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Panchkula violence: How were lakhs of dera followers allowed to assemble, asks HC
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
PUBLISHED ON DEC 18, 2019 11:39 PM IST
Justice RK Jain, who is a member of the three-judge bench looking into various aspects of violence, lapses and compensation to be paid for the 2017 incident, questioned

Lok Sabha election: BJP hints at seeking votes from dera followers in Punjab
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Amritsar
UPDATED ON APR 17, 2019 10:52 PM IST
BJP’s alliance partner Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has already made it clear that it will not seek dera votes following the Akal Takht’s direction.

No Sikh candidate can be allowed to seek votes from dera followers: Akal Takht
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Amritsar
UPDATED ON MAR 30, 2019 11:26 PM IST
Certain candidates of the Congress, the SAD and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) were declared ‘tankhaiya” (guilty of religious misconduct) by the Akal Takht For seeking votes from the dera in the 2017 assembly elections.

Dera followers’ hand suspected in Moga sacrilege case, SIT gets ‘vital clues’ during probe
By Gagandeep Jassowal | Hindustan Times, Faridkot
UPDATED ON OCT 29, 2018 09:51 AM IST
In November 2015, torn pages of Guru Granth Sahib were found on the streets of Malke village in Moga district which triggered tension in the state.

Bargari sacrilege: Police get 4-day remand of six dera followers, claim links to sacrilege cases
By Gagandeep Jassowal | Hindustan Times, Mohali, Moga
UPDATED ON JUN 13, 2018 01:14 PM IST
Till date, the special investigation team has arrested seven dera followers who were rounded up last week from various locations.

Bargari sacrilege: SIT ‘recovers’ pages of Guru Granth Sahib from dera follower’s house
By Gagandeep Jassowal | Hindustan Times, Moga, Moga
PUBLISHED ON JUN 12, 2018 02:34 PM IST
The SIT has also taken into possession a car and motorcycle from the dera follower’s house, suspecting that the vehicles might have been used in the 2015 sacrilege incidents.