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Straight.com
April 28, 2018
Every year, Sikhs in Vancouver and Surrey organize Vaisakhi parades. This past Saturday, the organizers in Surrey heralded a new beginning by inviting members of various First Nation bands to start the parade with both Sikh prayers and traditional songs and drumbeats by the Indigenous participants.
Lake Country Calendar
April 28, 2018
Farmers celebrate the fruits of their labour, give thanks and pray for prosperity in the future during the festival. For Sikhs, Vaisakhi represents the birth of the Sikh religion. The parade was held Saturday, April 28 at the Kelowna Sikh Temple. Free food and festivities were available to the public at the templeÃâà...
The New Indian Express
April 28, 2018
CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in Punjab today claimed that chapters on Sikh Gurus have been "expunged" from Class 12 history books of the state education board, but Chief Minister Amarinder Singh dismissed as "malicious" the opposition party's allegation. SAD spokesman and formerÃâà...
CBS New York
April 28, 2018
NEW YORK (AP) — New York is hosting one of the biggest tributes to Sikh culture in America — a parade down Madison Avenue capped by a sea of turbans. The Saturday afternoon gathering of thousands of ethnic Sikhs is officially called a “meditation celebration.” But it's mostly a boisterous walk to liveÃâà...
Indianapolis Star
April 27, 2018
"Overall, the Sikhs are a very peaceful people," Wood said. "It's just a small faction that has caused this disruption." Wood said witnesses have provided inaccurate and conflicting information. He hopes that may change as the investigation continues to unfold. "There are so many people involved," WoodÃâà...
OregonLive.com
April 27, 2018
A federal judge has dismissed a long-running lawsuit brought by the widow of Yogi Bhajan, a spiritual teacher and entrepreneur who introduced Kundalini Yoga in the United States and who started an Oregon-based natural foods company with annual revenue of $125 million at one time. She claimed herÃâà...
BBC News
April 26, 2018
Most Hindus go to gurdwaras and some of them wear the turbans usually worn by Sikhs. They also visit homes of the other communities to attend their rituals and functions. Gurdwara priest Giani Surjeet Singh says most functions - such as the Hindu holy recitation, geeta path - are held in the Sikh hall. "People don't see thisÃâà...
Indianapolis Star
April 16, 2018
Sikhs believe in one god and believe in equality among sexes. Sikhism, which originated in northwest India, rejects the caste system and emphasizes service to humanity. The Sikh holy book, Guru Granth Sahib, was written in the 1600s and contains writings by the religion's 10 gurus, or teachers, who livedÃâà...
Times of India
April 13, 2018
A pair of gold pendant earrings from the collection of Maharani Jindan Kaur, the last Sikh queen of Punjab, will be auctioned in London later this month. ... The mother of Duleep Singh, the last Sikh maharaja, was appointed de facto ruler of Punjab in 1843 before being deposed and captured by the EastÃâà...
Firstpost
April 13, 2018
Kathua rape case: Jammu and Kashmir government appoints two Sikh prosecutors to ensure 'focussed attention' ... Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday appointed two special public prosecutors, both Sikhs, for the trial in the sensitive Kathua rape and murder case to ensure focussedÃâà...
Birmingham Live
April 13, 2018
During the visit, members of the Sikh community in the West Midlands had a chance to meet and speak to the Prime Minister. She paid her respects by bowing to Guru Granth Sahib Ji, the religious scripture of Sikhism, and paid tributes to the contribution Sikhs make in Britain today, before helping in theÃâà...
The Indian Panorama
April 13, 2018
NEW YORK CITY(TIP): Many Sikh organizations across the U.S. have been much concerned with the attacks on turbaned Sikhs who were mistaken for being members of Al Qaeda or other Islamic terrorist groups. The 9/11 attacks on America created a serious issue with the Sikh identity. Sikh human rightsÃâà...
