HT Punjab news digest: Giani Gurmukh’s removal as jathedar and Amarinder’s security cut
Here’s a digest of the day’s top 5 news and features from Hindustan Times from the northern region and the diaspora for April 21.
Giani Gurmukh Singh removed as Takht Damdama Sahib jathedar over ‘violation of Sikh maryada’
A defiant Giani Gurmukh Singh was removed as jathedar of Takht Sri Damdama Sahib — one of the five temporal seats of Sikhism — and also as head granthi of Harmandar Sahib (Golden Temple) by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) in a meeting of its executive at Fatehgarh Sahib on Friday. He had been critical of the SGPC and also pointed fingers at Parkash Singh Badal and Sukhbir Singh Badal, who lead the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) that controls the SGPC. Read the full story here
Amarinder cuts own security by 376 cops, 1,500 withdrawn from others
Taking further step to end the VIP culture, Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday, cut down his own security from 1,392 to 1,016 men and also ordered withdrawal of 1,500 more cops from other categories. Read the full story here
Sajjan relives childhood, shuns AC, sleeps on cot on the roof
After a long hectic Thursday, when Canada’s defence minister Harjit Sajjan retired for the night at his refurbished ancestral house here, he chose to relive the childhood days. Ignoring the air-conditioned bedroom of his recently renovated house, he opted for a ‘manji’ (woven cot) on the terrace in the company of his security officer from Canada! Read the full story here
Punjab’s abandoned wives relive trauma as NRI grooms leave, never to return
“I did not even get time to grieve after my wife died of breast cancer in September last year. I was too busy fighting for my daughter, Sarita, whose husband left her,” says Jalandhar resident Jai Gopal, a lump forming in his throat. Read the full story here
Indo-Canadian alliance deplores motion declaring 1984 anti-Sikh riots genocide
The National Alliance of Indo-Canadians (NAIC) has called on the members of provincial Parliament (MPP) of the Ontario assembly to recall and modify the M-46 motion which characterises the 1984 anti-Sikh riots as a ‘genocide’. Read the full story here
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