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Spotlight back on pardon to Sirsa dera head
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Spotlight back on pardon to Sirsa dera head

Hindustan Times  

The row over pardon to Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh for committing a ‘blasphemous’ act of imitating Guru Gobind Singh is back in the spotlight with the Akal Takht jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh seeking clarification from three former jathedars — Gurbachan Singh, Giani Gurmukh Singh and Giani Iqbal Singh, who were part of the clergy that …

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Kartarpur Corridor: 5 yrs on, key promises remain unfulfilled
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Kartarpur Corridor: 5 yrs on, key promises remain unfulfilled

Hindustan Times  

Though opening of the trans-border Kartarpur Corridor fulfilled the long-cherished dream of the Indian Sikh community to have darshan of the last resting place of Guru Nanak in Pakistan and it was globally hailed as ‘corridor of peace’ in south Asia, many promises regarding the corridor are still unfulfilled even after five years. Baba Sukhdeep Singh Bedi, one of the …

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No evidence of distortion, says HC quashing FIR against Ram Rahim
1 year, 1 month ago

No evidence of distortion, says HC quashing FIR against Ram Rahim

Hindustan Times  

The Punjab and Haryana high court quashed the FIR registered in Jalandhar against Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh for allegedly outraging religious sentiments during his discourse pertaining to an incident involving Sant Kabir Das and Guru Ravidas. The Dera chief had moved the high court seeking quashing of the FIR registered by Patara police on March 7 …

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Why the Lok Sabha bypoll at Jalandhar is bringing the focus back toward the Dera politics of Punjab
1 year, 9 months ago

Why the Lok Sabha bypoll at Jalandhar is bringing the focus back toward the Dera politics of Punjab

India Today  

Long before the Election Commission of India announced the polling date for the byelections at the Jalandhar parliamentary seat, the Congress has started to move swiftly to regain its bastion. This brings the socio-religious outfit Dera Sachkhand at village Ballan in Jalandhar, one of the dominating Deras in the region, crucial for parties in getting the support of Ramdasia/ Ravidasia/ …

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Bargari sacrilege: Five co-accused move SC after Pardeep’s murder, seek transfer of trial outside Punjab
1 year, 11 months ago

Bargari sacrilege: Five co-accused move SC after Pardeep’s murder, seek transfer of trial outside Punjab

Hindustan Times  

Following the murder of Pardeep Singh Kataria, five Dera Sacha Sauda followers, who are co-accused in the 2015 Bargari sacrilege incidents, have moved the Supreme Court seeking transfer of the trial in three inter-linked cases to a court outside Punjab claiming “security threat”. Of the 12 accused in the three cases, three have been declared proclaimed offenders, while Pardeep was …

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Don’t exercise your free will, do as told by seniors, says Dera chief to his followers
2 years, 2 months ago

Don’t exercise your free will, do as told by seniors, says Dera chief to his followers

The Hindu  

Out on parole ahead of the Adampur by-election and panchayat polls in Haryana, Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, in a video message from the sect’s Uttar Pradesh ashram on Saturday, asked his followers to not exercise their free will and follow the directions of the sect’s elders. In a video of over two minutes on his YouTube …

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Moga sacrilege case: Three dera followers challenge conviction
2 years, 4 months ago

Moga sacrilege case: Three dera followers challenge conviction

Hindustan Times  

A month after their conviction, three Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda followers have challenged a lower court order sentencing them to three years in jail for the desecration of Guru Granth Sahib at Malke village in the district’s Baghapurana sub division in 2015. On July 7, the court of judicial magistrate first class Rahul Garg convicted and sentenced dera followers Prithvi …

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Why Deras in Punjab Still Hold Key to Influencing Voters and How Politicians are Wooing Them
2 years, 10 months ago

Why Deras in Punjab Still Hold Key to Influencing Voters and How Politicians are Wooing Them

News 18  

The Dera Sacha Sauda branch in Ahmedgarh in Malerkotla district of Punjab stands silent. Baldev Singh, known as ‘premi’ or a ‘sevadar’ of the Dera, is “happy” that Baba Ram Rahim has been released on a 21-day parole ahead of the Punjab election. Baldev Singh told News18, “We have a political committee and they tell us and our fellow villagers …

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Bir theft case: Ahead of Punjab polls, SIT files chargesheet against Ram Rahim, 10 dera followers
2 years, 10 months ago

Bir theft case: Ahead of Punjab polls, SIT files chargesheet against Ram Rahim, 10 dera followers

Hindustan Times  

Faridkot : Ahead of the February 20 assembly elections, the Punjab Police special investigation team, probing the 2015 politically-sensitive sacrilege incidents, on Thursday filed a supplementary chargesheet against Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim, three absconding dera national committee members and seven dera followers in connection with the bir theft case. Punjab Police special investigation team, probing the …

