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Over 150 Nihangs camping at Paonta Sahib gurdwara, say won't leave until arrested members releasedOver 150 Nihangs are camped in Himachal Pradesh, refusing to return to Punjab until four sect members arrested in Uttarakhand are freed. A ...
Nihang-police standoff in Uttarakhand ends, group returns to Himachal after talksTension at the Himachal Pradesh-Uttarakhand border eased as a group of Nihangs, who had pushed through barricades en route to Hemkund Sahib...
Nagrasu gurdwara crisis enters 4th day: Army deployed, drones monitoring; here's what's happeningA tense standoff at Uttarakhand's Nagrasu Gurdwara entered its fourth day as Nihang Sikhs, armed with traditional weapons, continue to dema...
Nihangs storm Rudraprayag gurdwara, take devotee hostage over arrested membersArmed Nihangs held a Sikh devotee hostage atop a Rudraprayag gurdwara for over 24 hours, demanding the release of four sect members arreste...
Pakistan issues visas to Indian pilgrims for attending events on Maharaja Ranjit Singh's death anniversaryNew Delhi: The Pakistan High Commission has granted 438 visas to Indian pilgrims for events commemorating Maharaja Ranjit Singh's death ann...
Pakistan issues 737 visas to Indian pilgrims for Guru Arjan Dev Ji Martyrdom Day eventsPakistan has granted 737 visas to Indian Sikh pilgrims. They will travel to Pakistan for events commemorating the Martyrdom Day of Guru Arj...
Pro-Khalistan slogans raised at Amritsar's Sri Akal Takht Sahib on Operation Blue Star anniversaryPro-Khalistan slogans and posters of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale were displayed at Sri Akal Takht Sahib during the 42nd anniversary of Opera...
Pakistan issues 2,800 visas to Sikh pilgrims from India for BaisakhiPakistan has granted over 2,800 visas to Sikh pilgrims from India. They will visit Punjab province for Baisakhi celebrations. The festival ...
Sikh leaders urge India to lift ban on pilgrims traveling to Pakistan shrineSikh leaders are appealing to New Delhi to reverse its ban on pilgrims traveling to Pakistan for Guru Nanak's birth anniversary, arguing it...
MoS Ravneet Singh Bittu urges S Jaishankar to ensure safety of gurdwaras, temples in BangladeshUnion Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu expressed concern over attacks on Sikh shrines and Hindu temples in Bangladesh. He urged External Affair...
205 Sikh pilgrims to visit Pakistan for Maharaja Ranjit Singh death anniversary congregationSGPC secretary Partap Singh said the passports of 276 pilgrims were sent for obtaining visas for attending the congregation at Gurdwara Deh...
Sukhbir Badal urges PM Modi to take up transfer of Kartarpur shrine management to trust with PakistanThe Pakistan government's decision to establish a project management unit consisting of non-Sikhs has hurt the sentiments of the Sikh commu...
Pak expects to resume talks on Kartarpur Corridor after elections in IndiaPakistan expects the resumption of talks on the Kartarpur Corridor once the new government takes charge in India.
SGPC bans photography, video shoot inside Golden TempleThe decision was taken to avoid any "disturbance" to the spiritual atmosphere inside the Golden Temple, the official said.
Arvind Kejriwal visits turmoil-hit Punjab, condemns sacrilege actsAfter paying obeisance, he went to Kotkapura by road to meet families of two persons who were killed in police firing.
Haryana polls: Congress to pay heavy price for dividing Sikhs, says SGPCSGPC chief Avtar Singh Makkar told reporters here that the Congress had challenged the supremacy of Akal Takht, highest temporal seat of Si...
SGPC row: Stand-off continues over control of Sikh shrinesAmid the stand-off over control of Sikh shrines, warring factions of Sikh Gurudwara Management Committees from Haryana and Punjab refused t...
Won't tolerate HSGPC's efforts to wrest control of Gurdwaras: Sukhbir Singh BadalBadal said that SGPC was constituted after the enormous sacrifices made by Sikhs during the British rule, but the "Congress was bent upon w...
Will not take over Gurdwaras from SGPC forcibly: Haryana governmentHarmohinder Singh Chattha assailed the Amritsar-based SGPC's strategy of positioning its task force to retain the possession of the shrines.
- Train connecting Sikh shrines enters Punjab on maiden journey
A new train, connecting important Sikh shrines at Amritsar and Nanded in Maharashtra, was given a grand reception as it arrived in Phagwwara