Chandigarh, June 29 (IANS) Punjab BJP President Kewal Singh Dhillon on Monday raised questions over ministers and legislators giving their consent to the Jagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar (Amendment) Bill, 2026, without reading it.He said this clearly showed that the Bhagwant Mann government, its ministers, legislators and AAP leaders, especially Arvind Kejriwal, were merely indulging in politics over the issue of the sacrilege of the Guru Granth Sahib and playing with Sikh sentiments.In a …
Latest Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee News & Updates
Amritsar, June 29 (IANS) All 78 Sikh legislators in the House of 117, including nine Cabinet ministers led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwa, on Monday appeared before the Akal Takht to deliberate on and present their views on the amended anti-sacrilege law that was implemented without properly consulting with it and other ‘panthic’ bodies, including the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC). The Jagat Jyot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar (Amendment) Act,…
Chandigarh, June 25 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday presented evidence exposing the conspiracy behind a fake video circulated on social media to malign his image on religious grounds. Displaying videos and other material before the media in Mohali, the Chief Minister said a mask resembling him was procured and used to create the fabricated video.He also identified Canada-based Jagman Samra as the person who used the mask to shoot the video.Chief Minister Mann said the fake…
New Delhi/Chandigarh, June 21 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Nabin began his three-day visit to Punjab and said that under the leadership Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India is advancing rapidly on the path of development, and Punjab too should achieve new milestones of growth and prosperity. He also remarked on Saturday that the BJP has a clear vision for Punjab and firmly believes that only a “double-engine” BJP government led by Prime Minister Modi can truly make the stat…
Chandigarh, May 26 (IANS) The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Tuesday strongly criticised the parole granted once again to Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, accusing the Haryana government and the Centre of adopting double standards in dealing with prisoners and sacrilege-related cases.Ram Rahim, who is serving his sentence in Sunaria jail in Haryana’s Rohtak, was recently granted 30 days of parole. The move has triggered sharp criticism from the SGPC, with commit…
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 …
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 …