Gandhi said he has been going to temples, gurdwaras and mosques for years, but the issue of his visits to temples has suddenly been publicised.
Citing documents, AAP leader and an advocate fighting for the victims of the 1984 riots, H S Phoolka, claimed that Nath was a part of the mob that attacked the Rakab Ganj Sahib Gurdwara in Delhi on November 1, 1984. Two Sikhs were also burnt to death in the attack.
The two-day rally will be one of the largest congregations of farmers in Delhi, the AIKSCC has claimed.
The news of Yuvraj Singh's engagement to model-actress Hazel Keech was confirmed by Yuvraj's mother Shabnam Singh and his manager Aneesh Gautam.
India is in the midst of its biggest crisis since Independence. It is a national emergency and begs to be dealt with. Politics can wait. Lives need to be saved. We need to vaccinate India at a pace faster than any country in the world, asserts Ramesh Menon.
Decorated lights decked up buildings and earthen lamps dotted houses as people across the country celebrated Diwali.
The police in Noida has prohibited any religious activity, including offering of Friday prayers by Muslims, in a public park.
Religious institutions and charitable trusts employing 20 workers or more will have to deposit employees' provident fund with the EPFO.
Shriomani Gurdwara Pharbandhak Committee president Avtar Singh Makkar said in Amritsar on Tuesday that die hard efforts will be applied to save the life of death row convict Davinder Pal Singh Bhullar.
Events that shaped the nation in the past 48 hours in images.
The Pakistani election on July 25 has a strong Indian flavour and connection, says Vivek Shukla.
The fringe organisation, run by a few radical Sikhs of foreign nationality in the US, Canada, the United Kingdom openly espouses the cause of Khalistan and in that process challenges the sovereignty and territorial integrity of India.
After multiple speculations about Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh and Bollywood actress Hazel Keech's dating scene, sources have confirmed that the couple has secretly got engaged in Bali on Wednesday.
'Twitterati on either side of the political fence needs to walk for a day or two in a chowkidar's shoes to understand how precariously India's unorganised sector teeters on the brink,' says Geetanjali Krishna.
'This confrontation could have been avoided by a less arrogant administration that initially listened, used whatever negotiating skills they had and tried to be more credible,' observes Ramesh Menon.
Kumar was convicted and sentenced to life for the remainder of his life by the high court on December 17 in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Raj Nagar area.
The former Congress leader had sought more time, till January 30, to surrender saying he has to settle family affairs related to children and property and also needs time to file appeal in the Supreme Court against the high court verdict.
Khalistani separatist Chawla, a close aide of terrorist Hafiz Saeed, is part of the committee, which was not acceptable to India.
'Now I will see how you escape...'
The 16-year-old youth was also arrested for an attempted burglary at a shop in the city a day before the attack, a police spokesman said.
Dadwal had asked for transfer from his present position following completion of his three-year tenure, but was asked by the home ministry to stay on till the end of the Commonwealth Games.
Out on bail, the Bhim Army chief said 'it will be shameful if I don't call him out for saying that those indulging in violence can be identified by their clothes itself'.
She also said the Kartarpur corridor initiative was not linked to the dialogue process with Pakistan.
Members of various organisations on Friday held protests at Ambala in Haryana and Delhi against the proposed screening of controversial film Messenger of God featuring Dera Saccha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in the lead role.
Pakistani authorities have cut short the visit of Indian pilgrims to Gurdwara Panja Sahib in Hasanabdal city of Punjab province due to the security situation, days after the killing of two abducted Sikhs by the Taliban in the restive northwestern tribal belt.
India's top envoy in Australia has assured Indians that the government was 'very closely monitoring' their well-being in this country, as she asked them to not allow 'a few bad elements' to sour the otherwise warm Indo-Australian relationship. Indian High Commissioner Sujatha Singh, who traveled to Melbourne, assured the Indian Sikh community that the perpetrators of the incident of arson on a local gurdwara will be brought to justice by the authorities.
'The Delhi-Washington stalemate can end only if India's concern over trans-border terrorism is addressed.' 'The Indian security establishment expects a spike in terrorist attacks in the months ahead.' 'And there is every likelihood that India may retaliate against Pakistan at some point,' observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Unlike in langars, free feeding under the food security bill may force people to swallow their shame.
Parrikar had compared the neigbouring country to "hell" and asserted that it should stop human rights violations in Balochistan.
Residents near the border have been asked to switch off lights at night. Farmers whose agriculture land is beyond the fencing wire were ordered not to visit their fields.
Robin Singh, who was abducted by the Taliban in Peshawar February 12, 2010 escaped from their custody on April 11. He has now taken refuge at the Panje Sahib gurdwara, about 160 km from Peshawar, along with his family and elder brother Rajan.
'The Delhi police is not acting only at the behest of the home minister; blame lies nowhere else but the home ministry.'
Some 15,000 people, mainly from California, and also from across the United States and abroad, joined the 37th Baisakhi celebrations in Los Angeles, California on April 12 sponsored jointly by 20 gurdwaras in Southern California area.
In the meeting, which was held in makeshift tents at the Zero point, both the sides discussed timing of completion of bridge, alignment of roads and other engineering aspects of the proposed crossing points.
Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson said the assault is being investigated as a hate crime.
The Pakistani Taliban on Saturday responsibility for the assasination of a prominent Sikh politician who was shot dead by motorcycle-borne gunmen near his home in Pakistan's restive northwest.
Sant Rama Nand, the head of a Dera sect, died early on Monday morning after being shot in a clash between two groups of Sikh worshippers at a gurdwara in Vienna.At least 11 people, including Sant Niranjan Dass, another Dera chief, were injured when the two groups clashed with knives and a handgun.The fight erupted following a dispute over the sermon given by a priest from Shri Guru Ravidas Sabha.
There has been a three-fold rise in the number of Indian students coming to the UK since the points-based immigration system was introduced in April this year.
'No one should make coronavirus a Hindu-Muslim issue.'
'It is never easy to run a campaign as a woman, particularly a minority woman, especially when you are bucking the establishment.' 'My entire campaign is an act of resistance.'
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