Category: WORLD
UNITED SIKHS Launches Olympics Langgar Pre-Events
:dateline:Thousands of Sikhs saw an exhibition of larger-than-life drawings of Sikhs last weekend, organized by UNITED SIKHS for Langgar 2012. The exhibition served as a pre-event to celebrate the Olympic Torch Relay...
Maldives Kirpan Ban
A newly wed Sikh couple from UK recently went to Maldives for vacation. Upon arrival they discovered Maldives had a policy against the Kirpan. The couple were very distressed as their Kirpans were seized from them...
Sikhs for Justice: Congress Attempting to Delay 1984 Genocide Trial
:dateline:US based advocacy group Sikhs for Justice, has blamed the Congress party for attempting to manipulate and delay the Genocide Trial before a US court by filing motions on ‘baseless’ grounds.
According to...
Silence is Deafening on Montreal Soccer Turban Ban
:dateline:Where are the voices of our elected officials defending the right of Sikh children to play soccer with their turbans in Montreal?
In 1867, Sir John A. Macdonald wrote a letter calling for...
Sikh TSA agent wins suit over religious wristband
:dateline:A Sikh security officer at New York’s largest airport won a $30,000 settlement against the Department of Homeland Security, which had forbidden him from displaying his kara — a wristband that Sikhs...
Profiles of 1984 Victims Released by Dal Khalsa
:dateline:A directory consisting of profiles of over 200 Sikhs martyred during Operation Bluestar has been released by the Dal Khalsa organization. Â This is the third version of the directory which carries such...
Sikh Celebrates Golden Jubilee With Queen
:dateline:A pageant of more than 1,000 boats led by the red and gold-leaf bedecked royal barge Gloriana, carrying Queen Elizabeth II and her family, sailed down the majestic Thames on Sunday to...
Man Charged with Killing Sikh in New Zeland Named
:dateline:The man accused of killing a security guard in West Auckland can now be named.
Hateni Kaufusi Latu, 27, of Glendene, appeared in Waitakere District court this afternoon charged with the murder of...