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Akali Dal abstains from NDA meeting
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 31 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), also known as Akali Dal, and a key ally of BJP in Punjab, on Thursday abstained from the NDA meeting called to discuss the issues to be considered and taken up during the Interim Budget Session of Parliament, which began today.
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Former SGPC chief lambasts BJP on Accidental Prime Minister
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], Jan 4 (ANI): Former Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) chief Avtar Singh Makkar on Friday criticised 'The Accidental Prime Minister' movie and asserted that the film has been made on the behest of BJP only to defame former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
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Former SGPC chief Bibi Jagir Kaur acquitted in her daughter's murder case
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab), [India], Dec 4 (ANI): The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday acquitted former Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) chief Bibi Jagir Kaur in the murder case of her daughter Harpreet Kaur.
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Punjab CM flays Kirpal Singh's removal from Sikh History Resource Project
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab), Nov 12 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has taken strong exception to the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) decision to remove noted Sikh scholar and eminent historian Kirpal Singh as the chairman of the Sikh History Resource Editing P
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History books row: SGPC stages protests, demands apology from Punjab CM
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Nov 3 (ANI): Protesting against the alleged denigration of Guru Sahiban in the history books of the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB), the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Friday sought an apology from Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder
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Army Chief visits Golden Temple
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], July 8 (ANI): Army chief General Bipin Rawat visited Golden Temple in Amritsar on Sunday to seek blessings and talk about the security of the temple.
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Punjab: 25 Sikh families from Afghanistan seek Indian citizenship
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], July 8 (ANI): As many as 25 Sikh families from Afghanistan have urged the Congress-led Punjab government to provide them Indian citizenship and give houses to stay as they are unable to fulfill their daily requirements.
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SGPC chief calls Jalalabad blast 'deliberate attack'
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 2 (ANI): Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee president GS Longowal on Monday called the 'barbaric' suicide bombing in Afghanistan's Jalalabad city, a 'deliberate' attack.
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India lodges protest with Pak for denying envoy access to pilgrims
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): India on Saturday summoned Deputy High Commissioner of Pakistan Syed Haider Shah in New Delhi and lodged a strong protest over the denial of access to the Indian High Commissioner Ajay Bisaria and consular officials despite having required permissions.
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GST on langar: SGPC writes to Centre again, gets no reply
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], May 10 (ANI): The Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has revealed that they again wrote to the Centre, demanding exemption of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) being levied on 'langar' (community meal) service at Gurudwaras across the country, but re
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Capt Amarinder corners opposition over school history books issue
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India] April 30 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday warned the Opposition against harming the interests of the state by playing politics on over the issue of Sikh Gurus in school history books.
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Punjab Woman converts to Islam in Pakistan
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Hoshiarpur (Punjab) [India] April 20 (ANI): A 31-year-old woman from Hoshiarpur has allegedly converted to Islam and married a Lahore-based man after going missing on a pilgrimage in Pakistan. The woman had gone to attend the Baisakhi festival there as part of a Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak
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