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Op Bluestar anniversary: To avert clash, jathedar delivers 'sandesh during ardas

AMRITSAR, June 7 -- The 41stanniversary of Operation Bluestar was observed peacefully at Golden Temple in Amritsar amid tight security on Friday, with the Akal Takht acting jathedar Giani Kuldeep Sing... Read More


Jathedar meets Rajoana, calls for unity ahead of Op Bluestar aniv

AMRITSAR, June 4 -- Akal Takht acting jathedar Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj on Tuesday met Sikh prisoner Balwant Singh Rajoana, a death row convict in CM Beant Singh assassination case, in the Patiala c... Read More


Operation Bluestar anniversary: SGPC panel meets Damdami Taksal's head to strike a compromise

AMRITSAR, June 3 -- Days after Damdami Taksal chief Harnam Singh Dhumma announced that they will not let Akal Takht acting jathedar Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj deliver customary address from the highes... Read More


Man posing as customer stabs money changer to death in Amritsar

AMRITSAR, May 27 -- A 70-year-old money changer was hacked to death by a man posing as a customer at the Hall Gate market in Amritsar on Monday. The accused, who also looted a bag containing Rs.11 lak... Read More


{Attari-Wagah border} Trade disruption: Porters, vendors & eatery owners stare at bleak future

AMRITSAR, May 4 -- A day after the last batch of Pakistani nationals returned home amid restrictions following the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 tourists, the Attari-Wagah border wore a desert... Read More


Attari-Wagah border: Teary-eyed mothers bid adieu to children with little hope of reunion

AMRITSAR, April 29 -- Heart-breaking scenes continued at the Attari-Wagah border check post on the fifth consecutive day with families forced to split and teary-eyed mothers sending their children acr... Read More


Dera Baba Nanak: Pastor among 13 booked on rape charges

AMRITSAR, April 22 -- A pastor and 12 other persons have been booked on kidnapping and rape charges based on the complaint of a 22-year-old woman in Dera Baba Nanak falling under the jurisdiction of B... Read More


Appear before Takht with clarification: Giani Gargaj to Dhadrianwale

AMRITSAR, April 22 -- Nearly five years after the Akal Takht asked Sikhs to boycott the discourses of preacher Ranjit Singh Dhadrianwale for his controversial utterances on the Sikh principles and tra... Read More


Direct Centre to decide on Rajoana's mercy plea, SGPC urges top court

AMRITSAR, April 17 -- Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Wednesday accused the Centre of adopting a 'policy of delay' and urged the Supreme Court to direct the Union government to take ... Read More


Previous jathedars were under BJP control: Sukhbir justifies removal

AMRITSAR, April 13 -- Soon after being elected as party president, Sukhbir Singh Badal, in his speech, alleged that previous jathedars of Sikh Takhts (temporal seats) were under the control of the BJP... Read More