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Akal Takht jathedar asks SGPC to install portraits of Sikh separatists in Golden Temple museum

Amritsar: Jathedar of the Akal Takht, the supreme temporal seat of the Sikh community, Giani Raghbir Singh has asked the SGPC to put up...

Akali rebels intent on ousting Sukhbir, plan to elect new leader with ‘sense of religiosity’

Over 50 leaders met in Jalandhar Tuesday to demand Sukhbir Badal's resignation. They plan to 'apologise' to Akal Takht on 1 July for party's mistakes before electing new chief.

SGPC rues PMO rebuff to release of ‘Bandi Singhs’, reiterates cause amid declining electorate

Sikh body regrets govt's 'negative attitude' towards Akal Takht panel, which is seeking release of 'Bandi Singhs' jailed during militancy in 1980s-1990s & incarcerated for decades.

Days after Akal Takht rap, president & gen secy of strife-torn Haryana gurdwara panel resign

The HSGMC office-bearers resigned Sunday, shortly after Akal Takht banned panel from holding meetings in the wake of a viral video of members hurling insults at each other in a gurdwara.

Mann govt defies Akal Takht direction, amendment against ‘monopoly on Gurbani broadcast’ passed

Punjab assembly Tuesday cleared a controversial amendment to the Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925. Akal Takht had called for the state govt to discuss the issue with SGPC.

SGPC names Giani Raghbir Singh new Akal Takht Jathedar after Giani Harpreet Singh ‘voluntarily quit’

Giani Harpreet Singh was in news after he attended Raghav Chadha-Parineeti Chopra engagement in Delhi. SAD had said he should not have been there as Sikh code of conduct wasn't followed.

Punjab Police watch for Amritpal’s return ahead of Baisakhi. Akal Takht still silent on sarbat Khalsa

Police is keeping close eye on bus stands, deras for Amritpal — suspected to be currently hiding in UP — ahead of Baisakhi, day Khalistani preacher requested meeting of Sikhs.

Sarbat Khalsa on Amritpal’s demand? With Akal Takht silent, experts explain why it would be a bad idea

In a purported video message last week, radical preacher Amritpal Singh had demanded that Akal Takht organise a 'Sarbat Khalsa' — or congregation of all Sikhs — on Baisakhi.

‘Not negotiating surrender, will soon be back among my people’, says Amritpal in new audio, video clips

Absconding Khalistani activist reiterates appeal for Sarbat Khalsa to make Sikh community's 'presence felt'. He also emphasised that he did not make earlier video in presence of police.

Row over Akal Takht ‘ultimatum’ on Amritpal crackdown: Mann & jathedar argue on Twitter, SAD wades in

Jathedar Monday gave an ultimatum to Bhagwant Mann govt to release Sikh youths arrested during crackdown on Amritpal Singh. In turn, the CM accused jathedar of acting on SAD’s behalf.

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Journalist Arthur Gregg Sulzberger delivered the Reuters Memorial Lecture on 4 March last year.

Inflation plunges to a 10-yr low of 0.25% in October. Here’s why

Record-low inflation gives RBI room to ease rates. Food prices have something to do with it.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.