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June 9, 2026, 03:24 PM - 6 min read
The BJP, by trying to cosy up to Taksal through its head Dhumma, appears to be conveying a message to the ‘conservative’ class among the Sikhs, who it thinks can be won over by reaching out to the seminary known now for holding radical views.
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June 6, 2026, 04:12 PM - 3 min read
Bhindranwale was the chief of the Damdami Taksal, a radical Sikh organisation that later became associated with the militancy movement in Punjab. He and several of his armed supporters were killed during Operation Blue Star, which was launched by the Indian Army in June 1984 inside the Golden Temple complex.
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January 8, 2026, 03:52 PM - 6 min read
Mann, unlike Amarinder in 2002, does not have any backing of any panthic group. He does not appear to be so ambitious that he would wrest the control of the SGPC from the Akalis/ Badals. But he is surely serious about not letting the rural peasantry consisting mainly of Jatt Sikhs to return to the Akali Dal.
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March 8, 2025, 01:46 PM - 2 min read
The SGPC appointed Giani Kuldeep Singh Gadgaj as the new Jathedar of Takht Sri Kesgarh Sahib.
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March 8, 2025, 11:59 AM - 6 min read
The tussle between the Shiromani Akali Dal, supposedly the representative party of the community, and the five religious institutions, called Takhts, continues unabated. The latest episode is the sacking of the Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh and Takht Kesgarh Sahib Jatehdar Giani Sultan Singh by the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee.
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March 7, 2025, 03:34 PM - 2 min read
No decision has been made yet on Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami's resignation.
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