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Declining faith, or trust deficit? SGPC’s electoral roll declines by 50% since 2011

Every Sikh adult with unshorn hair is eligible to cast ballot. While total number of voters till Thursday was 27.45 lakh, it was over 52 lakh when SGPC polls were last held in 2011.

In a 1st, SGPC to print Guru Granth Sahib outside India, its only press outside India to come up in US

Decision taken Tuesday during Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee's executive committee meeting in Amritsar. Gurudwara & religious preaching centre to also come up at America's Tracy City.

Kirpan or khukri? SGPC & T-Series cross swords over ‘Sikh symbol’ in ‘Yaariyan 2’ song

SGPC has lodged a police complaint against T-Series for 'hurting religious sentiments'. Filmmakers say the knife seen in the video is a ‘khukri’, which has no religious significance.

SGPC says PTC will continue to relay gurbani till it has own TV channel. ‘Limit to greed’, says Mann

Gurdwara body says there were apprehensions about its YouTube channel reaching every devotee. Punjab CM asks if this is an attempt to again favour a pvt channel and a particular family.

After row over Punjabi film, SGPC announces blanket ban on portrayal of Sikh Gurus & their kin

Decision taken at meeting presided over by SGPC chief in Amritsar. Objections from religious sabha societies & Sangat were being repeatedly received on this issue, it says.

Sikh student detained for wearing Kirpan at US varsity

A Sikh student at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte was allegedly detained on the campus for wearing Kirpan, BJP leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa claimed, sharing a video of the incident.

Guru Arjan’s friend Mian Mir laid Golden Temple’s foundation stone and offered namaz

Jahangir called Mian Mir 'rich in poverty and independent of mind' in his autobiography. But the Mughal earned the pir's ire by torturing Guru Arjan.

SubscriberWrites: Guru Granth sahib teaches ‘Hukam’ and how life is shaped by this divine order

Hukam is believed to be another law of the universe as that of gravity, light or sound. Everyone is subject to this law and no one is beyond it

Almost 2 months since Amritsar ‘sacrilege’ lynching, police yet to identify killers or victim

Amritsar DCP says no arrests made, yet to determine name of man killed or the cause of death. Some residents support lynching because man tried to 'desecrate' Guru Granth Sahib.

Sikh clergy, scholars reject Modi’s Veer Baal Diwas — ‘10th Guru’s sons weren’t just brave kids’

PM Modi said Sunday that 26 Dec would be marked as ‘Veer Baal Diwas’. Apex Sikh bodies & scholars say move is appreciable, but the words don't do justice to Sahibzadas’ martyrdom.

On Camera

Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?