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Rift in Akali Dal over removal of jathedars

Majithia opposes the move of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Akali Dal accuses him of backstabbing Sukhbir; Bhundar retracts statement

Bikram Singh Majithia and other leaders expressed their dissent regarding the SGPC action. (Sourced)

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Published on Mar 09, 2025 08:18 AM IST

ByVishal Rambani, Chandigarh:

‘Created to bring reforms’: Mann reacts to ’non-existent' department charge

Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal was informed that the Administrative Reforms department was ‘not in existence as on date’

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann defended the controversial circular as part of an administrative process.(PTI)

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Published on Feb 22, 2025 06:34 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

SAD rebels sceptical of Jan 10 working committee meeting outcome

Gurpartap Singh Wadala added that their main demand is that SAD should accept Takht’s edict and let the seven-member committee begin reorganisation accordingly.

The rebel SAD leaders during a meeting in Patiala. (HT)

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Updated on Jan 09, 2025 05:30 AM IST

ByKaram Prakash, Patiala

Ludhiana: Akali Dal announces 37 candidates for MC polls

Prominent candidates include senior councillor Jaspal Singh Giaspura from Ward 34, Sarabjit Singh Ladi from Ward 6 and Rakhwinder Singh Gabria from Ward 48.

MC elections will be organised on December 21. (HT file)

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Updated on Dec 10, 2024 05:24 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

Sukhbir Singh Badal resigns as Shiromani Akali Dal president, says party leader

Sukhbir Singh Badal has resigned as the president of the Shiromani Akali Dal, said party leader Daljit Cheema, news agency PTI reported.

Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal.(HT File)

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Updated on Nov 16, 2024 03:14 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Are sadness, fear blessings in disguise? Study says they can reduce distraction

According to a study, while sadness and fear helped in enhancing accuracy, anger had a negative impact on the participants.

The study observed how emotions help in executing functions related to achieving specific goals. (Pexels)

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Published on Nov 11, 2024 04:35 PM IST

ByTapatrisha Das

Winter depression is real; check out ways to battle Seasonal Affective Disorder

As winter approaches, those with seasonal affective disorder (SAD) face challenges. Strategies like light therapy, medication, and support groups can help.

People with SAD typically have episodes of depression that begin in the fall and ease in the spring or summer.

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Published on Oct 31, 2024 03:52 PM IST

AP | | Posted by Krishna Priya Pallavi

Decision on Sukhbir’s apology tomorrow

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal had appeared before the highest Sikh temporal seat on July 24 with a written explanation to the allegations levelled by the rebel Akali Dal leaders.

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal (HT File)

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Updated on Aug 29, 2024 07:58 AM IST

BySurjit Singh, Amritsar

‘Not enough’: Rebels press for sweeping changes as SAD forms parliamentary board

The rebel group, led by convener and former Nakodar MLA Gurpartpap Singh Wadala, paid obeisance at Golden Temple and then held the meeting at Dera of Kar Sewa Baba Bhuri Wale here to chalk out their next course of action.

Rebel leaders of the Shiromani Akali Dal at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on Wednesday. (Sameer Sehgal/HT)

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Updated on Aug 08, 2024 07:14 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Amritsar

SAD rebels to name 11-member panel to steer reform campaign

The rebel leaders are demanding the resignation of party president Sukhbir Singh Badal after a poor show in the Lok Sabha polls

The rebel voices in SAD grew stronger post the Parliamentary polls in which the party won one seat in Bathinda and lost deposits on 10 seats

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Updated on Jul 23, 2024 09:28 AM IST

ByGurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh

Majithia skips SIT summons in 2021 drugs case

Shiromani Akali Dal leader (SAD) Bikram Singh Majithia failed to appear before the special investigation team (SIT) probing a 2021 drugs case against him on Thursday.

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Published on Jul 18, 2024 10:32 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Patiala

No space for rebels in SAD, says Daljit Singh Cheema

Daljit Singh Cheema asserted that there was no space for those leaders who had launched a programme against the party, asserting party workers would not tolerate such elements.

