6/13/2013: PUNJAB SPECIAL: Makkar slams refusal to Sikh pilgri...

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Avtar Singh Makkar has constituted a two-member committee to resolve controversy over giving name of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale to the recently-erected memorial to Operation Bluestar.

Amritsar, Punjab: SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar has announced that a committee will facilitate free education till Class XII for baptised Sikh students belonging to baptised families in the SGPC-run institutions. Talking to mediapersons here ...

petition against Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Avtar Singh Makkar was filed in the district court here on Tuesday.

Chandigarh/ Jalandhar, Punjab (April 09, 2013): In a press statement sent of Sikh Siyasat News (SSN) the All India Sikh Students Federation (AISSF Peermohammad) has condemned Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) for its U-turn on the issue of ...

Avtar Singh Makkar said [t]his is judicial murder. I reiterate that there are two sets of laws, a separate one for minorities. On one side death penalty is given to Bhullar on the basis of merely his confessional statement that could be given by anyone under ...

SGPC chief Avtar Singh Makkar. Gyani Gurbachan Singh, Jathedar of highest Sikh temporal seat 'Akal Takht', was also present on the occasion. The memorial has been built near the marbled periphery

Pakistan government for not issuing timely visa's to Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee's (SGPC) jatha which was scheduled to visit Pakistan on June 4th to observe martyrdom day of Guru Arjan Dev on June 12th , the SGPC president Avtar Singh ...

Punjab deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal, BJP leader Sushma Swaraj and Delhi BJP president Vijay Goel with members of the Delhi Sikh The Shiromani Akali Dal-controlled Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee on Wednesday laid the foundation of a memorial in the ...

Perneet Singh/TNS The Rs 1,000-cr suit The SGPC files the case in Amritsar court in 1985 seeking Rs 1,000 cr in compensation for damages caused to the Golden Temple during Op Bluestar; the case is later transferred to the Delhi HC The Delhi HC ...