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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Amritsar</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:15:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Chief  Khalsa  Diwan  exhibits  Sikh  Granths  and  weapons  for awareness</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/chief-khalsa-diwan-exhibits-sikh-granths-and-weapons-for-awareness-246934/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:15:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[AMRITSAR -  A  collection  of  olden  handwritten miniature  manuscripts, replicas of Sikh weapons,  and  treasured photographs of the Sikh gurus and warriors has been put on public display here.

The  Chief  Khalsa  Diwan,  the  oldest  and  respectable  socio-religious    [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/chief-khalsa-diwan-exhibits-sikh-granths-and-weapons-for-awareness-246934/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Singaporean  delegation visits Gurdaspur to aid  underprivileged kids</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/singaporean-delegation-visits-gurdaspur-to-aid-underprivileged-kids-246857/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[AMRITSAR - A group of young  Singaporeans  recently visited  Punjab&#8217;s Gurdaspur district to aid  underprivileged  and needy school children in the state.

The   20  young  Singaporean  students,  were  welcomed  at   the Government High School in Veela Bajju village.
Part  of the .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/singaporean-delegation-visits-gurdaspur-to-aid-underprivileged-kids-246857/" title="Singaporean  delegation visits Gurdaspur to aid  underprivileged kids">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Punjab cashes in on international trade and investment tie-ups</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/punjab-cashes-in-on-international-trade-and-investment-tie-ups-246850/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LUDHIANA/ AMRITSAR - Today&#8217;s business  environment in  the country is favourable for both trade and investment,  and Punjab  is cashing in on this opportunity  through  international tie-ups and trade shows.

Tajikistan&#8217;s  Ambassador in India, Saidbed Saidov was  in  Punjab recently  to take part in deliberations on .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/punjab-cashes-in-on-international-trade-and-investment-tie-ups-246850/">Punjab cashes in on international trade and investment tie-ups</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Punjab   farmers  take  to  dairy  farming  for  second   &#8216;White Revolution&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/punjab-farmers-take-to-dairy-farming-for-second-white-revolution-246813/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[AMRITSAR -  Punjab is  ushering  a  second  &#8216;white revolution&#8217; by adopting modern dairy technology, which is seen as a viable and profitable alternative.

Gurmukh Singh, a daily farm owner who has four acres of farmland, shifted  to dairy farming, as earnings from routine farming  were not adequate.
Singh&#8217;s  Dairy ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/punjab-farmers-take-to-dairy-farming-for-second-white-revolution-246813/" title="Punjab   farmers  take  to  dairy  farming  for  second   &#8216;White Revolution&#8217;">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Amritsar hosts Mr. Singh International</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/amritsar-hosts-mr-singh-international-246726/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 07:37:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[AMRITSAR - Several Sikh youth walked down the  ramp recently   to  stake  a  claim  for  the  title  of   Mr.   Singh International, which stands for quintessential Sikh identity with single-minded devotion.

Selected from 2,000 participants from 59 cities across India  and abroad, ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/amritsar-hosts-mr-singh-international-246726/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Amritsar hosts Mr. Singh International</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ahluwalia hopes for relief from price rise in New Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:38:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Amritsar Dec. 17 (ANI): Admitting price rise in India has led to problems  for  the common man across the  country,  Montek  Singh Ahluwalia,  Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission of India,  has expressed  the hope that there would be relief to the  people  by next month.

