Akali Dal

Former Akal Takht chief Giani Harpreet Singh steps out of race for president post of new SAD faction

August 08, 2025 11:10 am

The other key contender for the post is committee member Satwant Kaur, daughter of Amrik Singh, former president of the All India Sikh Students Federation, who was killed inside the Golden Temple on June 6, 1984, during Operation Blue Star.

Punjab vigilance raids realtor hours after he joins BJP; political vendetta, says leader

August 03, 2025 3:50 am

Gill and and the BJP strongly condemned the action, accusing the AAP government of indulging in “political vendetta”

Akali Dal’s July 28 dharna against land pooling will be historic: Sohana

July 25, 2025 12:44 am

The party leadership reviewed the groundwork and gave final shape to preparations for the dharna.

As Sunil Jakhar makes emotive pitch to revive BJP-Akali alliance, mixed reactions from Sukhbir Badal's party

July 22, 2025 3:52 pm

The speculation isn’t new — ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, talks of a SAD-BJP revival had gained traction. But the parties eventually decided to contest independently

Human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra’s widow Paramjit Kaur says no to contesting Tarn Taran Assembly bypoll

July 09, 2025 1:08 pm

Khalra Mission Organisation quashed rumours of Paramjit Kaur's candidacy from Tarn Taran for Amritpal Singh's Akali Dal (Waris Punjab De).

No tobacco, bidi, paan, or halal shops to run in Mohali, says acting Akal Takht jathedar Gargajj

May 12, 2025 12:41 pm

Expressing concern over the growing social challenges faced by native Punjabis, Jathedar Gargajj urged the Sikh community to strengthen internal unity.

Today in Politics: Congress revival plan; Sukhbir Badal back at Akali Dal helm

April 13, 2025 9:25 am

The Congress has now set out to overhaul its organisational structure, bringing key changes to its district committees and how they function.

Sukhbir Badal returns as Akali Dal chief, task cut out before Punjab polls as he flags ‘plot’ against party

April 13, 2025 2:13 pm

Badal was elected unanimously by SAD delegates, five months after he was forced to resign as party president by Akal Takht over ‘religious misconduct’.

SGPC to Akal Takht, AAP to SAD, key Punjab players up in arms against Waqf Bill, corner BJP

April 05, 2025 6:51 pm

The Waqf row has brought several leading Sikh and Muslim outfits in Punjab together for a common cause, even as state BJP says the Bill “has nothing to do with Sikhs”.

Akali Dal is in deep crisis, uniting splinter groups will resolve all problems … Punjab needs a decisive regional force: MLA

March 16, 2025 7:50 pm

“On the directions of the Akal Takht Sahib, we will start a recruitment drive (on March 18) … It will continue for six months and after that we will elect our president,” says Manpreet Singh Ayali, who has been pushing for a leadership change in the Akali Dal for the past three years.

1984 riots: Akali Dal protests over Amarinder Singh’s remark on Tytler

April 21, 2014 4:40 pm

Akali Dal on Monday (April 21) staged a protest outside Congress headquarters in New Delhi against its Amritsar Lok Sabha candidate Amarinder Singh's alleged remarks on the anti-Sikh riots of 1984.

Akali Leader Sucha Singh Langah, Accused Of Rape, Surrenders At Chandigarh Court

June 22, 2020 6:31 pm