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CHANDIGARH: Senior Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia, who is the brother-in-law of party president Sukhbir Singh Badal, was today sent to 14 days judicial custody in a disproportionate assets case by a court in Mohali. Amid tight security arrangements, Majithia was produced before the court. The police also detained several prominent SAD leaders and workers in different parts of the state in the morning to prevent them from coming towards Mohali. Speaking to the media after the ...Read More >
Chandigarh: A Mohali court on Sunday sent senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia to judicial custody after his 4-day remand ended. He has been sent to New Jail, Nabha, district Patiala, till July 19, the next date of hearing. Majithia was brought to Mohali court despite it being a Sunday amid heavy police presence in the court complex since morning where a score of SAD leaders and workers protested against police action following which they were detained. It may be reca ...Read More >
Patna: In a significant development that has stirred the Sikh community, the high priests of Takhat Shri Harimandir Ji Patna Sahib on Saturday pronounced Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal 'tankhaiya' (guilty of religious punishment) on Saturday. The declaration came after Badal repeatedly failed to appear before the religious body despite multiple summons.This is the second time Badal has faced such religious censure, following a similar pronouncement by the Akal Takht in Aug last ye ...Read More >
New Delhi: A quaint walled residential complex in Sector 39A in south Chandigarh is home to top ministers and officials of the Punjab government. Uniformly marked white boards point to numbers of red-brick single storey bungalows in the complex. There is no name plate outside bungalow number 926. When you enquire if it is home to former Delhi chief minister and senior Aam Aadmi Party leader Manish Sisodia, two guards from the neighbouring home helpfully say, "This is Satyendra Jain's kothi. Siso ...Read More >
Patna, July 6 (UNI) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said that Muharram symbolises sacrifice for justice and truth against injustice and arrogance. Kumar said here that on the occasion of Muharram tribute is paid to the martyrs of Karbala and the sacrifices of Hazrat Imam Hussain. He said that the sacrifices made by Hazrat Imam Hussain and his 72 companions in the Maidan-e-Karbala for justice and truth against injustice, oppression and arrogance was immortal. Kumar appealed to the peopl ...Read More >
Chandigarh, July 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh on Sunday demanded that Hindu temples and idols should also be included in the proposed Sacrilege Bill, for which a special Punjab Assembly session has been called on July 10 and 11. Chugh regretted that the Bill is being brought by the Bhagwant Mann government even after more than three years of its promise made in the election manifesto. "But better late than never," he said and demanded that the Bill must also in ...Read More >
Amritsar: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), the largest representative body of Siks, on Saturday said the Takht Sri Patna Sahib clergy had gone beyond its religious jurisdiction by declaring Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal a tankhaiya (guilty of religious misconduct). In a statement, SGPC president Harjinder Singh Dhami said the decision by Takht Sri Patna Sahib's panj pyare (the five beloved ones) had created confusion within the panth (Sikh community). ...Read More >
Amritsar: With its political standing in Punjab on the uptick, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is getting averse to the idea of having a political alliance with a Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) headed by Sukhbir Singh Badal, who was declared a 'takhaiya' (guilty of religious misconduct) by Takht Patna Sahib on Saturday.Takht Patna Sahib is the second Sikh authority, after Akal Takht in Aug last year, to declare Sukhbir a tankhaiya. BJP leadership is debating whether it can align with a party whose l ...Read More >
Chandigarh: A local court in Punjab on Sunday sent senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia to judicial custody for 14 days in a disproportionate assets case related to drug trafficking. Majithia was produced before a court in the Mohali district amid tight security. He was serving vigilance remand, which ended today. Public prosecutor Ferry Sofat told the media that the SAD leader has been sent to judicial custody for two weeks and will be lodged in New Nabha Jail. "We d ...Read More >
Mohali (Punjab) [India], July 6 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) party leader Bikram Majithia was on Sunday sent to judicial custody till July 19 in an alleged money laundering case. A Mohali court sent the SAD leader and former Punjab minister to judicial custody till July 19. Earlier today, Majithia was brought to court and presented before the duty magistrate amidst heavy police deployment. Also Read | Mahua Moitra Petitions Supreme Court Against Bihar Electoral Rolls Revision, Apprehends S ...Read More >
