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Know Thy Guru Lehar reaches zenith
8 October 2008
SUKRIT
successfully completes first lap of Sehaj Path Lehar as part of
Gurta Gaddi celebrations. |
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Pictorial book on Guru Granth Sahib released
8 October 2008
Chandigarh: A
pictorial book — Guru Granth Sahib: The Guru Eternal — was released
by Indian Vice-President M. Hamid Ansari in New Delhi on Saturday... |
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Ashutoshias’ clash with Sikhs leaves 15
injured
10 September 2008
MALOUT: Even as the Dera
Sirsa's confrontation with the Sikhs continues, the simmering
problem with the self-styled Divya Jyoti Jagriti Sansthan... |
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California approves Sikh Coloring Book for SIM
3 September 2008
SACRAMENTO: Keeping
in view the often poor knowledge of people in the West, including
the United States, about Sikhs and Sikhism, and aimed... |
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Sikh
prisoner fighting to stop Florida jailers from cutting his hair
27 August, 2008
Jacksonville,
Florida: Sikh prisoner Jagmohan Singh Ahuja was subjected to inhuman
treatment when, on or about July 1, 2008... |
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SGPC floats saplings idea to save girl child
27 August, 2008
AMRITSAR: The
SGPC has finally thought of a novel idea, but years after it was
first suggested by many experts. Under a plan called “Nanhi Chaan”... |
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Vedanti’s exit: What lies beneath, and ahead?
27 August, 2008
Gurmeet Ram Rahim should be
given two options: Run your cult but agree not to make use of
Sikh symbolism. No calling it Dera Sachha Sauda, no preaching
selective... |
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Haryana moving towards new SGPC
13 August, 2008
Haryana CM Bhupinder
Singh Hooda has said the report of the Harmohinder Singh Chatha
committee is almost ready and will be submitted within 15 days... |
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Sikhi & Gatka Camp held in Netherlands
13 August, 2008
ROTTERDAM (THE
NETHERLANDS): As part of the Dutch Sikh community's efforts in
propagating Gurmat awareness, a Gatka and Gurmat camp was... |
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15th Annual Sikh Children’s Day
13 August, 2008
Lankershim Gurdwara: Once again, the Ujjaldidar Singh Memorial
Foundation celebrated its annual Sikh Children’s Day competition at
Lankershim Gurdwara... |
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Pak Gurdwara panel to back Kartarpur Sahib Sports
event
13 August, 2008
SAN JOSE: Jathedar Bishan Singh, President of
Pakistan Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee, has committed that they
fully support opening of the Kartarpur Sahib.. |
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Ecological Concerns and Sikh Activism
6 August, 2008
Today in a Sikh family setting, I imagine it is not only a
linguistic gulf which separates elders from youngsters, but one of lifestyle
and the attitudes which... |
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Vedanti ousted in Badalshahi style; Will the saga ever end?
6 August, 2008
AMRITSAR: In
typical Badalshahi style of politics, Akal Takht Jathedar Joginder
Singh Vedanti on Monday night was forced to resign from his post,
his resignation collected... |
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Sikhism –The Green Faith
29
July, 2008
World Sikh News is pleased to welcome a new genre of Sikh
environmental-conscious activists and writers. Last week,
while commenting on the Indo-US nuclear deal we had regretted the
lack... |
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ACs in Golden Temple: HC seeks scientific
report
23
July, 2008
CHANDIGARH:
Anguish over installation of air-conditioners in the Golden Temple
found an echo in the
Punjab
and Haryana High Court on Tuesday... |
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Event on reviving the Sikh spirit
23
July, 2008
TORONTO: A promgram on
community revival titled Rekindling Sikh Spirit was heald at the Sikh
Spiritual Center, Rexdale by the Haloona Project Coordination... |
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Jagriti Yatra in Bangalore
23
July, 2008
Bangalore: A religious journey that began from Nanded in
Maharashtra
on
November 15, 2007
passed through various areas in Bangalore last Sunday. Over 10,00... |
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Vedanti says Manmohan a good man but no hukamnama
16 July 2008
ANANDPUR SAHIB:
Two strange things happened side by side this week. On Tuesday, Akal
Takht jathedar Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti said no jathedar of any
Takht... |
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Camp Khanda: Where Sikh children learn
about religion, life, heritage
16 July 2008
Kavan Rai used
to say very little about practicing the Sikh religion, fearful her
friends would make fun of her or shun her... |
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Tribunal allows gurdwara to limit m’ship along caste lines
16 July 2008
BRITISH
COLUMBIA: The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has dismissed a complaint