NDTV
April 13, 2018
The main event will be held on April 14 in which a large number of local Sikh and Hindus will also participate. All India | Press Trust of India | Updated: April 12, 2018 23:14 IST. 3 Shares. EMAIL. PRINT. COMMENTS. 1,700 Indian Sikhs Arrive In Pakistan To Celebrate Baisakhi. The sikh pilgrims will leave Pakistan for IndiaÃâà...
UrduPoint News
April 13, 2018
Over 1500 Sikh Yatrees arrived at Wahga Railway station here on Thursday from India to celebrate baisakh festival. Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB)Secretary Tariq Wazir Khan, Pardhan Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara arbandhak Committee Sardar Tara Singh and other board officers received them warmly.
Pakistan Observer
April 12, 2018
Sikh yatrees from India will arrive here at Wagha railway station by Samjotha Express train today to attend Baisakhi festival. Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) Secretary Muhammad Tariq Khan said Sikh leaders and board officials will receive them warmly at Wagha railway station. He said all theÃâà...
World Religion News
April 12, 2018
Turban Day is now an institutionalized event. It began in 2013. The timing was deliberately chosen to coincide with the Vaisakhi festival that celebrates the founding of Khalsa sect of the Sikh community on April 14. In 2018, this New York event was celebrated a week early. Chanpreet Singh, founder, SikhsÃâà...
The Nation
April 12, 2018
'Anand Karaj Marriages Act 2017' has set the minimum age for Sikh marriages for both male and female at 18 years. Every marriage between Sikhs shall be registered under the Act. The bridegroom and the bride shall fill the Anand Karaj form and submit it within 30 days of the marriage, to the Anand KarajÃâà...
RideApart
April 12, 2018
... allowing Sikhs to ride without helmets for years, you may be saying, “What's the big deal here?”. It's important to mention that Alberta, unlike Manitoba and BC, lacks a public insurance provider. During an interview with CBC News, a spokesperson for Manitoba Public Insurance stated that the Sikh helmetÃâà...
Times of India
April 12, 2018
“Certainly, the manner with which the issue of a handful of so-called "Sikh separatists" in Canada overshadowed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's recent India visit has left many Sikhs in India and abroad somewhat bewildered,” it has written while adding “..it is unreasonable if reports circulated in the mediaÃâà...
The Turlock Journal
April 11, 2018
Sikhs have pushed for acceptance since first coming to America in 1899 and continue to do so as evidenced by Friday's 6th annual Sikh American Awareness Event – billed as an educational format – held at the Ceres Community Center. The event drew a number of local dignitaries including mayors, cityÃâà...
Osoyoos Times
April 10, 2018
Sikhs have been hosting Vaisakhi festivals for over 300 years but for those in Oliver this will be the first. Although the Bhav Sagar Tarn Sikh Temple, Oliver's Gurdwara, celebrates Vaisakhi annually, this year they are also hosting a community festival, complete with a parade, music and food. VaisakhiÃâà...
CBC.ca
April 9, 2018
Canadian Sikhs are turning to social media to challenge generalizations and stereotypes that often circulate in the mainstream media about their community. The World Sikh Organization recently launched a social media campaign called #AskCanadianSikhs to draw attention to how Sikhs are reported onÃâà...
Law.com
March 22, 2018
When I joined McDermott Will & Emery in 2007, I became the first turbaned Sikh there. Later, when I made partner in 2013, I became the first turbaned Sikh to achieve that recognition at an AmLaw 100 firm ever. Let that sink in. While Sikhs have been in the United States since the late 1800s, I could countÃâà...
iPolitics.ca
March 22, 2018
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh said he isn't ruling out attending future Sikh nationalist events — provided the events don't have the goal of promoting violence. It comes just two days after NDP MP Alexandre Boulerice said Singh should “avoid any circumstance” where he could be associated with peopleÃâà...
The Guardian
March 22, 2018
Still, Dosanjh does the uniform proud, there's a nicely lived-in supporting turn from Yograj Singh as the Sikhs' commander, and Batra hits most of his big emotional beats, rightly sensing there might be something stirring and striking in the sight of beturbaned warriors charging across a field in Belgium.
