November 11, 2015 18:24 IST
As soon as the Jathedar started reading the message, large number of Sikhs started raising slogans against him and in support of Jagtar Singh Hawara, Sikh militant who was appointed officiating Jathedar of Akal Takht.
Wed, Nov 11, 2015November 11, 2015 01:14 IST
In the absence of Hawara, currently lodged at Tihar jail, former MP and SAD(A) leader Dhian Singh Mand was named as “acting” jathedar of Akal Takht.
Wed, Nov 11, 2015November 11, 2015 00:33 IST
Speaker after speaker on stage took on the ruling family, accusing them of “interfering in Sikh religious affairs”.
Wed, Nov 11, 2015November 10, 2015 04:33 IST
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has in turn dubbed Tuesday’s congregation as “political” and a “potential threat to peace and communal harmony” in the state.
Tue, Nov 10, 2015November 09, 2015 02:29 IST
The decision followed after a series of meetings between a delegation of North American Sikh organisations and the two radical outfits.
Mon, Nov 09, 2015November 08, 2015 03:57 IST
Bhindranwale’s picture is missing from the Sarbat Khalsa campaign despite many foreign-based Sikh bodies, which hold the militant as their icon, funding and supporting the event.
Sun, Nov 08, 2015November 04, 2015 02:25 IST
While Sikhs displayed black flags on roads across Punjab, to protest the desecration incidents, police were taken by surprise in Amritsar when around 200 protesters with black flags began running towards the jathedar’s house.
Wed, Nov 04, 2015November 03, 2015 02:30 IST
Mohkam Singh, an organiser of the event, on Monday made it clear that the Khalistan issue will not be raised at the Sarbat Khalsa - the first to be called since 1986.
Tue, Nov 03, 2015November 03, 2015 02:17 IST
Radical leaders, including Harpal Singh Cheema and Kanwarpal Singh, urged youths and the Sikh Sangat to reach Darbar Sahib in large numbers on Bandi Chorr Divas and not to allow Gurbachan Singh to addressing the community.
Tue, Nov 03, 2015October 19, 2015 01:48 IST
The district has been observing a total shutdown over the last four days, and SAD representatives have been unsuccessful in pacifying the protesters.
Mon, Oct 19, 2015October 18, 2015 11:09 IST
A video CD produced as part of pardon had suggested that he made the apology during a religious congregation and that those words were exactly reproduced in a letter accepted by the Akal Takht last month.
Sun, Oct 18, 2015October 18, 2015 03:22 IST
In a press release, the state government said the CM prayed for peace, communal harmony, brotherhood and amity.
Sun, Oct 18, 2015October 17, 2015 05:58 IST
The Moga SSP Charanjit Sharma was also suspended with immediate effect.
Sat, Oct 17, 2015October 17, 2015 02:55 IST
Bowing to pressure from the Sikh community and hardliners, the Akal Takht, the supreme temporal seat of the Sikhs, today annulled its edict pardoning Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh in a 2007 blasphemy case.
Sat, Oct 17, 2015October 16, 2015 10:55 IST
Gora accused government of failing to stop the desecration of the Guru Granth Sahib. SAD had gone all out to ensure his win in the 2010 elections.
Fri, Oct 16, 2015October 16, 2015 03:13 IST
Independent candidate from Patti constituency Sukhwinder Singh also resigned from his post on Thursday.
Fri, Oct 16, 2015October 14, 2015 08:53 IST
“Farmers feel that Modi spoiled relations with Iran and it has badly hit the prices of basmati,” said Satnam Singh Ajnala, Jamhoori Kisan Sabha leader.
Wed, Oct 14, 2015October 13, 2015 03:24 IST
Official sources at the border said some Pakistanis who were similarly stranded in India had also returned to their country on foot.
Tue, Oct 13, 2015October 10, 2015 09:33 IST
The move follows the attack on Keshgarh Sahib high priest Gaini Mal Singh three days ago by a pathi (one who recites the Gurbani).
Sat, Oct 10, 2015October 06, 2015 08:21 IST
The founder members are known to have sympathies for Sikh militancy movement.
Tue, Oct 06, 2015October 03, 2015 12:23 IST
Badal claimed that there was no other party in Punjab that could challenge the SAD as the only one that took a stand against suppression.
Sat, Oct 03, 2015October 03, 2015 12:12 IST
Manjit Singh invoked history to justify the decision of the high priests.
Sat, Oct 03, 2015October 03, 2015 07:23 IST
More than a dozen commemorative stones for Sikh soldiers who fought in the 1965 war find a place in the temple.
Sat, Oct 03, 2015October 01, 2015 03:11 IST
The advantage with AP-3 is it gives fruit within 60 days after sowing in September.
Thu, Oct 01, 2015October 01, 2015 03:07 IST
In a Facebook post, Upkar Singh Sandhu, also the chairman of the Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA), has a gone a step further and alleged that the decision was influenced by ‘politics’.
Thu, Oct 01, 2015