Sikh Clashes

A policeman was killed and three others injured after Nihang Sikh opened fire at a gurdwara in Punjab's Kapurthala. Officials said that the clashes took place over the ownership of the gurdwara.

Days after the communal clashes in Haryana, prominent Muslim body Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind on Saturday hailed the role of khap panchayats, social organisations, Sikhs and others who contributed towards building communal harmony.

The Ajnala court in Punjab on Saturday sent 10 associates of radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh to judicial custody till April 6 in connection with a case related to the clash between Khalistan supporters and the police.

The Amritsar Commissioner of Police was shifted days after self-styled Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh and his supporters, some of them brandishing swords and guns, broke through barricades and barged into the Ajnala police station

In the wake of the recent Ajnala incident, the Punjab Police has started providing traditional Sikh martial art training to its personnel for self-defence and tackling any untoward incident during protests and demonstrations.

Around 30 cops were injured and several vehicles damaged as protesters seeking the release of Sikh prisoners countrywide clashed with them while trying to reach Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's official residence in neighbouring Chandigarh.

A clash broke out between Nihang Sikhs and followers of the Radha Soami Satsang Beas on Sunday after the former allegedly tried to forcibly enter the sprawling Dera premises to graze their cattle, leaving 10 people and a police personnel injured.

Violence erupted in several cities in Pakistan as the police clashed with the protesting supporters of an Islamist political party demanding the expulsion of the French envoy over the publication of blasphemous caricatures in France.

One person has been arrested for the raising of a Sikh religious flag - later identifed as the "Nishan Sahib" - at the Red Fort last week, amid violent clashes between farmers and police during the tractor rally held in Delhi on Republic Day

A Punjabi actor who gained prominence because of his role in film star-turned-BJP MP Sunny Deol's 2019 Lok Sabha campaign has become hugely controversial after clashes on Republic Day during a farmers' tractor rally in Delhi. Deep Sidhu has been blamed by several farmer leaders for tainting their protests against farm laws with the breach of Red Fo...

A clash broke out between Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) task force and Guru Granth Sahib Satkar Committee on Saturday during a protest by the latter over demand of FIRs against SGPC employees regarding 328 missing "saroops" of Sri Guru Granth Sahib.

Karamjit Kaur, the wife of private security officer Balwinder Singh whose turban came off during his arrest last week, today expressed happiness after meeting West Bengal Director General of Police (DGP) Virendra and hoped to take her husband back to Punjab soon.

Around 50 members of Sikh community have taken out a protest rally in the city condemning the alleged assault of a Sikh man and pulling off his turban by police during a BJP march to the state secretariat at Howrah in West Bengal.

Even as Northeast India witnessed sporadic violence during the dawn-to-dusk shutdown against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill passed in the Lok Sabha today, at least five protesters were injured in a clash with the police at Khumulwng in Tripura. Two of them reportedly suffered bullet wounds.

Congress leader Sajjan Kumar was identified as an accused in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots by a witness at Delhi's Patiala House Court today, news agency PTI has reported. He and two others are facing trial on charges of murder and rioting during the clashes that broke out in the wake of late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's assassination by her Sikh body...

A policeman was killed and three others injured after Nihang Sikh opened fire at a gurdwara in Punjab's Kapurthala. Officials said that the clashes took place over the ownership of the gurdwara.

Days after the communal clashes in Haryana, prominent Muslim body Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind on Saturday hailed the role of khap panchayats, social organisations, Sikhs and others who contributed towards building communal harmony.

The Ajnala court in Punjab on Saturday sent 10 associates of radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh to judicial custody till April 6 in connection with a case related to the clash between Khalistan supporters and the police.

The Amritsar Commissioner of Police was shifted days after self-styled Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh and his supporters, some of them brandishing swords and guns, broke through barricades and barged into the Ajnala police station

In the wake of the recent Ajnala incident, the Punjab Police has started providing traditional Sikh martial art training to its personnel for self-defence and tackling any untoward incident during protests and demonstrations.

Around 30 cops were injured and several vehicles damaged as protesters seeking the release of Sikh prisoners countrywide clashed with them while trying to reach Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's official residence in neighbouring Chandigarh.

A clash broke out between Nihang Sikhs and followers of the Radha Soami Satsang Beas on Sunday after the former allegedly tried to forcibly enter the sprawling Dera premises to graze their cattle, leaving 10 people and a police personnel injured.

Violence erupted in several cities in Pakistan as the police clashed with the protesting supporters of an Islamist political party demanding the expulsion of the French envoy over the publication of blasphemous caricatures in France.

One person has been arrested for the raising of a Sikh religious flag - later identifed as the "Nishan Sahib" - at the Red Fort last week, amid violent clashes between farmers and police during the tractor rally held in Delhi on Republic Day

A Punjabi actor who gained prominence because of his role in film star-turned-BJP MP Sunny Deol's 2019 Lok Sabha campaign has become hugely controversial after clashes on Republic Day during a farmers' tractor rally in Delhi. Deep Sidhu has been blamed by several farmer leaders for tainting their protests against farm laws with the breach of Red Fo...

A clash broke out between Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) task force and Guru Granth Sahib Satkar Committee on Saturday during a protest by the latter over demand of FIRs against SGPC employees regarding 328 missing "saroops" of Sri Guru Granth Sahib.

Karamjit Kaur, the wife of private security officer Balwinder Singh whose turban came off during his arrest last week, today expressed happiness after meeting West Bengal Director General of Police (DGP) Virendra and hoped to take her husband back to Punjab soon.

Around 50 members of Sikh community have taken out a protest rally in the city condemning the alleged assault of a Sikh man and pulling off his turban by police during a BJP march to the state secretariat at Howrah in West Bengal.

Even as Northeast India witnessed sporadic violence during the dawn-to-dusk shutdown against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill passed in the Lok Sabha today, at least five protesters were injured in a clash with the police at Khumulwng in Tripura. Two of them reportedly suffered bullet wounds.

Congress leader Sajjan Kumar was identified as an accused in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots by a witness at Delhi's Patiala House Court today, news agency PTI has reported. He and two others are facing trial on charges of murder and rioting during the clashes that broke out in the wake of late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's assassination by her Sikh body...