New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Senior advocate and BJP leader HS Phoolka on Thursday questioned the need for the recent stringent anti-sacrilege law in Punjab, passed by the Bhagwant Mann-led government. He asserted that punishment for disrespect to Guru Granth Sahib should be decided by Sikh religious leaders and not by the police.The Jaagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar (Amendment) Bill, 2026, enables harsher punishment for ‘beadbi’ (sacrilege) of the living Guru Sahib.As a mark of respect to …
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Islamabad, April 19 (IANS) The Pakistan government has denied granting visas to 92 Indian devotees, according to an article published in Khalsa Vox news portal.The article said that initially the nation had issued visas to the devotees for the period from April 10 to 19, during which pilgrims celebrated Khalsa Sajna Diwas at Gurdwara Panja Sahib.Though these 92 devotees do not use “Singh” or “Kaur” in their names, all of them have firm faith in all the ten Sikh gurus, Sudeep Singh writes in Khal…
Chandigarh, April 14 (IANS) Hundreds of devotees on Tuesday thronged gurudwaras across Punjab and Haryana to celebrate Baisakhi, one of the biggest festivals that marks the foundation day of the Khalsa Panth (Sikh order) by Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru. It also marks the start of harvest season. The Golden Temple in Amritsar, one of Sikhism’s holiest shrines, was tastefully decorated, and a huge number of devotees came before dawn to offer prayers.The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Comm…
Chandigarh, April 13 (IANS) Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan has said that the state government will introduce a Bill during a special Assembly session on Monday to strengthen legal and judicial measures to curb incidents of sacrilege.Speaking to the media after paying obeisance at the historic Gurdwara Sri Amb Sahib in Mohali, near here, the Speaker extended his greetings on the auspicious occasion of Vaisakhi.He reflected on the birth of the Khalsa, noting that Guru Gobind Sin…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) Delhi Cabinet Minister and Sikh leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa said on Saturday that the truth has come before the nation regarding the objectionable words uttered by Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi during a discussion on Guru Tegh Bahadur in the Assembly, and she must apologise.Sirsa said that Atishi must come forward to provide clarification and apologise, along with AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal, to the nation and Sikh society. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann …
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) Criticising AAP leaders’ alleged attempts to create friction between Hindus and Sikhs, Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva said on Saturday that the forensic laboratory report on the Delhi Assembly recording of “indecent” remarks made by AAP leader Atishi against Sikh Gurus has conclusively established her offence.Sachdeva condemned the statement of Aam Aadmi Party leader Saurabh Bharadwaj, which appears to be a deliberate attempt to incite Hindu–Sikh riots.The…
Chandigarh, Jan 4 (IANS) In one of the most emotive issues, Punjab Police’s Special Investigation Team (SIT), conducting the investigations of the 328 missing sacred ‘saroops’ of Sri Guru Granth Sahib, on Sunday said it has arrested two people.The police conducted search operations at 14 locations and seized mobile devices, computers, incriminating financial records and documents.A spokesperson for the SIT said here on Sunday that 16 people have been named in the First Information Report (FIR) r…
Chandigarh, Dec 23 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party MP Malvinder Singh Kang on Tuesday demanded an unconditional apology from the BJP, alleging that it has hurt Sikh sentiments by circulating a social media post portraying Guru Sahib and the Sahibzadas in the form of cartoons.Kang said it “is deeply offensive that the BJP chose to indulge in such behaviour during the sacred days commemorating the martyrdom of Mata Gujri and the Chhote and Bade Sahibzadas, a period when the entire Sikh community bows in re…