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Rahul’s apology for 1984 riots ‘hypocritical and meaningless’, says Sukhbir

The remarks by Gandhi were made on April 21 during an interactive session at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University in the US

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal

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Published on May 06, 2025 09:02 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Don’t indulge in cheap theatrics: Sukhbir to CM

Sukhbir asked the CM and the AAP to stop engaging in “political theatrics” over the sensitive river water issue and instead come clean to Punjabis about the recent release of 4,000 cusecs of water to Haryana and the subsequent agreement to release an additional 8,500 cusecs.

He cited a written admission by Bhagwant Mann that the Punjab government had been releasing 4,000 cusecs of water for the past month, and had agreed to Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini’s April 23 request for another 8,000 cusecs. (HT File)

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Published on May 02, 2025 07:26 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Ludhiana: Thar crushes 33-yr-old to death, driver absconding

The victim, identified as Sukhwinder Singh, was riding his motorcycle when the Thar, while executing a U-turn, rammed into him and dragged him before crashing into the shutter of a nearby godown

The Mahindra Thar that rammed into a biker and dragged him before crashing into a nearby godown in Ludhiana’s Rishi Nagar on Wednesday. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 30, 2025 11:44 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

Sukhbir open to bring rebels back into Akali Dal fold

Emphasising the party’s core mission, Sukhbir asserted that the SAD is dedicated to ensuring peace and development in Punjab, unlike other parties that, he alleged, only seek to exploit the people.

Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal with SAD candidate Parupkar Singh Ghumman in Ludhiana on Saturday. (Gurpreet Singh/HT)

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Published on Apr 27, 2025 08:10 AM IST

ByTarsem Singh Deogan, Ludhiana

2nd death anniversary: Skill India centre to come up in memory of Parkash Singh Badal

Addressing a gathering on an event to mark the second death anniversary of the late chief minister at his native place in Muktsar’s Badal village, Sukhbir said: “It was during the Badal saab tenure when Punjab became the first state in India to start a skill development push. Later, it was adopted by the Union government to empower youth with the skills to meet the diverse demands of different industries.”

Lauding the Centre government’s decision to open Parkash Singh Badal Skill India Centre, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal said on Friday that the SAD patriarch was a true mass leader with a futuristic vision. (Sanjeev Kumar/HT)

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Published on Apr 26, 2025 09:40 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Bathinda

SC rejects Punjab govt’s plea challenging SAD leader Majithia’s bail in drugs case

The top court granted the anti-drug special task force (STF) the liberty to seek cancellation of the Shiromani Akali Dal leader’s bail if he attempts to influence witnesses or the trial in the drugs case.

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed an appeal of the Punjab government challenging the bail granted to Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia in a drugs case by the Punjab and Haryana high court. (HT file)

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Published on Apr 25, 2025 12:06 PM IST

ByPress Trust of India

SC rejects Punjab's appeal, SAD leader Majithia to remain on bail in drugs case

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Published on Apr 25, 2025 11:59 AM IST

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Punjab: SAD questions CM over sharing stage Mandi board official

Jatinder Singh Bhangu was seen sharing stage with the CM and two other cabinet ministers — Gurmeet Singh Khudian and Harbhajan Singh ETO, besides senior officials of the Punjab government, during a Mandi Board event on Thursday

Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann (HT File)

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Published on Apr 25, 2025 09:30 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

HC notice on Punjab govt over Majithia security cover

The HC bench of justice Kuldeep Tiwari acted on the plea from Majithia who had demanded the March 29 order of the government to be quashed and his security cover be restored

The plea claims Majithia has been on the target of extremist elements and he has received multiple death threats from notorious individuals and terrorist groups. (HT File)

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Published on Apr 25, 2025 08:36 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Punjab: SAD demands girdawari for loss to wheat crop

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Daljit Singh Cheema also urged the state government to release compensation for farmers whose crops were destroyed by fires

Congress MLA and All India Kisan Congress chairman Sukhpal Singh Khaira has also demanded compensation of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>50,000 per acre for farmers impacted by weather-induced crop losses. (HT File)

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Published on Apr 23, 2025 10:14 AM IST

ByHT Correspondents, Chandigarh/jalandhar

Punjab: Akali Dal to hold dharnas against ‘tax terror’ unleashed by AAP govt

Senior Shiromani Akali Dal leader NK Sharma said party president Sukhbir Singh Badal will lead the ‘dharnas’

Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal (HT File)

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Published on Apr 23, 2025 06:44 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Court defers hearing on new SIT’s plea probing drug case against Majithia to May 3

The new SIT was formed on March 31 last month, after four SITs in three years failed to pin any blame on Majithia in the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) case registered against him on December 20, 2021. The fifth SIT is led by the assistant inspector general (AIG) Varun Sharma.