Ahluwalia .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ahluwalia-hopes-for-relief-from-price-rise-in-new-year-245437/">Ahluwalia hopes for relief from price rise in New Year</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Montek  Ahluwalia wants subsidies diverted to  agricultural  and rural infrastructure</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/montek-ahluwalia-wants-subsidies-diverted-to-agricultural-and-rural-infrastructure-245406/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:23:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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Amritsar, Dec. 17 (ANI): Deputy Chairman of Planning  Commission of  India  Montek  Singh Ahluwalia on  Thursday  emphasised  that electricity  and  fertilizer  subsidies  should  be  diverted  to agricultural and rural infrastructure to raise public  investment in agriculture and strengthen .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/montek-ahluwalia-wants-subsidies-diverted-to-agricultural-and-rural-infrastructure-245406/">Source &nbsp;: Montek  Ahluwalia wants subsidies diverted to  agricultural  and rural infrastructure</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>SGPC  seeks  to meet Pakistan High Commissioner over  attack  on Pakistani Sikh advocate</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sgpc-seeks-to-meet-pakistan-high-commissioner-over-attack-on-pakistani-sikh-advocate-245377/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Amritsar Dec.17 (ANI) : Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak  Committee (SGPC)   has  sought  an  appointment  from  the  Pakistan   High Commissioner in New Delhi to take up the case of a Sikh advocate, who  was  brutally  beaten  and forced to  convert  .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sgpc-seeks-to-meet-pakistan-high-commissioner-over-attack-on-pakistani-sikh-advocate-245377/">Original source &nbsp;: SGPC  seeks  to meet Pakistan High Commissioner over  attack  on Pakistani Sikh advocate</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Farooq  not  in favour of carving out Telangana State,  says  it will open up Pandora box</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/farooq-not-in-favour-of-carving-out-telangana-state-says-it-will-open-up-pandora-box-244311/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:21:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[AMRITSAR - Union Minister for New  and  Renewable Energy  Farooq  Abdullah on Tuesday disagreed with  the  Centre&#8217;s move to create a separate State of Telangana, an issue which  has also  strengthened  demands for other small States  in  different parts of the country.

&#8220;I  am ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/farooq-not-in-favour-of-carving-out-telangana-state-says-it-will-open-up-pandora-box-244311/" title="Farooq  not  in favour of carving out Telangana State,  says  it will open up Pandora box">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>India&#8217;s  first  2-mega  watt solar power  plant  inaugurated  in Amritsar</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/indias-first-2-mega-watt-solar-power-plant-inaugurated-in-amritsar-244310/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[AMRITSAR - Union Minister for New  and  Renewable Energy Dr. Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday inaugurated country&#8217;s first commercial  2  mega watt Solar Power Plant in  Punjab&#8217;s  Amritsar District. The plant is proposed to be further expanded to 5 MW.

Set  up by a U.S. Company Azure Power in IPP .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/indias-first-2-mega-watt-solar-power-plant-inaugurated-in-amritsar-244310/" title="India&#8217;s  first  2-mega  watt solar power  plant  inaugurated  in Amritsar">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sikhs  burn  effigy  of controversial sect  leader  in  Amritsar during Punjab Bandh</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sikhs-burn-effigy-of-controversial-sect-leader-in-amritsar-during-punjab-bandh-240974/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[AMRITSAR - Supporting the public call  to  observe closure  across Punjab, thousands of activists of  various  Sikhs organizations   set  ablaze  effigy  of  Ashutosh  Maharaj,   the controversial  sect  leader, who heads the  Nurmahal-based  (near Jalandhar) Divya Jyoti Jagriti ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sikhs-burn-effigy-of-controversial-sect-leader-in-amritsar-during-punjab-bandh-240974/">Sikhs  burn  effigy  of controversial sect  leader  in  Amritsar during Punjab Bandh</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Former Akal Takht head held guilty of religious misconduct</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[AMRITSAR - Darshan Singh, a former head of the Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of the Sikh religion, was Saturday declared a &#8220;tankhaiya&#8221; (guilty of religious misconduct) by the top Sikh clergy here.

