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• Dec 19, 2021 03:13 PM IST

  SIT formed to probe Golden Temple sacrilege incident

  A special investigation team (SIT) has been formed under the Amritsar DCP (law and order) to investigate the sacrilege incident at the Golden Temple. It will give its report in two days. Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, who heads the home department, took stock of the situation by meeting the police officials in Amritsar. Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi is also coming to visit the Golden Temple at 4 pm.

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• Dec 19, 2021 11:34 AM IST

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• Dec 19, 2021 11:20 AM IST

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• Dec 19, 2021 09:24 AM IST

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• Dec 19, 2021 08:59 AM IST

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• Dec 19, 2021 08:32 AM IST

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• Dec 19, 2021 07:44 AM IST

  PM Modi to visit Goa today for its Liberation Day celebrations

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• Dec 19, 2021 07:30 AM IST

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• Dec 19, 2021 06:23 AM IST

  Man killed over sacrilege in Golden Temple: Police

  A man was beaten to death by pilgrims at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on Saturday evening after he allegedly stepped inside the central enclosure of the sanctum sanctorum where the holy book Guru Granth Sahib is placed, picked up a diamond-encrusted sword and committed sacrilege, police said. Read More

• Dec 19, 2021 06:18 AM IST

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