Category: WORLD
Recent Hanging in India Increases Urgency of Need for UK Pressure on Indian Government to Halt Death Penalty: John McDonnell
:dateline:In the light of the recent hanging in India the Labour MP for Hayes and Harlington, John McDonnell, has called upon the UK government to recognize the urgency of the situation and...
Protests Planned For French President’s India visit
:dateline:Several thousand Sikhs from across India have announced to lead protests against the turban ban on Sikh students in France, threatening to jeopardize the Rs 90,0000 crore fighter plane deal the Union...
Sukhminder Singh Virk Running in British Columbia’s Provincial Election
:dateline:Sukhminder Singh Virk officially became the candidate for the BC Liberal Party in the riding of Surrey-Newton on February 3.
Surrey-Newton is the riding with the highest Sikh population in the Province of...
Amritdhari Sikh Women to Serve as Police Officer in Australia
:dateline:  Simarpal Kaur became the first Amritdhari Sikh woman to serve in the Police force with her Dastar in Australia. Originally from Moga District, Village Deena Sahib, she left Punjab in 2007...
First Sikh Lord’s Memorial Day Held in House of Commons, UK
:dateline:Lord Tarsem Singh was the first Sikh in the U.K. to be honoured as a Lord in 1999.
On his memorial day on Monday 4th February 2013 many Lords , MPs and his close...
Statement Regarding Relocation of ‘Painting’ in Havelock Road Gurdwara
:dateline:The Executive Committee sincerely regrets that this incident has occurred as it shows the whole Sikh community in a bad light. Unfortunately a lot of misinformation has been put out regarding the...
‘Enough was Enough’, Says Pioneer of Respect to Sikh Turban Campaign
When injustice was committed by a small group of ignorant people within a seemingly archaic organization, as it happened with Sikhs in Poland by Board Guards, it was time to decide ‘enough...
Sikh Family/Children Found Dead in Suspected Murder-Suicide in Atlanta suburb
:dateline:A Sikh family found dead in an Atlanta suburb on Monday morning were the victims of an apparent murder-suicide, police say.
The bodies of Shindiver Grover, 52, his wife Damanjit, 47, and their...