Chandigarh: A court in Punjab's Mohali district on Sunday sent Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia to judicial custody for two weeks in a disproportionate assets case. Amid tight security arrangements, Majithia was produced before the court. Speaking to reporters after the court hearing, public prosecutors Ferry Sofat and Preet Inderpal Singh said Majithia has been sent to judicial custody for two-weeks and will be lodged in New Nabha Jail. ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Jul 6 (PTI) A court in Punjab's Mohali district on Sunday sent Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia to judicial custody for two weeks in a disproportionate assets case. Amid tight security arrangements, Majithia was produced before the court. Speaking to reporters after the court hearing, public prosecutors Ferry Sofat and Preet Inderpal Singh said Majithia has been sent to judicial custody for two-weeks and will be lodged in New Nabha Jail. Earlier on July 2, a court h ...Read More >
Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Harjinder Singh Dhami and Akal Takht acting jathedar Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj on Saturday paid tributes to Sikh separatist leaders Hardeep Singh Nijjar and Gajinder Singh at the Golden Temple complex. During the event, organised by radical groups, including Dal Khalsa, to mark the death anniversaries of the two leaders, the SGPC chief was urged to install their portraits in the Central Sikh Museum in the shrine complex. Nijjar was assa ...Read More >
Hours after the "panj pyaras" (five beloved ones of Guru) of Takht Patna Sahib declared Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal "tankhaiya" (guilty of religious misconduct) for failing to appear before them, Akal Takht denounced the action of the Bihar-based Sikh temporal seat on Saturday. The Akal Takht responded by condemning Takht Patna Sahib's actions and taking firm action against its additional head granthi Gurdial Singh and two members of the management committee, accusin ...Read More >
Chandigarh, July 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab will convene a special two-day session of the Legislative Assembly next week to enact a law on sacrilege, an emotive issue that remains a hot political issue ahead of every poll. A government spokesperson said the law against sacrilege would be passed in the Vidhan Sabha special session on July 10-11 to prevent a repeat of such incidents in the future. "For a long time, there has been a demand for making a law a ...Read More >
Chandigarh: The ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government will convene a special two-day session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha next week in which it is likely to bring a law on the cases of sacrilege. According to official information, the session, which is likely to be convened on July 10 and July 11, though the final decision on the dates of the session will be taken in the Cabinet meeting which has been convened by chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday. However, since the previous session held ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Jul 5 (PTI) The high priests of Takht Sri Patna Sahib in Bihar Saturday pronounced Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal 'tankhaiya' (guilty of religious punishment) for failing to appear before it and ignoring its directions. Takht Sri Patna Sahib is one of the five temporal seats of Sikhism. The Akal Takht in Amritsar is the supreme temporal seat. In August last year, Badal was pronounced 'tankhaiya' by the Akal Takht, which later in December awarded 'tankhah' (religious ...Read More >
CHANDIGARH: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal has been declared "tankhaiya" (guilty of religious misconduct) by the Takht Patna Sahib (one of the five supreme temporal seats of sikhs) due to his failure to appear before it and thereby undermining its authority. Sources said the decision is an outcome of Sukhbir's failure to appear before the Takht despite being summoned twice. It is understood that this development would further escalate clashes between Sikh religious aut ...Read More >
Patna: Former Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal has been declared 'tankhaiya' (guilty of religious misconduct) by the Panj Pyare at Takht Sri Patna Sahib, one of Sikhism's five supreme temporal seats of authority. The decision comes after Badal failed to appear before the Takhat despite being summoned twice. According to sources, Sukhbir Badal was called to present himself before the Panj Pyare following allegations related to his role in supporting individuals found guilty of viol ...Read More >
Srinagar- A local court in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday dismissed a case of Model Code of Conduct (MCC) violation filed against PDP leader and MLA Waheed-Ur-Rehman Parra in connection with a roadshow he held during last year's Lok Sabha elections in Pulwama district. The case, registered under Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), was dismissed by Additional Special Mobile Magistrate Awantipora, Muneer Ahmad Bhat, who ruled that no cognisance of the offence could be taken due to procedural ...Read More >
