Golden Temple

The Golden Temple in Amritsar received a bomb threat via email on Monday, prompting swift action by the Punjab Police and a tightening of security across the shrine’s premises. The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), which…
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The Indian Army on Monday dismissed media reports claiming the deployment of air defence (AD) guns at the Golden Temple, saying that no AD guns or related resources were deployed within the premises of Sri Darbar Sahib in Amritsar.…
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Pakistan attempted to target the Golden Temple in Amritsar with drones and missiles on the intervening night of May 7–8 in retaliation against India’s strikes on nine terrorist sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, Major General…
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Sukhbir Singh Badal, Punjab's former deputy chief minister, has been asked by the Akal Takht, the supreme temporal body of the Sikh community, to clean utensils at the Golden Temple for “religious misconduct". In August, the Akal Takht had…
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A day after the alleged sacrilege attempt inside the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Sunday urged people to maintain communal harmony and respect and protect all religious centres in the state.…
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