It was truly heartening to see how the Sikh community had risen to the occasion during the Black Lives Matter peaceful protests and the coronavirus pandemic and selflessly served those looking for nourishment.
As the Indian Army reported its first case of the infection with a 34-year-old soldier testing positive in Leh, the Army said it has taken a series of precautionary measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus among the forces such as checking flu symptoms among soldiers on their return from leave and cancelling non-essential travel, conferences and recruitment drives.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh is also against the move.
The SGPC head regretted that despite being approached, the prime minister had not spared time to discuss such issues.
The ace off-spinner was reacting to the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee's comments for keeping his hair open in an advertisement.
The world famous monument has recently been in the crosshairs of controversy.
The Shiromani Akali Dal is protesting against booth capturing by Congress workers during the Ajnala bypoll.
Dr Singh made the remarks after paying obeisance at Gurudwara Bangla Sahib in New Delhi.
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A Delhi court on Friday fixed April 22 for hearing the CBI's closure report in a case against Jagdish Tytler in 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
The trial court declined the plea of Kumar's lawyer that he be sent to high-security Tihar Jail.
While the plan had to be aborted the first time because Lal had arrived late for an election meeting in Hissar, the second attempt was to be made at a rally in Ambala in which Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was also present.
Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat led the people in paying tributes to Tohra whose pyre was lit by his son-in-law Harmail Singh Tohra.
Over 100,000 devotees have reached the temple town from all over the world for the event.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sudnay arrived in Tehran on a two-day visit.
In the meeting, which was held in makeshift tents at the Zero point, both the sides discussed timing of completion of bridge, alignment of roads and other engineering aspects of the proposed crossing points.
A meeting was held at the Santkutia gurudwara, with Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs and Buddhists praying for the early release of the truck drivers being held captive in Iraq since early this week
Pratyusha's parents slam their daughter's boyfriend after a prayer meet in their daughter's memory.
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain Congress leader Jagdish Tytler's plea seeking a stay on an order of the trial court directing the Central Bureau of Investigation to conduct further probe into his alleged role in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.
The Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee has organized four-day long celebrations to mark the 400th anniversary of the installation of the Guru Granth Sahib at the Golden Temple.
In an address on advancing India-US relations, she said neither of the two nations can afford to turn a blind eye to the regimes that produce, harbour, and support terrorists, and in this context, the US is approaching its "relationship with Pakistan differently than in the past".
Mann is a Lok Sabha member from Sangrur constituency in Punjab.
Chatwal said the prayer service aims to garner blessings for Clinton.
All India Congress Committee General Secretary Digvijaya Singh will preside over a meeting of the Congress Coordination Panel with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy on Friday evening.
In an attempt to display solidarity with its residents and help them in these dire times, the Jammu and Kashmir government has directed all its employees to report back to their duties immediately.
Alleging "connivance" between the Sangh Parivar and the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government at the Centre, the Congress party on Wednesday said the silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the issue of reconversions will upset the social equilibrium in the country.
Legendary Indian athlete Milkha Singh was honoured for his services to sports at a special event at the House of Lords on Friday.
The Election Commission has asked the Union government to enact a law to ban the release of opinion poll results after the notification of elections.
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Amid rising coronavirus cases in India, the government has asked people not to panic, saying no community transmission of the virus has been observed and there has only been a few cases of local transmission so far and that it is "not a health emergency" in India at present.
Capt Amarinder lambasted Badal for the alleged growing incidents of sacrilege in the state, which he said was a clear attempt by the Akalis to divide Punjab on communal lines.
Union Minister and Akali leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Wednesday blamed a "foreign hand" behind the turmoil in Punjab over the recent incidents of desecration of a Sikh holy book and said the government will expose such elements.
A team of 50 people led by celebrity chef Sanjeev Kapoor and NGO Akshaya Patra supervised the night-long preparations and yoga guru Ramdev put crowning tadka in the dish at the World India Food event that will conclude on Sunday.
'Will the liberals explain if minorities are under such a dire threat in India, how come more and more groups want to separate from the majority and want themselves to be declared a minority?' asks Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
The pandemic is set to become even more challenging, with migrant workers returning home, relaxations in lockdown rules, and the approaching monsoon. However, states are looking at community participation to ramp up testing and home treatment of patients
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