Tag Archives: Shiromani Akali Dal

Sikh politics to fore in Delhi, Cong, BJP in a spot

New Delhi: The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC)’s announcement of a memorial dedicated to victims of the 1984 Sikh genocide this month seems to have put the ruling Congress and the opposition BJP on the backfoot in Delhi. As ...

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Sarna opposes memorial inside Delhi gurdwara

New Delhi:  The proposed building in memory of the 1984 riot victims at Gurdwara Rakabganj Sahib would violate the sanctity of the shrine, claimed president of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Delhi), Paramjit Singh Sarna. “Those killed inside the Golden Temple ...

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Badals meet Prez, seek mercy for Bhullar

New Delhi: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today filed a review mercy petition with President Pranab Mukherjee seeking clemency for 1993 Delhi bomb blast convict Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar and cautioned that hanging of the death row convict could ...

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I will take a train to Golden Temple

Amritsar, Punjab: Partap Singh Bajwa, Member of Parliament from Gurdaspur, has been named as the next chief of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee. Faced with a challenge of leading the party that has seen three back-to-back defeats in Punjab, Bajwa, ...

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