Kamaldeep Singh Brar
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Bathinda, PB, India
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Days after SAD leader criticises him, acting Akal Takht Jathedar gives audience to Amritpal Singh
His meeting with Giani Harpreet Singh is said to have given a boost to Amritpal, facing opposition from many Sikh bodies since the Ajnala clash. → Read More
Security agencies tracked Amritpal Singh’s vehicle before Ajnala, says ex-Harmandir Sahib raagi who gifted Mercedes
Though there were allegations that the Mercedes SUV belonged to a person linked to the BJP, it later emerged that the ownership had changed hands multiple times before it reached Amritpal Singh. → Read More
Sans audit, doubts raised over funds collected during farmers’ agitation
In a recent Samyukt Kisan Morcha meeting held at Kurukshetra, it was decided that an audit of all the funds collected would be held. → Read More
After Punjab CM Mann’s ultimatum to PCS officers, critics welcome move
Human rights activist and lawyer Sarabjit Singh Verka posed a question about what he said was the presence of the mafia in the transport sector. → Read More
Rahul Gandhi’s saffron turban sparks row in Punjab, revives memories of militancy
Rahul Gandhi had visited the Golden Temple ahead of the Punjab leg of his Bharat Jodo Yatra. → Read More
As Rahul Gandhi visits Golden Temple, Oppn parties invoke history to attack Bharat Jodo Yatra
While the Shiromani Akali Dal said that the Gandhi family is the ‘same family which attacked Harmandir Sahib’, the BJP said the Bharat Jodo Yatra will ‘freshen wounds caused by Congress’. → Read More
RPG fired at Punjab police station; fifth attack in 13 months
There was no casualty in the attack that took place in Sarhali village on the Bathinda-Amritsar National Highway. The rocket hit the iron gate of the police station and landed near an adjoining building. Though window panes were shattered, the structures were largely undamaged. → Read More
New SGPC head Harjinder Singh Dhami one of the few non-controversial Akali Dal leaders
But critics say he failed to use his clean image to raise the body's profile among Sikhs, and gave its bureaucracy a free run in his first year as president → Read More
In SAD action against Jagir Kaur, Sukhbir Badal’s attempts to hold on to party
Suspension comes amid her call for reforms; Badals, who have had control over SGPC president choice, accuse Kaur of “taking RSS, BJP support” to win → Read More
Punjab: Family claims woman ‘sold and raped’ in Oman’, police made them ‘reach compromise’ with traffickers
The embassy has shared this copy with Immigration Authorities for locating her sponsor's details in order to resolve the matter amicably followed by her repatriation.” → Read More
Who are Gurpatwant Singh Pannun and the SFJ, whom India wants put on Interpol’s Red Notice?
Originally from Khankot village on the outskirts of Amritsar, Pannun graduated in law from Panjab University. His father, Mahinder Singh, was a former employee with the Punjab State Agricultural Marketing Board. Pannun, who was one of three siblings, is an attorney at law in the US, and based in Canada and the US. → Read More
Badals shrunk, Panthic turf war raging between SGPC, Delhi Sikh body hits conversion flashpoint
Since then the SGPC and the DSGMC have been locked in a tussle of one-upmanship fuelled by issues like “forced religious conversion” of Sikhs into Christianity. → Read More
Human rights activist acquitted in terror cases paid Rs 14.85 lakh compensation
Verka was acquitted in both cases and in 2008, he sought compensation for the harassment he suffered at the hands of the police. In 2013, an Amritsar court asked the government to pay him Rs 10 lakh compensation. → Read More
If convicts in Bilkis Bano case can be released, why not Sikh prisoners: SGPC chief
SGPC president Harjinder Singh Dhami said such discrimination “is a violation of the Constitution of India as well as a murder of human rights.” → Read More
Who complained against Sidhu Moosewala’s SYL song, asks RTI applicant; Centre, Punjab say no info
The song SYL, referring to the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal — a bone of contention between the Punjab and Haryana governments — was released on Moosewala's official YouTube Channel on June 23, just about a month after the Punjabi singer was murdered on May 29. → Read More
How this West Punjab man is uniting Punjabis with Partition stories
Nasir Dhillon’s family migrated from Panjgarh village in Tarn Taran in East Punjab and gave same name to their village in Lyallpur district in West Punjab, where they settled down after the partition of Punjab between India and Pakistan in 1947. He grew up listening to stories of the Partition from his elders. → Read More
Hanged for mutiny, forgotten for the lack of gratitude: 12 soldiers of British Indian Army
However, very little is known about them even in Tarn Taran. “Governments still see them as terrorists. They don’t want to tell their stories,” says Surjit Singh, grandson of Wadhawa Singh of Rurewala village, who was among the 12 hanged. → Read More
A first: Akal Takht to hold prayers for Sikhs, Hindus, Muslims killed during Partition
“Around 10 lakh Punjabi men, women and children were killed during the Partition of Punjab between India and Pakistan in 1947," reads the poster released by Akal Takht Sahib, the highest temporal seat of Sikhs, on Monday. → Read More
SAD(A), Dal Khalsa ask Sikhs to hoist Sikh flags at homes on August 15
Dal Khalsa, along with the support of Shiromani Akali Dal Amritsar, will take out a march in Jalandhar on August 14 and hold public demonstration on August 15 at Moga in Punjab. → Read More
Amritsar panchayat land ‘scam’ Probe panel that Dhaliwal formed questions Bajwa’s intention, pegs loss at 1 crore
When asked about alleged scam, Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Kuldeep Dhaliwal on May 14 had told reporters in Amritsar that it had come to his notice that land of gram panchayat Bhaktupura in the area of residential colony Alpha City had been sold at cheap rates. → Read More