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Sikh business man Peter Virdee behind
£200 million Oriental City
24 September 2008
LONDON:
Britain's Evening Standard has revealed the man behind the £200
million Oriental City redevelopment as property magnate Peter Virdee,
a Sikh... |
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Artist Jarnail Singh honored with
'Surrey's Civic Treasure' Award
17 September 2008
Surrey:
Well known artist Jarnail Singh has won another honor. He was one of
the 12 prominent persons from the fields of art, music, dance and
culture who... |
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British Muslim police officer who
fought racism is suspended
10 September 2008
LONDON: In a blow to fight against discrimination at work place,
Britain’s most senior Asian police officer was “relieved of his
command” after he lodged a £1.2m racial... |
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College
joy at GCSE successes
3 September 2008
BUCKHURST HILL: Students at the Guru Gobind Singh Khalsa College
ensured further improvements in its GCSE exam results. Buckhurst
Hill is a suburban... |
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Sarika not to return to kara-banning school
3 September 2008
LONDON: Sarika
Singh, the Sikh teenager girl who won a High Court battle against
her school after she was banned from wearing a religious bangle will
not return there... |
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13 year old passes Panjabi Language AS Level
27 August, 2008
A 13 year old UK born
Amritdhari Singh from North London has emerged as one of the
youngest students to pass Panjabi Language AS Level in England... |
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Sikh rodeo star hunts for hero Hounslow
ancestors
20 August, 2008
LONDON:
A self-styled 'cowboy in a turban' has ridden into Hounslow to learn
more about his great great grandfather's proud military history.... |
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Rare Maharaja Duleep Singh sketch found
20 August, 2008
LONDON: A
previously unknown sketch of Maharaja Duleep Singh, shown as a
portly London gentleman in the 1880s, in sharp contrast to the earlier
iconic... |
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New Sikh gurdwara in Doncaster to keep pace
with regeneration
20 August, 2008
DONCASTER:
Doncaster's first Sikh gurdwara is to be demolished and replaced
with a new building as part of the town centre's regeneration... |
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Customised £30,000 van for Guru Granth Sahib
20 August, 2008
LEICESTER: To carry
Guru Granth Sahib from one part of the city to another and beyond,
Sikhs in Leicester have spent £30,000 on a customised Mercedes... |
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Sikh soldiers' pics on show
13 August, 2008
LONDON: More than
83,000 Sikhs were killed and 100,000 served in fields of conflict from the
trenches of the Western Front to the jungles of Burma in the Second... |
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Pak, India origin people to celebrate I-day
together in Britain
13 August, 2008
LONDON: The
Pakistan, India & UK Friendship Forum will jointly celebrate the
Independence Days for both Pakistan & India for the second time at
the SAS... |
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Bristol gurdwara elects women members for the first time
6 August, 2008
LONDON: The Bristol Sikh Gurdwara is in the modst
of a storm as trouble once again flared up during voting for
management elections as at least 79 women... |
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Finally, Sarika Singh wins right to
wear karra in school
29
July, 2008
LONDON: Sarika Singh,
the Welsh Sikh girl fighting for her right to wear the Sikh symbol
of 'karra' (steel bracelet) in school, finally won on Tuesday her
legal battle... |
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Scot Scouts visit Sikh Gurdwara
23
July, 2008
DUNDEE: As part of their World Faiths badge, the Carnoustie Cubs
recently visited and toured the Sikh Gurdwara in Dundee, one of the
only six Sikh Gurdwaras... |
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BBC stings, busts UK immigration racket
23
July, 2008
London: In an
undercover investigation, the BBC has exposed a London-based criminal
network that used fake passports, identity documents and human carriers... |
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War clouds over Iran as Bush backs Israeli plan
16 July 2008
LONDON: US
President George Bush has told the Israeli government that he may be
prepared to approve a future military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities
if negotiations... |
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Two brothers get 4 years in jail in honor issue
2
July, 2008
LONDON: A British court has sentenced two Sikh
brothers to four years' imprisonment for kidnapping and threatening
their sister's boyfriend... |
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Sikhs angry at disrespect to war memorial
2
July, 2008
LONDON: The Sikh
community in the West Midlands town of Coventry is outraged after a
memorial in honour of ikh soldiers was desecrated by miscreants... |
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Now, Indian students can work for two years in UK
2
July, 2008
LONDON: Indian
students pursuing their education in British universities can now work in
the UK for two years after completing their courses instead of one... |
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UK school reverses ban on patka
