CHANDIGARH: The Guru Gobind Singh Foundation (GGF) Chandigarh proposes to set up a world university of Sikhism in India or abroad with a view to elevating Sikh studies to a world level discourse and also for projecting the values of Sikh religion.
Stating this Dr Jasbir Singh Ahluwalia the General Secretary of the foundation announced that the foundation also proposes to hold an international seminar on Sikhism and inter-religious dialogues in December 1991 in New More than 500 scholars from different religions from India and abroad would participate in the seminar.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Tuesday upheld the legality of Indias request to Swiss authorities for assistance in the investigation of Bofors payoffs four days before the deadline set by a Swiss court for refreezing six secret accounts of suspected beneficiaries of the deal. The government would look into actions of the Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) ruled government in Uttar Pradesh if it attempted to do anything which would go against the spirit of the proposed legislation on freezing the status quo of religious places as on August 151947. This assurance was given by home minister S B Chavan in the Rajya Sabha (The Upper House) while seeking to allay fears of members except those from the BJP that the U.P. government was trying to circumvent the authority of Parliament.s
Article extracted from this publication >> August 30, 1991
