The former jathedar or head priest of Sikhism’s highest religious and temporal seat — the Holy Akal Takht — has blamed Indian and American bureaucrats for scuttling President Barack Hussein Obama’s vi

The Shiromani Akali Dal has asked President Pratibha Patil to order the immediate dismissal of Tamil Nadu Governor Surjit Singh Barnala for publicly criticising Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, the state government and the party itself.

Jubilant Congress workers set off a barrage fireworks across several Punjab small towns and cities to greet former chief minister Amarinder Singh’s return as the state Congress president after nearly four years in relative wilderness since he relinquished power in early 2007.

Responding to a worldwide appeal by the USA-based Sikh organisation United Sikhs, overseas members of the community are flooding the White House Facebook and Twitter accounts with personal messages t

Days after he was unceremoniously ousted from the government, Punjab’s former finance minister Manpreet Badal has also been expelled from the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal, which is headed by his first cousin and the state’s deputy chief minister Mr Sukhbir Badal.

In a panic that US President Barack Obama might cancel plans to visit Amritsar’s Golden Temple because of its insistence that he wear a headscarf or a similar “suitable” head covering in consonance with Sikh tradition, the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee clarified on Tuesday that any covering, even a baseball cap, would be fine.

In a panic that US President Barack Hussein Obama may cancel plans to visit Amritsar’s Golden Temple because of the reported insistence that he wear a headscarf or some similarly “suitable” head covering in consonance with Sikh religious tradition, the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee or SGPC has now clarified that any covering, even a baseball cap, would be acceptable.

The Indian Army’s Special Forces (SF) are on a weapons importing spree with specialist teams of officers travelling abroad to evaluate competing systems for sniper rifles and carbines ahead of placing

Religious functionaries loyal to the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal padlocked the doors of a gurdwara to prevent former finance minister Manpreet Badal from addressing a congregation.

In a huge security breach unidentified miscreants ransacked and burgled former Punjab finance minister Manpreet Badal’s office in the heavily guarded state civil secretariat building at Chandigarh past midnight on Friday.