18
June,
2008
Coventry,
U.K.: A state school this week reversed its policy of banning the
patka after a concerned Sikh body wrote to the school principal last
week... |
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Sikh Awareness Day in London primary
school
18
June,
2008
LONDON:
Veer
Ravjeet Singh visited a primary school in London
to share knowledge of Sikhi with the students and staff. The day
started off with the morning assembly... |
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Sarika Singh shows Monty Panesar's photo to judge
18
June,
2008
Even
as Sarika Singh, the Sikh teenage girl turned out of a British
school for wearing a 'kada', launched her legal case at the High
Court in London... |
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Bobby Grewal walks the talk at 72, ₤1m in mind
11
June, 2008
LONDON:
Dhols kept up the beat and Punjabi songs marked the occasion as a
72-year-old Balwant Singh ‘Bobby’ Grewal began his 500-mile walk... |
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Many Hindus see
upcoming faith school at
Harrow as problematic
11
June, 2008
London: Amid beating
of drums and chanting of vedic hymns, 'Bhoomi Puja' of Britain's
first-ever state-funded Hindu School was performed to mark... |
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Indian entrepreneur Rastogi turns out to be big fraud
11
June, 2008
LONDON:
A top shot Indian origin entrepreneur, Virendra Rastogi who was
listed at one time as one of the richest people in Britain and was
projected... |
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Tribunal rules Sikh policeman discriminated,
awards ₤70,000
4
June,
2008
LONDON: A Sikh policeman has been awarded 70,000 pounds in compensation in
Britain for being denied a promotion after he took legal action against the
police... |
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British Sikh is London's new director for transport'
21
May,
2008
LONDON:
Boris Johnson has announced the appointment of Kulveer Ranger ashis
new Director for Transport Policy. Kulveer was the lead delivery... |
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Vaisakhi festivities in Peterborough a mix of faith, music, sewa
14
May,
2008
PETERBOROUGH:
It is
a toetapping music that makes it impossible to sit still, no matter
what your dancing ability. Even the deputy mayor of Peter... |
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Sikhs mark Vaisakhi in Reading with Nagar Kirtan
7
May,
2008
READING:
More than
1,000 worshippers joined together for the end of celebrations to
mark Vaisakhi – the holiest day in the Sikh calendar... |
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Harjit Gill is most popular Mayor in county
7
May,
2008
GLOUCESTER:
The
Mayor of this county, Jalandhar born, Harjit Gill has turned the
tables on the blue blooded royalty and many other celebrities... |
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New
London mayor surprises Sikhs
7
May,
2008
LONDON:
London’s
maverick new mayor Boris Johnson chose to attend Baisakhi
celebrations of Sikh community here in his first public engagement and
declared... |
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Peterborough team to try Sikh glory in summer tournament
7
May,
2008
Peterborough:
Budding footballers across the city are limbering up for a
seven-a-side tournament in the summer... |
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Walker Bobby, Marathoner Fauja Singh, PR’s Teji honoured
30
April 2008
LONDON: Balwant ‘Bobby’
Grewal, the Sikh community leader in London who plans to walk 700-km
this summer to raise funds... |
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Sikh businessman to walk 800 km to raise 1 million pounds
23 April 2008
LONDON:
A
leading Sikh NRI property developer will undertake an 800-km walk
from Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh... |
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Blunt and fearless: Justice Mota Singh rolls
out the truth
16
April 2008
LONDON:
The occasion: Vaisakhi. The Venue: The American embassy. The city:
London... |
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Controversy at Surrey parade
16
April 2008
SURREY: The
controversy over whose photos should be part of the Vaisakhi parade
and which ones must be kept out marred the Vaisakhi celebrations... |
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Finally, a British newspaper finds Gurinder's family
9
April
2008
LONDON/HOSHIARPUR:
So, finally, the 11-year-old boy, Gurinder Singh, will be united
with his family. Abandoned in Southall a few days ago... |
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British Indian among 10 most paid UK
councillors
9
April
2008
IT'S NOT only business tycoons like Lakshmi Mittal ruling the richie-rich
club of Britain, but people of Indian origin are also making it big among
the top-earning... |
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Sotheby's withdraws Sikh armour from auction
9
April
2008
LONDON:
Sotheby's
auction house on Monday, withdrew from its auction, a body armour
after protests from Sikh groups... |
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Southeby's armour
auction
2
April
2008
LONDON:
Sotheby's is calling it a rare piece of body armour, a website said
it belonged to the tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh ji, and soon... |
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Sikh cop wins racial case in UK
26
March 2008
LONDON: A Sikh
policeman has won 9,000 pounds compensation for facing racial
