July 06, 2025 2:30 pm
Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's government will table in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha a Bill mandating capital punishment for sacrilege if it gets a favourable legal opinion.
June 01, 2025 8:30 am
Between June and November 2018, police arrested around 26 Dera Sirsa followers in connection with the Bir theft, installation of defamatory posters from September 24 to 25, 2015 and the sacrilege incident reported on October 12, 2015. However, no one has been convicted so far.
April 18, 2025 4:27 pm
Superintendent of Police (Investigation) Mukesh Kumar said a First Information Report (FIR) has been registered in connection with the sacrilege.
August 24, 2024 7:29 am
The two copies were taken by Qatar authorities from two individuals, accused of running a religious establishment without approval of the government.
April 25, 2023 8:31 am
Karamjeet Singh, a granthi in the gurdwara and an eyewitness, told The Indian Express that the incident took place around 1.30 pm when Akhand Path was in progress inside the shrine.
March 14, 2023 7:35 am
Both the SGPC and the Akali Dal had spoken against taking the holy book to the protest sites with SAD chief Sukhbir Badal accusing the self styled Radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh of committing-a “sacrilege” at Ajnala by trying to use “Guru Granth Sahib as a shield for selfish motives
March 07, 2023 7:57 am
Partap Singh Bajwa pointed out that SSP Satinder Singh’s father, who was no longer alive, had fought terrorism and contributed significantly in restoring peace in the State.
December 06, 2022 9:32 am
The police acted with alacrity and persuaded the gurdwara officials and Sikh organisations to come to the table. They later said two persons have been arrested for sacrilege.
September 15, 2022 6:13 am
As many as 60 Afghan Hindus & Sikhs were scheduled to arrive earlier Saturday with saroops of Sri Guru Granth Sahib in order to pay obeisance at Sri Darbar Sahib, Amritsar.
July 14, 2022 10:58 pm
Giani Harpreet Singh said “those who made the arrangements should have taken care of such things”.
November 27, 2021 6:06 pm
In Sikhism, the term 'Shabad' has two primary meanings. While the first refers to a hymn or paragraph or sections of the holy text that appears in Guru Granth Sahib, the second refers to hymns within other Sikh scriptures