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NEW DELHI: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Friday said she was "deeply touched" by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "kind gesture" of reaching out to enquire about the health of her husband and party chief, Sukhbir Singh Badal, who was attacked at a gurdwara in Maharashtra's Nanded a day earlier.

Nanded (Maharashtra), Aug 14 (PTI) A court in the district on Friday remanded Jaspal Singh, arrested for allegedly attacking Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal, in police custody till August 24, an official said. Singh was nabbed immediately after he allegedly attacked Badal inside Mata Sahib Gurdwara here on Thursday. He was interrogated for [...]

A day earlier, former Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal came under attack while visiting a gurdwara in Nanded, Maharashtra.

NEW DELHI: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal was discharged from hospital on Friday, a day after he was attacked by an assailant armed with a "kirpan" at a gurdwara in Nanded, Maharashtra.

Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal was attacked inside a gurdwara in Maharashtra's Nanded on Thursday. He underwent a surgery and was discharged from a hospital later.

Jaspal Singh said he received the instruction to attack Sukhbir Badal from Waheguru while he was praying at the gurudwara.

SAD leader Sukhbir Badal's first reaction to attack in Maharashtra: 'Not afraid, never will be' | India News

Sukhbir was attacked by a Nihang using a "kirpan" near Mata Sahib Gurdwara in Nanded Sahib at Takht Sri Hazur Sahib in Maharashtra on Thursday.

Sukhbir Singh Badal, the former Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab, was attacked during a visit to a gurudwara in Maharashtra's Nanded a day before.

The 62-year-old Nihang Sikh has been serving as a sevadar (volunteer) for nearly two years now.