discrimination after British police rejected his 12 applications
for... |
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Abandoned
Sikh boy
baffles London police
26
March 2008
LONDON: The
British police have found a nine-year-old abandoned Indian boy who
claims to have been kept indoors watching television for several
years... |
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Maharani Jindan’s headstone finds
place in museum
many Sikhs visit
19
March 2008
LONDON:
A broken headstone that marked the temporary grave like structure
raised to the memory of Maharani Jindan has found a permanent place
at the Ancient House Museum... |
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Kara girl Sarika Singh attends different school
12
March 2008
London:
Sarika Singh, the 14-year-old Sikh girl who insisted on not parting
with her 'kara', an integral part of being a practicing Sikh, and
was therefore... |
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Jindan’s gravestone unveiling in UK
12
March 2008
NORFOLK: This
Wednesday, March 12, will see the unveiling of a Victorian headstone
that marked the temporary resting place of Maharani Jindan Kaur... |
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Tell sangat how money was used, judge
tells Livingston gurdwara
12
March 2008
LIVINGSTON: The
controversy over building of a community centre style place within
the gurdwara premises and allowing alcohol and dancing these
continues... |
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London Mayor meets with Sikh organizations at City Hall
5
March 2008
LONDON:
Representatives from a number of Sikh organisations have presented
the Mayor of London with a shield during a visit to City Hall, for
the work... |
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White man stumbles on link to Maharajah Duleep Singh
5
March 2008
London:
A white debt collector from Halifax has claimed he belongs to the
family of Maharajah Duleep Singh, the last Sikh king... |
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Redding man who rammed loader into gurdwara pleads no
contest
27
February 2008
REDDING: A Redding man
accused of stealing a 25-ton frontend loader and ramming it into a
gurdwara in Anderson last spring is facing a maximum... |
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Sikh officer rejected a dozen times makes his
point
27
February 2008
MANCHESTER: A Sikh policeman is set to receive a five-figure damages
award for racial discrimination after a police force rejected a
dozen applications... |
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To escape a robber’s attack, this man stabbed
him
27
February 2008
LONDON: After
India-born shopkeeper in Lancashire, Tony Singh, stabbed a robber in
an attempt to defend himself, support has been pouring in thick... |
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UK mother claims
her Sikh son denied admission by schools
13 February 2008
LONDON: A UK
provincial Department of Education will investigate allegations by an Indian
national that her son was turned away by two Durban... |
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High Court rules Sarika Singh cannot wear Kara till
case is on
6 February 2008
LONDON: Sarika Singh, the 14- year-old Sikh girl excluded from her
Aberdare Girls' School in the Welsh town of Aberdare for wearing
integral Sikh.. |
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Duo pushing for funeral rites right in UK
6 February 2008
CHANDIGARH: Even as
Pakistan Government has conceded the demand for cremation grounds,
in United Kingdom, Barrister Andrew Singh Boga... |
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Community celebrates Britain’s Sikh heritage
6 February 2008
LONDON: A celebration to mark the past 50 years of Sikh heritage in
Britain was held at Gravesend on February 2 where an event "British Sikhs... |
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Sarika's Kara issue is now before High Court
30 January 2008
CARDIFF: The case of Sarika Singh, the
14-year-old Sikh girl excluded from her Aberdare Girls' School in
the Welsh town of Aberdare for.. |
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Chak de phatte!Queen honours Bhangra singer
Malkit Singh
2 January 2008
LONDON: What will it be? Chak De Phatte or Balle Balle? That is a
million tune question now for B h a n g r a singer Malkit Singh
who... |
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Five British Sikhs jailed for murder
26 December, 2007
LONDON: Five British Sikhs have been jailed for
a total of 66 years for murdering a Muslim tenant.... |
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First Sikh joins Windsor Police
19 December, 2007
WINDSOR: Thirtytwo-year-old Surjeet Singh Gill is among
the 10 new constables and the first Sikh who joined the Windsor... |
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British Sikh girl sentenced to life
5 December, 2007
LONDON: A British Sikh student was on
Friday sentenced to life imprisonment for killing her Muslim lover’s
pregnant wife in a fit of jealousy, and what the police said... |
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British Indians too indulge in foeticide
5 December, 2007
LONDON: British Indian women are as
prone to the secretive, outlawed practice of female foeticide as their
counterparts in the mother country and they generally travel... |
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UK sets new rules for foreign
students
14
November, 2007
LONDON: The
British government has introduced a new programme of security checks
