AMRITSAR: Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today blamed the ISI of Pakistan and other foreign agencies for creating disturbance in Punjab. He said that sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib was a deep rooted conspiracy.He denied the hand of Punjab Government or Shiromani Akali Dal behind the sacrilge incidents. Sukhbir Badal was addressing a press […]
AMRITSAR: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandak Committee(SGPC) today allowed Dhian Singh Mand, a former terrorist and the acting Jathedar of Akal Takhat appointed by Sarbat Khalsa to deliver his message from the Akal Takht while the original Jarthedar Giani Gurbachan Singh failed to show up at the occasion. The Punjab Police had arrested all senior radical leaders […]
CHANDIGARH: Taking strong exception to Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar’s remarks against the ex-servicemen, Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha Capt Amarinder Singh today said it was unbecoming of him (Parrikar) to make such observations as it can badly affect the morale of the existing soldiers, who are going to be ex-servicemen tomorrow. “This is […]
CHANDIGARH: The participants in the Sarbat Khalsa, a congregation of Sikhs, are expressing deep anguish over incidents of sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib in various parts of Punjab and failure of state Government to arrest the real culprits, The speakers are targeting ruiling Badal family for sacrilege and using SGPC and Akal Takht for promiting […]
AMRITSAR: Thousands of Sikhs from various parts of India and abroad have reached village Chabba near here, the venue of Sarbat Khalsa despite strict restrictions by Police and civil administration. The organisers claimed over one lakh Sikhs have arrived and thousands are stopped by police by blocking roads. The proceedings of Sarbat Khalsa have started at around […]