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Giani Harpreet is head of SAD's breakaway faction

Amritsar, Aug. 12 -- Former Akal Takht acting jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh was unanimously elected as the president of the breakaway faction of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in a meeting of the deleg... Read More


'AAP govt will transform roads leading to all religious sites'

Baba Bakala, Aug. 10 -- Days after the Sikh clergy at Akal Takht directed the state government to address the condition of the roads leading to historic gurdwaras associated with Guru Teg Bahadur in v... Read More


Punjabis don't accept divisive ideas: Warring

Baba Bakala (Amritsar), Aug. 10 -- In the bastion of Khalistan sympathiser and jailed Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh, Punjab Congress president and Ludhiana MP Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Saturda... Read More


'Only Amritpal can protect panth's interests'

Baba Bakala, Aug. 10 -- The political conference organised by Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh-led party Akali Dal (Waris Punjab De) to mark Rakhar Punya at Baba Bakala on Saturday exhorted people to e... Read More


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