Bathinda, Punjab: A complaint has been filed in a local court against Usha Thakur, BJP MLA from Indore in Madhya Pradesh, for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of Sikhs by wearing a kirpan without being a baptised Sikh. The complaint has been filed by Sikh preacher Baba Hardip Singh, head of Ek Noor Khalsa Fauj, Sardulgarh, in Mansa district, and Baljinder ...

Bathinda, Punjab: Fearing showdown, police ‘force’ villagers to hasten bhog ceremony The police today forced residents of Kot Shamir village here to hold the “bhog” ceremony of a “path’’ at Jandalisar Gurdwara before its scheduled time. Sources said the police wanted to limit the gathering at the Gurdwara in the wake of ongoing tension over its possession between followers of Baba ...

Faridkot, Punjab: A team of the Mansa police reached here today to take custody of Baljit Singh Daduwal, Sikh preacher and member of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee. Daduwal was lodged in the Faridkot Central Jail after he was arrested on August 22 for allegedly possessing banned firearms. The Mansa police obtained Daduwal’s custody on production warrants in an attempt ...

Faridkot, Punjab: The duty magistrate today declined the police plea to extend Baba Baljit Singh Daduwal’s remand and ordered that he be sent to a judicial lockup for 12 days. The controversial Sikh preacher is a member of the ad hoc Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (HSGMC). The police said that they had found pictures of AK-47 assault rifles in the ...