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Amid row over jathedars' removal, Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj takes charge of Takht Kesgarh Sahib

Amid row over jathedars' removal, Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj takes charge of Takht Kesgarh Sahib

Published on Mar 10, 2025, 9:26 AM IST

Decisions against Sikh institutions will trigger outrage: Giani Raghbir Singh

Giani Raghbir Singh (HT file)

Published on Mar 10, 2025, 8:38 AM IST

Removal of jathedars: SAD initiates disciplinary action against dissenting leaders

Balwinder Singh Bhundar

Published on Mar 10, 2025, 8:34 AM IST

Guest Column | Akali politics: Familiar crossroads & the way forward

The Akal Takht office in the Golden temple complex in Amritsar. (HT Photo)

Published on Mar 10, 2025, 8:28 AM IST

Row over jathedars' removal: SAD warns party leaders against breaching discipline

Row over jathedars' removal: SAD warns party leaders against breaching discipline

Published on Mar 9, 2025, 8:24 PM IST

Giani Kuldeep Singh’s installation tomorrow

Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj

Published on Mar 9, 2025, 8:28 AM IST

Rift in Akali Dal over removal of jathedars

Bikram Singh Majithia and other leaders expressed their dissent regarding the SGPC action. (Sourced)

Published on Mar 9, 2025, 8:18 AM IST

Removal of jathedars seems act of vengeance: Punjab CM Mann

Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann at an event in Chandigarh to flag off a batch of school principals for training in Singapore on Saturday. (PTI Photo)

Published on Mar 8, 2025, 3:02 PM IST

Young Sikh preacher Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj is acting jathedar of Akal Takht

Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj

Published on Mar 8, 2025, 9:20 AM IST

Jathedar removal deepens Sikh religio-political crisis, say experts

SGPC executive members’ meeting in Amritsar on Friday. (Sameer Sehgal/HT)

Published on Mar 8, 2025, 8:40 AM IST

SGPC removes Giani Raghbir Singh as Akal Takht jathedar

Giani Raghbir Singh

Published on Mar 8, 2025, 7:32 AM IST

Ahead of SGPC panel meet, Dhami says won’t withdraw his resignation

A day before the crucial meeting of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) executive committee, Harjinder Singh Dhami on Thursday called on Akal Takht jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh at his residence at the Golden Temple complex and asserted that he would not withdraw his resignation from the top post of the gurdwara body.

Published on Mar 7, 2025, 7:38 AM IST

Akal Takht panel to kickstart SAD membership drive from March 18

After failing to get support from the Sukhbir Singh Badal faction of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), the Akal Takht-constituted panel on Tuesday announced to start the party’s membership drive from March 18 after holding ‘ardas’ before the highest Sikh temporal seat.

Published on Mar 5, 2025, 8:28 AM IST

Multi-storey building coming up near Golden Temple triggers row

The under-construction building is taller than Akal Takht and is spoiling the ambience of the Golden Temple, say Sikh groups. (HT Photo)

Published on Mar 4, 2025, 8:44 AM IST

SGPC, Akal Takht condemn attack on Sikh businessman, brother in Rishikesh

A video grab of the mob assaulting the Sikh businessman and vandalising his showroom in Uttarakhand’s Rishikesh on Sunday.

Updated on Mar 3, 2025, 3:04 PM IST

Sikh bodies seek excommunication of Sukhbir, other leaders

Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh

Published on Mar 3, 2025, 8:34 AM IST

Takht-constituted committee mulls starting SAD membership drive

Gurpartap Singh Wadala , a member of the seven-member committee constituted by the Akal Takht on December 2 last year while pronouncing tankhah (religious punishment) to Sukhbir and other Akali leaders for mistakes committed by the party and its government from 2007-17 (HT File)

Published on Mar 3, 2025, 8:30 AM IST

SAD cooperation not a must for recruitment drive: Akal Takht jathedar to panel

Akal Takht jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh on Saturday stated that the seven-member committee constituted by the highest Sikh temporal seat to conduct the recruitment drive of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) for the reorganisation of the party structure did not require the cooperation of the party’s existing leadership and the panel was asked to initiate the process of recruitment on its own. (HT File)

