Punjab State Women Commission has summoned SGPC chief Dhami on 17 December over undated audio clip of him hurling abuses at former state minister Bibi Jagir Kaur.
Realising the political cost of relegating panthic issues to the sidelines, SAD began turning toward Sikh religiosity, causing two of its prominent Hindu faces to leave the party.
A religious body like the Akal Takht should be apolitical; aware of the dangers posed by radical elements in the religious order that could take undue advantage of faith.
From a village in Dera Baba Nanak, Chaura founded Khalistan Liberation Army & is convener of now-defunct radical think tank Akal Federation. He was radicalised in his student days in '70s.
The 68-year-old has been identified as Narain Singh Chaura, who allegedly leads militant group Akal Federation. Incident occurred while Badal was serving punishment imposed by Akal Takht.
In Episode 1565 of #CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at instances of punishments meted out by Sikh clergy, SAD's electoral decline & what's next for the party in Punjab.
Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Badal was ordered to perform ‘sentry duty’ and clean utensils at the shrine in Amritsar by Akal Takht as punishment for ‘sins’ against Sikh community.
In a wheelchair, Badal sat on guard duty Tuesday outside Amritsar's Golden Temple. His punishment over 'anti-Sikh' decisions during the rule of the Akalis in Punjab will continue Wednesday.
Announcing punishment for Sukhbir Badal, Jathedar accuses Akalis of ‘promoted Dera culture in Punjab’. Ex-head of Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee also declared ‘tankhaiya’.
Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.
With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.
If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
The SGPC must be banned and it’s leaders jailed. UAPA and NSA cases must be initiated against each of these “leaders”.
The SGPC is hand in glove with the Khalistanis. Without the support, blessings and active encouragement of the SGPC, the Khalistanis would not have become such a nuisance.
The SGPC must be banned and it’s leaders jailed. UAPA and NSA cases must be initiated against each of these “leaders”.
The SGPC is hand in glove with the Khalistanis. Without the support, blessings and active encouragement of the SGPC, the Khalistanis would not have become such a nuisance.