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SGPC pans Eknath Shinde govt bid to limit Sikh groups’ picks on Nanded gurdwara board

Maharashtra cabinet Monday proposed that govt would nominate 12 members to 17-member board, while cutting number of members to be nominated by SGPC to two from four. 

SGPC, Haryana Sikh panel lock horns over gurdwara takeover — ‘broke golak with cutter’

Haryana govt appointed ad hoc panel taking over shrines criticised by Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD). Backed by a SC ruling, HSGMC took control of shrine in Kurukshetra on Sunday

Why dispute over gurdwara management in Haryana has pitted Sikh leaders against Khattar govt

With elections to Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee pending, amendment allows govt to appoint new-ad hoc committee for another 18 months if polls aren't held in 18 months.

Ex-jathedar a ‘sinner’, dope tests for staff: Akal Takht head’s orders spark sit-in at Patna Sahib

Decisions come in wake of power tussle in management board of Sri Patna Sahib. The gurdwara holds significance for Sikhs as it was built in memory of Guru Gobind Singh.

Akali Dal fends off party rebel to keep grip over SGPC. What is the Sikh body & why it matters

Harjinder Dhami of Shiromani Akali Dal won comfortably, getting 104 of 146 votes. The poll was crucial for Akalis who were facing possibility of losing decades-long control over SGPC.

Why enigmatic Kashmir jihad commander Ejaz Ahanger could hold clues to Kabul gurdwara attack

Hours after bombing at Kabul’s Gurdwara Kart-e Parwan, Indian intelligence agencies look for Ahanger, a Srinagar-born jihadist who ordered an attack at another gurdwara in 2020.

Who were the men lynched for ‘sacrilege’ in Amritsar & Kapurthala? No clue yet, say police

Last few hours of the two men's lives have been closely tracked, but no one has claimed their bodies yet. Police say Kapurthala ‘sacrilege’ accused was probably just after food.

From Paharganj to Vivek Vihar, Sikh leaders in Delhi are renaming themselves to stand out

Welcome the new brand of Sikh leaders in New Delhi who are in a tearing hurry to add the name of their neighbourhood to their real names.

How ‘oxygen langar’ at this Ghaziabad gurdwara is helping save ‘hundreds of lives every day’

Indirapuram Gurdwara in UP's Ghaziabad has started what it calls an 'oxygen langar', which can be used by severe Covid patients who have nowhere to go. The initiative began on 23 April.

From Kashmir to Kabul — why Pakistan wants extradition of ISKP leader caught in Afghanistan

The ringleader of the terrorist group ISKP, Aslam Farooqi, was arrested with 19 other terrorists, after a deadly attack on a gurdwara in Afghanistan.

On Camera

Trudeau is nursing snakes in his own backyard. Misguided Sikhs in Canada are losing the plot

By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

India carries out 1st patrol in Depsang since disengagement treaty with China, to take things ‘slow’

While there are patrolling points (PP) 10, 11, 12, 12A and 13 in the Depsang Plains, the patrol in the region Monday was carried out to only one point as decided by India and China.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.