Gurdwara shooting: US officials join prayers at Golden Temple
August 10th, 2012 - 10:39 pm ICT by IANS
Amritsar, Aug 10 (IANS) Officials of the US embassy in India Friday attended the prayer service at the Golden Temple here, the holiest of Sikh shrines, for six people ... Read more...
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Punjab at crossroads: Sikh clergy gives in to radical rhetoric (Punjab Newsletter)
June 8th, 2012 - 1:44 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, June 8 (IANS) Once touted as the most progressive state in the country, Punjab is today at a crossroads. The contradictory actions of the state's leadership, especially the ... Read more...
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Dal Khalsa releases Operation Bluestar directory
June 5th, 2012 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
Amritsar, June 5 (IANS) Radical Sikh organisation Dal Khalsa Tuesday released a directory of the people who died during the Indian Army's Operation Bluestar in the Golden Temple complex in ... Read more...
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Shutdown affects Punjab, Rajoana appeals for peace (Third Lead)
March 28th, 2012 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 28 (IANS) A shutdown called by Sikh groups to protest the scheduled hanging of terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana affected life in most parts of Punjab but the man ... Read more...
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Consult minorities on NCTC: Sikh group
February 26th, 2012 - 8:35 pm ICT by IANS
Amritsar, Feb 26 (IANS) After objections raised by chief ministers of some states against the proposed anti-terror hub, a Sikh organisation Sunday demanded that minorities and civil liberty organizations also ... Read more...
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Sikh group seeks apology from Jay Leno for Golden Temple remark
January 25th, 2012 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
Amritsar, Jan 25 (IANS) Amid growing protest from the Sikh community against US chat show host Jay Leno for his remarks on the holiest of Sikh shrines - the Golden ... Read more...
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Punjab bandh call: Radical Sikh leaders arrested
November 3rd, 2010 - 3:19 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Nov 3 (IANS) Punjab Police Wednesday arrested radical Sikh leaders as a preventive measure after many groups called a state wide shutdown to highlight the delay in justice to victims ... Read more...
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Radical Sikh groups call for Punjab shutdown Nov 3
October 28th, 2010 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Oct 28 (IANS) The Khalsa Action Committee (KAC), a joint forum of radical Sikh groups, Thursday sought state wide support to its call for Punjab shut down Nov 3 to highlight ... Read more...
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Amended Sikh calendar released in Amritsar
March 14th, 2010 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 14 (IANS) After a controversy over the last few years regarding dates of important religious events in the 'Nanakshahi', the Sikh religious calendar, its amended version was Sunday released by ... Read more...
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Bhindranwale still in vogue, finds Chinese connection
March 4th, 2010 - 8:17 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 4 (IANS) Twenty-five years after he was killed in the Golden Temple, Sikh hardliner Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale is back -- with a Made in China tag.
T-shirts, calendars, stickers, mugs and ... Read more...
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Curfew enforced in Ludhiana following violent protests
December 6th, 2009 - 9:07 pm ICT by ANI
Ludhiana, Dec 6(ANI): Authorities imposed curfew in Ludhiana on Sunday following violence by a large number of Sikhs protesting the holding of a public discourse by Divya Jyoti Jagriti Sansthan leader ... Read more...
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Curfew on in Ludhiana, no incident on Sunday (Lead)
December 6th, 2009 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
Ludhiana, Dec 6 (IANS) Sealed from the rest of the state by a heavy police presence, Ludhiana, Punjab's largest city and a major industrial hub, remained tense Sunday as curfew continued in ... Read more...
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Ludhiana tense as curfew continues
December 6th, 2009 - 11:36 am ICT by IANS
Ludhiana, Dec 6 (IANS) Ludhiana, Punjab's largest city and a major industrial hub, continued to remain tense Sunday morning as curfew continued in most parts of the city following two days of ... Read more...
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Punjab orders probe into Ludhiana violence, 1 dead (Roundup)
December 5th, 2009 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
Ludhiana, Dec 5 (IANS) The Punjab government Saturday evening ordered a magisterial probe into violent incidents in this industrial city that left one person dead and over 15 injured in a clash ... Read more...
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Ludhiana: One killed and 12 injured in protest against Ashutosh Maharaj’s visit
December 5th, 2009 - 6:01 pm ICT by ANI
Ludhiana, Dec 5 (ANI): One man was killed and twelve others were injured, when the police opened fire at the members of the protesting Sikh organisations. The protestors were pelting stones ... Read more...
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Sikh organisations protest against Ashutosh Maharaj’s visit
December 5th, 2009 - 4:29 pm ICT by ANI
Ludhiana, Dec 5 (ANI): The members of several Sikh outfits took to the streets here today, protesting against the arrival of a controversial religious leader Ashutosh Maharaj, who has not found ... Read more...
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Punjab shutdown against riots hits normal life (Roundup)
November 3rd, 2009 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh/Amritsar, Nov 3 (IANS) Trains were stopped, road traffic was hit while schools and colleges were closed in many Punjab towns as radical groups called for a shutdown Tuesday to protest the ... Read more...
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Protesters stop Shatabdi trains in Haryana, Punjab
November 3rd, 2009 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) A Shatabdi Express from Amritsar to the national capital was prevented from leaving Tuesday by activists of a Sikh outfit, while another Shatabdi was stopped in Haryana ... Read more...
