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Topic: Golden Temple

Five injured as man attacks devotees at Golden Temple; assailant handed over to police

Zulfan, now handed over to the police, allegedly attacked people with iron pipes in Shri Guru Ramdas Sarai, a lodging facility in the Temple premises.

Rababi Muslims sang keertans in Golden Temple. Pakistanis called them kafirs after Partition

Mardana’s Children: The Rababis of Lahore, a short film by Kirit James Singh and Jasdeep Singh was screened at IHC. The Muslim singers have deep ties to Sikhism.

Sukhbir Badal’s attacker Narain Singh Chaura was accused in 2004 Burail jailbreak, acquitted 11 yrs later

Acquittal order noted that prosecution’s case rested on Chaura and two co-accused staying in touch with the escapees but failed to prove that the 3 were in constant touch outside jail.

‘Hardliner with old grudge against Badals’ moderate stance’—how senior Punjab cops see Sukbhir’s attacker

Punjab Police officers describe the attempt on Sukhbir Badal's life as a new phase in the decades-long 'moderates versus radicals' battle within the Sikh community.

Day after assassination attempt, SAD leader Sukhbir Badal performs ‘seva’ at Anandpur Sahib Gurdwara

Security has been heightened at Takhat Sri Kesgarh Sahib in Anandpur Sahib following an attack on Badal at the Golden Temple in Amritsar Wednesday.

Hours before attack on Badal, Punjab cops got ‘intel on disruption at Golden Temple’, tightened security

While security had been increased because of the presence of Sukhbir Badal and other SAD leaders, police also had info about religious groups looking to disrupt law & order.

SGPC pracharak turned militant & author, who’s Narain Singh Chaura, arrested for firing at Sukhbir Badal

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.

Man previously arrested in terror case held for attempting to shoot Sukhbir Badal outside Golden Temple

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.

Punjab ex-dy CM Sukhbir Badal performs ‘sentry duty’ at Golden Temple as ‘atonement for sins’

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.

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...

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Trump’s 4,500 troops can topple Nicolás Maduro—not fix Venezuela

The US troops could dislodge the government in Caracas, but it won’t be enough to police a country ringed by drug cartels and insurgents.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.