by two members of the Indo-Canadian community who were denied... |
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Badal brings shame to the community, uses Lord's name for it
9
July, 2008
PHAGWARA: There
is no stopping Parkash Singh Badal from not just helping the saffron
charge at corrupting the Sikhism core values but even leading it
himself. it is pretty... |
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TeriSikhi.com did good work
2
July, 2008
Northern California
based forum TeriSikhi.com has congratulated the Sikh nation for the
positive developments regarding corridor plans to conjoin Kartarpur
Sahib ... |
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SGPC panel to clear ‘Singh is Kinng’
PATIALA: Akshay Kumar starrer
2
July, 2008
‘Singh is Kinng'
film, which is in the final stages of production, would be released
only after clearance from a committee of the Shiromani Gurdwara
Parbandhak Committee... |
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Sikhcess comes
to Fremont
25
June, 2008
FREMONT:
Sikhcess, a worldwide community service based organization, unveiled
definitive plans to feed the homeless worldwide through... |
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Bush greets Sikhs on Guru’ta Gaddi celebrations
25
June, 2008
WASHINGTON: President
Bush has sent warm greetings to Sikhs across America and worldwide
on the 300th anniversary of the Sikh Scriptures, Guru
Granth Sahib... |
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Singh is King to re-shoot; MTV faces
music
18
June,
2008
MUMBAI: Though
the alarm bells had been sounded by Sikhs in Mumbai and various
organisations more than six months back, the producers of the movie,
Singh is King... |
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Unveiling the Truth of Operation Bluestar
18
June,
2008
FREMONT: Though
24 years have gone by, Sikhs have not forgotten the ignominy hurled
at them by the Indian state in the name of Operation Bluestar... |
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A historic interview after Saka Akal Takht Sahib ji
11
June, 2008
HARBIR SINGH: When
were you able to first return to Sri Darbar Sahib after Operation
Bluestar and what were the conditions as you saw them?... |
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Perpetrator-speak brings out more truths about Op Bluestar
11
June, 2008
AMRITSAR:
As the brave Sikh nation enters the 25th year of Saka Akal Takht
Sahib Operation Bluestar of 1984, two developments marked it... |
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Federal pollution control board to work for Darbar Sahib complex project
11
June, 2008
AMRITSAR: In a bid
to control and stem the impact of industrial pollution on the Darbar
Sahib complex buildings and environment, India's Central Pollution
Control... |
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First
Ever album of Partaal launched in the
UK
4
June,
2008
LONDON:
Stringed instruments and soul-satisfying devotional music dominated
the Sunday Sangat at the monumental Gurdwara Southall... |
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SGPC goes in for
stealth route to install ACs at Golden Temple
4
June,
2008
Amritsar:
Considerable debate had followed the first indications that the SGPC wanted
to install air conditioners at the Golden Temple and at one stage the... |
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SGPC red beacons not coming too soon
4
June,
2008
Chandigarh: The
members of SGPC would not have the luxury to flaunt red beacons atop
their vehicles with the Punjab and Haryana High Court making
‘‘absolute’’... |
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Makkar upbeat about History and Research Board
4
June,
2008
Patiala: SGPC chief
Avtar Singh Makkar has said the newly launched History and Research
Board will work on unearthing the more obscure facets of Sikh history... |
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Combat Intolerance
28
May,
2008
“It is a dress
code in our school.” “Hindu students must wear turbans because even
Lala Lajpat Rai used to wear one.” “It was already there in the
prospectus.. |
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Sikhism -a Faith of Tolerance and Respect for All
28
May,
2008
Your open letter
on the
Akal Academy's dress code is very good and is in accordance with
Sikh History and teachings of Guru Granth Sahib... |
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Silent crisis within a community
28
May,
2008
Although I
often have struggled with my cultural identity in this patchwork
nation of Canada, I have always retained a sense of pride and
devotion to my... |
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Engaging the French on the Turban
28
May,
2008
Reading the
story of enforcement of the turban in Sangrur has prompted to me to
write this note. I share with your readers my conversation with the
French... |
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This is not the Sikhism I know
28
May,
2008
I have gone
through your article and would like to share my thoughts. I am quiet
upset with how Sikh parents themselves are creating an
environment... |
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Stand-off
on turban continues
21