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Published on Apr 20, 2025 08:46 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Mohali

Scuffle breaks out as BSF halts radicals’ march to Pak border

Amritsar: Akali Dal leaders scuffled with BSF during a protest demanding reopening of the India-Pakistan border for trade, citing farmers' struggles.

BSF personnel stop Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) president Simranjit Singh Mann and his supporters during a protest march demanding opening of borders for trade between India and Pakistan, at Attari border, on Thursday. (PTI)

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Published on Apr 18, 2025 07:14 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

SAD names advocate Parupkar Singh Ghumman for Ludhiana West bypoll

The dates for the bypoll have are yet to be announced; AAP and the Congress have already announced their candidates while the BJP is yet to do so.

Parupkar Singh Ghumman, SAD’s candidate for the Ludhiana West bypoll, is currently serving as the vice-president of Ludhiana district bar association and has served as the bar body’s president five times in the past. (HT Photo)

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Published on Apr 17, 2025 02:19 PM IST

ByTarsem Singh Deogan, Ludhiana

Ludhiana: Sukhbir meets party cadres in Samrala

Accompanied by constituency in-charge Parmjeet Singh Dhillon, Sukhbir interacted with party members and spent over an hour speaking individually to workers, listening to their concerns and reaffirming the SAD’s core mission

SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal meeting party workers in Samrala on Wednesday. (HT Photo)

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Published on Apr 17, 2025 06:44 AM IST

ByTarsem Singh Deogan, Ludhiana

SAD ‘ridicule’ AAP’s Aman Arora for staging dharna seeking action against LoP Bajwa

Asserting that an Emergency-like rule had been imposed in Punjab, SAD said opposition leaders who were speaking against the government were being targeted with the latest example being that of Partap Singh Bajwa.

Punjab Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) president Aman Arora staging a dharna in front of a police station to demand action against leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa. (HT)

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Published on Apr 16, 2025 09:46 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Rally at Talwandi Sabo: Gear up for 2027 comeback, Sukhbir asks Akali Dal workers

A day after being re-elected as president of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), Sukhbir Singh Badal gave a clarion call to party supporters to prepare for bringing the party back to power in the 2027 assembly elections

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Published on Apr 14, 2025 05:56 AM IST

ByVishal Joshi

Previous jathedars were under BJP control: Sukhbir justifies removal

Terming what happened at Akal Takht in relation to affairs of Shiromani Akali Dal as a conspiracy to finish the party, Sukhbir said it began when the party parted ways with BJP-led National Democratic Alliance

Sukhbir Singh Badal addressing party leaders and workers after being elected the Shiromani Akali Dal president at Teja Singh Samundri Hall in Amritsar on Saturday. (HT photo)

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Published on Apr 13, 2025 05:18 AM IST

BySurjit Singh, Amritsar

Punjab: SAD pvt limited company of Badals, rivals target Sukhbir

Badal returned to the SAD helm with his unanimous election as president of the Punjab-based party. The 62-year-old former deputy chief minister was first elected party president in 2008.

Congress’ Punjab president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring alleges Sukhbir was calling the shots even when he had supposedly resigned.

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Published on Apr 13, 2025 05:12 AM IST

ByPress Trust of India, Chandigarh

Punjab: Sukhbir elected Akali Dal president for 4th time

He was first elected as the party president in 2008 and at 45, was the youngest person to occupy the post. Sukhbir, the son of late party patriarch Parkash Singh Badal, was the only candidate for the post of party president.

Sukhbir Singh Badal at the Golden Temple after being elected president of the Shiromani Akali Dal in Amritsar on Friday. (Sameer Sehgal/HT)

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Published on Apr 13, 2025 05:02 AM IST

BySurjit Singh, Amritsar

Punjab: Sukhbir Badal elected SAD president for the 4th time

Sukhbir had resigned from the post on November 16 last year after being declared a tankhaiya (guilty of religious misconduct) by the Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of Sikhs, for the mistakes of the party and its government from 2007 to 2017.