The announcement was made by Akal Takht head Gurbachan Singh after a meeting of the top five Sikh clergymen held here.	 	
&#8220;He ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/former-akal-takht-head-held-guilty-of-religious-misconduct-240442/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Former Akal Takht head held guilty of religious misconduct</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Former   Akal  Takht  Jathedar  declared  guilty  of   religious misconduct</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/former-akal-takht-jathedar-declared-guilty-of-religious-misconduct-240429/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:46:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[AMRITSAR - Akal Takht, the highest  Sikh  governing body,  on Saturday in an unprecedented step of  declaring  former Jathedar of Akal Takht Prof. Darshan Singh Ragi a &#8220;Tankhiya&#8217;  or, guilty  of  religious misconduct on having  allegedly  failed  to submit clarification before the five Jathedars ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/former-akal-takht-jathedar-declared-guilty-of-religious-misconduct-240429/">Original article on  : Former   Akal  Takht  Jathedar  declared  guilty  of   religious misconduct</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistani  Sufi  musician Sain Zahoor says his  music  is  God&#8217;s gift</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:59:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[AMRITSAR - Sain Zahoor is a leading Sufi musician of Pakistan, who has spent his life singing in shrines. From  making a   nervous  beginning  in  his  career  to  achieving  fame   at international  level, he describes his journey as a  blessing  .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/pakistani-sufi-musician-sain-zahoor-says-his-music-is-gods-gift-239238/">Pakistani  Sufi  musician Sain Zahoor says his  music  is  God&#8217;s gift</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Pak business team arrives in India</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pak-business-team-arrives-in-india-239090/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WAGAH -  A delegation of over a hundred businessmen from Pakistan entered India on Wednesday through the Wagah check post in Punjab.

The delegation is participating in the five-day Punjab International Trade Expo (PITEX) in Amritsar that began Wednesday.
&#8220;The day leaders and people of both India and Pakistan will realise that friendship and peace are .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/pak-business-team-arrives-in-india-239090/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>101 couples enter wedlock at Amritsar mass marriage</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:46:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMRITSAR - An NGO named the &#8216;Indian Dalit Social Morcha&#8217; solemnized the mass marriage of 101 underprivileged couples here on Sunday.

Both birdie grooms and brides, dressed in traditional clothes, were wedded according to Sikh rites.
The couples thanked the organisers for helping them to get married.
Mass marriages are in the vogue across the country, as traditional .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/101-couples-enter-wedlock-at-amritsar-mass-marriage-237438/">101 couples enter wedlock at Amritsar mass marriage</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sikhs vie for title of &#8216;Mr Singh&#8217; in Amritsar</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sikhs-vie-for-title-of-mr-singh-in-amritsar-237243/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMRITSAR - Sikh youths from  across  the world competed for the coveted title of &#8216;Mr Singh  International&#8217; at a Sikh fashion show here on Saturday.

Organised by a voluntary organisation, named Akal Purakh Ki  Fauj (APKF), the fashion show was organised with an aim to attract the youths towards modelling.
The participants were ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sikhs-vie-for-title-of-mr-singh-in-amritsar-237243/" title="Sikhs vie for title of &#8216;Mr Singh&#8217; in Amritsar">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sikh  advocate  brutally beaten, forced to convert to  Islam  in Pakistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:04:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMRITSAR - While India and  Pakistan  governments are  finding out ways to resume dialogue, an incident of  a  Sikh being  brutally beaten up and asked to convert to Islam has  come to light.  nup Singh, a resident of Pindi Ghaip, nearly 100 kilometres from Islamabad,  was ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sikh-advocate-brutally-beaten-forced-to-convert-to-islam-in-pakistan-236982/">Read more : Sikh  advocate  brutally beaten, forced to convert to  Islam  in Pakistan</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Amritsar official&#8217;s car fined for jumping red light</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMRITSAR - The official car of the Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Amritsar was issued a traffic ticket (challan) Friday after the driver jumped a red light, said the police.

Police sources said that DC K.S. Pannu was issued a ticket after his official car crossed a red light near Kachehri chowk here Friday.	 	
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		<title>Makkar re-elected SGPC president</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMRITSAR - Avtar Singh Makkar was elected president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) for the fifth time here Wednesday.

Makkar was supported by the Akali Dal, the ruling party in Punjab, and polled 139 votes while 25 votes went against him.	 	
He has become the 44th president of the SGPC, the mini-parliament of Sikh .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/makkar-re-elected-sgpc-president-235652/">Makkar re-elected SGPC president</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sikhs mark 334th Martyrdom day of Guru Teg Bahadur</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sikhs-mark-334th-martyrdom-day-of-guru-teg-bahadur-234877/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMRITSAR - Marking 334th martyrdom day of Guru Teg Bahadur, the ninth master of the Sikhs, a religious procession was taken out in Amritsar, the city of Golden Temple, on Monday.