May,
2008
SANGRUR:
Authorties at the Akal Academy, whose diktat to even the Hindu
students to wear turbans had created a problem, continue to stick to their
stand... |
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Sikh boy’s patka burnt in NY, Punjab school
tells Hindu boys to wear turban
14
May,
2008
NEW
JERSEY/SANGRUR/MOHALI: In the post 9/11 world in which
questions of identity and ethnicity are becoming aggressively important... |
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SEVA Volunteers become Community Ambassadors
7
May,
2008
FREMONT:
Little
known and less trumpeted, SEVA (Sikhs Engaged in Volunteer
Activities) added another feather to its cap, when ten of their volunteers
graduated... |
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Darshan Singh not to appear before Takht
Patna Sahib
7
May,
2008
AMRITSAR:
Former Jathedar, Akal Takht , Prof Darshan Singh, has refused to
appear before the Sikh clergy of Patna Sahib by the May 10 deadline
to explain his position for opposing Dasam Granth... |
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Sacrilege in Delhi as Guru Granth Saroop is dishonoured
7
May,
2008
NEW DELHI:
With
more than a 100 plus devout Sikhs protesting near the precincts of
the historic Gurdwara Nanak Piao Sahib... |
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Multi-skills training Gurmat Camp at Nivasa
7
May,
2008
MUMBAI:
Top
rekindle the spirit of Sikhism amongst Sikh boys and girls from the
Western part of India, Guru Gobind Singh Study Circle... |
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Jakara camps present Vaisakhi’s joie
de vivre spirit
30
April 2008
It
is during the month of April that a certain renewed vivacity
overtakes the Sikh world. It is during this month that we find the
beginning of the month of Vaisakh... |
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Sikhs too dream of their own home like all other communities: Vedanti
30
April 2008
NEW YORK:
Stamping their presence, strength, culture, effervescence and legacy on the
great city of New York, the annual Sikh Day Parade... |
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Sikhs fight for turban, not in France, but in Punjab
30
April 2008
MOHALI:
Forget France,
and forget airport security in the United States.
Battlelines are far closer home. Just a few miles from the
residence... |
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Sikhs march in Anzac Day Parade
30
April 2008
SYDNEY:
Anzac Day
in Australia was marked by a series of solemn tributes across Victoria,
across Australia... |
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Vaisakhi reverberates around the globe
16
April 2008
Hundreds
of thousands turned out across the globe to celebrate Vaisakhi and
the events in different countries meant to mark the occasion also
flagged... |
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Australian government regrets turban removal incidents
16
April 2008
BRISBANE: In a recent
communication to the secretary of the Sikh Council of Australia,
Bawa Singh Jasdev, Anthony Albananse, the Australian Minister... |
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Sardari and Sahibi needs
rejuvenation
9
April
2008
In this Baisakhi special, regular contributor to WSN, Nanak
Singh Nishter traces the growth of the Khalsa and exhorts
present day Sikhs to rededicate to the discipline of Guru Gobind
Singh... |
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SGPC for ban on auction of relics
9
April
2008
CHANDIGARH:
The
Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee plans to appeal to the
international community to seek a ban on the auction of all kinds of
religious relics... |
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New York gurdwara hosts Vaisakhi women turban
tying workshop
9
April
2008
This
innovative event celebrating the majestic nature of the turban is
sponsored by the Guru Gobind
Singh Study Circle
of Richmond Hill New York... |
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SGPC’s south zonal office soon
9
April
2008
HYDERABAD:
The
Shiromani Gurudwara Prabhandak Committee (SGPC), the Sikh
community’s premier body, will set up a full-fledged south zonal office... |
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Gurdwaras come to the aid of storm hit in Punjab
9
April
2008
Ferozepur: The Sikh
community's institution of gurdwara is ever ready to extend shelter
to anyone in need. When about 500 people were left homeless... |
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LA Mayor, Congressman will participate in
Vaisakhi parade
26
March 2008
LOS ANGELES: One
of the ways in which a community makes a mark of its recognition is
the index of its acceptability among populations where... |
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Sikh biker in Canada challenges helmet
verdict
26
March 2008
Toronto:
Baljinder Singh Badesha, the turbaned Sikh motorcyclist told by a
court that he can’t wear a turban and ride his bike, has challenged
the verdict... |
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Sikhs set to build $1.3m Gurdwara in
Australia
26
March 2008
WYNDHAM: Wyndham’s 2000-
strong Sikh community is building a $1.3 million gurdwara in Tarneit.
Secretary of the Sikh Community of Western...