The Cut
March 22, 2018
In the end, the Sikh turban became yet another accessory in the show. They have cast Waris Ahluwalia as a character in one of their fashion films, directed by Gia Coppola in 2016, so they're clearly not oblivious to Sikhs, which is what made this show extremely disappointing to me. Even when people areÃâà...
The Hindu
March 22, 2018
The “We Are Sikhs” campaign received the top 2018 PRWeek US award in the category of Public Cause. The campaign launched last year on Baisakhi by the National Sikh Campaign (NSC) and executed by FP1 Strategies, won the award for effectively projecting the Sikhs as neighbours and everydayÃâà...
Business Standard
March 21, 2018
The Home Ministry has conveyed to a parliamentary panel that Sikh youths are being trained at ISI facilities in Pakistan to carry out terror activities in India, and members of the community who are settled in Canada and other places are also being instigated against the country with false and maliciousÃâà...
Financial Express
March 21, 2018
The Home Ministry has conveyed to a parliamentary panel that Sikh youths are being trained at ISI facilities in Pakistan to carry out terror activities in India, and members of the community who are settled in Canada and other places are also being instigated against the country with false and maliciousÃâà...
The Indian Express
March 21, 2018
Sikh activist Gurbaksh Singh Khalsa has allegedly committed suicide by jumping from a water reservoir at his native Thaska Ali village on Tuesday, police said. Gurbaksh had been demanding the release of Sikh prisoners who had completed their jail terms. 52-year-old Khalsa, who earlier also had goneÃâà...
HERE. NOW
March 21, 2018
New Delhi, March 21: The Home Ministry has conveyed to a parliamentary panel that Sikh youths are being trained at ISI facilities in Pakistan to carry out terror activities in India, and members of the community who are settled in Canada and other places are also being instigated against the country withÃâà...
WGLT News
March 21, 2018
National Sikh Figure Is Keynote Speaker At Illinois Wesleyan Interfaith Summit ... A member of the Sikh faith, a religion that stresses unity and social justice, Kaur said her public activism arose after the tragedy of 9/11. ... "He is a little brown boy who keeps his hair long as a part of our Sikh faith, Kaur said.
SBS
March 21, 2018
The group originally started to connect Darwin's growing number of Sikh families, but in the aftermath of Cyclone Marcus, its members have been providing vegetarian meals for all communities affected. On Sunday March 18, some 200 containers of food were handed out at Jingili Water Gardens to peopleÃâà...
Hill Times
March 21, 2018
He also called the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in India a genocide, in which 3,000 or more (the numbers are disputed) Sikhs were killed. Those were sparked after then-Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi was killed by her Sikh bodyguards. Many Sikhs fled to Canada and it's widely suggested that Canadian SikhsÃâà...
Red Deer Advocate
March 21, 2018
Is violence necessary to solve the grievances of Sikhs in India? Singh won't say. The NDP leader's approach is a subtle one that could help him navigate the difficult waters of Sikh politics in Canada. However, the nuances may be lost on those in the wider community. Singh has some interesting policyÃâà...
Kashmir Reader
March 21, 2018
New Delhi: The Home Ministry has conveyed to a parliamentary panel that Sikh youths are being trained at ISI facilities in Pakistan to carry out terror activities in India, and members of the community who are settled in Canada and other places are also being instigated against the country with false andÃâà...
Economic Times
March 21, 2018
NEW DELHI: Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is overseeing the training of unemployed Sikh youths to carry out terror activities against India, ... A section of Sikhs now settled in Europe, the US and Canada are also being instigated against India with false and malicious propaganda, said the reportÃâà...
The Sun
March 20, 2018
The temple - which is also known as Darbar Sahib - is in the city of Amritsar which was founded in 1577 by the fourth Sikh guru, Guru Ram Das with the fifth, Guru Arjan ... The Adi Granth, is regarded by Sikhs as the final, sovereign, and eternal living Guru following the lineage of the ten human Gurus.