The procession or, the Nagar Kirtan carried the Guru Granth Sahib (the holy scripture of the Sikhs) in a golden palanquin which passed through various .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sikhs-mark-334th-martyrdom-day-of-guru-teg-bahadur-234877/">Sikhs mark 334th Martyrdom day of Guru Teg Bahadur</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Blueprint for peace corridor between India and Pakistan</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/blueprint-for-peace-corridor-between-india-and-pakistan-233508/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amritsar,  Nov  20 (ANI): Under the aegis of the  Institute  for Multi-Track  Diplomacy  (IMTD), the US based NGO is  preparing  a blueprint for the &#8220;peace corridor&#8221; between India and Pakistan  in order  to  support  the  safe and easy  passage  of .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/blueprint-for-peace-corridor-between-india-and-pakistan-233508/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Blueprint for peace corridor between India and Pakistan</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Heroin worth Rs.10 crore found 14 months after seizure</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/heroin-worth-rs10-crore-found-14-months-after-seizure-2-233504/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:13:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMRITSAR - This is one &#8220;success&#8221; that has left the customs department in Amritsar sector embarrassed. Over 14 months after they seized fake currency from a woman coming from Pakistan, officials checked the rest of her baggage and found heroin worth Rs.10 crores (Rs. 100 million) in it.

&#8220;We checked her baggage now and recovered 2 .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/heroin-worth-rs10-crore-found-14-months-after-seizure-2-233504/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Heroin worth Rs.10 crore found 14 months after seizure</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Heroin worth Rs.10 crore found 14 months after seizure</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMRITSAR - This is one &#8220;success&#8221; that has left the customs department in Amritsar sector embarrassed. Over 14 months after they seized fake currency from a woman coming from Pakistan, officials checked the rest of her baggage and found heroin worth Rs.10 crores (Rs. 100 million) in it.

&#8220;We checked her baggage now and recovered 2 .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/heroin-worth-rs10-crore-found-14-months-after-seizure-233503/">Source article &nbsp;: Heroin worth Rs.10 crore found 14 months after seizure</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Indo-Canadian  activists  ask  Canadian  PM  to  apologise   for Komagata Maru incident</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/indo-canadian-activists-ask-canadian-pm-to-apologise-for-komagata-maru-incident-231628/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMRITSAR - A group of Canadian and Indian  citizens on  Wednesday  registered  their  protest  against  the  Canadian government over the infamous Komagata Maru ship incident of 1914, which involved 300 Indians mostly Sikhs seeking entry into Canada through sea but were disallowed to enter Canada.

On  their .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/indo-canadian-activists-ask-canadian-pm-to-apologise-for-komagata-maru-incident-231628/">Indo-Canadian  activists  ask  Canadian  PM  to  apologise   for Komagata Maru incident</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian PM Harper visits Golden Temple</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:54:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMRITSAR - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper Wednesday visited the famed Golden Temple, the holiest Sikh shrine, in this Punjab city during a trip that lasted less than three hours.

Harper was accorded a warm red-carpet welcome by Sikh religious leaders at the Golden Temple complex when he arrived with a big entourage.
Dressed in a black .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/canadian-pm-harper-visits-golden-temple-231526/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Canadian PM Harper visits Golden Temple</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Haryana Sikh leaders held guilty of misconduct by Sikh clergy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:37:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMRITSAR - A senior Sikh religious leader from Haryana was Tuesday held guilty by top Sikh clergy at their meeting at the Akal Takht - the highest temporal seat of the Sikh religion located inside the Golden Temple complex here - and directed to do penance.

Jagdish Singh Jhinda, president of the ad hoc Shiromani Gurdwara ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/haryana-sikh-leaders-held-guilty-of-misconduct-by-sikh-clergy-231189/">Haryana Sikh leaders held guilty of misconduct by Sikh clergy</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Arrest   of  Coleman,  Rana  clearly  establishes  terror   link originating in Pakistan: Preneet Kaur</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMRITSAR -  The recent arrest  of  David  Coleman Headley,  an alleged Lashkar operative in the U.S.  of  Pakistani origin,  by  the Federal Bureau of Investigation  (FBI)  and  his links  with another terror-linked accused Tahawwur  Hussain  Rana has thrown light on .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/arrest-of-coleman-rana-clearly-establishes-terror-link-originating-in-pakistan-preneet-kaur-231075/" title="Arrest   of  Coleman,  Rana  clearly  establishes  terror   link originating in Pakistan: Preneet Kaur">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian PM to visit Golden Temple Wednesday</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMRITSAR - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will arrive in this Punjab city Wednesday and visit the Golden Temple, the holiest of Sikh shrines.

