Moga, Sep 14 (PTI) Punjab Deputy Chief Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal President Sukhbir Singh Badal today said he was confident of the SAD-Sant Samaj alliance candidates sweeping the SGPC polls to be held on September 18. “Not only SGPC polls, the SAD would also win the Assembly polls early next year by dubbing Congress,” he said addressing rallies in this district. He made it clear that... 

13.9.2011 (UNI) The Punjab and Haryana High Court today dismissed a plea by Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) seeking prosecution of former Advocate General Harbhagwan Singh for providing false evidence in the court in the case relating to Sehajdhari Sikhs’ demand for voting rights in the SGPC elections. The full bench of the court, comprising Justices M M Kumar, Alok Singh and Gurdev... 

The central government on Friday clarified that no changes had been made in the norms of elections to the Sikh religious body Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) and that the exercise would be held according to schedule on September 18. The clarification came a day after a central government counsel told the Punjab and Haryana High Court that a 2003 notification preventing Sehajdhari or... 

CHANDIGARH: Punjab and Haryana  High Court on Thursday ordered the Gurdwara Election Commission to withdraw the notification for general elections of SGPC to be held on September 18. Subsequently the government of India withdrawn the notification. The court decision came on the petition filed by Sehajdhari Sikh Federation which challenged the election process on the ground that Sehajdhari voters shall... 

Amritsar While the Centre’s refusal to enact Anand Karaj (Marriage) Act has taken the Sikh circles by a storm, they point to the case of Pakistan where a separate law to register marriages of the community was framed four years ago. Pakistan had passed Sikh Anand Marriage Act 2007 to validate the marriage ceremony but in India they are registered under the Hindu Marriage Act. So strong is the law... 

Vspb2010@gmail.com is the email ID that the Punjab Police is using to gather intelligence inputs on the political opponents of the ruling alliance, just as Punjab gears up for the SGPC and Assembly elections. The techno-savvy Punjab Police has relegated to the trash can the system of compiling hard copies of reports gathered from its “agents” in different towns and areas and has logged on to the... 

AMRITSAR: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) elections are likely to delay the construction of Operation Bluestar memorial, which had been promised by the Sikh body. The reason for the delay is being attributed to the preoccupation of the SGPC members and the head of the sub-committee constituted for the purpose. The SGPC, on June 8, had formed a five-member subhttp://panthicdal.com/wp-admin/post-new.php-committee... 

A defence witness in a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case today told a Delhi court that CBI was putting pressure on him to say that he had seen senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar and two other co-accused indulging in riot activities. Mr. Kumar is facing trial relating to the killing of six persons by a mob in Delhi Cantonment area during the riots. The witness produced by Mr. Kumar to support his innocence... 

Various Sikh organisations today appealed to the district administration to ban the entry of Ashutosh Maharaj, head of the Divya Jyoti Jagrati Sansthan, who will address a three-day religious congregation in Jammu from August 30. Addressing a joint press conference with representatives of various organisations, Avtar Singh Khalsa, president, United Secular Forum, Jammu, today averred that the entry... 

For the first time ever, the Sant Samaj will be contesting on a sizable number of seats in the SGPC elections, as the ruling SAD has forged an alliance with it and allotted it 30 out of the total 170. Sant Smaj SAD secretary Daljeet Singh Cheema confirmed the development, stating that the SAD had retained 140 seats. This has come as a major boost to the Sant Samaj, which was part of the Panthic Morcha...