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Ontario
court tells Baljinder Singh Badesha he can’t have both,
religion and mobike
12
March 2008
Toronto:
Baljinder Singh Badesha tried hard for it. All he wanted was to be
able to ride his motorcycle while wearing his turban, avoiding to wear... |
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Brisbane Airport authorities regret removing
turbans
12
March 2008
In
a communication to Waryam Singh, the president of Khalsa Mission,
the
Brisbane airport authorities have regretted recent incidents of
removal of turban... |
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Sikh schoolboy may get justice for
forced haircut
5
March 2008
QUEENS, NY:
Court is in session this week for the Sikh schoolboy whose hair was
forcibly cut at the hands of a classmate in May 2007. The
defendant... |
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Ahmedabad Gurdwara turns 75
20 February 2008
Ahmedabad: Gurdwaras all across India are getting into
the celebration mode. To celebrate the Word as the Guru by observing
the Tercentenary... |
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Sikh students forced to do hairdressing, slam college
20 February 2008
SYDNEY: Adding insult to
injury of Sikh students, the Global College in Australia is forcing
Sikh students to take up a course in hair dressing instead... |
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Local tough in Jhansi wants to
demolish gurdwara, raise hotel
20 February 2008
JHANSI:
The Sikh community here is in a rage after a local toughman Mangal
Sen snatched away the golak money, used abusive language, called... |
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Sikh employee of IIM barred from Denmark PM's lecture
because of kirpan
13 February 2008
BANGALORE: An Amritdhari Sikh employee at the IIM-Bangalore was
denied entry by the Karnataka Police security officers when he
wanted... |
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Anand Karaj Act in Pakistan is now a law
6 February 2008
ISLAMABAD: Now, it
is official. Moving at a breakneck speed, Pakistan
government has even notified the Sikh Anand Karaj Act... |
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Congress MP’s kin marries at banquet hall, Akal Takht comes into picture
6 February 2008
Amritsar:
Notwithstanding the hukumnama from the Akal Takht against performing
marriage rites as per Anand Karaj at any place... |
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Bangalore Sikh rider asked to pay fine for not wearing helmet
6 February 2008
BANGALORE: Sikh drivers outside the state of Punjab, particularly in
southern Indian states, continue to face harassment over wearing of
helmet... |
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Sikhs happy as
plea against new Milpitas
gurdwara falls through
30 January 2008
MILPITAS:
The Milpitas Sikhs' wish to have a new gurdwara come up where they
wanted has come true finally with the city leaders throwing out a
plea... |
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Kirpan Ban in Canada court
revives issue
23 January 2008
CALGARY: Calgary based
Sikh youth Tejinder Singh Sidhu who was disallowed last week from entering
local courts because he was wearing... |
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Sikh legislative affairs expert and Sant
Sipahi editor
23 January 2008
Fremont: Gurcharanjit Singh Lamba, editor of
panthic journal Sant Sipahi, who is on a personal visit to California,
addressed the sangat on January 20... |
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SGPC may tap the sun for
cooking langar
23 January 2008
Amritsar: In keeping with heightened
awareness about environmental issues, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak
Committee (SGPC) is now planning... |
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First ever gurdwara in Eastern Europe
16 January 2008
WARSAW:
For three years now, the local Sikh community in Poland was forced to use a
rented house in the Warsaw suburb of Rashyn... |
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Sikh student's kara issue is now bangle
wrangle, court challenge looms
16 January 2008
Not only hundreds of Canadian Sikhs but also many white Canadians
have joined a strong determined group of about 4,000 people who are
backing... |
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Calgary man denied court house entry for
wearing kirpan
16 January 2008
CALGARY:
A Sikh man says his Charter rights were violated when he was not allowed to
take his ceremonial dagger into the Calgary court house... |
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An agnostic sees world in new light after
brush with Sikhism
16 January 2008
Mark
Lichtenstein expected a lot of resentment when he traveled to India in 2002
to apologize to a Sikh holy man and his followers... |
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Aragon tenants visit Sikh gurdwara
16 January 2008
BEDFORD:
Bedfordshire-based Aragon Housing Association arranged for a group of
tenants to visit the Guru Nanak Gurdwara, the new Sikh... |
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Inmates set Jalandhar jail afire after Sikh's
hair cut
9 January 2008
JALANDHAR: Widespread rioting broke out in the
Jalandhar central jail on Monday after word spread that the hair of
a Sikh prisoner had been forcibly cut... |
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Kids go gaga over
Gurmat Crash Course
9 January 2008
Guru
Gobind Singh Study Circle (GGSSC) Canada, conducted their 4th
Sikhism Course in Toronto-Canada, which was based on the life
stories... |
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Sikhcess goes
global big time to feed the homeless
9 January 2008
NEW YORK, NY: Sikhcess,
a community-service organization dedicated to promoting the basic
Sikh principles of public service, community... |
