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'Emergency' Release: Police deployed outside Amristar theatres amidst SGPC's calls to BAN Kangana Ranuat's film

Amid demands to ban Kangana Ranaut's film 'Emergency', police personnel in heavy numbers have been deployed outside the PVR Suraj Chanda Tara Cinema in Punjab's Amritsar after ShiromGurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) decided to protest against the film being produced by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP.

The Times of India

Haryana: Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim walks out of Rohtak jail on furlough

CHANDIGARH: Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the chief of Dera Sacha Sauda and a rape convict, was released on Tuesday from Sunaria jail in Haryana's Rohtak district after being granted a 21-day furlough. This marks his third temporary release from prison this year.

The Times of India

Punjab: Battle lines drawn for SGPC’s presidential elections

AMRITSAR: Ahead of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president elections, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) announced the present incumbent Harjinder Singh Dhami as their party candidate while the opposition group, which includes expelled SAD leaders including Bibi Jagir Kaur, a four-time SGPC president, and SAD (Samyukta) president Sukhdev Singh…

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They might have expelled me but I never said I left SAD: Bibi Jagir Kaur

AMRITSAR: If the indications given by Bibi Jagir Kaur, former four-time president of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), are to be construed, it appears that she is not only ready to regain power in SGPC but has also conceptualized the notion of a Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) without the Badal…

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Trudeau walked into a trap, says former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh

Amarinder Singh said Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s murder was the result of a factional feud within the management of the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara situated at Surrey in Canada.

The Hindu

SGPC to begin web channel from July 24, initiates process for establishing its own satellite TV channel

AMRITSAR: The Executive Committee (EC) of Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) has decided to start the broadcast of gurbani from the Golden Temple on its web channel from July 24 besides the EC has also decided to establish its own satellite channel.

The Times of India

In Punjab, sacred hymns and political games

The Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab has passed a Bill aimed at ensuring that the broadcast and telecast of the Gurbani from the Golden Temple is free for all channels. A report on how the decision has led to a political slugfest and divided the Sikh community

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AAP Government, SGPC at loggerheads over Sikh Gurdwara Amendment Bill

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), the body responsible for the management of gurdwaras, and Punjab’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) are at loggerheads over the recently passed Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Bill, 2023 in the State Assembly.

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Gurdwaras Bill covering Gurbani telecast returns spotlight to Punjab’s ‘panthic’ politics

With the passage of the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Bill, 2023, the politics of Sikh (‘panthic’) issues have returned to centerstage in Punjab

The Hindu

Punjab CM interfering in Sikh affairs to fulfill his political interests: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee

AMRITSAR: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee has condemned chief minister (CM) Bhagwant Singh Mann's proposed amendment to the Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925 stating that the same threatens the very essence of Sikhism and undermines the autonomy and democratic functioning of gurdwaras.

The Times of India

Giani Raghbir Singh appointed as new Akal Takht Jathedar; replaces Giani Harpreet Singh

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Friday appointed Giani Raghbir Singh as the new Jathedar of the Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of Sikhs.

The Hindu

Top Sikh body extends support to protesting wrestlers

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Saturday announced its support to the wrestlers protesting against alleged molestation by the president of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), Brij Bhushan, at Jantar Mantar in Delhi.

The Hindu

SGPC offers free legal aid to man who murdered woman for consuming alcohol inside gurdwara complex in Patiala

The SGPC maintained that it stood with Mr. Singh and his family.

The Hindu

NCM seeks report from Arunachal Pradesh Government regarding conversion of gurdwara into Buddhist site

Responding to the allegation of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee that the historic gurdwara associated with Guru Nanak Dev in Mechuka, Arunachal Pradesh, has been converted into a Buddhist temple, the National Commission of Minorities (NCM) on Monday has sought a detailed report from the State’s Chief Secretary

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‘You’ll take our interview and lie on TV’: In Jalandhar, life as usual, distrust of ‘godi media’

Pilgrims enroute the Nanaksar Gurdwara in Punjab’s Jagraon know Mehatpur as a popular pitstop on National Highway 71. But amid the ongoing crackdown on Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh’s supporters, it turned into a site of a wild car chase this week.

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Journalists, Canadian author, politicians: Several Twitter accounts withheld amid Punjab crackdown

As the crackdown on Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh entered the third day amid an internet shutdown in Punjab, several Twitter accounts were withheld in India, including those belonging to a few journalists and Canadian author Rupi Kaur.

The Times of India

SGPC, HSGMC (ad-hoc) supporters scuffle with each other in Kurukshetra

KURUKSHETRA: A day after office-bearers of Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (HSGMC) (ad-hoc), took "forcible" possession of management of Gurdwara Sahib Patshahi Chhevin in Kurukshetra, the supporters of HSGMC and Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) scuffled with each other at the Gurdwara on Monday.

The Times of India

Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar pays obeisance at Golden Temple

AMRITSAR: Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday offered prayers at the sanctum sanctorum of the Golden Temple in Amritsar.

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SGPC chief demands a ban on Ram Rahim's activities

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) President Harjinder Singh Dhami has termed the activities of convicted Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh as "anti-social" and demanded the Centre and state government stop them immediately. Read more on Dynamite News:

The Hindu

SGPC to set up international Sikh advisory board

An approval was also given to establish sub-offices of the Sikh body in different countries.

The Times of India

SGPC to file review petition in HSGMC case: Harjinder Singh Dhami

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has announced to file a review petition following the Supreme Court (SC) judgment in the case regarding challenges to the validity of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (HSGMC) Act, 2014.

The Hindu

SGPC to launch protest on September 12 demanding release of Sikh prisoners

At a meeting of all SGPC members held at the Teja Singh Samundri Hall on Friday, resolutions were passed regarding the release of Sikh prisoners

The Times of India

SGPC objects to hoisting of tricolor atop gurdwara building in Indore

AMRITSAR: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has objected to hoisting the tricolor at Gurdwara Imli Sahib in Indore.

The Times of India

SGPC objects to mentioning Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale as terrorist in Punjabi University syllabus

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has taken note of a book published by the Distance Education Department of Punjabi University, in which, Sikh leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale has allegedly been mentioned as "terrorist" in the syllabus of MA political science.

The Times of India

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee offers air tickets to Afghan Sikhs

AMRITSAR: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has announced to provide air tickets to those Afghan Sikhs who wish to come to India. In a release issued here on Tuesday, SGPC president Harjinder Singh Dhami said, “The air tickets of Sikhs who want to come to India from Afghanistan will…

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