Sukhbir Singh Badal after being elected the SAD president during the delegate meeting of the party, held at Teja Singh Samundri Hall, the headquarters of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, at the Golden Temple complex on Saturday. (HT File)

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Updated on Apr 12, 2025 03:14 PM IST

BySurjit Singh, Amritsar

SAD polls: Sukbhir likely to take over reins of party again

As many as 567 delegates, four each from 117 assembly constituencies in Punjab will cast their vote during the session.

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Published on Apr 12, 2025 07:58 AM IST

ByHT Correspondents, Amritsar/chandigarh

Punjab: Akali Dal delegate session on April 12 to elect new president

The turmoil within SAD, which was already battling diminishing electoral returns post the 2015 sacrilege incidents, deepened when Sukhbir Singh Badal, who had been declared ‘tankhaya’ (guilty of religious misconduct), resigned from the president post on November 16.

Shiromani Akali Dal leader Daljit Singh Cheema addressing mediapersons.

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Published on Apr 09, 2025 09:42 AM IST

ByGurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh

Amritsar: Giani Gargaj calls meeting of Sikh clergy today

As per the Takht spokesperson, the meeting will be held to discuss panthic, social and religious issues related to Khalsa Foundation Day which is celebrated on Visakhi.

Akal Takht acting jathedar Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj (PTI)

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Published on Apr 08, 2025 08:06 AM IST

BySurjit Singh, Amritsar

SAD calls meet on April 8, to decide on polls for party chief, office-bearers

Last week, the SAD parliamentary board announced to hold organisational polls of the party from April 2. The election of the district and state delegates was held on April 6.

SAD leader Daljit Singh Cheema announced this on Sunday on a social platform and added that the party’s working president Balwinder Singh Bhundar would chair the meeting. (HT File)

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Published on Apr 07, 2025 08:20 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Ludhiana: SAD begins process to elect new district chief ahead of bypoll

The bypoll ticket will be announced only after the new president is elected; former MLA Ranjit Singh Dhillon said that while SAD is prepared for the bypoll, electing a new president remains the immediate priority

Shiromani Akali Dal workers during the meeting at Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha in Model Town in Ludhiana on Saturday. (Gurpreet Singh/HT)

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Published on Apr 06, 2025 06:42 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

Majithia drug case: Court defers hearing to April 19

However, after the counsel representing the SIT objected to the media presence in the open courtroom, the court asked the media to leave the court citing that media entry was barred. The hearing was eventually deferred by the court.

Three days after the new special investigation team (SIT) inquiring into a drug trafficking case against Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia moved a Mohali court seeking search warrants, the court on Saturday adjourned the hearing for arguments to April 19. (HT File)

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Published on Apr 05, 2025 08:52 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Mohali

Harsimrat raises vandalism of Ambedkar statues in Lok Sabha, seeks central probe

Raising the issue in the Lok Sabha, Harsimrat said it was condemnable that the statues of Ambedkar had been targeted three times in the last three months, but the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government had failed to protect them or ensure punishment to the perpetrators

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader and Bathinda parliamentarian Harsimrat Kaur Badal (HT File)

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Published on Apr 05, 2025 09:44 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Sukhbir shooter Chaura attends bhog of former Babbar Khalsa militant

Objections were raised when Akal Takht acting jathedar Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj was presenting ‘siropas’ to Mehal Singh’s wife, Gurmeet Kaur and kin.

Akal Takht acting Jathedar Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj (R) talking to Gurmeet Kaur, wife of Babbar Khalsa militant who died in Pakistan, during his bhog ceremony on Friday. (HT)

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Published on Apr 05, 2025 09:28 AM IST

BySurjit Singh, Amritsar

Ludhiana: SAD gears up for Ludhiana West bypoll

The Akali Dal further attacked the Congress for its alleged five years of misgovernance, recalling unfulfilled promises such as jobs for every household, free smartphones for students, ration subsidies including sugar and desi ghee, and farm loan waivers

The SAD also took a firm stand on the state’s drug menace, blaming the government for allowing drug trafficking to flourish over the past three years. (HT Photo)

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Published on Apr 04, 2025 05:46 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

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The remarks by Gandhi were made on April 21 during an interactive session at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University in the US

Sukhbir asked the CM and the AAP to stop engaging in “political theatrics” over the sensitive river water issue and instead come clean to Punjabis about the recent release of 4,000 cusecs of water to Haryana and the subsequent agreement to release an additional 8,500 cusecs.

