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Giani Raghbir Singh replaces Giani Harpreet Singh as Akal Takht Jathedar

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Friday appointed Giani Raghbir Singh as the new Jathedar of the Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of Sikhs. Giani Raghbir Singh replaces Giani Harpreet Singh. The decision was taken at an emergency meeting of the SGPC executive body that took place here. Giani Harpreet Singh, however, will continue to be the Jathedar of the Takht Damdama Sahib in Bathinda. Addressing the media here, SGPC chief Harjinder Singh Dhami said Giani Harpreet Singh, who was the acting Jathedar of the Akal Takht, himself expressed his wish to relinquish the charge. "At our executive body meeting, we decided that Giani Harpreet Singh will continue to be the Jathedar of the Takht Damdama Sahib," Dhami said. Giani Raghbir Singh has been appointed as the Jathedar of the Akal Takht, he added. Giani Harpreet Singh was holding the officiating charge as the Jathedar of the Akal Takht since 2018. He was also holding the regular charge of the Takht Damdama

39 years of Operation Bluestar: What happened in Punjab and the aftermath

Operation Blue Star was a military operation in which the Golden Temple was stormed by security forces to take on separatist militants

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Letter fragments found at Golden Temple blast sites indicating motives

The suspects were angry over police action against pro-Khalistan activist Amritpal and his associates

Radical literature found with accused in serial blasts near Golden Temple

With the arrest of five persons in connection with serial low-intensity blasts near Golden Temple in the past five days, the investigating agencies are now probing Khalistan connection

5 held in blast near Golden Temple, police to probe conspiracy: Punjab DGP

Police arrested five people on Thursday after a low-intensity explosion took place near the Golden Temple, saying they were also involved in two similar blasts within a week. The police did not elaborate on the motive but said they will investigate the "entire deep-rooted conspiracy" and examine possible connections of those arrested, in India and abroad. The latest blast occurred on Wednesday midnight in Galiara, the pathway and park around the Golden Temple, behind the Guru Ramdas Ji Niwas (inn) building, they said. Director-General of Police Gaurav Yadav told reporters that the police will look into whether the explosions were the work of a self-radicalised module or it acted on the directions of someone else. He said a Special Investigations Team will be formed to probe into the matter. "We will investigate the entire deep-rooted conspiracy behind this. We will examine all the associates of the arrested people, in India and abroad, and get to the bottom of it," he said. The .

Punjab Police suspects explosion after loud sound near Golden Temple

The Punjab Police said that there is a possibility that the loud sound which was heard near Sri Guru Ram Dass Niwas, in the vicinity of the Golden Temple in Amritsar

Second low-intensity blast near Golden Temple in 30 hours, one injured

One person was injured in a low-intensity explosion that took place on a heritage street near the Golden Temple here on Monday morning, close to the spot where a blast was reported on May 6, police said. No detonator has been found and it appears that the explosive was kept in a container, Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said, adding that it is too early to say whether the blast was someone's "mischief" or there's a terror angle to it. Police and forensic teams reached the spot soon after the explosion and security was stepped up in the area. Speaking to reporters here, DGP Yadav, who visited the spot, said one person was injured in the explosion which was reported around 6:15 am. The explosive was very crudely made and assembled. Though no shrapnel was used, there was a loud sound, he said. The officer said the two explosions in the area are being "scientifically investigated". "Our forensic team is present on the spot," he said. "We have not found any triggering

Several injured in blast at restaurant near Golden Temple in Punjab

Several people were injured in a blast at a restaurant in the Heritage Street near the Golden Temple in Punjab's holy city of Amritsar. Police, however, said it was not error attack, but an accident

Why was this woman with a face painting denied entry into Golden Temple?

Amid the ongoing controversy, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has now issued a clarification in relation to the incident

Rahul to visit Golden Temple before starting Bharat Jodo Yatra in Punjab

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will pay obeisance at the Golden Temple in Amritsar this afternoon before the Bharat Jodo Yatra begins its Punjab leg on Wednesday. The Haryana leg of the march concluded on Tuesday. Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh tweeted, "Day 116 #BharatJodoYatra finishes Haryana leg in Ambala now. 2mrw morning is Punjab leg. There can be no better way to begin that than with a pilgrimage to holiest Golden Temple in Amritsar. "There'll be no padyatra this afternoon so that @RahulGandhican pay his respects there," Ramesh tweeted. Earlier in the morning, Rahul Gandhi resumed the foot march from Shahpur in Ambala Cantt. The Yatra had entered Haryana's Panipat from neighbouring Uttar Pradesh on Thursday last and later it also passed through Karnal and Kurukshetra districts before concluding in Ambala district. After a halt at New Anaj Mandi, Sirhind in Punjab's Fatehgarh Sahib on Tuesday night, the Punjab leg of the Yatra will resume from there on Wednesday ...

Pro-Khalistan slogans raised at Golden Temple on Op Bluestar anniversary

Pro-Khalistan slogans were raised by supporters of radical Sikh outfits as well as that of Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) at the Golden Temple on the 38th anniversary of Operation Bluestar. The marbled premises of the Golden Temple near Akal Takht, the supreme temporal seat of the Sikhs, echoed with pro-Khalistan slogans. Many youths held banners and placards with 'Khalistan Zindabad' written on them. They wore t-shirts with the picture of slain separatist leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale printed on them. Pro-Khalistan slogans were also raised by activists of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) outfit led by former MP Simranjit Singh Mann, who was also present at the spot. He raised the killing of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala and demanded justice for the family. Operation Bluestar was a military operation carried out in 1984 to flush out the militants from the Golden Temple. Elaborate security arrangements were put in place in Amritsar to ensure that the event passed off ...

Rahul kicks off Punjab Assembly polls campainging with Golden Temple visit

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who is on a day-long visit to Punjab for campaigning of the upcoming assembly polls, visited the Golden Temple in Amritsar on Thursday.

Punjab polls: Cong candidates to accompany Rahul Gandhi to Golden Temple

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and all 117 party candidates in Punjab will pay obeisance at the Golden Temple and sit down for a langar on Thursday.

RSS condemns sacrilege attempt at Golden Temple, calls it 'conspiracy'

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) condemned the alleged sacrilege attempt at Golden Temple in Amritsar and called it a 'conspiracy' to make society fight among themselves

Second man beaten to death for alleged sacrilege attempt in Punjab

A day after a man was beaten to death for an alleged sacrilege bid at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, another person was killed after being accused of disrespecting 'Nishan Sahib' at a gurdwara

Day after sacrilege attempt, Punjab CM Channi visits Golden Temple

A day after a man was beaten to death for an alleged sacrilege attempt at Golden Temple in Amritsar, Channi on Sunday visited the temple premises to take stock of the situation.

Sukhbir Badal condemns Golden Temple incident, demands strict action

Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal said that the incident of alleged sacrilege attempt at Golden Temple in Amritsar should not be politicised and demanded strict action in the matter

Sacrilege bid at Golden Temple: Case registered against dead accused

Punjab Police is trying to ascertain the identity of a man, who was beaten to death after he allegedly attempted to commit sacrilege inside the sanctum sanctorum of the Golden Temple in Amritsar

Punjab: Man beaten to death over 'sacrilege' bid at Golden Temple

A man hailing from Uttar Pradesh was beaten to death after he allegedly attempted to commit sacrilege inside the sanctum sanctorum of the Golden Temple in Amritsar on Saturday evening