Surjit Singh is a correspondent. He covers politics and agriculture, besides religious affairs and Indo-Pak border in Amritsar and Tarn Taran.
Articles by Surjit Singh
Punjab bandh: Shops across Doaba region shut, lukewarm response seen in other parts of state
In the Doaba region, which includes Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Hoshiarpur and SBS Nagar districts, most commercial establishments remained shut and market areas wore a deserted look. The transportation facilities, however, saw no impact.
Updated on Aug 09, 2023 02:21 PM IST
On Punjab tour, UK Sikh MP Tanmanjeet Dhesi stopped at Amritsar airport for 2 hours
United Kingdom (UK) Member of Parliament Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi landed at Amritsar around 9am. Immigration officials made him wait inside the airport for two hours before allowing him to leave the airport, confirmed a senior police official requesting anonymity
Updated on Aug 03, 2023 12:12 PM IST
Surjit Singh, Amritsar
SGPC launches YouTube channel, to start Gurbani broadcast from July 25
PTC to continue telecast till the apex gurdwara body launches its own satellite channel; Dhami says all rights to remain with SGPC
Updated on Jul 24, 2023 12:44 AM IST
Surjit Singh, Amritsar
Punjab: SGPC employees form union; irked top brass warns of action
In a rare development, a section of the employees of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee has formed a union to raise their concerns
Updated on Jul 23, 2023 10:10 PM IST
Surjit Singh, Amritsar
SGPC urges PTC to continue Gurbani broadcast till its channel is launched
Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee appealed to the management of GNext Media, which runs the PTC channel, to continue the live broadcast of Gurbani till its satellite channel is launched
Updated on Jul 21, 2023 10:26 PM IST
Surjit Singh, Amritsar
Punjab: Kartarpur Corridor closed for 3 days as Ravi floods Pakistan border
Water level in Ravi river rose after 2.8 cusecs water was released in the Ujh river in Jammu following heavy rain in the region. Water was also released from the Ranjit Sagar Dam. The Ujh merges into the Ravi at Makora Pattan in Gurdaspur district.
Updated on Jul 20, 2023 03:35 PM IST
Amritpal’s wife ‘stopped’ from boarding flight to UK from Delhi Airport
Kirandeep Kaur was allegedly stopped from boarding a UK-bound flight at Delhi airport without any reason, the third time she has been stopped.
Updated on Jul 20, 2023 04:14 AM IST
Surjit Singh, Amritsar
SGPC mulls interim arrangement for Gurbani telecast from Golden Temple on TV
A day after Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee announced the launch of its YouTube channel for the live telecast of Gurbani from the Golden Temple, the apex Sikh body is now mulling ways to continue the relay on satellite TV, which has a much bigger audience.
Updated on Jul 16, 2023 12:20 AM IST
Surjit Singh, Amritsar
Gurbani telecast row: SGPC not to renew pact with PTC, to roll out YouTube channel on July 24
The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee has said that it would not be renewing its agreement with PTC channel for the live telecast of Gurbani from the Golden Temple after the present contract ends on July 23
Updated on Jul 14, 2023 11:42 PM IST
Beas, Ravi threaten to inundate Punjab’s Majha region
In Amritsar, Ajnala area was most affected. Punjab cabinet minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal visited the flood-affected areas and took stock of the situation and relief activities. Dhaliwal also went to Ghonewal, the last village of Amritsar district on the banks of the Ravi, to take stock of the situation
Updated on Jul 10, 2023 01:36 AM IST
Surjit SinghAnil Sharma, Amritsar
Embezzlement of ₹1 cr in langar: Manager among 51 SGPC staffers suspended after probe
The scam was unearthed by the SGPC flying squad (an investigation wing). In its preliminary investigation, it came to the fore that the concerned staffers between 2019 and 2022 allegedly didn’t deposit the money in SGPC’s account after selling stale food items and leftovers, including chapatis, and rice
Updated on Jul 05, 2023 01:17 AM IST
Surjit Singh, Amritsar
SGPC chief terms treatment of Amritpal, aides at Dibrugarh jail a violation of human rights
Former Akal Takht acting jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh, in a video statement, said it is unfortunate that Amritpal and his aides are being served food laced with tobacco.
Updated on Jun 30, 2023 08:24 PM IST
Surjit Singh, Amritsar
Gurbani telecast row: SGPC warns of stir if Gurdwaras Bill is not withdrawn
SGPC House resolution terms the Bill as violation of Master Tara Singh-Jawahar Lal Nehru pact; accuses the state govt of ‘anti-Sikh’ approach
Updated on Jun 27, 2023 05:30 AM IST
Surjit Singh, Amritsar
Gurbani telecast row: Govt should have waited for SGPC decision, says new Takht jathedar
The Punjab assembly on June 20 passed the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Bill, 2023, to ensure the free-of-cost broadcast of Gurbani from Harmandar Sahib (Golden Temple) across platforms
Updated on Jun 23, 2023 12:27 AM IST
Surjit Singh, Amritsar
{Gurbani telecast row} Govt has made mockery of Gurdwaras Act: Ex-Akal Takht jathedar
The Bill was passed in the name of ending monopoly of PTC channel on the live telecast of Gurbani from Golden Temple. Whether this Bill is valid or not can only be determined by legal experts. We should have prevented such circumstances for the government to have to take such a step
Updated on Jun 23, 2023 12:21 AM IST
Surjit Singh, Amritsar
Akal Takht jathedar exhorts Punjab government, SGPC to find amicable solution on gurbani telecast row
The row had erupted after chief minister Bhagwant Mann announced the addition of the clause to the Sikh Gurdwara Act, 1925, to prevent exclusive gurbani telecast rights to PTC channel
Updated on Jun 20, 2023 02:15 PM IST
Surjit Singh, Amritsar
‘CM or pilot?’: Shah takes dig at Mann as he targets AAP govt
Addressing a rally in Punjab’s Gurdaspur, the senior BJP leader said the AAP government was ignoring the needs of the people of the state
Updated on Jun 19, 2023 12:37 AM IST
Surjit SinghSunil Rahar, Gurdaspur/ Rohtak
Gurdaspur rally: CM Bhagwant Mann touring country as Arvind Kejriwal’s pilot, says Amit Shah
Union home minister Amit Shah at a rally in Punjab’s Gurdaspur said instead of working to fulfil these promises, Mann is expanding the political base of Kejriwal by getting full-page advertisements published in the newspapers across the country.