The victim, identified as Sukhwinder Singh, was riding his motorcycle when the Thar, while executing a U-turn, rammed into him and dragged him before crashing into the shutter of a nearby godown

Emphasising the party’s core mission, Sukhbir asserted that the SAD is dedicated to ensuring peace and development in Punjab, unlike other parties that, he alleged, only seek to exploit the people.

The top court granted the anti-drug special task force (STF) the liberty to seek cancellation of the Shiromani Akali Dal leader’s bail if he attempts to influence witnesses or the trial in the drugs case.

SC rejects Punjab's appeal, SAD leader Majithia to remain on bail in drugs case

Jatinder Singh Bhangu was seen sharing stage with the CM and two other cabinet ministers — Gurmeet Singh Khudian and Harbhajan Singh ETO, besides senior officials of the Punjab government, during a Mandi Board event on Thursday

The HC bench of justice Kuldeep Tiwari acted on the plea from Majithia who had demanded the March 29 order of the government to be quashed and his security cover be restored

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Daljit Singh Cheema also urged the state government to release compensation for farmers whose crops were destroyed by fires

Senior Shiromani Akali Dal leader NK Sharma said party president Sukhbir Singh Badal will lead the ‘dharnas’

The new SIT was formed on March 31 last month, after four SITs in three years failed to pin any blame on Majithia in the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) case registered against him on December 20, 2021. The fifth SIT is led by the assistant inspector general (AIG) Varun Sharma.

Amritsar: Akali Dal leaders scuffled with BSF during a protest demanding reopening of the India-Pakistan border for trade, citing farmers' struggles.

The dates for the bypoll have are yet to be announced; AAP and the Congress have already announced their candidates while the BJP is yet to do so.

Accompanied by constituency in-charge Parmjeet Singh Dhillon, Sukhbir interacted with party members and spent over an hour speaking individually to workers, listening to their concerns and reaffirming the SAD’s core mission

Asserting that an Emergency-like rule had been imposed in Punjab, SAD said opposition leaders who were speaking against the government were being targeted with the latest example being that of Partap Singh Bajwa.

A day after being re-elected as president of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), Sukhbir Singh Badal gave a clarion call to party supporters to prepare for bringing the party back to power in the 2027 assembly elections

Terming what happened at Akal Takht in relation to affairs of Shiromani Akali Dal as a conspiracy to finish the party, Sukhbir said it began when the party parted ways with BJP-led National Democratic Alliance

Badal returned to the SAD helm with his unanimous election as president of the Punjab-based party. The 62-year-old former deputy chief minister was first elected party president in 2008.

He was first elected as the party president in 2008 and at 45, was the youngest person to occupy the post. Sukhbir, the son of late party patriarch Parkash Singh Badal, was the only candidate for the post of party president.

Sukhbir had resigned from the post on November 16 last year after being declared a tankhaiya (guilty of religious misconduct) by the Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of Sikhs, for the mistakes of the party and its government from 2007 to 2017.

As many as 567 delegates, four each from 117 assembly constituencies in Punjab will cast their vote during the session.

The turmoil within SAD, which was already battling diminishing electoral returns post the 2015 sacrilege incidents, deepened when Sukhbir Singh Badal, who had been declared ‘tankhaya’ (guilty of religious misconduct), resigned from the president post on November 16.

As per the Takht spokesperson, the meeting will be held to discuss panthic, social and religious issues related to Khalsa Foundation Day which is celebrated on Visakhi.

Last week, the SAD parliamentary board announced to hold organisational polls of the party from April 2. The election of the district and state delegates was held on April 6.

The bypoll ticket will be announced only after the new president is elected; former MLA Ranjit Singh Dhillon said that while SAD is prepared for the bypoll, electing a new president remains the immediate priority

However, after the counsel representing the SIT objected to the media presence in the open courtroom, the court asked the media to leave the court citing that media entry was barred. The hearing was eventually deferred by the court.

Raising the issue in the Lok Sabha, Harsimrat said it was condemnable that the statues of Ambedkar had been targeted three times in the last three months, but the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government had failed to protect them or ensure punishment to the perpetrators

Objections were raised when Akal Takht acting jathedar Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj was presenting ‘siropas’ to Mehal Singh’s wife, Gurmeet Kaur and kin.

The Akali Dal further attacked the Congress for its alleged five years of misgovernance, recalling unfulfilled promises such as jobs for every household, free smartphones for students, ration subsidies including sugar and desi ghee, and farm loan waivers

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