Category: Americas
International Saakhi Competition Accepting Submissions Until Oct 31st and Includes Cash Prizes
:dateline:A recently launched organization named Search for Sikhi (SoS) has been hosting the first International Saakhi Competition since September 1st. Since September 1st, they have impressively received over 175 submissions from Sangat...
WSO Canada: RCMP Refusal to Accommodate Sikh Officers is Discrimination
:dateline:The World Sikh Organization of Canada is disappointed by the RCMP’s refusal to accommodate bearded Sikh officers. The officers have been removed from frontline policing duties since March 31 2020 due to...
U.S. House Votes to Rename Texas Post Office for Deputy Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal
:dateline:Late Monday afternoon, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed H. Res. 5317, a bill to name the U.S. Post Office on Addicks Howell Road in Houston, the "Deputy Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal Post...
WSO Canada: MLI Khalistan Report Parrots Indian Narratives
:dateline:The World Sikh Organization of Canada today joined the call for the retraction of the report entitled “Khalistan: a Project of Pakistan”, published by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. The report is authored by...
Academics Call for Retraction of “Vitriolic” Khalistan Report by Macdonald-Laurier Institute
:dateline:In an unprecedented move, a group of almost 50 academics, who work closely with the Sikh community or in the area of Sikh studies, has co-signed a letter calling for a retraction...
Missing Hemkunt Sahib Pilgrims: CBI Team Visits Punjab For Investigation
:dateline:A team of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), a premier investigating agency of India, visited Amritsar and Gurdaspur district of Punjab to investigate the case of missing eight Hemkunt Sahib pilgrims...
Who gave you PDF file for printing of holy saroops in Surrey?’: Akal Takht Sahib to Malik, Pandher
:dateline:Giani Harpreet Singh, the SGPC-appointed acting jathedar of Akal Takht Sahib, has asked Ripudaman Singh Malik and Balwant Singh Pandher to disclose the source of the pen drive that was used for...
USA: Man accused of running over Sikh man charged with hate crime
:dateline:A man accused of running over the Sikh owner of a suburban Denver liquor store after reportedly telling him and his wife to “go back to your country” is now facing a...
