Sikh Sect Leader

Accusing the Sikh clergy of bowing before Akali Dal leaders, particularly of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, radical Sikh leaders today tore a copy of the Akal Takht's order "pardoning" Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, to register their protest.

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.

A section of Sikh leaders are unhappy over the pardoning of Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh by Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of the Sikh religion, calling the move politically motivated as well as a betrayal with their community.

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.

An Indian-origin man today appeared in a British court to plead not guilty to the attempted murder of a Namdhari sect leader during a trip to London.

Sikh leader Thakur Uday Singh was injured in an attack after morning prayers at a gurdwara in Britain's Leicester city, police said today.

A radical Sikh man was convicted early Tuesday in Vienna of having murdered an Indian sect leader there last year and was sentenced to life behind bars, the Austrian press agency APA reported. After hours of deliberations, the jury found four other Indian-born defendants guilty of having aided the crime that took place in a temple of the Dera Sach ...

Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger on Monday called up External Affairs Minister S M Krishna over the attack on Sikh sect leader.

One religious leader was killed and 30 people wounded in a clash between two rival Sikh sects in the Austrian capital Vienna on Sunday.

Sant Niranjan Das, head of the Dera Sachkhand sect, leader of Dalit Sikhs was attacked by followers of a rival sect while a service was on in a Gurdwara in Vienna.

Accusing the Sikh clergy of bowing before Akali Dal leaders, particularly of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, radical Sikh leaders today tore a copy of the Akal Takht's order "pardoning" Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, to register their protest.

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.

A section of Sikh leaders are unhappy over the pardoning of Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh by Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of the Sikh religion, calling the move politically motivated as well as a betrayal with their community.

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.

An Indian-origin man today appeared in a British court to plead not guilty to the attempted murder of a Namdhari sect leader during a trip to London.

Sikh leader Thakur Uday Singh was injured in an attack after morning prayers at a gurdwara in Britain's Leicester city, police said today.

A radical Sikh man was convicted early Tuesday in Vienna of having murdered an Indian sect leader there last year and was sentenced to life behind bars, the Austrian press agency APA reported. After hours of deliberations, the jury found four other Indian-born defendants guilty of having aided the crime that took place in a temple of the Dera Sach ...

Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger on Monday called up External Affairs Minister S M Krishna over the attack on Sikh sect leader.

One religious leader was killed and 30 people wounded in a clash between two rival Sikh sects in the Austrian capital Vienna on Sunday.

Sant Niranjan Das, head of the Dera Sachkhand sect, leader of Dalit Sikhs was attacked by followers of a rival sect while a service was on in a Gurdwara in Vienna.