Harper will arrive here by a special flight at Amritsar&#8217;s Rajasansi airport and drive straight to the shrine around noon. He will be received at the airport by Punjab Deputy Chief Minister .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/canadian-pm-to-visit-golden-temple-wednesday-230873/" title="Canadian PM to visit Golden Temple Wednesday">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian PM to visit Golden Temple Tuesday</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:21:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMRITSAR - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will arrive in this Punjab city Tuesday and visit the famed Golden Temple, the holiest of Sikh shrines.

Harper will arrive here by a special flight at Amritsar&#8217;s Rajasansi airport and drive straight to the shrine. He will be received at the airport by Punjab Deputy Chief Minister and .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/canadian-pm-to-visit-golden-temple-tuesday-230269/">Canadian PM to visit Golden Temple Tuesday</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Two Afghan drug peddlers caught with heroin in Amritsar</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMRITSAR - Indian police arrest two Afghan nationals with two kilograms of heroin from Amritsar district.

Officials said the contraband was seized after the police intercepted a car.
The seized heroin, worth at least 430,000 dollars was displayed before the media in Amritsar.
&#8220;State Special Operation Cell has made biggest recovery in which two Afghani smugglers who were ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/two-afghan-drug-peddlers-caught-with-heroin-in-amritsar-229344/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Two Afghan drug peddlers caught with heroin in Amritsar</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Padmashree Pushpa Hans felicitated with literary award of Punjabi academy</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/padmashree-pushpa-hans-felicitated-with-literary-award-of-punjabi-academy-229322/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:18:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMRITSAR - An ambassador of the golden age of music and a heroine of yore, Padmashree Pushpa Hans, has been recently felicitated with a literary award by the Punjabi Academy for her outstanding contribution to Punjabi culture.

Known for her Punjabi folk and classical renderings, Pushpa Hans had developed an interest in Sufi music from the ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/padmashree-pushpa-hans-felicitated-with-literary-award-of-punjabi-academy-229322/">Padmashree Pushpa Hans felicitated with literary award of Punjabi academy</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Travel Agents Fraud: Ten people from Punjab return from Iran</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/travel-agents-fraud-ten-people-from-punjab-return-from-iran-229320/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMRITSAR - Ten Punjabi youngsters, who were duped by travel agents, recently managed to return to their homes from Iran after a year.

They were allegedly taken to Iran a year ago by a travel agent, who had assured them that it had better opportunities to offer. The agent had also taken over Rs. 100,000 from ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/travel-agents-fraud-ten-people-from-punjab-return-from-iran-229320/">Travel Agents Fraud: Ten people from Punjab return from Iran</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Music  festival to strengthen bonds between India-Pakistan  held in Amritsar</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/music-festival-to-strengthen-bonds-between-india-pakistan-held-in-amritsar-228409/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMRITSAR -  In an initiative to  bring  the  world closer by breaking the barriers of language, a music festival was organized here to bridge the gap between the people of India  and Pakistan.

The  brainchild of late Manveen Sandhu and Faizaan Peerzada,  the Sanjh Festival, currently in its sixth .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/music-festival-to-strengthen-bonds-between-india-pakistan-held-in-amritsar-228409/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Music  festival to strengthen bonds between India-Pakistan  held in Amritsar</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Golden Temple, a symbol of communal harmony</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/golden-temple-a-symbol-of-communal-harmony-228408/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMRITSAR - Reaching out to serve and uplift humanity as  an expression or devotion to the creator, the  Sri  Harmandir Sahib  or  the Golden Temple in Amritsar is a living  example  of communal harmony in the country.

