The followers, owing allegiance to the 'Sant Samaj', an umbrella organisation of various Sikh bodies, congregated at a shrine at Fatehgarh Sahib as police took precautionary measures to prevent any untoward incidents.
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It was all quiet on the road to Sirhind this afternoon. The picturesque stretch was silent like the rest of Punjab, observing a bandh in protest against the Dera Sacha Sauda chief as dictated by an edict from the Akal Takht. Be it Bathinda, the district where the Dera wields maximum clout, or...
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BBC NEWS | South Asia | What is behind Sikh protests?
What is behind Sikh protests?
Jyotsna Singh
BBC News, Delhi
Clashes between India's long-established Sikh community and a religious sect in the northern Indian state of Punjab have left one person dead and dozens...
A Sikh couple had to abandon their wedding after a group of Sikh protesters stormed the hotel where the ceremony was being held alleging that they had shown disrespect towards their holy book, police said today...
Chandigarh: The Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee’s proposal to raise a memorial for Sikh separatists has evoked protests from a woman whose husband was gunned down by the separatists...
At least one person was killed and dozens were injured when bombs exploded at two cinemas in Delhi that were showing a controversial new film which has been condemned by Sikh leaders as insulting to their religion...
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... of Sonia Gandhi, that she would meet the same fate as her mother-in-law and then prime minister Indira Gandhi, who was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards in ...
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