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On Amritpal Singh's 'Sarbat Khalsa' Call, Top Sikh Body's Rejoinder
Amritpal Singh:In his two video messages that surfaced on social media on Wednesday and Thursday, Amritpal Singh asked the jathedar (chief) of the Akal Takht, the supreme temporal body of Sikhs, to call "sarbat khalsa".
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"Can't Bluntly Condemn": Sikh Body Chief On Alleged Sacrilege, Killings
The mob killing of two men accused of desecrating Sikh religious sentiments in Punjab were not "simple incidents" and "not a matter of mere condemnation", Harjinder Singh Dhami, the head of the SGPC, told NDTV.
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Clashes Break Out Between Top Sikh Body, Others During Protests In Punjab
A clash broke out between Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) task force and Guru Granth Sahib Satkar Committee on Saturday during a protest by the latter over demand of FIRs against SGPC employees regarding 328 missing "saroops" of Sri Guru Granth Sahib.
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"Cash-Rich" Top Sikh Body Should Bear Kartarpur Fee: Amarinder Singh
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday asked the Shirmonai Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee to pay out of their own coffers the USD-20 service fee being charged by Pakistan for visiting the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib as very few pilgrims have taken the Kartarpur corridor since its inauguration.
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Punjab Assembly Passes Resolution To Allow Women Sing Kirtan In Golden Temple
The Punjab Assembly today unanimously passed a resolution urging the Akal Takht and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to allow Sikh women to sing hymns in the sanctum sanctorum of the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
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Amarinder Singh To Raise Gurdwara Body's Poll Delay Issue With Centre
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh said people have the right to early polls of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, hours after he was authorised by the State Assembly to take up with the Centre the issue of delay in elections of the supreme body controlling gurdwaras. The SGPC elections are pending since 2016.
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Sikh Body Orders Probe Into PM Modi's Cap Controversy
The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has asked the Sikh high priests to look into the controversy surrounding Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Golden Temple while wearing a cap.
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Amritsar On Alert On 32nd Anniversary Of Operation Bluestar, Prayers Held
Security agencies are on high alert in the Sikh holy city of Amritsar for the 32nd anniversary of 'Operation Blue Star' today. The prayers are being observed in the Golden Temple complex.
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Over 20,000 People Sign White House Petition for Jagtar Hawara's Release
Over 20,000 people have signed an online petition on the White House website seeking help of US President Barack Obama for the release of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh's assassin Jagtar Singh Hawara. Sikh hardliners claim to have parallely declared him as head priest or Jathedar of the Akal Takht, the supreme temporal seat of Sikhism in ...
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Sikh Committee Urges Leaders to Accept Akal Takht's Pardon of Dera Chief
Amidst strong objection by Sikh leaders to the pardon granted to Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh by the Sikh faith's highest temporal seat, the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) today urged the community to accept the decision, saying that the Akal Takht's supremacy cannot be challenged.
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Sikh Bodies Want Ban on Controversial Sect Leader's Film
The controversial leader of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect, Gurmeet Singh Ram Rahim, has starred in a film that some Sikh bodies say should be banned as it could cause trouble in Punjab.
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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.
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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...
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In Battle for Control of Gurudwaras, Supreme Court Orders Status Quo, 'Cool Head'
The Supreme Court today stepped in to defuse a political fight for the control of gurudwaras between Punjab and Haryana. Ordering status quo, the court said, "Time is the healer. All of you proceed with a cool head."
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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.
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On Amritpal Singh's 'Sarbat Khalsa' Call, Top Sikh Body's Rejoinder
Amritpal Singh:In his two video messages that surfaced on social media on Wednesday and Thursday, Amritpal Singh asked the jathedar (chief) of the Akal Takht, the supreme temporal body of Sikhs, to call "sarbat khalsa".
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"Can't Bluntly Condemn": Sikh Body Chief On Alleged Sacrilege, Killings
The mob killing of two men accused of desecrating Sikh religious sentiments in Punjab were not "simple incidents" and "not a matter of mere condemnation", Harjinder Singh Dhami, the head of the SGPC, told NDTV.
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Clashes Break Out Between Top Sikh Body, Others During Protests In Punjab
A clash broke out between Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) task force and Guru Granth Sahib Satkar Committee on Saturday during a protest by the latter over demand of FIRs against SGPC employees regarding 328 missing "saroops" of Sri Guru Granth Sahib.
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"Cash-Rich" Top Sikh Body Should Bear Kartarpur Fee: Amarinder Singh
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday asked the Shirmonai Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee to pay out of their own coffers the USD-20 service fee being charged by Pakistan for visiting the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib as very few pilgrims have taken the Kartarpur corridor since its inauguration.
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Punjab Assembly Passes Resolution To Allow Women Sing Kirtan In Golden Temple
The Punjab Assembly today unanimously passed a resolution urging the Akal Takht and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to allow Sikh women to sing hymns in the sanctum sanctorum of the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
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Amarinder Singh To Raise Gurdwara Body's Poll Delay Issue With Centre
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh said people have the right to early polls of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, hours after he was authorised by the State Assembly to take up with the Centre the issue of delay in elections of the supreme body controlling gurdwaras. The SGPC elections are pending since 2016.
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Sikh Body Orders Probe Into PM Modi's Cap Controversy
The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has asked the Sikh high priests to look into the controversy surrounding Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Golden Temple while wearing a cap.
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Amritsar On Alert On 32nd Anniversary Of Operation Bluestar, Prayers Held
Security agencies are on high alert in the Sikh holy city of Amritsar for the 32nd anniversary of 'Operation Blue Star' today. The prayers are being observed in the Golden Temple complex.
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Over 20,000 People Sign White House Petition for Jagtar Hawara's Release
Over 20,000 people have signed an online petition on the White House website seeking help of US President Barack Obama for the release of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh's assassin Jagtar Singh Hawara. Sikh hardliners claim to have parallely declared him as head priest or Jathedar of the Akal Takht, the supreme temporal seat of Sikhism in ...
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Sikh Committee Urges Leaders to Accept Akal Takht's Pardon of Dera Chief
Amidst strong objection by Sikh leaders to the pardon granted to Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh by the Sikh faith's highest temporal seat, the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) today urged the community to accept the decision, saying that the Akal Takht's supremacy cannot be challenged.
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Sikh Bodies Want Ban on Controversial Sect Leader's Film
The controversial leader of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect, Gurmeet Singh Ram Rahim, has starred in a film that some Sikh bodies say should be banned as it could cause trouble in Punjab.
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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.
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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...
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In Battle for Control of Gurudwaras, Supreme Court Orders Status Quo, 'Cool Head'
The Supreme Court today stepped in to defuse a political fight for the control of gurudwaras between Punjab and Haryana. Ordering status quo, the court said, "Time is the healer. All of you proceed with a cool head."
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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.