Published on Mar 2, 2025, 6:20 AM IST

Akal Takht jathedar calls on Dhami, urges him to withdraw resignation as SGPC chief

Akal Takht jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh calling on Harjinder Singh Dhami at his residence in Hoshiarpur on Friday. (Harpeet Kaur/HT)

Updated on Feb 28, 2025, 4:11 PM IST

Takht jathedar-SGPC tussle: 1999 resolution surfaces, adds new twist to row

The ongoing controversy over questioning of authority of the Akal Takht jathedar by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has intensified following the resurfacing of a 1999 resolution.

Published on Feb 26, 2025, 8:40 AM IST

SAD ‘unwilling’ to conduct membership drive under Takht panel: Members

Five members of the committee appointed by the Akal Takht on December 2 to oversee the reorganisation of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) met Takht jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh on Sunday (HT File)

Published on Feb 24, 2025, 3:54 AM IST

Takht jathedar hits back, flays SGPC for questioning his authority

A day after Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) said that it was the appointing authority of the jathedars, Akal Takht jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh on Saturday hit back and said, “Earlier, I believed that hukam (decree) of Sri Akal Takht Sahib is implemented universally, but I came to know it yesterday that I was wrong and this hukam is only implemented within the boundary of Akal Takht Sahib premises.” (HT File)

Published on Feb 23, 2025, 5:06 AM IST

SGPC executive committee asks Dhami to reconsider his resignation

Sameer Sehgal/HTSGPC general secretary Sher Singh Mandwala addressing a press conference in Amritsar on Friday.

Published on Feb 22, 2025, 3:10 AM IST

Dhami turns down SAD’s request to withdraw resignation

Harjinder Singh Dhami

Published on Feb 20, 2025, 8:36 AM IST

Former SGPC chief Kirpal Singh Badungar quits Akal Takht-constituted panel

Former Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Kirpal Singh Badungar announced his resignation from the Akal Takht-constituted seven member panel for SAD reorganised, a day after Harjinder Singh Dhami resigned as the SGPC president and offered to quit as the head of the panel. (HT Photo)

Published on Feb 19, 2025, 8:52 AM IST

Dhami resigns as SGPC chief, offers to quit Akal Takht-constituted panel

Harjinder Singh Dhami resigned as Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president on Monday and offered to quit as the head of the seven-member committee constituted by the Akal Takht. (HT Photo)

Updated on Feb 17, 2025, 2:45 PM IST

If SAD keeps targeting, won’t hesitate to join politics: Giani Harpreet

Giani Harpreet Singh was sacked as Takht Damdama Sahib jathedar on February 10. (HT File)

Published on Feb 15, 2025, 9:30 AM IST

SAD membership drive: Meeting with Balwinder Singh Bhundar inconclusive, says Gurpartap Singh Wadala

Gurpartap Singh Wadala said Balwinder Singh Bhundar was not able to clarify the party’s position over the ongoing membership drive started by the party on January 20 and conveyed to him that it’s against the spirit of Akal Takht edict of December 2. (HT File)

Published on Feb 14, 2025, 9:46 AM IST

‘Unfortunate’: Akal Takht jathedar on sacking of Giani Harpreet Singh

Akal Takht jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh on Thursday broke his silence on the removal of Giani Harpreet Singh as the jathedar of Takht Damdama Sahib, saying the decision will harm the independent status of Sikh temporal seats. (HT File)

Published on Feb 14, 2025, 8:02 AM IST

7-member panel to meet Bhundar today; seek fresh membership drive as per Akal Takht edict

The seven-member Akal Takht-constituted committee is scheduled to meet Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) working president Balwinder Singh Bhundar in Chandigarh on Thursday. The committee will ask the party to restart the membership drive as per the edict of the temporal seat. (HT File)

Published on Feb 12, 2025, 10:48 PM IST

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