Haryana
tried to steal water from Punjab
Punjab government’s sleepless nights over
proposed second channel on the Ravi-Beas link are over. The Centre has assured
the government that it will not proceed further on the issue without taking
Punjab, a host riparian state, into confidence. The assurance has come in the
form of a formal communication from the union government after Chief Minister
Parkash Singh Badal took up the issue with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in
Delhi recently.
Kesh
Sambhal Sanstha constructing SACH center
The Kesh Sambhal Sanstha (KSS) has now come up
with a SACH centre being established in the Ranjit Avenue area in pursuance of
its aim of propagating Sikh tenets among the people, especially the Sikh youth
which is moving away from their beliefs.
Veggies worth Rs 30,000 cr perish every year India, the second largest producer of vegetables in the world, loses Rs 30,000 crore every year as 25 per cent of the produce gets damaged because of poor and unscientific storage.
Missing
the story: where was the media in 1984?“A
thousand years will pass but we still won’t get justice. It took months and
years in filing cases, recording statements and other such court work. Now it
is almost 24 years since the riots,” says Dukhiya.
India
wants a bigger role in UN
Security Council is an executive body of the
United Nations. A very large population, a big muscle power and a huge size
country is not the only criteria for becoming a permanent member of the
Security Council. A nation has to hold many other qualifications those are
vital.
Sikhs
Call For United Nations To Act On Sikh Human Rights Concerns
Sikh representatives from across the
world held a Sikh human rights awareness rally outside the main square in
front of the United Nations Headquarters in Geneva. The rally and meetings
that followed were announced three months earlier and deliberately timed to
coincide with the 159th anniversary of the end of ‘Sikh Raj’.
Memorandum
Presented By International Sikh Community To UN Human Rights Council
A memorandum was presented
by the Sikh delegations from the UK, USA, Canada, Switzerland, Germany, Italy,
Belgium and the Netherlands to each of the three Special Rapporteurs and
Independent Experts they met.
Sikh Punjabi farmers want scientific pricing The government may be in a self-congratulatory mode on the introduction of the Rs 60,000-crore loan waiver scheme for farmers. However, hundreds of farmers from Punjab, camping at Jantar Mantar in the Capital for past four days now.
Red card for Indian hockey The 70-minute game Great Britain and India played at Santiago on March 9 has not only left hundreds of thousands of ardent fans of hockey in India disappointed, dejected and shocked but has also inflicted a critical and historic blow on the sport which may never be the same again.
Move to install Bhinderanwale as Akal Takht jathedar was scuttled? Damdami Taksal spokesman and convener of the Khalsa Action Committee Bhai Mohkam Singh has revealed that there was a move to install firebrand Sikh leader Sant Jarnail Singh Bhinderanwale as the jathedar of Akal Takht, which was scuttled at the behest of the central government.
Forest
cover: Punjab at bottom
Despite massive investments in
plantations for the past more than 10 years, Punjab continues to have one of
the lowest forest cover in the country in terms of percentage. It has just
3.09 per cent area under forest as per the latest report of the Forest Survey
of India. As per the last one also Punjab was at the bottom in terms of area
under forests.
Hazur Sahib's Sacred
Spaces Demolished
The historic town of Nanded, in Maharashtra is an important place of
pilgrimage for the Sikh community due to its association with Sri Guru Gobind
Singh ji, who is known to have meditated on the banks of river Godavari and
spent the last few days of his life in the region. Just yards from these
sacred spaces, the authorities have bulldozed a corridor that has finally
destroyed the last few historical reminders of the Guru's association with the
region.
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