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Updated on Jul 16, 2024 07:22 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

SAD rebels up ante against Sukhbir, launch ‘Akali Dal Bachao Lehar’

Rebel SAD leaders appoint Gurpartap Singh Wadala to lead 'Akali Dal Bachao Lehar', launch mass contact program amidst existential crisis.

Gurpartap Singh Wadala along with other leaders in Chandigarh on Monday. (Ravi Kumar/HT)

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Updated on Jul 16, 2024 07:14 AM IST

ByGurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh

Party won’t collapse if Sukhbir steps down, Akali rebel group

They say people have not forgotten the “blunders” committed during the Akali Dal regime led by Sukhbir over the years.

Members of SAD rebel group meet to discuss future of the party. (HT photo)

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Updated on Jul 07, 2024 07:14 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Jalandhar

SAD women wing reposes faith in Sukhbir

The SAD president says the party had chalked out a plan to expand the Istri Akali Dal and ensure it reaches every village and booth in the state.

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Published on Jul 01, 2024 10:55 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Youth Akali Dal reposes faith in Sukhbir’s leadership

The Youth Akali Dal has said Sukhbir alone can give effective leadership to the SAD at this juncture.

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Updated on Jun 30, 2024 07:16 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

SAD rebels to fund Surjit Kaur’s poll campaign

Sukhbir Badal recently withdrew support, claiming Surjit’s candidature was announced “arbitrarily” by Jagir Kaur and Wadala

According to Jagir Kaur, the SAD’s move has lowered the morale of the grassroots-level workers not only in Jalandhar but across the state

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Updated on Jun 29, 2024 05:34 AM IST

ByNavrajdeep Singh, Jalandhar

Jalandhar West bypoll: ‘Penniless’ SAD nominee Surjit seeks monetary support to contest

Surjit Kaur’s candidature was announced on June 20 after Sukhbir Badal gave a green signal to her name proposed by a panel led by Bibi Jagir Kaur and Partap Singh Wadala, who are now part of the rebel group of the Shiromani Akali Dal.

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Updated on Jun 28, 2024 07:24 AM IST

ByNavrajdeep Singh, Jalandhar

Use party platform to express views, SAD appeals to rebels

SAD vice-president Daljit Singh Cheema says those opposing party president have rejected the Jhundan committee report and have never abided by the “one-family, one-ticket” norm.

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Updated on Jun 28, 2024 06:52 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Jagir Kaur slams Sukhbir, says he didn’t seek apology at Akal Takht

Shiromani Akali Dal rebels, including Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Prem Singh Chadumajra, Parminder Singh Dhindsa, Sikandar Singh Maluka, Gurpartap Singh Wadala and Jagir Kaur, will reach the Akal Takht on July 1 to seek forgiveness.

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Updated on Jun 28, 2024 05:58 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Jalandhar West bypoll: SAD withdraws support to its pick Surjit Kaur, says part of rebel group

Fifteen candidates are left in the fray for the bypoll to the Jalandhar West reserved assembly segment in Punjab, officials said on Wednesday, on the last day of the withdrawal of papers

The bypoll to the Jalandhar West assembly constituency will be held on July 10, and votes will be counted on July 13.

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Updated on Jun 27, 2024 08:54 AM IST

ByNavrajdeep Singh, Jalandhar

Sukhbir faces major revolt as senior SAD leaders ask him to step down

After a marathon meeting in Jalandhar, senior SAD leaders Prem Singh Chandumajra, Sikander Singh Maluka, Bibi Jagir Kaur, Parminder Singh Dhindsa and Sarwan Singh Phillaur also announced Akali Dal Bachao Lehar. This is the first serious challenge to Sukhbir’s leadership after Akali Dal’s poor showing in the Lok Sabha polls

Weeks after party’s disastrous outing in the parliamentary elections in which it could only muster one out of 13 seats in Punjab, a group of senior leaders in the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Tuesday openly revolted against party president Sukhbir Singh Badal, seeking his immediate resignation. (HT File)

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Updated on Jun 26, 2024 07:10 AM IST

ByGurpreet Singh Nibber, Navrajdeep Singh, Chandigarh

SAD fields Surjit Kaur for Jalandhar West bypoll

SAD fields Surjit Kaur, BSP nominates Binder Kumar Lakha for Jalandhar West bypoll. SAD has not contested seat for over 2 decades due to BJP alliance.