Built  in  1577  by  the  fourth  ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/golden-temple-a-symbol-of-communal-harmony-228408/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Golden Temple, a symbol of communal harmony</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>SGPC sets up 10-member panel on Nanakshahi calendar</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:51:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMRITSAR - The Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) Thursday decided to set up a 10-member committee to resolve the controversy over the Sikh religion&#8217;s &#8220;Nanakshahi&#8221; calendar.

SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar told media after a long meeting, attended by top Sikh religious leaders from various organisations, that the 10-member committee would comprise five &#8220;pro-Nanakshahi&#8221; and five ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sgpc-sets-up-10-member-panel-on-nanakshahi-calendar-227226/">Read more : SGPC sets up 10-member panel on Nanakshahi calendar</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>BJP workers protest against price-rise</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMRITSAR - BJP activists in  Amritsar  staged  a protest  against  the rising prices of essential  commodities  on Monday.

Holding placards and raising slogans against the Congress  party, protestors burned effigies of leaders of the UPA Government.
&#8220;The government is making unprecedented profit, which is pinching the  pockets of .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/bjp-workers-protest-against-price-rise-223232/">Read the original article &nbsp;: BJP workers protest against price-rise</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Punjab shutdown against riots hits normal life</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHANDIGARH/AMRITSAR - Trains were stopped, road traffic was hit while schools and colleges were closed in many Punjab towns as radical groups called for a shutdown Tuesday to protest the denial of justice to families of the thousands killed in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

The strike, however, passed off peacefully, police officers said in Chandigarh.
The strike .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/punjab-shutdown-against-riots-hits-normal-life-roundup-216092/" title="Punjab shutdown against riots hits normal life">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Radical Sikhs disrupt train service in Punjab</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/radical-sikhs-disrupt-train-service-in-punjab-215889/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMRITSAR - Activists of the  radical  Sikh outfit  Dal Khalsa today blocked trains and buses in Amritsar  to enforce  the Punjab bandh called by them to protest  the  alleged inaction against the 1984 riots accused.

The  activists blocked the tracks, delaying the movement of  many trains including ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/radical-sikhs-disrupt-train-service-in-punjab-215889/">Radical Sikhs disrupt train service in Punjab</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Punjab shutdown against riots hits normal life (Second Lead)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:38:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHANDIGARH/AMRITSAR - Trains were stopped, road traffic was hit and schools and colleges were closed in many Punjab towns as radical organisations called for a one-day shutdown Tuesday to protest denial of justice to the families of thousands of people killed in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

The call for the strike was given by the radical .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/punjab-shutdown-against-riots-hits-normal-life-second-lead-215880/">Source article &nbsp;: Punjab shutdown against riots hits normal life (Second Lead)</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Dal Khalsa activists stop trains in Amritsar</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/dal-khalsa-activists-stop-trains-in-amritsar-215719/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMRITSAR - Dal Khalsa activists stopped trains at the Amritsar Railway station Tuesday following a call for a strike across Punjab. The radical activists are demanding justice for the thousands of victims who were killed in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi and other places. 

The Amritsar-New Delhi Shatabdi Express, Jan Shatabdi Express, Sachkhand Express, ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/dal-khalsa-activists-stop-trains-in-amritsar-215719/" title="Dal Khalsa activists stop trains in Amritsar">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Dal Khalsa halts trains in Amritsar, threatens strike</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMRITSAR - Trains, including the Shatabdi Express from Amritsar to Delhi, were stopped Tuesday by radical Sikh activists at the railway station here following a call for a strike by Dal Khalsa and other organisations who are seeking justice for the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, an official said.
... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/dal-khalsa-halts-trains-in-amritsar-threatens-strike-215712/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Dal Khalsa halts trains in Amritsar, threatens strike</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Punjab, India celebrate Gurparab</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:26:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMRITSAR/CHANDIGARH - Millions of devotees lined up at gurdwaras across Punjab and elsewhere in the country early Monday morning to celebrate Gurparab &#8212; the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism.

A heavy rush of devotees were seen outside the Golden Temple in Amritsar as people came to pay obeisance.	 	
Hundreds of other .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/punjab-india-celebrate-gurparab-214514/">Source &nbsp;: Punjab, India celebrate Gurparab</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>1,500 devotees leave for Pakistan for Gurpurab</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMRITSAR - Despite the recent advice by the union home ministry asking Indian nationals to avoid travelling to Pakistan in view of the security situation there, a contingent of nearly 1,500 devotees Saturday crossed over into Pakistan to be part of Gurpurab - birth anniversary celebrations of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev.