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300 Years Celebrations On, relics reach
Calcutta
9 January 2008
CALCUTTA: The convoy with the Sikh relics from Takht Sri Hazur
Saheb, in Nanded, Maharashtra, arrived at its first stop here in
Calcutta at the... |
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Malaysian Sikhs celebrate Guru Nanak’s Gurpurab
2 Januuary
2008
KUALA LUMPUR: The Sikhs of Malaysia have
started month-long prayers to celebrate Guru Nanak’s 538th birthday.... |
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Christmas with a Sikh spirit in Burnaby
2 Januuary 2008
Burnaby: The Sikhs of Burnaby got into
Christmas spirit in a big way last Sunday. A Christmas celebration at .... |
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Guru Granth Sahib Satikar Bill passed
26 December
2007
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab
Vidhan Sabha on December 24 passed the bill prohibiting printing,
publication, storage, distribution and sale of birs of... |
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Law is in force, only SGPC can now print scriptures
19 December, 2007
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Government has
passed a piece of legislation prohibiting printing, publication,
storage, distribution and sale of birs of Guru Granth Sahib by
anyone other than... |
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A Sikh body tells parents not to allow kirpans
19 December, 2007
Sydney: Soon after the authorities allowed the
Sikh children to carry their traditional religious symbol "kirpans"
to schools in Victoria, the Sikh Council of Australia, the apex... |
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Goons attack gurdwara in Delhi, sewadar dead
12 December, 2007
New Delhi: A gurdwara sewadar in Delhi
was killed after a known gang of assaulters attacked him, demolished
gurdwara property, pillaged the... |
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Dr. Tarunjit Singh is Trustee of Global Religious
Panel
12 December, 2007
SAN JOSE: The Chair of the Interfaith Committee
of the World Sikh Council - America Region (WSC-AR), Dr. Tarunjit
Singh, has been elected... |
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Hate knocks Sikhs again
28 November, 2007
SEATTLE: A Sikh
cab driver was brutally assaulted by a passenger over the
Thanksgiving weekend in an incident which was clearly a hate crime.
The intoxicated 20-year-old football... |
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WSO condemns aggravating spiritual deficit
28 November, 2007
OTTAWA: The World Sikh
Organization of Canada (WSO) has expressed serious concern and
disappointment over Canadian immigration's new discriminatory
approach towards visiting... |
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Website in support of Sarika and Kara
21 November, 2007
The following web site has been set up in support of Sarika, the
14 year old girl who has been excluded from school in South Wales
... |
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Flying Somewhere this
Thanksgiving?
21 November, 2007
New York: The TSA's new search policy for Sikh
turbans will have been in effect for a month in a few days' time. In
order to go back to the government... |
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Gurdwaras turn saviors of girl child
21 November, 2007
AMRITSAR: The Shiromani Gurdwara
Parbhandak Committee (SGPC) has announced that it will henceforth
step in to adopt the abandoned baby... |
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Hospital ER name recognizes
South Asian community
21 November, 2007
SURREY: The entrance to Surrey Memorial
Hospital's new emergency department will be named after Guru Nanak
Dev Ji, the founder of the Sikh religion... |
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Mathuras bond with Sikhs for 300 year
celebrations
21 November, 2007
ADILABAD:
Mathuras from Bhutai, a tiny village in Bazarhatnoor mandal of
Adilabad district, are getting ready to participate in the
year-long... |
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Clintons skip Bakersfield Sikh
Parade, leave community unhappy
21 November, 2007
BAKERSFIELD, CA: For days, the excitement was in
the air. The Clintons were to participate in the bakersfield Sikh
parade... |
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Simran marks beginning of celebrations at
Nanded
21 November, 2007
Mumbai: From the streets of Punjab to
the expressways of Canada, millions of Sikhs got together in a
unique manner as one of the biggest events in the contemporary
history of... |
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New site on Dasam Granth
14
November, 2007
With the debate on the Dasam Granth
getting ever so hot, Gurcharanjit Singh Lamba (Editor Sant Sipahi)
and the IHRO (International Human Rights Organisation) have... |
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Kara Row: Welsh school again excludes Sikh
girl
14
November, 2007
London: The Sikh girl at the centre of a
controversy over the wearing of a kara at a Welsh school was
excluded once again today when she turned up with her... |
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Respect for the Sikh turban
14
November, 2007
SAN JOSE: On Sunday the 11th of
November, 2007 there was special event at the Sikh Gurdwara, San
Jose, CA. Federal Security Director, Mr Edward... |
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Sikh jatha invited to Pak despite emergency
14
November, 2007
Amritsar: Despite
an emergency having been imposed in Pakistan, Bishan Singh, the
president of the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee... |
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Guru Granth Sahib consecration celebrations
from November 15
14 November, 2007
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