected for the camp," Pal, who hails from the tribal region of Pakistan but lives in Nankana Sahib outside Lahore, told PTI. The eldest among five siblings, Pal is the first member of his community to be recognised at this level.
A Delhi court on Wednesday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to reply on the allegations that Congress leader Jagdish Tytler tried to influence a witness in a 1984 anti Sikh riots case in which the agency has filed a closure report.
Paul Ryan, the former Republican vice presidential nominee, was on Thursday elected and sworn in as the new Speaker of the US House of Representatives, which is similar to Indian Parliament's lower house, the Lok Sabha.
In his Independence Day-eve speech, the President appealed to political leaders, religious leaders, opinion makers, media personnel and citizens to impose a moratorium on all issues that impede development.
Its president Kirpal Singh Badungar said the verdict may cause the Sikh community to lose faith in the courts.
'The Modi government is about privatising profits and nationalising losses.'
Members of the United States Congress break bread to celebrate the contributions of Sikh Americans. Rediff.com's Aziz Haniffa reports
Kumar, who was directed by the high court on Monday to surrender before authorities by December 31, sought more time saying he has to settle family affairs.
'The standing committee on defence was flagging what the services had said.' 'As a soldier, General Khanduri might have felt that it was his duty to point this out in the greater good of India,' points out Aditi Phadnis.
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