We humbly make an attempt to bring up to date the thousands of awaiting Sikhs in the United Kingdom about the 2008 UK Guru Maneo Granth Chetna Samagam.

Through the strong demand of the Sangat, and the full blessings of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Maharaj, the Gurmat Parchaar “Guru Maneo Granth Chetna Samagam” by the Mahaan Parchaarak of the Khalsa Panth, Sathkaarjog Sant Baba Ranjit Singh Ji Dhadrianwale was organised to take place in various Gurdwara Sahibs around the United Kingdom from 18th July to 10th August.

A shop without a salesman ! Seems unusual. But this village has one for students. A student wanting to buy a notebook picks it up from the stock lying inside the shop and puts money in a box placed on a table outside the shop door. Students who have no money, put slips with their names written on these in a separate box kept on the table. Whenever they have money, they put it in the cash box and take away their slips. The shop has been opened in Bhagat Puran Singh Memorial Senior Secondary School and Girls College. And it has been named Honesty Shop. “We are running the shop without an attendant and salesman for several months and we have not encountered cheating on the part of any student nor suffered any loss,” said J.S. Brar, principal of the institution having more than 1,000 students. Notebooks are provided on concessional prices to students. A notebook available for Rs 27 in market is provided for Rs 20 to students.

Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Secretary General of Shiromani Akali Dal and MP from Sangrur on Monday during his speech in the Parliament over nuclear deal accused Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh for ignoring the interests of Sikhs and Punjab. Dhindsa who spoke on behalf of SAD on trust motion said that his party was being pressurised to support the trust motion because Dr.Manmohan Singh is first Sikh Prime Minister of India. He said that SAD had also celebrated the appointment of first Sikh PM of this country but unfortunately Dr.Manmohan Singh has done nothing of the sort for Sikh community and Punjab which can influence Akali MP's to support him.

The Sikh-Dera row raised its ugly head once again on July 18th when a Sikh youth died following a clash between the two groups in dabwali subdivision.
On Saturday, thousands of Sikhs gathered in large numbers at Shaheed Bhai Harmandir Singh's native town of Dabwali to pay tribute to the Sikh Nation's third Shaheed in the anti-Sauda Dera agitation. Clashes had broken out between the Dera followers and Sikhs over dera followers charcha on Friday. Though curfew remained in force on Saturday, tension was palpable as Harminder's body was consigned to flames amidst tight security.

Over the last two decades, the Valley's Indian immigrants have built at least a dozen Sikh temples to serve a growing community. But many temples are often short of one thing: young adults, some of whom say they feel like outsiders. They don't like the temple politics and don't have command of Punjabi, the primary language of the service. They want more youth activities and projects to keep them interested. "There's a generational divide," said 27-year-old Naindeep Singh, regional leader of the Jakara Movement, a nonprofit Sikh youth organization.