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SAD will ban purchase of land by outsiders if voted to power: Sukhbir

Baba Bakala, Aug. 10 -- Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday announced that outsiders will be banned from purchasing land in Punjab if the party returned to power in the... Read More


Giani Harpreet opts out, Satwant set to head breakaway SAD faction

AMRITSAR, Aug. 9 -- Senior SGPC employee Bibi Satwant Kaur is set to be the new chief of the breakaway Akali Dal faction as former Akal Takht acting jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh on Friday said he is ... Read More


Takht-panel may not get nod to hold session at SGPC HQ

AMRITSAR, Aug. 7 -- The Akal Takht-appointed panel, mandated to recast the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), may not get the nod to hold a delegate session to hold party elections on August 11 at Teja Singh ... Read More


Jathedar Gargaj holding talks with stakeholders for final call

Amritsar, Aug. 6 -- Taking a final call on the plea of the Akal Takht-appointed panel to hold a delegates' meeting for electing a parallel Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president will be a tough decision ... Read More


'Don't interfere in other Takhts' affairs'

Amritsar, Aug. 6 -- In the wake of the recent standoff between the clergy of Akal Takht and Takht Patna Sahib, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) general house on Tuesday passed a unan... Read More


SGPC puts ball in Takht's court

AMRITSAR, Aug. 5 -- In a fix over the Takht-appointed panel's request to hold a delegate session at its headquarters, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has asked jathedar Giani Kuldee... Read More


Cong MP alleges threat to son's life by gangster Bhagwanpuria

Amritsar, Aug. 2 -- Gurdaspur Congress MP Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, who is also a former deputy chief minister of Punjab, on Friday alleged that jailed gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria had threatened to k... Read More


SGPC removes Guru Nanak Dev varsity VC from jathedar appointment panel

AMRITSAR, Aug. 2 -- Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has removed Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) vice-chancellor Karamjit Singh from the panel recently formed by the gurdwara body to fr... Read More


Court frames charges against 41, including nine Amritpal aides

AMRITSAR, Aug. 1 -- A local court in Amritsar on Thursday framed charges against 41 accused, including nine close aides of jailed Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh, in the Ajnala police station attack c... Read More


Punjab Congress MP alleges threat to son's life by gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria

India, Aug. 1 -- Gurdaspur Congress MP Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, who is also a former deputy chief minister of Punjab, on Friday alleged that jailed gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria had threatened to kill... Read More