Macleans.ca
March 19, 2018
Hours after Indira Gandhi, the prime minister of India, was killed by her Sikh bodyguards in 1984, India's then-president Zail Singh rushed to the All Indian Medical Centre in Delhi where her body lay. As his vehicle got closer, torch-wielding mobs noticed the turbaned Sikhs in the car. They attacked, throwingÃâà...
ThePrint
March 18, 2018
“Go to Pakistan” has become the favourite slur of ultra-nationalists for anyone challenging the establishment view – on issues ranging from national security to terrorism, from which meat you eat to which cricket team you should play with or support, and what you write or tweet to triple talaq. But imagine for aÃâà...
Khaleej Times
March 18, 2018
To celebrate World Sikh Environment Day and the Sikh New Year, a Dubai temple broke world record for distributing over 2,000 plant saplings to school students. Celebrating late UAE Founder Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's legacy, Guru Nanak Darbar Gurudwara Sikh temple gave Delhi PrivateÃâà...
The Sun
March 18, 2018
... temple is also home to the Akal Takht - the “throne of the timeless one”, built by the Sixth Guru, Guru Hargobind. It is one of five takhts – seats of power – for Sikhs. The Akal Takht is a symbol of political sovereignty and a place where spiritual and temporal concerns of the Sikh people could be addressed.
Toronto Star
March 16, 2018
He said the question strikes at the “complexity of the situation” in which a controversial armed leader killed in an infamous clash at the Sikh Golden Temple in 1984 — a Sikh preacher named Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale — is seen by some as a defender of Sikhs at a time when they were being persecuted,Ãâà...
Calgary Sun
March 15, 2018
OTTAWA — One day after Jagmeet Singh denounced terrorism in all its forms, a new video of the federal NDP leader has surfaced — this one at a seminar on Sikh sovereignty where a fellow panellist says violence can help achieve independence. The video, posted on YouTube by the U.K.'s National SikhÃâà...
Globalnews.ca
March 9, 2018
Narinder Kalsi was assaulted by her husband in 2014. She died after being taken off life support on July 20 that same year. File photo. X. - A A +. Listen. On what was supposed to be his sentencing Thursday, Baldev Singh Kalsi announced that he had fired his lawyer, and wanted two weeks to talk to hisÃâà...
Daily Times
March 9, 2018
The Times of 25 December 2015 published under the title, 'A heritage all but erased' a review I did of Amardeep Singh's first book, Lost Heritage; The Sikh Legacy in Pakistan. In his debut work he had published stunning photographs of Sikhs gurdwaras, shrines, mansions and a variety of other relics leftÃâà...
Sixth Tone
March 9, 2018
Ultimately, one of the SMP's former officers, a fellow Sikh who believed Singh was a “bad man,” shot and killed him. Singh was one of the hundreds of Sikhs who migrated from India to work for the SMP, which policed Shanghai's International Settlement from the early 1850s. While the first group of BritishÃâà...
BBC News
March 9, 2018
I do not advocate for an independent Sikh nation. I, like the vast majority of Sikhs who once advocated for this cause, have reconciled with the nation of India." His invitation embarrassed the visiting delegation, which had been trying to allay concerns it was too soft on separatists who support a Sikh independence movement,Ãâà...
The Hindu
March 8, 2018
Efforts for further details of Britain's involvement in the 1984 Operation Blue Star to be made public stepped up the pace, as a U.K. Sikh group launched ... and to sections of UK correspondence which appeared to suggest Britain was willing to take a tougher line on Sikhs based in the UK of concern to India,Ãâà...
Vancouver Sun
March 8, 2018
But more than 12 per cent of federal Liberal cabinet ministers are Sikhs, including the Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan. There are 14 Liberal Sikh MPs, says Kwantlen Polytechnic University political scientist Shinder Purewal. Liberals hold all nine federal ridings in which Punjabi Sikhs predominate, saysÃâà...
