CHANDIGARH: SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday termed Haryana’s demand for an increased share of Nangal dam water a “brazen loot” of Punjab’s resources and sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention in the dispute. In a letter to the prime minister, Shiromani Akali Dal president Badal said his party will not remain a mute…
The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) executive body holds meeting to discuss the attack on SAD leader Sukhbir Singh Badal (ANI Photo) AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee’s executive committee reversed Tuesday its decision to excommunicate Narain Singh Chaura, who attempted to assassinate Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) functionary Sukhbir Singh Badal outside Amritsar’s Golden Temple on…
NEW DELHI: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday shared emotional photographs of him sharing hugs with ASI Jasveer Singh and ASI Hira Singh, the Punjab Police officers who thwarted an attempt on his life.The officers acted swiftly to divert the gun of the assailant, Narain Singh Chaura, who had opened fire…
NEW DELHI: It was the ubiquitous ‘Sikh moderates vs radicals’ tug-of-war on display as history-sheeter and highly-radicalised pro-Khalistan terrorist Narain Singh Chaura aimed his weapon at former Punjab deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal, scion of the ‘moderate’ Badal family.According to an ex-IPS officer from Punjab, the sensational assassination attempt by a terrorist who has been…
NEW DELHI: Former Delhi chief minister and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday condemned the assassination attempt on Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal, calling it a “big conspiracy” to defame Punjab and Punjabis. He praised the Punjab Police for their vigilance in preventing a major incident and criticised the BJP government…
NEW DELHI: Opposition leaders blamed the Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab over security breach at Golden Temple premises after a man opened fire at Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Sukhbir Singh Badal on Wednesday. Bhartiya Janata Party leader Shehzad Poonawalla said that state chief minister Bhagwant Mann and Arvind Kejriwal were “directly responsible” for…
NEW DELHI: A man opened fire at Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Sukhbir Singh Badal at the entrance of the Golden Temple in Amritsar on Wednesday morning. Badal, in blue ‘sewadar’ uniform, was at the entrance of the Golden Temple in his wheelchair, serving his punishment. He has a fractured leg. The person was overpowered…
AMRITSAR: The five Sikh high priests pronounced Monday their punishment or tankhah for Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president and former Punjab deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal and other politicians of the party, three months after he was declared tankhaiya, meaning guilty of religious misconduct.The priests, led by Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh, directed Sukhbir…