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Saharanpur violence: SGPC to visit UP, assess situation

Saharanpur, India: In a grim reminder of the communal violence in Muzaffarnagar last year, three people were killed and many others injured when clashes broke out between two communities in Saharanpur on Saturday over possession of property near a gurudwara. Following ...

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Capt Amarinder welcomes Akal Takht directive

Chandigarh: Congress deputy leader in the Lok Sabha Capt Amarinder Singh on Saturday welcomed the Akal Takht edict calling for the cancellation of the Sunday congregation called at Amritsar by the Shiromani Akali Dal. In a statement issued here, Amarinder said ...

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Jhinda, Nalwi set to play key roles in ad hoc Haryana gurdwara committee

Karnal, Haryana: Undeterred by their excommunication from panth by Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of Sikhs, two Sikh leaders of Haryana, Jagdish Singh Jhinda and Didar Singh Nalwi, are firm for playing key roles in the ad hoc religious body, ...

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Akal Takht in no mood to repeal edict

Amritsar, Punjab: The Akal Takht is in no mood to reconsider its ‘hukamnama’ (edict) of July 16 in the wake of an appeal by the Sikh ‘sangat’ of Haryana to revoke excommunication of state finance minister Harmohinder Singh Chattha and Sikh ...

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