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Akal Takht summons Punjab CM over ‘anti-Sikh’ conduct; Mann says will comply like a ‘humble Sikh’

Addressing media, acting Jathedar said CM Bhagwant Mann occupies high constitutional office in Punjab, and his ‘anti-Sikh’ statements reflect the arrogance that comes with power.

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...

Jathedar’s resignation fuels simmering tension between SAD & Akal Takht. CM Mann ups the ante

While SGPC rejected resignation of Takht Damdama Sahib jathedar Giani Harpreet, row comes soon after Sukhbil Badal was declared a 'tankhaiya' by Akal Takht, highest temporal body of Sikhs.

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.