Tag Archives: akal takht

Police, Sikh sangat come face to face in Amritsar

Amritsar, Punjab: There was a face-off between the police and Sikh groups at the Golden Temple complex as the police tried to stop a ‘Rihaee March’ in support of Bhai Gurbaksh Singh Khalsa who is on a fast at Gurdwara Amb ...

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Akal Takht Jathedar Sahib visits activist on hunger protest

SAS Nagar, Punjab: Akal Takht jathedsar Giani Gurbachan Singh and Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Avtar Singh Makkar have finally visited rights activist Gurbakhsh Singh, whose hunger sit-in demanding the release of the detenues of militancy period in Punjab ...

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Nepal Sikhs in a fix over Patna Sahib Jathedar’s directive on kar sewa

Amritsar, Punjab: The Sikhs in Nepal are facing a predicament ever since Takht Sri Patna Sahib Jathedar Giani Iqbal Singh’s recent visit to that country which sparked a controversy about the upkeep of gurdwaras there. Talking to The Tribune, Nepal’s Gurdwara ...

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Akal Takht decides: No chairs inside gurdwara hall

Amritsar, Punjab: In a significant decision, the Sikh clergy has banned keeping sofas, chairs or benches for seating the elderly people and differently abled persons in the main hall of gurdwaras where Sri Guru Granth Sahib was installed. Terming it as ...

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