Voting for the Jalandhar West bypoll will be held on July 10.

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Updated on Jun 21, 2024 09:20 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Jalandhar

Jalandhar West assembly bypoll: SAD struggling to find ‘suitable’ candidate

SAD has not contested assembly elections from Jalandhar West for the past over two decades as the BJP, which remained in alliance with SAD from 1997 onwards till 2020, contested elections from this assembly segment. Even with alliance with the BSP in 2022, the Akali Dal handed over the seat to its coalition partner. The SAD-BSP candidate, Anil Meena polled only 4,125 votes in 2022.

With no strong political base in the reserved Jalandhar West constituency, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) is in a dilemma over finding a suitable candidate for the byelection slated for July 10. (Representational image)

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Updated on Jun 19, 2024 05:08 AM IST

ByNavrajdeep Singh, Jalandhar

Nearly 80% SAD candidates lose security deposits

SAD could register win only on one seat, Bathinda, the Badals’ home turf, which party president Sukhbir Badal’s wife Harsimrat Kaur Badal won for the fourth consecutive term, starting from the general elections of 2009, 2014, 2019 and 2024.

Two Shiromani Akali Dal candidates, who were able to save their deposits are Anil Joshi, who polled 1,62,896 votes, and Ferozepur candidate Nardev Singh Bobby Mann, who got 2,53,645 votes.

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Updated on Jun 06, 2024 06:36 AM IST

ByGurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh

Five rural segments gave Harsimrat decisive lead

The five assembly segments from where former Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal got the decisive lead include Lambi, Budhlada, Bathinda Rural, Talwandi Sabo and Bhucho Mandi, all predominantly rural segments.

The Shiromani Akali Dal got 3,76,558 votes, a jump of 26% as compared to the 2022 polls in the nine assembly segments of the Bathinda seat.

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Updated on Jun 06, 2024 06:28 AM IST

ByVishal Joshi

SAD’s Chandumajra among 25 candidates lose security deposit in Anandpur Sahib

Among the candidates who lost their deposit, 13 contested independently; all these candidates got fewer than one-sixth of the total number of valid votes cast for the seat, which, as per election commission rules, means that they will not get a refund of their deposit

Apart from this, total NOTA vote count in the constituency stood at 6,402, including 1,177 from Mohali, 1,166 from Kharar and 926 from Dera Bassi. (HT file photo for representation)

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Published on Jun 05, 2024 06:11 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Mohali

Ludhiana: SAD’s Ranjit Dhillon among 40 lose deposit

According to additional deputy commissioner Amit Sareen, who also served as the additional district election officer, a candidate loses deposit if they secure less than 1/6th of the total votes polled

As compared to 1,75,680 votes needed to secure deposit, SAD candidate Ranjit Singh Dhillon could only get 90,220. (HT File)

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Updated on Jun 05, 2024 05:34 AM IST

ByRakshit Sharma, Ludhiana

Stage set for polling in 13 Lok Sabha seats of Punjab tomorrow

Polling will be held from 7am till 6pm on Saturday in the last phase of the Lok Sabha elections; 2.14 crore voters are eligible to cast their votes for which 24,451 polling stations have been set up

Polling officials with electronic voting machines (EVMs) before leaving for their respective booths on he eve of the Lok Sabha elections in Amritsar on Friday. (Sameer Sehgal/HT)

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Published on May 31, 2024 01:10 PM IST

ByPress Trust of India

SAD will continue its fight to protect rights of Punjab, Sikhs: Sukhbir

Addressing three election rallies in Mansa district, SAD president Sukhbir Badal said his party would neither stand with the BJP-led National Democratic Front nor the INDIA bloc.

Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal with party candidate Harsimrat Kaur Badal and other leaders during a rally in Sardulgarh on Thursday. (HT photo)

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Published on May 30, 2024 10:47 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Bathinda

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Majithia opposes the move of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Akali Dal accuses him of backstabbing Sukhbir; Bhundar retracts statement

Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal was informed that the Administrative Reforms department was ‘not in existence as on date’

Gurpartap Singh Wadala added that their main demand is that SAD should accept Takht’s edict and let the seven-member committee begin reorganisation accordingly.

