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TopicAkali Dal

Topic: Akali Dal

A century of splintering: How Akali Dal & its fractured legacy have shaped Punjab’s political landscape

Since its foundation in 1920, Akali Dal has had several splits, more so since it stopped leaving much of a mark in elections. Its latest faction is led by Giani Harpreet Singh.

Badal’s Akali Dal splits. Akal Takht ex-Jathedar Harpreet Singh elected president of rebel faction

Chandigarh: Former Jathedar of the Akal Takht Giani Harpreet Singh was Monday chosen president of the rebel Shiromani Akali Dal, a breakaway faction of...

Akali workers head to Mohali to express solidarity with party leader Bikram Majithia detained by cops

SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal has accused Bhagwant Mann-led AAP govt of imposing an 'undeclared emergency' in Punjab and detaining Akali workers at their houses.

SGPC chief in hot water for abusive remarks against Bibi Jagir Kaur, summoned by women’s panel

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.

SAD leader Sukhbir Singh Badal continues ‘seva’ at Golden Temple after assassination attempt

Badal is serving out a 'religious sentence' by the by the Akal Takht for 'mistakes' made by his Shiromani Akali Dal govt.

Akalis target Mann govt over attack on Badal, cite ‘attacker’s meeting with cop, lies about security’

A day earlier, Amritsar police commissioner had said all possibilities including 'sympathy angle' being probed.

2-drug combo 5x more effective than single pill for hypertension—findings from crucial trial in India

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Uniting factions to excommunicating top leaders, how Akal Takht has played arbiter in Punjab politics

This is not the first time the Sikh body, which has indicted Sukhbir Badal for religious misconduct, is dealing with factionalism in the Akali Dal or intervening in political matters.

Akal Takht declares Sukhbir Badal a sinner for ‘severely damaging Sikh interests’ as SAD chief & dy CM

Akal Takht Jathedar declared SAD chief a 'tankhaiya', guilty of religious misconduct, and asked him to 'atone for his sins, failing which he will remain a sinner of Sikh religion'.

Badal relents, seeks forgiveness for ‘mistakes’. Akali rebels say will wait for Akal Takht decision

Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Badal in written response to Akal Takht says he takes ‘full responsibility as head of family’ for mistakes made while in govt. Temporal body yet to respond.

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The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘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.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.