Bajwa seeks Akal Takht`s intervention in Punjab drugs racket

Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 12:27

Punjab Pardesh Congress Committee president Partap Singh Bajwa has called on the Akal Takht to intervene in a drugs racket case, and also sought the resignation of state cabinet minister Bikram Singh Majithia on moral grounds.

Akal Takht upset over jail term to Lt Gen Brar`s attackers

Last Updated: Thursday, December 12, 2013, 11:39

The Akal Takht on Thursday described as `inhuman and harsh` a British Court`s sentencing of three Sikh men and a woman for carrying out a revenge attack on Lt Gen (retired) KS Brar in London.

Akal Takht, Sikhs honour kin of Indira`s assassin

Last Updated: Thursday, October 31, 2013, 20:41

Sikh groups Thursday observed the death anniversary of Beant Singh, one of the assassins of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on this day in 1984, and honoured his son at a function held at the Golden Temple complex here.

Kin of Indira Gandhi`s assassins honoured in Amritsar

Last Updated: Thursday, October 31, 2013, 15:17

The kin of the two assassins of late prime minister Indira Gandhi, who was killed by her bodyguards on October 31, 1984, were honoured by Sikh hardliners.

Akal Takht bans Guru Granth Sahib in homes with liquor bars

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 18:43

Akal Takht, the highest temporal body of the Sikhs, has ruled that the Guru Granth Sahib cannot be kept in homes which have bars or where tobacco or intoxicants are consumed.

Sunny Deol`s film runs into trouble

Last Updated: Thursday, September 12, 2013, 19:34

Bollywood star Sunny Deol`s upcoming movie `Singh Saab the Great` has run into trouble with the Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), which has objected to the title of the film.

1984 anti-Sikh riots: Akal Takht asks Sarna to take back case

Last Updated: Friday, July 26, 2013, 22:53

Akal Takht asked chief of Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee, Parmjit Singh Sarna, to withdraw case against memorial in Delhi`s Rakab Ganj gurdwara for those killed in 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

Decision to summon Sarna will be taken on June 17: Akal Takht

Last Updated: Thursday, June 13, 2013, 22:17

Akal Takht, the highest temporal body of Sikhs, said the decision to summon Paramjit Singh Sarna will be taken at a meeting on June 17.

Action against Sarna brothers imminent: Akal Takht

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 12, 2013, 20:53

Akal Takht said action against Delhi SAD chief and his brother is imminent for allegedly creating hurdles in the construction of a memorial.

`Pracharaks` should spare a month for Sikh Panth: Akal Takht

Last Updated: Monday, February 11, 2013, 14:32

Akal Takht urged the `pracharaks` or preachers to "donate time" by sparing a month every year for the Sikh Panth.

Cong politicising Akal Takht honouring kin of Indira`s killers: SAD

Last Updated: Monday, January 7, 2013, 20:31

Ruling Shiromani Akali Dal Monday accused main opposition Congress of trying to politicise the issue of honouring the kin of Indira Gandhi`s assassins.