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Fazilka police name man, his son in FIR after picking them from Golden Temple

February 02, 2026 10:11 am

On Saturday, SGPC said the police action inside the Golden Temple was “inappropriate” and amounted to interference in management affairs.

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, SGPC, Golden Temple,

‘Inappropriate’: Day after police pick up 2 men from Golden Temple premises, SGPC questions action

January 31, 2026 4:31 pm

Chaotic scenes were witnessed at the Golden Temple after plainclothes police picked up two men. In the melee, SGPC task force personnel detained two police officials in a room.

A photo released by the Akal Takht showed Jathedar Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj and Jathedar Giani Tek Singh of Takht Sri Damdama Sahib presenting Mann with a copy of the monthly Gurdwara Gazette and Sikh Code of Conduct. (Express Photo)

‘I neither have courage nor stature’: Mann appears before Akal Takht, clarifies remarks

January 16, 2026 4:12 am

A photo released by the Akal Takht showed Jathedar Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj and Jathedar Giani Tek Singh of Takht Sri Damdama Sahib presenting Mann with a copy of the monthly Gurdwara Gazette and Sikh Code of Conduct.

Balbinder Kumar, who has decided to keep unshorn hair as per the Sikh code for the duration of the work The fresco he is restoring, which is a replica of the first and the only "realist" painting of Guru Gobind Singh

‘Time doesn’t matter here’: A Golden Temple restoration, and a 200-yr-old Kangra link

January 12, 2026 6:17 am

Why a Professor from Shimla is the chosen one for the restoration of a rare Guru Gobind Singh fresco in the Sikh shrine, and for making a replica

Three states, 21 days, and a stroke of luck: Delhi Police rescue missing brothers at Golden Temple

October 03, 2025 2:24 pm

After 21 days of search across multiple states, police find missing children in Amritsar

The PIL, filed by Jagdish Singh, a 77-year-old resident of Bagh Ramanand, through advocate Vivek Salathia, claimed that a sealed property near Bagh Ramanand was being converted into a hotel in violation of the Amritsar Walled City (Building) Act, 2016, and building by-laws.

Fresh PIL flags illegal constructions near Golden Temple

September 04, 2025 4:59 pm

The Punjab and Haryana High Court issued notices to the Punjab government and the Amritsar Municipal Corporation. Despite 15 years of court orders and a 2016 law, hotels continue to rise in the walled city.

The 95-year-old General VN Sharma was serving as Additional Director General Military Operations (ADGMO) in the Military Operations (MO) directorate at the time Op Blue Star was launched. (File Photo)

‘MO directorate advised Gen Vaidya not to use Army for operation in Golden Temple’

June 09, 2025 12:26 pm

General VN Sharma has made this statement in the course of an interview to a former Judge Advocate General of the Army, Maj Gen Nilendra Kumar, on a YouTube channel-Lex Consilium Foundation.

Operation Blue Star: Reading between the lines of a deleted social media post by Punjab BJP

June 04, 2025 5:44 am

Tribute by party to “all martyrs” of the operation at Golden Temple, before it took down the past, could indicate a break from the party’s measured stance in the past. Rivals believe the reason more mundane: a bypoll

No permission given to Army for gun deployment at Golden Temple, Sikh clergy and SGPC clarify

May 20, 2025 12:26 pm

SGPC president Harjinder Singh Dhami also denied coordinating with the Army regarding gun deployment at the Golden Temple in Amritsar.

‘Not aligned with Sikh psyche’: SGPC removes ‘kiosk minars’ erected by Damdami Taksal on Golden Temple premises

May 12, 2025 12:35 pm

The minars were erected after the SGPC handed over the martyrdom site of Baba Deep Singh on the Golden Temple premises to Damdami Taksal head Baba Harnam Singh for restoration works.