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Gurjeet Singh Khalsa brought down from 400-foot BSNL tower in Patiala after 560 days protestActivist Gurjeet Singh Khalsa ended his 560-day protest atop a 400-foot BSNL tower after the Punjab government enacted a new anti-sacrilege...
Stricter anti-sacrilege Bill tabled in Punjab Assembly, proposes life imprisonment and heavy finesA new bill proposes severe penalties for sacrilege against the Guru Granth Sahib in Punjab. The Jaagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar (Am...
Anti-sacrilege bill: Punjab Speaker forms 15-member select committee led by Inderbir Nijjar to consult stakeholdersPunjab Assembly Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan has established a 15-member select committee to conduct extensive consultations with stakehol...
Panel of legal experts being consulted for law against sacrilege: Punjab FMPunjab government is consulting legal experts to draft a stringent law against sacrilege of religious scriptures, aiming for harsher punish...
Sukhbir Badal survives firing. Can he survive political doldrums?Sukhbir Singh Badal, Shiromani Akali Dal leader, faced a firing incident while performing penance at the Golden Temple in Amritsar. Badal w...
Punjab CM meets Amit Shah, calls for harsher punishment to perpetrators of sacrilege crimesPunjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday called on Union Home Minister Amit Shah and sought the Centre's intervention in getting presi...
Punjab Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu targets Arvind Kejriwal over 2015 sacrilege issueSidhu, the former Punjab Congress chief, shared a video clip from last year in which Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal is heard saying that act...
Channi govt very weak; Punjab needs strong govt: Arvind KejriwalAddressing the media, Kejriwal said, "Channi government is a very weak government. They have internal disputes. Today, Punjab needs a stron...
Navjot Singh Sidhu condemns 'sacrilege bids', says conspiracies being hatched to disturb PunjabTwo unidentified men were beaten to death in Amritsar and Kapurthala after they allegedly attempted to commit sacrilege.
Sacrilege attempt at Golden Temple aimed to create unrest in society, says RSSAn unidentified man was caught and beaten to death after he jumped the golden grills inside the sanctum sanctorum, picked a sword and reach...
One more arrest in Singhu border lynching caseNarain Singh, belonging to the Sikhs' Nihang order, was arrested by the Amritsar Rural police at Amarkot village in Amritsar district.
AAP MLA Naresh Yadav remanded in two days police custody in sacrilege caseMalerkotla Additional Civil Judge Preeti Sukheja sent Yadav to two days' police custody after he was produced before her by police.
AAP MLA Naresh Yadav meets Punjab DGP,says ready to join probeYadav, AAP MLA from Mehrauli, had been booked in connection with incident after one of the accused claimed that he acted at the behest of t...
Congress to stay away from Khadoor Sahab byelectionCongress to stay away from Khadoor Sahab byelection. Party sighted desecration of Guru Granth Sahib as the main reason for staying away fro...
Populist Punjab approves life term for sacrilege"This step would act as a deterrent to prevent the recurrence of such unfortunate incidents (sacrilege) in future," deputy chief minister S...
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi to visit Punjab tomorrowRahul Gandhi will visit the Punjab's Faridkot district tomorrow and meet the families of victims of police firing during a protest there ag...
Won't rest till those guilty of desecration of holy book punished: Sukhbir Singh BadalPunjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today said he would not rest till those who are guilty of sacrilege of holy book are punis...