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March 28, 2025, 09:36 PM - 4 min read
Lawmakers expressed strong dissatisfaction, emphasising that the move had deeply hurt the sentiments of Sikhs worldwide.
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March 27, 2025, 10:16 PM - 2 min read
Acting Jathedar Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj questioned the government's response to the sacrilege attempt at the Golden Temple in December 2021.
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March 8, 2025, 11:59 AM - 6 min read
The tussle between the Shiromani Akali Dal, supposedly the representative party of the community, and the five religious institutions, called Takhts, continues unabated. The latest episode is the sacking of the Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh and Takht Kesgarh Sahib Jatehdar Giani Sultan Singh by the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee.
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February 21, 2025, 06:32 PM - 6 min read
The Shiromani Akali Dal recently concluded its membership drive, carried out during its worst phase in history. The party claimed to have enrolled 32 lakh members during the month-long drive. Although there is no credible way to cross-check the claims, yet the party appears to have made up some lost ground. But the party still has a long way to go and come to the center stage from the margins it has been restricted to for about a decade now.
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February 3, 2025, 07:28 PM - 5 min read
He may not hold a sweeping sway and influence over his followers, but he does carry a lot of influence and a considerable section of them does vote according to his directives.
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January 22, 2025, 05:21 PM - 6 min read
The rebel group of Akalis has objected to the membership drive launched by the SAD alleging that it is in violation of the Akal Takht directive issued on December 2 last year in which it had said that the SAD will not launch any membership drive on its own.
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January 10, 2025, 06:16 PM - 2 min read
The move came over a month after Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh asked the SAD to implement the December 2 edict at the earliest, while referring to the direction of accepting the resignation of Badal.
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December 9, 2024, 10:31 AM - 2 min read
Although he has Z+ security, he is serving as a sewadar at the gurdwara gate, listening to kirtan, and even washing dishes in the community kitchen.
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December 8, 2024, 07:16 PM - 5 min read
Taking a jibe at the Akali leaders, he told them that they should hug and garland Chaura the way they have been honouring the assassins of his grandfather late Beant Singh.
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December 3, 2024, 07:15 PM - 5 min read
The punishment of Akali leaders will reestablish and reinforce their accountability that they are answerable to the panth and the Akal Takht. The same cannot be said about other political parties whether the Congress, the Aam Aadmi Party or the Bharatiya Janata Party.
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