Updated on Jun 19, 2023 12:31 AM IST
Surjit Singh, Gurdaspur
Harpreet Singh quits, Raghbir Singh is new Akal Takht jathedar
Harpreet Singh has ‘stepped down’ as the acting jathedar of Akal Takht and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee appointed Giani Raghbir Singh as the jathedar of the highest Sikh temporal seat
Updated on Jun 17, 2023 12:05 AM IST
Surjit Singh, Amritsar
Punjab: Giani Harpreet Singh quits as Akal Takht acting jathedar, Raghbir Singh new head
Move imminent after Sikh leader came under criticism for attending engagement of Rajya Sabha AAP member Raghav Chadha with Bollywood actor Parineeti Chopra at Kapurthala House in New Delhi on May 13
Updated on Jun 16, 2023 01:00 PM IST
Sink differences, let’s unite for community: Parallel jathedar to Akal Takht head
Accompanied by the Sikh leaders, who played a key role in organising Sarbat Khalsa (grand Sikh assembly) at village Chabba on the outskirt of Amritsar city in 2015, Mand addressed a press conference here and disclosed the letter written to Giani Harpreet Singh
Updated on Jun 14, 2023 12:13 AM IST
Surjit Singh, Amritsar
Punjab: Three arrested for killing gangster Jarnail Singh in Amritsar
Arrests come 10 days after Punjab Police caught Gurveer Singh, a shooter of the Davinder Bambiha gang, and found he had hatched the conspiracy to eliminate Jarnail Singh at Sathiala village in the border district on May 24
Updated on Jun 09, 2023 03:51 PM IST
Op Bluestar anniversary passes off peacefully, Amritsar remains shut
As 39th anniversary of Operation Bluestar passed off peacefully in Amritsar on Tuesday with the holy city observing a complete shutdown on a call given by Sikh radical organisation Dal Khalsa
Updated on Jun 07, 2023 12:16 AM IST
Operation Bluestar anniv today: Efforts on for out-of-court settlement of ₹1,000-crore damage suit
Fresh efforts for an out-of-court settlement have begun to resolve a 38-year-old dispute between the Union government and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee over damages caused during Operation Bluestar. The issue was discussed in a meeting held between Amit Shah and an SGPC delegation on June 3. The case is related to a ?1,000 crore damage suit filed by the SGPC in 1985. The court has issued a direction to resolve the issue by talks.
Updated on Jun 06, 2023 12:48 AM IST
Surjit Singh, Amritsar
Op Bluestar anniversary: 2 companies of para forces, 5,000 cops to guard Amritsar
With Sikh hardliners announcing to observe a complete shutdown on the 39th anniversary of Operation Bluestar on June 6, two companies of paramilitary forces and 5,000 cops of Punjab Police will be deployed in Amritsar to maintain law and order
Updated on Jun 02, 2023 12:39 AM IST
Surjit SinghAnil Sharma
British-era power house that once illuminated Lahore
Punjab and Himachal Pradesh are locking horns over the control of the project after its 99-year-old lease expires next year
Updated on May 30, 2023 12:44 AM IST
Surjit Singh, Amritsar
‘Inadequate’ compensation: Delhi-Katra Expressway: Passengers suffer as farmers squat on rail tracks in 7 dists
Farmers squatted on tracks at seven places in Punjab on Thursday to lodge their protest against ‘inadequate’ land compensation for the Delhi-Katra Expressway under the Centre’s the Bharatmala Pariyojana
Updated on May 18, 2023 10:11 PM IST
Akal Takht jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh attends Raghav-Parineeti engagement, sparks row
The presence of Akal Takht jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh at an AAP MP's engagement party has caused controversy. After a video of the event went viral, SAD leader Virsa Singh Valtoha accused Singh of allowing the Sikh code of conduct to be breached at the party, where liquor and meat were served. AAP spokesperson Malwinder Singh Kang said the party could not be told where the jathedar could go, while Congress state president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring saw "nothing objectionable in it". The jathedar has not commented.
Updated on May 15, 2023 01:05 AM IST
Surjit Singh, Amritsar
Amritsar explosions: FIR reveals role of foreign-based handlers, multi-source funding
The accused involved in causing three explosions near Golden Temple in six days had links with their foreign-based handlers and got funding from different channels for carrying out the terror activities, reads the FIR registered against them by the Amritsar City Police
Updated on May 12, 2023 11:32 PM IST
Ravinder Vasudeva/Surjit Singh, Chandigarh/amritsar
It’s failure of Punjab govt: SGPC president on Amritsar blasts
Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee president Harjinder Singh Dhami said the latest blast near the Golden Temple was a result of the Punjab government’s “failure” to solve the previous two explosion cases
Updated on May 11, 2023 10:42 PM IST
