Devotees celeberate Chhath festival with fervour & gaiety
AMN / Chhath festival is being celebrated today with religious fervour and gaiety in Bihar and other parts of the country. Large number of devotees and people offered prayers to…
Prez, Vice president greet people on Diwali
AMN / The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee and the Vice President of India, M. Hamid Ansari have extended their greetings to countrymen on the eve of Diwali. In his…
Punjab hands over probe of sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib to CBI
AMN / Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has given consent to transfer the investigation of three cases of sacrilege of Sri Guru Granth Sahib to the Central Bureau of…
Punjab: Panj Pyaras demand resignation of five takht heads
The Panj Pyaras in Punjab, passed a resolution Friday demanding the resignation of the five takht heads despite being suspended by their appointing authority, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, SGPC. The…
Agitation over desecration of Guru Granth Sahib continues in Punjab
State seeks more forces from centre TIA NEWS / AMN / CHANDIGARH: SIKHS in Punjab continued their agitation against the incidents of desecration of ‘birs’ of Guru Granth Sahib. Protest…
SGPC Chief urges people of Punjab to maintain communal harmony
AMN / Keeping in view the present protests in Punjab in the aftermath of the desecration of ‘Holy Granth’ at various places in the state, Shiroamni Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC)…
Akal Takhat revokes pardon given to Sirsa Dera head
The Akal Takhat, the highest Temporal Seat of the Sikh community in Punjab, has revoked the pardon given to Sirsa Dera head Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh in a 2007 blasphemy…
Bodies of stampede martyrs to be buried in 6 cemeteries in Makkah
MAKKAH: The Makkah Secretariat is preparing 74,700 graves across six graveyards which could accommodate some of the martyrs of the stampede in Mina among others, according to the Secretariat’s Director…
History of tragedies during Haj pilgrimage
MAKKAH: The September 24 deadly stampede at the Haj in Saudi Arabia in which 717 Haji is reportedly killed is second biggest tragedy in last 25 years. On July 2…
Massive changes in Mina bring cheer to pilgrims
SIRAJ WAHAB MINA: Mina, which comes to life only once a year in Haj, is in fact a small city. As far as the eye can see, tents cover every…