Balbir Singh Sidhu launches a sharp attack on the BJP government over the hike in commercial gas cylinder prices The Congress will strongly oppose every anti-people policy that affects people's kitchens S.A.S.Nagar 2 May ( Ranjeet Singh Dhaliwal ) : Senior Congress leader and former Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu has termed the steep increase in commercial gas cylinder prices by the BJP-led central government as a well-planned conspiracy against small traders and common people, who are considered the backbone of the country's economy. Sidhu said that the significant hike in gas cylinder prices in a single day proves that the BJP government neither cares about small businesses nor about the kitchens of ordinary households. People who are already burdened by inflation, unemployment, and taxes are now being further oppressed by rising gas prices. He stated that this decision is a direct economic blow to thousands of families associated with tea vendors, dhaba owners, hotel ope...
Sikh worship service held at Aitchison Gurdwara sahib in Lahore after 80 years
Chandigarh 13 February ( Ranjeet Singh Dhaliwal ) : A historic and emotional Sikh worship service (Shabad Kirtan) was held at the Gurdwara sahib on the campus of Aitchison College on Mall Road in Lahore on Friday, February 13. Pakistan Minister for Minorities Affairs Ramesh Singh Arora and several others including local Sikhs have attended the solemn occasion.
Disclosing this Dr Tarunjeet Singh Butalia, who has organised this program with the help of college authorities, informed that local ragi jatha comprising Harwinder Singh, Akshaydeep Singh and Dalip Singh recited the hymns of Gurbani. 
He further informed that the Gurdwara sahib had been closed due to lack of Sikh students since 1947 but was maintained by the College administration. The special Shabad Kirtan at the Gurdwara sahib was held as a part of the 140th anniversary of the college.Mentionably, the foundation stone of this college was laid on November 3, 1886 as an institution to provide higher education to the royals and chief families of undivided Punjab. As per the records the Aitchison Gurdwara sahib was designed by Ram Singh, the famous Sikh architect of then Mayo School of Arts (now National College of Arts).
Dr Butalia added that the foundation stone of Gurdwara sahib was laid in 1910 by Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala and he himself had studied at the college from 1904 to 1908. The Gurdwara building was completed in the next two years and dedicated as a functional space where Sikh boys attended daily evening prayer services.
There are currently about 15 Sikh alumni of Aitchison College living in India. In interviews with them, they fondly remember going to the Gurdwara with its black and white marble floor with its inside architecture resembling a castle. In addition to the Gurdwara, the College also boasts of a pre-partiton Masjid and Hindu Mandir.
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