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Kartarpur Corridor | A pilgrim corridor across a bleak landscape
3 years, 1 month ago

Kartarpur Corridor | A pilgrim corridor across a bleak landscape

The Hindu  

Right by the Ravi river-bed in Pakistan’s Narowal district of Punjab, with hardly a building in the distance on any side, the three-storey Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara is a lonely and unique structure. The corridor would connect the Indian town of Baba Dera Nanak in Gurdaspur district, where the Sikh founder Guru Nanak spent much of his life and the Kartarpur …

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Punjab CM Channi-led group offers prayers at Kartarpur gurdwara
3 years, 1 month ago

Punjab CM Channi-led group offers prayers at Kartarpur gurdwara

India TV News  

Highlights Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu was not part of the Channi-led 'jatha'. Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi along with some of his Cabinet ministers on Thursday offered prayers at the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan after traveling through the visa-free Kartarpur corridor that reopened for pilgrims after a gap of 20 months. The over four-km long Kartarpur …

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Dera Baba Nanak erupts in joy over reopening of Kartarpur corridor
3 years, 1 month ago

Dera Baba Nanak erupts in joy over reopening of Kartarpur corridor

Hindustan Times  

The people of Dera Baba Nanak town in Gurdaspur are jubilant with the Centre announcing reopening of Kartarpur corridor after 20 months, on the occasion of Parkash Purb of Guru Nanak. The corridor, which connects the historic town of Dera Baba Nanak to Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara which falls in Narowal district of Pakistan, was inaugurated on November 9, 2019, to …

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Kartarpur corridor reopens for pilgrims
3 years, 1 month ago

Kartarpur corridor reopens for pilgrims

Hindustan Times  

The Centre has decided to reopen from Wednesday, Kartarpur Corridor, which connects Dera Baba Nanak Sahib Gurudwara on the Indian side of the border with Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan, Union home minister Amit Shah announced on Tuesday. The nation is all set to celebrate the Prakash Utsav of Shri Guru Nanak Dev ji on November 19, and I am …

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Punjab BJP Delegation Meets PM Modi With Demand to Reopen Kartarpur Sahib Corridor Before Gurpurab
3 years, 1 month ago

Punjab BJP Delegation Meets PM Modi With Demand to Reopen Kartarpur Sahib Corridor Before Gurpurab

News 18  

A BJP delegation led by party’s general secretary Dushyant Goutham, state president Ashwini Sharma and other Punjab leaders met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday and submitted a memorandum asking for the reopening of the Kartarpur Sahib corridor, which has been shut since March last year due to Covid-related restrictions. The meeting comes days after SGPC president Bibi Jagir Kaur …

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2015 Sacrilege Case: Punjab Police SIT to Question Dera Sacha Sauda Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim
3 years, 1 month ago

2015 Sacrilege Case: Punjab Police SIT to Question Dera Sacha Sauda Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim

News 18  

A special investigation team of the Punjab Police left for the Sunaria jail in Haryana’s Rohtak on Monday morning to question Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in connection with a 2015 sacrilege case. Last month, the Punjab and Haryana High Court said the Punjab Police could question the Dera Sacha Sauda sect head in the jail in …

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Sacrilege case: Punjab Police SIT to question Dera Sacha Sauda chief
3 years, 1 month ago

Sacrilege case: Punjab Police SIT to question Dera Sacha Sauda chief

The Hindu  

A special investigation team of the Punjab Police left for the Sunaria jail in Haryana's Rohtak on Monday morning to question Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in connection with a 2015 sacrilege case. Last month, the Punjab and Haryana High Court said the Punjab Police could question the Dera Sacha Sauda sect head in the jail in …

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Desecration Case: Sirsa Dera Head's Name Omitted from FIR, Alleges Jathedar; Police Deny Charge
3 years, 5 months ago

Desecration Case: Sirsa Dera Head's Name Omitted from FIR, Alleges Jathedar; Police Deny Charge

News 18  

Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh on Wednesday accused the special investigation team of dropping the name of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh from an FIR in a desecration case, a charge denied by the police. The special investigation team probing the 2015 desecration incidents also said the Sirsa dera chief was not named in this case …

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Bir theft: Pre-arrest bail plea of two dera followers rejected
4 years, 4 months ago

Bir theft: Pre-arrest bail plea of two dera followers rejected

Hindustan Times  

Faridkot The court of additional district and sessions judge Harbans Singh Lekhi on Friday dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of two accused dera followers in newly-added offences in the case of theft of a bir of the Guru Granth Sahib in 2015. On July 4 this year, the SIT probing sacrilege cases arrested seven dera followers in the case On …

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