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TikTok Videos(ByteDance) Prohibited Inside Golden Temple

(Chd,Pb) TikTok Videos Banned Inside Golden Temple
The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), the apex religious body of Sikhs, on Saturday pasted posters inside the Golden Temple complex, warning devotees not to shoot TikTok videos inside the Harmandir Sahib
The move comes a day after Giani Harpreet Singh, head priest of the Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of Sikhs, had said banning mobile phones inside the Golden Temple complex would have to be “thought over” if visitors continued to shoot TikTok videos inside the holiest Sikh shrine.
TikTok is a short-video platform which is extremely popular among youngsters globally, including India. Owned by China-based ByteDance, it has about 200 million users in India.
“We want all devotees to visit the Golden Temple without any hassle and are not in favour of imposing any such (mobile) ban, but the way the incidents of TikTok are surfacing, I think imposing the ban on carrying mobile phones inside (Golden Temple) will have to be pondered over in the future,” Jathedar had told reporters in Amritsar on Friday.
The Jathedar (head priest) had also pointed out that some of the devotees even argued with ‘sewadars’ (workers) upon being stopped from clicking photos inside the premises.
Photography and videography in the precincts of the Golden Temple have already been banned by the SGPC to avoid any “disturbance” to the spiritual atmosphere.
A few days ago, a TikTok video shot inside the temple by three girls with a Punjabi song playing in the background had gone viral on social media, prompting the SGPC to take a stern view.
It was the second such incident in a short span of time as in January, a police complaint was lodged against a girl for hurting religious sentiments of Sikhs after she shot a dance video inside the Darbar Sahib complex

Harsimrat Urges PM to Waive GST on Langar

[Chd,Pb]Harsimrat Urges PM to Waive GST on Langar
Senior SAD leader and Union Minister Smt Harsimrat Kaur Badal has urged the prime minister (PM) to waive GST on ingredients used to make ‘langars’ in Gurdwaras.
Union Food Processing Industries Minister & Bathinda MP mentioned in her letter that Sri Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple), Amritsar, runs the world’s largest mega kitchen, offering free meals throughout the year to lakhs of people, the donation for which comes from the humble offerings of devotees.
Earlier, the minister had also written to Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on this issue.
In March, the Amarinder Singh-led Congress government in Punjab had decided to waive its 50% share of the GST imposed on purchases made for ‘langar’ (community kitchen) at the Golden Temple.
As the Punjab government decided to waive its share, Manpreet had asked the SAD whether it would press the Narendra Modi government at the Centre to waive the central government’s share as well.

Kejriwal Washes His Guilt By Scrubbing Utensils Of Guru Ka Langar

[Amritsar,Punjab] Kejriwal Washes His Guilt By Scrubbing Utensils Of Guru Ka Langar
He cleaned dishes at Golden Temple
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today washed dishes in the Golden Temple’s community kitchen as an apology after his Aam Aadmi Party drew flak for depicting the image of the Sikh shrine with the party symbol – broom – in its ‘youth manifesto’.
Kejriwal, who had arrived in the city last night for his act of penance, scrubbed utensils in the community kitchen for 45 minutes and later went to sanctum sanctorum to pay obeisance.
He sat for half an hour on the marble floor outside the sanctum sanctorum to listen to religious hymns.
AAP spokesperson Ashish Khetan, who was booked under Section 295-A (for hurting religious sentiments) by the Amritsar police, was also with Kejriwal.
AAP, courted controversy after the release of its youth manifesto in which the front page displayed the picture of party symbol broom along with that of Golden Temple that irked various Sikh religious and political outfits which demanded apology from Kejriwal.
Khaitan also faced trouble for comparing the party manifesto with the holy book of Sikhs – Guru Granth Sahib – and other religious books including Gita.
The AAP chief had earlier hit out at the ruling SAD-BJP combine, claiming they were feeling “jittery” due to impending success of AAP in Punjab and had hatched a conspiracy to defame the party.
Kejriwal was accompanied by AAP Punjab convener Sucha Singh Chhotepur, youth leader Harjot Bains, MPs Bhagwant Mann and Sadhu Singh, singer Gurpreet Ghuggi, Delhi MLA Jarnail Singh, MP Bhagwant Mann, actor Gul Panag and advocate HS Phoolka

Devotees Visiting at Golden Temple Will Have Free WiFi

[Amritsar,Punjab] Devotees Visiting at Golden Temple Will Have Free WiFi
Devotees visiting Punjab’s Golden Temple will now have free Wi-Fi internet access within the temple complex and its peripheral area.
Additional Secretary of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Daljit Singh Bedi said The service would not be available inside the sanctum sanctorum of the temple and the marbled area around the water pond, keeping religious ethics in view,
The facility would be available in all nearby routes around the periphery of Golden Temple, besides all the guest-houses run by SGPC for pilgrims in the temple complex.
wi-fi would also be functional in all the offices of SGPC and related offices of Golden Temple, besides Akal Takht.
Bedi said the free wi-fi facility will be provided by Videocon.

Punjab Police’s New Chief Suresh Arora Salutes To Golden Temple

[Amritsar,Punjab]New Punjab Police Chief Suresh Arora Salutes To Golden Temple
After assuming charge as Director General of Police (DGP) of Punjab, Suresh Arora today paid obeisance in the sanctum sanatorium of the Golden Temple here.
The 1982-batch IPS officer said that he was here to pay obeisance and to pray before the Almighty for the peace and tranquillity in Punjab.
Arora, who was serving as Chief Director of Vigilance Bureau, was appointed as the new DGP in place of Sumedh Singh Saini yesterday.
The change at the top level in police was made amidst intense attack by opposition on the SAD-BJP government over its handling of the situation that developed after incidents of sacrilege in various parts of the state, during which two persons were killed when police opened fire.

30th Anniversary,Of BlueStar Operation,Witnessed Untoward Red Color In Golden Temple

On The 30th Anniversary Of Tragic

    Blue

Star Operation

    Golden

Temple Witnessed Bloody Color

    Red

Which is condemned all around. Two groups clashed inside the Golden Temple premises for close to half an hour In The morning leaving at least 12 persons injured, Whereas Temple city observed a bandh to mark the 30th anniversary of Operation Bluestar.
Sacred Kirpans Of Guru Saheban, Placed In The Sacred Place, Were Used By Amrit Dhari Sikhs And Near About 12 amritdhari were injured .This Untoward Event Has Dented The Sacredness Of This Supreme Temple Of Sikh Community
This not only hurted the religious sentiments of the Sikhs but also embarace the Sikh Community all over the world.Apart From The M P s From Punjab Sikh community in the North America[NAPA] has strongly condemned the deadly clash between rival Sikh groups in the premises of Golden Temple ,Akal Takht Saheb,
Satnam Singh Chahal executive director North American Punjabi Association (NAPA) said “these so called leaders of the Sikh community have nothing to do with the welfare of the nation and they can go to the maximum extent to fulfill their political motive. We are claiming here that the Sikhs are a very peaceful community and struggling for to save the Sikh identity. How can we tell now the world that we are a peace loving community after this deadly clash?” Chahal Said This incident has deeply pained the Sikh community as nothing should be done that dents the image of the great, patriotic and peaceful Sikh community. Chahal said that this is a heart-breaking development on a day when we should all have been jointly observing the anniversary of a tragic event, we are witnessing violence.He urged the whole Sikh Nation to boycott those so called Sikh leaders who are responsible for this deadly clash in the premises of Holy Golden Temple