Tag Archives: Sikh detainees

Takht, SGPC should have handled Khalsa issue better, say experts

Amritsar, Punjab: With Gurbaksh Singh Khalsa refusing to obey the Sikh clergy’s directions to end his fast and continue with his stir for the release of Sikh detainees, there is a feeling among Sikh intellectuals that Akal Takht and the Shiromani ...

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Beant killer released on parole

Mohali, Punjab: Gurmeet Singh, a militant convicted in former Chief Minister Beant Singh’s assassination case in 1995, was released from Burail Jail on 28-day parole this afternoon. He was arrested by the Chandigarh Police in 1995 and a local court awarded ...

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Ailing Khalsa refuses medicine, shifted to gurdwara hall

Mohali, Punjab: Gurbaksh Singh Khalsa, on an indefinite fast at Gurdwara Amb Sahib here to seek the release of Sikh detainees in various jails, is reported to have developed “symptoms of pneumonia”. Gurbaksh Singh, whose fast entered the 40th day today, ...

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SAD, Cong gear up for ‘show of strength’

Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab: Shaheedi jor mela  Release Sikh detainees to dominate the proceedings of splinters Akali factions; PPP to hold conference. Former finance minister Manpreet Singh Badalled People Party of Punjab (PPP) will organise its political conference during the shaheedi jor ...

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