Haryana Sgpc

• Festivities, Prayers Mark Gurpurab in Punjab, Haryana

  Thousands of devotees thronged the holiest of Sikh shrines, 'Harmandar Sahib', popularly known as Golden Temple, in Amritsar and other gurdwaras across Punjab and Haryana today on Gurpurab - the birth anniversary of Sikhism's founder, Guru Nanak Dev.

• Time Out in Battle for Gurudwara Control, Supreme Court Intervenes

  The Supreme Court has stepped in to defuse a political fight for the control of gurudwaras between Punjab and Haryana, which had taken a violent turn yesterday in Kurukshetra. Ordering status quo, which keeps the all-powerful Punjab Sikh body in control of Haryana's gurudwaras, the court said, "Time is the healer. All of you proceed with a cool hea...

• Clashes in Kurukshetra Over Control of Chhevin Patshahi Shrine

  A row between two states over the control of gurudwaras took a violent turn today as Sikh protesters clashed with the police in Kurukshetra, Haryana.

• SGPC Row: Stand-Off Continues Over Control of Sikh Shrines

  Amid the stand-off over control of Sikh shrines, warring factions of Sikh Gurudwara Management Committees from Haryana and Punjab refused to budge from their positions at a Gurudwara in Kurukshetra for the third day on Monday.

• Gurudwara Management Row: Parkash Singh Badal Calls off Meet After Top Sikh Body Steps In

  Punjab's ruling party and BJP ally Akali Dal today cancelled a planned congregation of the Sikhs, opposing the Haryana government's plan to take over the running of Gurudwaras there, after the highest religious body of Sikhs, the Akal Takht stepped in.

• Meetings of Rival Sikh Groups Called Off After Truce Call by Top Religious Body

  Akal Takht had directed that the planned Sikh congregations by the ruling Akali Dal in Amritsar and another rally in Karnal in Haryana be called off.

• SGPC Row: Centre's Directive Must be Obeyed Says Haryana Governor-Designate

  As controversy raged over Haryana's move to create a separate Gurdwara Management Committee, Governor-designate Kaptan Singh Solanki today said the Centre's directive against it "must be obeyed".

• SGPC row: Akal Takht Asks Sikh Leaders To Call Off Congregation

  In a bid to deescalate rising tension, the Akal Takht today directed that the planned Sikh congregations by ruling Akali Dal in Amritsar and in Karnal tomorrow against the Haryana government's move to create a separate gurudwara management committee in the state be called off.

• As Two States Fight Over New Sikh Body, Centre Nudged by Ally Akali Dal

  The Akali Dal has asked the Central government, of which it is a part, to help resolve a crisis over the management of Gurudwaras in Haryana. The Akali Dal rules Punjab, while the Congress is in power in adjacent Haryana, where state elections are due this year.

• Confrontation Looms Between Akali Dal and Haryana Government Over Decision to Split SGPC

  With the Parkash Singh Badal-led Akali Dal deciding to post armed guards outside the gurudwaras in Haryana to foil the Bhupinder Singh Hooda government's bid to take over the affairs of the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee, or the SGPC, in the state, stage is set for what could be a bruising confrontation between the two sides.

• Haryana mulling separate SGPC; SAD irked

  The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has threatened a massive agitation against the Haryana government's move to set up a separate SGPC from November 1.