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Sikhs Serving Canada: SEVA Food Bank Launches New Programs to Address Community Needs

:dateline:All programs are free of charge and are open to both clients and the community at large. One of the new Seva initiatives is a monthly Medical Corner. Dr. Kulvinder Gill, a...

Sikh-Americans Raise $330,000 for Needy Students in Punjab

:dateline:A US-based Sikh organization has raised $3,30,000 to fund scholarships for bright, but poor students, to acquire higher education in Punjab. Sikh Human Development Foundation (SHDF) organized a fund raising program which...

Canadian Sikhs Celebrate with Nagar Kirtan Parade in Edmonton

:dateline:Thousands of Edmonton Sikhs celebrated their culture with a Nagar Kirtan parade on Sunday in Mill Woods. The parade, now in its 16th year, celebrates the religious festival of Vaisakhi, which marks the...

Komagata Maru Stamp Honours Sikh Pioneers Who Faced Racism From Canada

:dateline:Canada Post has unveiled a new stamp to mark 100 years since a ship full of mostly Sikh passengers who were turned away from Canada and sent back to India, where they...

Police Make Arrests in Auto Theft Crackdown at Gurdwara Nanak Niwas in Richmond, BC

:dateline:Richmond Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RMPC) say they have arrested two men in a crackdown on auto theft at a local Sikh cultural center. RCMP say vehicles were being broken into repeatedly while...

More than Twenty Thousand Sikhs Gather for Annual Nagar Kirtan in Calgary, Canada

:dateline:Thousands of Calgarians gathered in the north-east community of Martindale on Saturday, May 10, 2014 to celebrate the occasion of Vaisakhi. The annual Sikh Nagar Kirtan parade brings a festive atmosphere to...

Grant Of Indian Passports To Political Assylees Is Being Reviewed by Ambassador to the United States

:dateline:The grant of Indian Passports to those Indians who are Political assylees abroad due to economic reasons is being reviewed by the Government of India in order to grant them permission to...

JUNE 8: 10,000 Sikhs to March in San Francisco to Commemorate 30th Anniversary of Sikh Genocide

:dateline:Sikhs in large numbers will gather in San Francisco on June 8, 2014 to hold a "freedom march" to commemorate the anniversary of the 1984 Operation Bluestar attack on Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple),...

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