Prominent candidates include senior councillor Jaspal Singh Giaspura from Ward 34, Sarabjit Singh Ladi from Ward 6 and Rakhwinder Singh Gabria from Ward 48.

Sukhbir Singh Badal has resigned as the president of the Shiromani Akali Dal, said party leader Daljit Cheema, news agency PTI reported.

According to a study, while sadness and fear helped in enhancing accuracy, anger had a negative impact on the participants.

As winter approaches, those with seasonal affective disorder (SAD) face challenges. Strategies like light therapy, medication, and support groups can help.

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal had appeared before the highest Sikh temporal seat on July 24 with a written explanation to the allegations levelled by the rebel Akali Dal leaders.

The rebel group, led by convener and former Nakodar MLA Gurpartpap Singh Wadala, paid obeisance at Golden Temple and then held the meeting at Dera of Kar Sewa Baba Bhuri Wale here to chalk out their next course of action.

The rebel leaders are demanding the resignation of party president Sukhbir Singh Badal after a poor show in the Lok Sabha polls

Shiromani Akali Dal leader (SAD) Bikram Singh Majithia failed to appear before the special investigation team (SIT) probing a 2021 drugs case against him on Thursday.

Daljit Singh Cheema asserted that there was no space for those leaders who had launched a programme against the party, asserting party workers would not tolerate such elements.

Rebel SAD leaders appoint Gurpartap Singh Wadala to lead 'Akali Dal Bachao Lehar', launch mass contact program amidst existential crisis.

They say people have not forgotten the “blunders” committed during the Akali Dal regime led by Sukhbir over the years.

The SAD president says the party had chalked out a plan to expand the Istri Akali Dal and ensure it reaches every village and booth in the state.

The Youth Akali Dal has said Sukhbir alone can give effective leadership to the SAD at this juncture.

Sukhbir Badal recently withdrew support, claiming Surjit’s candidature was announced “arbitrarily” by Jagir Kaur and Wadala

Surjit Kaur’s candidature was announced on June 20 after Sukhbir Badal gave a green signal to her name proposed by a panel led by Bibi Jagir Kaur and Partap Singh Wadala, who are now part of the rebel group of the Shiromani Akali Dal.

SAD vice-president Daljit Singh Cheema says those opposing party president have rejected the Jhundan committee report and have never abided by the “one-family, one-ticket” norm.

Shiromani Akali Dal rebels, including Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Prem Singh Chadumajra, Parminder Singh Dhindsa, Sikandar Singh Maluka, Gurpartap Singh Wadala and Jagir Kaur, will reach the Akal Takht on July 1 to seek forgiveness.

Fifteen candidates are left in the fray for the bypoll to the Jalandhar West reserved assembly segment in Punjab, officials said on Wednesday, on the last day of the withdrawal of papers

SAD fields Surjit Kaur, BSP nominates Binder Kumar Lakha for Jalandhar West bypoll. SAD has not contested seat for over 2 decades due to BJP alliance.

SAD could register win only on one seat, Bathinda, the Badals’ home turf, which party president Sukhbir Badal’s wife Harsimrat Kaur Badal won for the fourth consecutive term, starting from the general elections of 2009, 2014, 2019 and 2024.

The five assembly segments from where former Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal got the decisive lead include Lambi, Budhlada, Bathinda Rural, Talwandi Sabo and Bhucho Mandi, all predominantly rural segments.

Among the candidates who lost their deposit, 13 contested independently; all these candidates got fewer than one-sixth of the total number of valid votes cast for the seat, which, as per election commission rules, means that they will not get a refund of their deposit

According to additional deputy commissioner Amit Sareen, who also served as the additional district election officer, a candidate loses deposit if they secure less than 1/6th of the total votes polled

Polling will be held from 7am till 6pm on Saturday in the last phase of the Lok Sabha elections; 2.14 crore voters are eligible to cast their votes for which 24,451 polling stations have been set up

Addressing three election rallies in Mansa district, SAD president Sukhbir Badal said his party would neither stand with the BJP-led National Democratic Front nor the INDIA bloc.

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