The contingent, comprising Sikhs ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/1500-devotees-leave-for-pakistan-for-gurpurab-213822/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : 1,500 devotees leave for Pakistan for Gurpurab</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sikhs take out religious processions ahead of Guru Nanak&#8217;s 541st birth anniversary in north India</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI/ AMRITSAR - Hundreds and  thousands  of Sikhs on Saturday participated in the annual religious procession &#8220;Nagar  Kirtan&#8221;, taken out as part of the festivities related  to the  birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev, the  first guru of Sikhs, in Delhi and Amrtisar cities of north India.

Guru ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sikhs-take-out-religious-processions-ahead-of-guru-nanaks-541st-birth-anniversary-in-north-india-213773/">Original article on  : Sikhs take out religious processions ahead of Guru Nanak&#8217;s 541st birth anniversary in north India</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>10 kg heroin recovered in Amritsar, one arrested</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMRITSAR - The special narcotics cell of the Punjab police Friday arrested one person and recovered 10 kg of heroin from his possession.

Police said the heroin consignment was worth Rs.50 crore (Rs.500 million) in the international market.	 	
The arrested person, Subheg Singh, was intercepted by the police near Novelty chowk here following a tip-off.	 	
Punjab ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/10-kg-heroin-recovered-in-amritsar-one-arrested-212404/" title="10 kg heroin recovered in Amritsar, one arrested">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Avoid Pakistan, government tells pilgrims (Second Lead)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:35:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI/AMRITSAR - The government Tuesday advised Indian pilgrims to avoid visiting Pakistan in view of the deteriorating security situation there. The Haryana government has cancelled a pilgrimage for a Sikh festival next week but the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) said it was awaiting clearance for a large group of devotees.

The home ministry said .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/avoid-pakistan-government-tells-pilgrims-second-lead-208399/" title="Avoid Pakistan, government tells pilgrims (Second Lead)">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Avoid Pakistan, government tells pilgrims</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/avoid-pakistan-government-tells-pilgrims-208094/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI/AMRITSAR - The government Tuesday advised Indian pilgrims to avoid visiting Pakistan in view of the deteriorating security situation there. But the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) said it was awaiting clearance for Sikh devotees wanting to visit Pakistan for a festival next week.

The home ministry said in a statement that it was &#8220;not ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/avoid-pakistan-government-tells-pilgrims-208094/">Avoid Pakistan, government tells pilgrims</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>25 years later: Sikhs have neither forgotten nor forgiven Indira Gandhi</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/25-years-later-sikhs-have-neither-forgotten-nor-forgiven-indira-gandhi-206279/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:37:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Sarin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHANDIGARH/AMRITSAR - In June 1984, when then prime minister Indira Gandhi ordered the Indian Army to storm the Golden Temple complex, home to the holiest Sikh shrine Harmandar Sahib, she could not have realised that the action would engrave her name in the inglorious part of Punjab&#8217;s history.

Even 25 years after her death on Oct ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/25-years-later-sikhs-have-neither-forgotten-nor-forgiven-indira-gandhi-206279/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : 25 years later: Sikhs have neither forgotten nor forgiven Indira Gandhi</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>India,  Pakistan artistes promote brotherhood through  music  in Amritsar</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/india-pakistan-artistes-promote-brotherhood-through-music-in-amritsar-203463/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:06:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[AMRITSAR - Indian and Pakistani shared the stage at the ongonig South Asia Festival (SAF) here on Wednesday,  lending fillip to  efforts for peace and brotherhood.

The SAF is a secular, non-political and non-profit event for  the promotion of regional cooperation.
The  programme was hosted by SAF promoters in collaboration  with Punarjyot, .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/india-pakistan-artistes-promote-brotherhood-through-music-in-amritsar-203463/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: India,  Pakistan artistes promote brotherhood through  music  in Amritsar</a>.]]></description>
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