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Punjab shutdown against riots hits normal life (Second Lead)
November 3rd, 2009 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh/Amritsar, Nov 3 (IANS) Trains were stopped, road traffic was hit and schools and colleges were closed in many Punjab towns as radical organisations called for a one-day shutdown Tuesday to protest ... Read more...
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Radical Sikhs disrupt train service in Punjab
November 3rd, 2009 - 3:16 pm ICT by ANI
Amritsar (Punjab), Nov 3 (ANI): Activists of the radical Sikh outfit Dal Khalsa today blocked trains and buses in Amritsar to enforce the Punjab bandh called by them to protest the alleged ... Read more...
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Dal Khalsa activists stop trains in Amritsar (Lead)
November 3rd, 2009 - 12:00 pm ICT by IANS
Amritsar, Nov 3 (IANS) Dal Khalsa activists stopped trains at the Amritsar Railway station Tuesday following a call for a strike across Punjab. The radical activists are demanding justice for the thousands ... Read more...
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Dal Khalsa halts trains in Amritsar, threatens strike
November 3rd, 2009 - 11:15 am ICT by IANS
Amritsar, Nov 3 (IANS) Trains, including the Shatabdi Express from Amritsar to Delhi, were stopped Tuesday by radical Sikh activists at the railway station here following a call for a strike by ... Read more...
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Sikh groups lend support for Nov 3 shutdown
October 29th, 2009 - 1:27 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Oct 28 (IANS) Various Sikh organisations, including Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC), Wednesday announced they would support the call for a Punjab shutdown Nov 3 to mark 25 years of ... Read more...
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Radical Sikh bodies present turban to official
August 17th, 2009 - 6:53 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 17 (IANS) Radical Sikh groups of Punjab Monday presented a turban to state revenue official G.S. Benipal, who had stopped wearing one after being assaulted and stripped by youth Akali ... Read more...
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Akal Takht asks SGPC to send team to probe Vienna shooting
August 12th, 2009 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
Amritsar, Aug 12 (IANS) The Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of Sikhs, Wednesday directed the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to send a team to Austrian capital Vienna to probe the ... Read more...
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Dal Khalsa urges apex Sikh body to probe Vienna shoot-out
August 11th, 2009 - 11:45 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 11 (IANS) Radical Sikh group Dal Khalsa Tuesday demanded the Sikhs' highest temporal body, the Akal Takht and Amritsar-based Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) send a joint fact-finding team to ... Read more...
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Sikh leaders seek referendum on separate SGPC for Haryana
August 7th, 2009 - 8:25 pm ICT by IANS
Amritsar, Aug 7 (IANS) Offering a middle path to address the controversy over Haryana's move to create its separate Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC), a Sikh organisation Friday asked the central ... Read more...
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It’s a ‘black day’, Sikh clerics slam ruling on gay sex (Lead)
July 2nd, 2009 - 8:30 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 2 (IANS) Strongly criticising a Delhi High Court judgement decriminalising homosexuality, Sikh clergy and religious leaders in Punjab Thursday called the ruling a "black day" for mankind.
Avtar Singh Makkar, president ... Read more...
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Sikh clerics oppose legal status to gay sex
July 2nd, 2009 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 2 (IANS) The Sikh clergy and religious leaders in Punjab Thursday protested a Delhi High Court ruling decriminalising homosexuality in the country.
"This verdict of Delhi High Court is clearly against ... Read more...
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Sikh leaders order demolition of Golden Temple replica
June 20th, 2009 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
Amritsar (Punjab), June 20 (IANS) Furious over a sect's attempts to replicate the design and structure of the Sikh community's holiest shrine, the Golden Temple, Sikhism's highest temporal seat Akal Takht Friday ... Read more...
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Subdued events mark 25 years of Operation Bluestar
June 6th, 2009 - 4:23 pm ICT by IANS
Amritsar, June 6 (IANS) The 25th anniversary of Operation Bluestar by the Indian Army at the Golden Temple complex here, which houses the holiest of Sikh shrines Harmandar Sahib, remained a subdued ... Read more...
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Sikh leaders perform Akhand Path on Blue Star anniversary
June 6th, 2009 - 2:48 pm ICT by ANI
By Ravinder Singh RobinAmritsar, June 6 (ANI): Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Avtar Singh Makkar and some Sikh leaders gathered at the Akal Takht on Saturday to perform the ... Read more...
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‘Khalistan’ hardliners today believe in democratic means (June 6 is 25th anniversary of Operation Bluestar)
June 6th, 2009 - 11:02 am ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin
Amritsar, June 6 (IANS) Some are businessmen, some are social activists, and one even a homeopath. Ideologues of 'Khalistan', many of whom had taken up arms at the peak of ... Read more...
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Scars of Operation Bluestar remain - 25 years later
June 5th, 2009 - 3:09 pm ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin
Amritsar, June 5 (IANS) Although the Sikhs have moved on, with one of them now ruling India, there is no forgetting Operation Bluestar, the 1984 military assault on the ... Read more...
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Remembering Operation Bluestar, Sikh radicals march in Amritsar (With Images)
June 3rd, 2009 - 6:04 pm ICT by IANS
Amritsar, June 3 (IANS) Sikh radical leaders and their supporters Wednesday took out a procession through this city to mark 25 years of the start of the Indian Army's Operation Bluestar ... Read more...
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