LONDON, Oct 16 (UNI): Britain's Queen stepped into a Sikh prayer hall in white ankle socks and with a golden shawl covering her head during a visit that gave the royal seal of approval to a 2.5 million pound gurdwara expansion plan.
The Queen and her husband Prince Philip acknowledged the customs of their hosts as they visited the gurdwara in Hounslow yesterday.
As a mark of mutual respect, they were decorated with garlands of white and pink flowers as a crowd of several hundred people cheered their arrival at the gurdwara.
The Queen bowed her head as she entered the sacred hall.
The Duke of Edinburgh, shoes removed, followed behind wearing a blue headscarf bearing the symbol of Khanda, the Holy Sikh swords.
She viewed an exhibition to mark the 400th anniversary of the Guru Granth Sahib and, in the gurdwara canteen, she was introduced to representatives of local Asian groups.
Juvenile Altaf will soon be repatriated to Pak FARIDKOT, Oct 16 (UNI): Altaf, a juvenile of Pakistan, currently in the local observation home is likely to be repatriated as Pakistan government ultimately agreed to issue passport to him, revealed Deputy Commissioner Alok Shekhar.
Deputy Commissioner further disclosed that formal verification for issuing the passport has already done about a week back through the local police.
Deputy Commissioner further stated that at present there are two Pakistani juveniles Altaf and Asif.
Altaf is about 17 and Asif is just of 11-12 years and even he did not know his home town in Pakistan.
There were 8 Pakistani juveniles in Faridkot observation home and out of these six were repatriated about two months back.
Altaf said that he would be happy if he was repatriated at the earliest so that he could celebrate Id with his parents.
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