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Over the course of 3 days - various Sikh scholars presented to the delegates -bringing them closer to their beliefs and values. About 45 attended and there was a sense of mutual respect, thankfulness and belonging towards each other. It worked as a great source of networking as some of them only met another Sikh for the very first time - who is serving the same country.

“The local residents are pleased with the decision of the councillors to push forward with enforcement, as any further extension to the period would make a mockery of the processes in place. “The Sikh community has been given ample opportunity by the council to find somewhere else, which has been extended many times due to appeals and delay in bringing proposals to meetings.”

Dr. Balwant Singh, father of Dr. Rajwant Singh, passed away on Monday, May 16, 2011 at the Washington Hospital Center amidst prayers and Sikh hymn recitations. He was a crusader for the people who had sacrificed for India's independence.

In order to facilitate visiting tourists to Harmandir Sabib (Golden Temple) district administration has decided to run pre-paid taxi service [pic on right not illustrative - ED] from Golden Temple Complex, said Deputy Commissioner. Kahan Singh Pannu here Tuesday.

Intizar Hussain in his paper had declared him one of the three romantic writers in Urdu produced by the 20th century; the other two being Nasir Kazmi and Munir Niazi. I imagine all three sipping tea in the Pak Tea House of Paradise and joking.

But Punjab today faces a grave economic crisis, the result of years of shoddy governance that have stunted growth and created such a mound of public debt that the state is now seeking a multi-billion dollar bailout from the central government. It also is facing high unemployment, an anomaly in a nation that has the highest economic growth rate of any major nation after China.

With the US having achieved its aim of crushing the bogey it created, the rest of us are still wondering whether the world is a safer place in the same way as it was being questioned by people when Sayyid Ahmed Barelvi was killed in 1831. Islamic fundamentalism did not die with the death of the Sayyid nor will it die with the killing of Osama bin Laden.