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Punjab: Cabinet approves stringent anti-sacrilege law with life term, spoken words and electronic content included

OpIndia Staff - 12 April, 2026

The amendment mandates SGPC record keeping of all saroops and holds custodians responsible. Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema said masterminds often used mentally challenged individuals, adding stricter punishment was necessary to prevent unrest.

Missing Guru Granth Sahib saroop case: Punjab Bureau of Investigation reconstitutes SIT

OpIndia Staff - 26 February, 2026

The case, registered in December 2025 after years of protests and inquiry findings, concerns alleged bypassing of mandatory printing and record protocols governing Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji at the SGPC’s Ramsar Sahib facility.

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Punjab: 19-year-old Bakshish Singh beaten to death over alleged sacrilege, SGPC justifies the killing, calls for boycott of murdered boy’s family

OpIndia Staff - 5 May, 2024

Police said Bakshish Singh allegedly torn few pages of Shri Guru Granth Sahib and tried to run away from the Gurdwara.

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Punjab: Man booked after Guru Granth Sahib with torn and taped pages found in his house, Satkar committee alleges he brought the holy book...

OpIndia Staff - 6 May, 2023

Amritsar man Baaz Singh booked by Punjab Police after Satkar Committee found a Saroom of Guru Granth Sahib with torn and tapped pages

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Didn’t retaliate against Amritpal Singh supporters attacking Ajnala police station because they were carrying Guru Granth Sahib: Punjab Police

OpIndia Staff - 24 February, 2023

'If we had retaliated, things would have gone awry. We respected Guru Granth Sahib,' Senior Superintendent of Punjab Police Harpal Singh Randhawa said

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Sindhi Hindus to adhere only to Sanatani practises and return all copies of the Guru Granth Sahib back to Sikhs: Top Udasi Seer

OpIndia Staff - 27 January, 2023

A top Udasi seer had stated that Sindhi Hindus would adhere only to "Sanatani" practices and return the Guru Granth Sahibs to Sikhs.

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‘We respect Sikhism, but we are choosing Sanatana Dharma, Ramayana and Bhagwad Gita will be recited in Sindhi Temples’: Mahant Swami Tulsidas Udasi

OpIndia Staff - 18 January, 2023

Sindhi Temples to recite Ramayana Bhagwad Gita and Siddhant Sagar after submitting swaroops Guru Granth Sahib to local Gurudwaras.

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Last two copies of Guru Granth Sahib to arrive in Delhi from Afghanistan’s Kabul today: Watch

OpIndia Staff - 18 January, 2023

These two Saroops could not be transported to India last year because of the restrictions imposed by the Islamist regime of Taliban.

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Indore: SGPC team meets Sindhi community leaders after Sindhis hand over Swaroops of Guru Granth Sahib to Gurudwaras

OpIndia Staff - 17 January, 2023

SGPC team met Sindhi community in Indore to resolve matter of submitting Bir of Guru Granth Sahib to Gurudwaras.

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Sindhi Temples in Madhya Pradesh continue to submit Bir of Shri Guru Granth Sahib to Gurudwaras

OpIndia Staff - 15 January, 2023

Furthermore, the Sindhi Panchayat of Biragarh has requested the police to increase security at Sindhi Temples as they suspect Nihang Sikhs might visit the Temples and cause a law and order situation.

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