Jalandhar, Punjab: A local court here today acquitted Akali Dal Panch Pardhani (ADPP) president Bhai Kulvir Singh Barapind in a two years old case. Bhai Kulvir Singh, who is also a member of Shiromani Gurdwara Prabhandak Committee (SGPC) from Phillaur constituency was brought to Jalandhar from Nabha Jail to hear the decision. Additional District and Sessions Judge Mandip Singh Dhillon ...

Amritsar, Punjab: Though the sword of sealing hangs on the illegal hotels, guest houses and inns falling in the surroundings of the Golden Temple, the attention is focused on the Punjab and Haryana High Court, which will hear the case tomorrow. The hoteliers are taking the plea that their properties could be regularised on the lines of other holy cities like ...

Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court today wanted to know whether the Sikh Gurdwara Act was enacted as a Central or provincial subject. The Act was enacted nearly 90 years ago. Acting on a petition filed in public interest against the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara (Management) Act, 2014, the High Court asked the parties to “apprise as to whether the Sikh ...

Amritsar, Punjab: The municipal corporation authorities today submitted its ‘one-time settlement’ proposal to regularise over 125 hotels, guest houses and inns operating around the Golden Temple to the Local Bodies Department secretary at Chandigarh. The sanctity of these hospitality units was challenged in the Punjab and Haryana High Court by a resident in 2010 while stating that these were illegal and ...

Chandigarh: Daljit Singh from Bihar is struggling to live peacefully in his flat after four of his shops were gutted in the 1984 genocide. Recognised by the Punjab Government as a “genocide victim”, he was even given Rs 2-lakh financial aid and a red card. Caught in the administrative rigmarole, he has now moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court alleging ...