for foreign graduate students to prevent sensitive scientific
information... |
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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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UK to treat Indians on par with EU doctors
14
November, 2007
London: Thousands of
Indian doctors in the UK have won the legal battle with the British
government to be treated on a par with European .... |
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Immigration Detention Center Reverses Turban
Ban After Coalition Intervenes
14
November, 2007
Elizabeth, NJ: An
immigration detention center in Elizabeth, New Jersey reversed a ban against
turbans last week. Three detained Sikh .... |
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Punjab
Police ‘CATS’ to be tracked
7 November, 2007
LONDON: On the 23rd anniversary of the aniti-Sikh pogroms of
November 1984 the Sikh Federation (UK), working with leading Sikh
organisations..... |
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UK immigrants get fair share in labour pool
7 November, 2007
London: Immigrant workers have been
squeezing thousands of Britons out of the workplace every year, an
inference that can be drawn from statistics released by the... |
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UK docs oppose curbs on Indians
7 November, 2007
LONDON: Britain's medical community has
resoundingly voted to oppose the government's proposal to restrict
the employment opportunities for Indian and other... |
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Sikhs reach out with exhibition
7 November, 2007
PETERBOROUGH: Beautiful paintings, colourful
clothing and informative displays were among the many exhibits seen
by the many visitors to an exhibition depicting... |
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Sikh police accounts investigated
31 October,
2007
LONDON: Allegations
of financial irregularities in the Metropolitan (Met) Police's Sikh
Association are being investigated. The Independent Police
Complaints... |
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Immigrants’ study guide is UK bestseller
31 October,
2007
London: Life In The United Kingdom has become the best selling
political book in Britain. The book — a study guide that helps
immigrants to pass the 24-question test for... |
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Many communities jointly demand ban on RSS in UK
31 October, 2007
SOUTHALL: At a human
righst conference in Southall on October 27, a number of communities came
together as a front against Hindutva terrorism backed by organisations like
the RSS... |
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Britain relaxes visa norms to
encourage tourists, students
24 October, 2007
NEW DELHI: Aimed at encouraging tourists,
students and key workers to the United Kingdom, Britain has simplified its
visa application procedure that... |
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UK-Indian wins nose-stud battle
10 October, 2007
London: When
Amrit Lalji, 40, British Indian, wife and mother of three, returns
to her humble job as cleaner and customer relations assistant at
Heathrow Airport’s... |
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Brown rules out snap polls
10 October, 2007
London: British
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has ruled out a snap election after
allowing months of speculation through leaks by his closest aides,
even as opinion polls... |
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SSF Awards Harvard Sikh Scholarship
10 October, 2007
Cambridge, MA:
The Sikh Scholarship Foundation is delighted to announce the
recipient of the first annual Harvard Sikh Scholarship. The
annual scholarship of US $10,000 has been... |
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UK Hindus, Muslims get protection against hate
3 October, 2007
London:
Incitement to religious hatred will become a criminal offence in
England and Wales with the commencement of a new Act from Monday
that will extend the... |
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Indian
entrepreneur one of Brown's powerful backstage boys
3 October, 2007
London: When Britain's new Prime Minister Gordon Brown stood up
before his Labour Party on Monday to make his first triumphal speech
as leader, a bespectacled Indian... |
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NRI woman gets life term for honour killing
26 September,
2007
London: A 70-year-old British Sikh woman has been jailed for life
for the honour killing of her daughter-in-law while holidaying in
India... |
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You are in the middle of Anglo-Sikh
Heritage Week
20 September, 2007
LONDON: The long
and fascinating history of the connections between Sikh and English
cultures is to be celebrated during the forthcoming Anglo-Sikh
Heritage Week. Running from... |
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Don’t know English? Can’t migrate to UK
12 September, 2007
LONDON: Skilled Indian migrants to the UK will be badly
hit by changes to its immigration policy, requiring tens of
thousands more orkers from non-EU countries to be forced... |
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Indian woman is UK’s ‘most brilliant Asian’
12 September, 2007
LONDON: Brown Britain
has felicitated its newest star and currently, most influential
daughter, an East African Indian woman known to her detractors as
‘the Shriek’. But Ugandan immigrant Shriti Vadera may be more
accurately described as... |