Jalandhar: While Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal recently alleged a secretive understanding between the Congress and the BJP in Gujarat -- calling it a "hidden romance" -- the Congress in Punjab has been bracketing AAP with RSS-BJP for over two years or accusing the Punjab chief minister of following the Centre's line on different issues.Even as the parties held a seat-sharing arrangement in Delhi, Haryana, and Gujarat, Punjab Congress leaders usually called AAP the 'B te ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday adjourned the hearing to July 8 on the petition of senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Majithia who had challenged his ''illegal arrest and subsequent remand'' by Punjab Vigilance Bureau in a disproportionate assets (DA) case. Asking Punjab's reply on Majithia's petition against his arrest, Justice Tribhuvan Dahiya's bench deferred the hearing to July 8 without any interim relief to Majithia. Majithia's counsel Arshdeep Singh Kler ...Read More >
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 4 (ANI): The Punjab and Haryana High Court will hear the bail application of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia on July 8, in connection with an alleged drug case. According to the Prosecutor, the bail application that was submitted on Thursday contained certain errors, following which the court directed that the application be filed again. Also Read | PNB, Indian Bank and Bank of India Cut MCLR by 5 BPS in July 2025 After RBI Repo Rate Cut ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Jul 3 (PTI) The Punjab and Haryana High Court will hear on Friday Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia's plea against his arrest and subsequent remand in a disproportionate assets case registered against him by the Vigilance Bureau. The matter came up before the bench of Justice Tribhuvan Dahiya, who adjourned the hearing for a day to allow Majithia's counsel to place a fresh remand order of the former Akali minister issued in the case. Majithia's counsel Arshdeep Singh ...Read More >
A Mohali court has extended Bikram Singh Majithia's vigilance custody by four days. He was arrested in a disproportionate assets case. The Vigilance Bureau sought the extension after his initial seven-day remand ended. The case involves alleged laundering of drug money. Majithia was previously booked under the NDPS Act in 2021.A Mohali court on Wednesday extended by four days the vigilance custody remand of Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia, who was arrested in a disproportionate ...Read More >
Sanjeev Arora, Aam Aadmi Party's Ludhiana West by-election winner, is expected to join the Punjab Cabinet. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will reshuffle the cabinet this week, filling vacant positions and assigning new portfolios. Arora, a Rajya Sabha member, is recognized for his understanding of industry needs. Arvind Kejriwal had promised Arora a cabinet position if elected.Aam Aadmi Party's new poster boy, Sanjeev Arora, who won the Ludhiana West by-election, is likely to make his entry in the ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Jul 2 (PTI) Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal and other Akali leaders were on Wednesday detained in Mohali, where they had come to express solidarity with party leader Bikram Singh Majithia who was arrested last month in a disproportionate assets case. Majithia was produced before a court in Mohali after his seven-day vigilance remand ended on Wednesday. The court extended his remand by four days. Heavy police deployment was made outside the Vigilance Bureau (VB) ...Read More >
Chandigarh [India], July 2 (ANI): BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh came down heavily on the Bhagwant Mann-led government in Punjab for 'unleashing a new era of Emergency' in Punjab, in which the Opposition's voice is being 'muzzled'. Reacting strongly to the detention of former Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal and other senior Akali leaders in Mohali today, Chugh said in a statement that 'draconian' laws were being enforced in Punjab at the behest of AAP National Convener Arvind Ke ...Read More >
Chandigarh [India], July 2 (ANI): BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh came down heavily on the Bhagwant Mann-led government in Punjab for "unleashing a new era of Emergency" in Punjab, in which the Opposition's voice is being "muzzled". Reacting strongly to the detention of former Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal and other senior Akali leaders in Mohali today, Chugh said in a statement that "draconian" laws were being enforced in Punjab at the behest of AAP National Convener Arvind Ke ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Jul 2 (PTI) A Mohali court on Wednesday extended by four days the vigilance custody remand of Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia, who was arrested in a disproportionate assets (DA) case. Majithia was produced before the court amid tight security after his seven-day vigilance remand ended on Wednesday. Speaking to the media after a three-hour hearing, public prosecutor Ferry Sofat said the court extended Majithia's remand by four more days after the Vigilance Bureau (V ...Read More >
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