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Sukhbir Badal assassination bid: Will the shooting garner sympathy for Akali Dal?
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Sukhbir Badal assassination bid: Will the shooting garner sympathy for Akali Dal?

India Today  

The assassination bid on Sukhbir Badal outside the Golden Temple has stirred a hornet’s nest, beginning a debate about its potential impact on the political future of the panthic party. Badal, the leader of the Shiromani Akali Dal and former Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab, survived an assassination attempt by terrorist Narayan Singh Chaura while performing 'sewa' after being religiously …

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Bypoll Election Results 2024 Highlights: AAP calls Punjab bypoll wins ‘semi-final’ before Delhi Assembly polls
1 month ago

Bypoll Election Results 2024 Highlights: AAP calls Punjab bypoll wins ‘semi-final’ before Delhi Assembly polls

The Hindu  

The counting for the by-polls to 15 Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Kerala, and Uttarakhand and for the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat began amid tight security on On Saturday. The ruling Congress in Karnataka won Legislative Assembly bypolls in all three constituencies of Channapatna, Shiggaon and Sandur Congress-led UDF candidate Priyanka Gandhi Vadra led by over 3,19,00 votes over …

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2015 Bargari sacrilege case: Chandigarh court grants bail to key conspirator Pardeep Kler
8 months, 3 weeks ago

2015 Bargari sacrilege case: Chandigarh court grants bail to key conspirator Pardeep Kler

Hindustan Times  

The court of chief judicial magistrate, Chandigarh, has granted bail to Pardeep Kler, the key conspirator in the 2015 Bargari sacrilege case. Pardeep Kler, one of the three absconding Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda national committee members, who as per the special investigation team was the key conspirator in five sacrilege cases in 2015 was arrested by a team of crime …

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2015 Kotkapura police firing case: SIT chargesheet lacks evidence, says Sukhbir Badal’s counsel in court
9 months, 3 weeks ago

2015 Kotkapura police firing case: SIT chargesheet lacks evidence, says Sukhbir Badal’s counsel in court

Hindustan Times  

Terming the special investigation team supplementary chargesheet in the 2015 Kotkapura police firing case a “political document”, Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal’s counsel RS Cheema argued in court that the probe agency has brought no evidence on record to substantiate the claims made against Sukhbir. Subkhbir Badal’s counsel said that a sinister assertion has been made in the …

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Prominent Pashtun activist critical of Pakistan army allegedly ‘abducted’
1 year ago

Prominent Pashtun activist critical of Pakistan army allegedly ‘abducted’

Al Jazeera  

Manzoor Pashteen is missing a day after he was arrested for addressing a protest demanding free cross-border movement with Afghanistan. Islamabad, Pakistan – A prominent rights activist has been allegedly abducted by Pakistan’s intelligence agencies a day after he was arrested for addressing a protest to demand free cross-border movement with neighbouring Afghanistan. Zubair Shah, a senior PTM member, said …

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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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Haryana CM Khattar’s political secretary sends event invite to Gurmeet Ram Rahim
1 year, 10 months ago

Haryana CM Khattar’s political secretary sends event invite to Gurmeet Ram Rahim

Live Mint  

Days after he was granted parole, Gurmeet Ram Rahim has been invited to attend a function celebrating Ravidas Jayanti on February 3. The invitation was reportedly issued by Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar's political secretary, less than a day after the Dera Sacha Sauda chief made headlines after cutting a cake with a sword. Bedi - who is also …

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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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Mohan Guruswamy | The challenge of the cults: Can we overcome them?
2 years, 3 months ago

Mohan Guruswamy | The challenge of the cults: Can we overcome them?

Deccan Chronicle  

Way back in 1843 Karl Marx in an introduction to a book that criticised Hegel's Elements of the Philosophy of the Right wrote: “Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. All the major religions have seen the emergence of outsized cult figures or “godmen” who themselves become …

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​Chandigarh Chatter: Can SAD Mark Its Happy Return After SIT Clean Chit in Sacrilege Cases?
2 years, 5 months ago

​Chandigarh Chatter: Can SAD Mark Its Happy Return After SIT Clean Chit in Sacrilege Cases?

News 18  

The recent double blow in the electoral field — arrests of its top leader in a drug case and the stain of sacrilege cases — had pushed the Shiromani Akali Dal to the edge of a precipice, threatening to throw the party into a political abyss in Punjab. However, the special investigation team’s virtual clean chit in the sacrilege cases …

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Punjab Elections 2022: Dera Sacha Sauda Pitches for SAD, BJP Candidates, Say Sources
2 years, 10 months ago

Punjab Elections 2022: Dera Sacha Sauda Pitches for SAD, BJP Candidates, Say Sources

News 18  

The Dera Sacha Sauda, an influential sect in Punjab, has not officially revealed which political party it is supporting for the Punjab polls which are to be held on Sunday. As per reliable sources, the dera functionaries will be reaching out to their supporters through various modes including WhatsApp groups falling in their respective constituencies. The Sirsa-based Dera has a …

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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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Ahead of Punjab Polls, Dera Chief Ram Rahim Gets Furlough—Political Decision Or A Mere Coincidence?
2 years, 10 months ago

Ahead of Punjab Polls, Dera Chief Ram Rahim Gets Furlough—Political Decision Or A Mere Coincidence?

News 18  

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who is serving a life term for the murder of his manager in 2002 and that of a journalist, and also received a 20-year sentence for rape cases, has been granted furlough for 21 days just ahead of the February 20 Punjab elections. ‘Dera to support BJP’ Congress MLA from Dharamkot, Sukhjeet …

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Dalit wind in Congress sails in Punjab
2 years, 10 months ago

Dalit wind in Congress sails in Punjab

The Hindu  

In the season of electoral harvest, to be a Dalit in Punjab is to be a political magnet. The Congress under Charanjit Singh Channi, Punjab’s first Dalit Chief Minister, is well poised to get the lion’s share of Dalit votes and seats this time. At a press conference in 2021, SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal declared that the coming together …

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Politicians line up at Deras ahead of Punjab election
2 years, 10 months ago

Politicians line up at Deras ahead of Punjab election

The Hindu  

As the election to the 2022 Punjab Assembly draws closer, politicians cutting across party lines are making a beeline for the different Deras in the State, yet again bringing their importance to the centre stage. Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal, Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal and Bharatiya Janata Party’s Punjab in-charge Gajendra Singh …

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