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Sikh Federation says community doesn’t want
open cremations
12 September, 2007
LONDON: A
Sikh man’s open air cremation, the first in Britain in 72 years, has
triggered some reactions from the local community and even the Sikh
Federation... |
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UK girl forced to
become Muslim, Sikhs hold march
13 June 2007
LONDON: In a sensational
piece of news, the Birmingham Mail has reported that a teenage Sikh girl was
being guarded by police after claims... |
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UK Sikhs demonstrate outside Birmingham Consulate
23 May,2007
LONDON: Sikhs on Sunday demonstrated outside the
Indian Consulate General's office in Birmingham against Dera Sacha Sauda
head's alleged act of blasphemy... |
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Oxford police chief intervened to get
permission for nagar kirtan for Sikhs
25
April, 2007
OXFORD: The local
Sikh community, struggling against time to get permission to carry out the
annual Vaisakhi nagar kirtan (parade) finally got the last-minute go-ahead,
thanks... |
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Vaisakhi procession marred by fighting, one
stabbed
25
April, 2007
BIRMINGHAM: One person was fighting
for life in hospital after being repeatedly stabbed as Vaisakhi celebrations
in Birmingham erupted into violence. More than a dozen.... |
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Bedford skyline changes this Vaisakhi with £ 4 million
new gurdwara
11 April,
2007
BEDFORD: Less than a week before the Vaisakhi
festival and after five years of planning and three years of building, the
Guru Nanak Gurdwara in Ford End Road, Queens Park, is.... |
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India needs e-democracy: America’s campaign guru
11 April,
2007
Ravi Singh, the man USA Today dubbed ‘America’s
Campaign Guru’, and founder and CEO of electionmall.com — one of the largest
campaign and election technology firms in the US..... |
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NRI couple convicted for immigration fraud in UK
11 April,
2007
LONDON: An Indian-origin
couple in Britain face a long prison sentence after being convicted of
running a racket to bring illegal immigrants to the country.... |
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Self immolation threat produces result, Sikh busmen
can wear turbans
11 April,
2007
WOLVERHAMPTON: Sikh busmen in Wolverhampton have
won the right to wear turbans on duty after a long-running campaign.
Conductors and drivers who are practising Sikhs will also be.... |
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British court allows argument in favour of open-air
funerals
4 April,
2007
London: A demand from British Hindus and Sikhs
to be allowed to hold open-air funerals, which are banned in Britain, got a
major impetus with a charity .... |
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Ripudaman Singh Malik sues govt for malicious
persecution
28 March 2007
Vancouver: One of the two Sikhs acquitted in the
1985 Air India jumbo jet crash case is suing the British Columbia and
federal governments... |
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Indian doctors in UK win major legal battle
14 March, 2007
London: Indian doctors have won a significant
legal battle in the high court of justice as the British government agreed
to withdraw... |
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UK Proposes bar on non-English speaking
immigrants
28 February 2007
London: The UK’s Commission on
Integration and Cohesion has reportedly proposed to the British government
to make it compulsory for the foreign-born Britons to speak .... |
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British Airways changes uniform policy to include
Kara, and Turban
31 January 2007
LONDON: The British Airways has
announced modification of its uniform rules to allow staff to wear a symbol
of faith openly, the move... |
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Kulveer Ranger could become UK's first turbaned MP
13 December,
2006
LONDON: After selecting Priti Patel as
the first NRI woman to contest in the British general elections, the
opposition Conservative .... |
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Rare Partition-time letters found in Britain
29 November, 2006
LONDON: Property agents working on the
sale of a house in Gloucestershire have discovered a metal box
containing a treasure trove of family... |
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A Sikh refugee family from Afganistan is
again on the streets in the UK
22 November 2006
An Afghan family faces eviction from their Swindon
home, has no place to go and now faces bleak prospects after applying for
refugee... |
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Bal Singh case angers Asians in the UK
8 November 2006
LONDON:
One of the
highest ranking Asian officers in Greater Manchester Police force is taking
his employers to a tribunal... |
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500 South Asians enter Great Britain every day
8 November 2006
LONDON:
South Asians or citizens
of ‘new Commonwealth’ nations such as India, Pakistan and Bangladesh were
the largest single group... |
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Vigils across the globe are India’s shame writ large
25 October 2006
LONDON: As the Sikh community marks
the 22nd anniversary of the November 1984 planned massacre of Sikhs in Delhi
and elsewhere... |
