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What Does Being Declared 'Tankhaiya' Mean? Understanding The Guilty Verdict For Violating Sikh Code
This punishment, pronounced by the Sikh clergy, involves public atonement for violations of the Sikh rehat maryada.
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Updates: Akal Takht Jathedar Condemns "Murderous" Attack On Sukhbir Singh Badal
Leaders across political parties on Wednesday condemned the assassination attempt on Shiromani Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Singh Badal at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, and lauded the Punjab Police for averting a "very big" tragedy.
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Sukhbir Badal Gets Toilet Cleaning Duty From Akal Takht Over Sacrilege Case
Akal Takht, the highest temporal body of Sikhs, has sentenced former Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal to cleaning duty in kitchen and bathrooms at a Gurdwara for favouring Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim in the 2015 sacrilege c
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Sukhbir Singh Badal Resigns As Shiromani Akali Dal President
Sukhbir Singh Badal, who had been declared 'tankhaiya' (guilty of religious misconduct) by the Akal Takht, tendered his resignation as the Shiromani Akali Dal president.
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Sukhbir Badal, Accused Of Religious Misconduct, Appears Before Top Sikh Body
A day after the Akal Takht declared him guilty of religious misconduct, Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday appeared before the highest temporal seat of Sikhs and sought an apology for the "mistakes" committed by the party a
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Akal Takht Declares Akali Dal Chief Sukhbir Badal Guilty Of Religious Misconduct
The Akal Takht on Friday declared Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal 'tankhaiya' -- guilty of religious misconduct-- for the "mistakes" committed by his party and the party's government from 2007 to 2017.
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Akali Dal Chief Sukhbir Singh Badal Summoned By Top Sikh Body Over Rebels' Allegations
Shiromani Akali Dal President Sukhbir Singh Badal has been summoned by Akal Takht - the highest temporal seat of the Sikh religion - on the allegations levelled by rebel Akalis.
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Encounters Rising, Ghost Of 30-Year-Old Disappearance Haunts Punjab Police
At a time when Punjab has seen 11 encounters in two weeks, the ghost of an alleged forced disappearance and murder of an acting Akal Takht jathedar has come back to haunt the state police over 30 years later.
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Bathinda Gurdwara Priests Disqualified For Performing Same-Sex Wedding
The Akal Takht has disqualified the priests at a Bathinda gurdwara from performing religious services after they performed a same-sex wedding at the shrine last month.
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Sikh Body Objects To 'Yaariyan-2' Actor Meezaan Jafri Sporting 'Kirpan'
The top gurudwara body of the Sikhs said it would take up the matter with the government.
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Giani Raghbir Singh Appointed As New Akal Takht Jathedar
The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Friday appointed Giani Raghbir Singh as the new Jathedar of the Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of Sikhs.
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BJP Chief, Sharad Pawar At Parkash Badal's Village To Pay Last Respects
NCP leader Sharad Pawar, Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh and Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee chief Harjinder Singh Dhami were among those who paid their last respects to Shiromani Akali Dal patriarch Parkash Singh Badal today.
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Wrong To Stop Amritpal Singh's Wife From Going To UK: Top Sikh Body Chief
A day after fugitive radical preacher Amritpal Singh's wife Kirandeep Kaur was stopped at an airport here from boarding a flight to the UK, Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh on Friday said it was not right.
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Don't Create Panic Before Baisakhi: Top Sikh Body Chief To Punjab Government
Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh on Friday accused the Punjab government of trying to create panic by increasing security in Talwandi Sabo here ahead of Baisakhi festival.
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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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What Does Being Declared 'Tankhaiya' Mean? Understanding The Guilty Verdict For Violating Sikh Code
This punishment, pronounced by the Sikh clergy, involves public atonement for violations of the Sikh rehat maryada.
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Updates: Akal Takht Jathedar Condemns "Murderous" Attack On Sukhbir Singh Badal
Leaders across political parties on Wednesday condemned the assassination attempt on Shiromani Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Singh Badal at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, and lauded the Punjab Police for averting a "very big" tragedy.
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Sukhbir Badal Gets Toilet Cleaning Duty From Akal Takht Over Sacrilege Case
Akal Takht, the highest temporal body of Sikhs, has sentenced former Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal to cleaning duty in kitchen and bathrooms at a Gurdwara for favouring Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim in the 2015 sacrilege c
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Sukhbir Singh Badal Resigns As Shiromani Akali Dal President
Sukhbir Singh Badal, who had been declared 'tankhaiya' (guilty of religious misconduct) by the Akal Takht, tendered his resignation as the Shiromani Akali Dal president.
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Sukhbir Badal, Accused Of Religious Misconduct, Appears Before Top Sikh Body
A day after the Akal Takht declared him guilty of religious misconduct, Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday appeared before the highest temporal seat of Sikhs and sought an apology for the "mistakes" committed by the party a
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Akal Takht Declares Akali Dal Chief Sukhbir Badal Guilty Of Religious Misconduct
The Akal Takht on Friday declared Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal 'tankhaiya' -- guilty of religious misconduct-- for the "mistakes" committed by his party and the party's government from 2007 to 2017.
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Akali Dal Chief Sukhbir Singh Badal Summoned By Top Sikh Body Over Rebels' Allegations
Shiromani Akali Dal President Sukhbir Singh Badal has been summoned by Akal Takht - the highest temporal seat of the Sikh religion - on the allegations levelled by rebel Akalis.
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Encounters Rising, Ghost Of 30-Year-Old Disappearance Haunts Punjab Police
At a time when Punjab has seen 11 encounters in two weeks, the ghost of an alleged forced disappearance and murder of an acting Akal Takht jathedar has come back to haunt the state police over 30 years later.
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Bathinda Gurdwara Priests Disqualified For Performing Same-Sex Wedding
The Akal Takht has disqualified the priests at a Bathinda gurdwara from performing religious services after they performed a same-sex wedding at the shrine last month.
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Sikh Body Objects To 'Yaariyan-2' Actor Meezaan Jafri Sporting 'Kirpan'
The top gurudwara body of the Sikhs said it would take up the matter with the government.
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Giani Raghbir Singh Appointed As New Akal Takht Jathedar
The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Friday appointed Giani Raghbir Singh as the new Jathedar of the Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of Sikhs.
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BJP Chief, Sharad Pawar At Parkash Badal's Village To Pay Last Respects
NCP leader Sharad Pawar, Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh and Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee chief Harjinder Singh Dhami were among those who paid their last respects to Shiromani Akali Dal patriarch Parkash Singh Badal today.
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Wrong To Stop Amritpal Singh's Wife From Going To UK: Top Sikh Body Chief
A day after fugitive radical preacher Amritpal Singh's wife Kirandeep Kaur was stopped at an airport here from boarding a flight to the UK, Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh on Friday said it was not right.
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Don't Create Panic Before Baisakhi: Top Sikh Body Chief To Punjab Government
Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh on Friday accused the Punjab government of trying to create panic by increasing security in Talwandi Sabo here ahead of Baisakhi festival.
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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".
