TARN TARAN: People's Party of Punjab (PPP) chief Manpreet Singh Badal will appear before the Akal Takht if ordered to do so in connection with his visit to the Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda, whose chief Gurmit Ram Rahim was ex communicated from the sikh 'panth' on charges of blasphemy in ...

AMRITSAR: The Akal Takht has directed that till the Anand Marriage Act does not come into force, managements of all gurdwaras in the country will issue marriage certificates to Sikh couples after the Anand Karaj ceremony. "Already some shrines are doing it, but we want all marriages taking place in gurdwaras ...

HOSHIARPUR: Former Punjab chief minister and senior Congress leader Amarinder Singhon Monday said the Prime Minister could not be summoned to the Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of Sikhism. "With all respect to the sanctity and authority of Akal Takht Sahib, the Prime Minister cannot be summoned there," he told ...

JALANDHAR: A group of religious leaders registered their protest with Akal Takht jathedar Gurbachan Singh on Sunday over the rising pollution in Kali Bein, saying the discontinuation of supply of fresh water into the rivulet by a BJP legislator near If Terkiana could be "part of a deep-rooted conspiracy of ...

FATEHGARH SAHIB: Takht Sri Patna Sahib Jathedar Giani Iqbal Singh said on Sunday that Takht Sri Damdama Sahib Jathedar Giani Balwant Singh Nandgarh should be summoned at the Akal Takht for his "double speak" on the Nanakshahi calendar. Iqbal said it was decided during the meeting of the five Sikh high ...

FATEHGARH SAHIB: The Gurmit Sidhant Pracharak Sant Samaj alleged on Friday that Takht Sri Damdama Sahib jathedar Giani Balwant Singh Nandgarh had violated the directions of the Akal Takht by not observing the birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh as per the Nanakshahi calendar. Sant Samaj president Giani Harnam Singh Khalsa, ...

BATHINDA: Sunday's violence in Bhikhi village of Mans a was far from being a sudden gust of emotion; it was yet another manifestation of the wedge that exists between followers of Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda and Sikhs who see the dera culture as a threat to the religion. And the ...

KURUKSHETRA: In a bid to boost its demand for a separate Sikh panel, the Haryana Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (ad hoc) on Thursday decided to meet jathedars of all four takhts by next month. After convening a meeting at a gurdwara here, HSGPC ad hoc president Jagdish Singh Jhinda told Hindustan ...

CHANDIGARH: The Congress on Monday urged the Akal Takht, Jathedar to summon those responsible for locking the gurdwara at Kahnuwan when former finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal was visiting the place. Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira said if those responsible for locking the Sikh shrine were not summoned, people's faith ...

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FATEHGARH SAHIB: A website on late SGPC president Gurcharan Singh Tohra was launched by Akal Takht Jathedar Gurbachan Singh, SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar and Damdami Taksal chief Harnam Singh Khalsa launched during a function at Sri Fatehgarh Sahib gurdwara. However, not a single member of Tohra's family, including his son ...

PHAGWARA: Local elementary teachers working under the Zila Parishad, opened their schools and took classes even on a Sunday. ETT Teachers' Union block president Daljit Singh Saini said by working even on a holiday they wanted to counter the vilification campaign the state government launched against them through news­ paper advertisements, ...

JALANDHAR: The Sarna brothers who appeared before the Akal Takht in Amritsar on Saturday said the Sikh high priests were satisfied with their side of the story on the charges levelled against rights lawyer H.S. Phoolka. Phoolka has been leading the court challenge for 1984 riots victims. The Takht had summoned Delhi ...