AMRITSAR (TIP): The emergency meeting of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) executive convened after October 21 suspension of the ‘Panj Pyaras’ for their unprecedented summoning the Akal Takht jathedar and four other Sikh head […]
An American man has been sentenced to 13 years in prison on charges of hate crime, for brutally hitting an 82-year-old Sikh with a steel rod outside a gurdwara in the US state of California […]
LONDON: Two minor Sikh girls in the UK were ordered to remove their turbans by teachers who mistook the traditional religious headdress as ‘fashion’ items, prompting their families to protest. Simranjot Kaur, 13, and 11-year-old […]
TORONTO: Sikh leaders in North America blame conversions, drugs and migration for the decline in the growth rate of Sikh population in India from 1.9 percent to 1.7 percent as per the 2011 census. “While […]
An Indian-origin Sikh migrant driver in Australia has been named ‘Australian of the Day’ for feeding the homeless in Darwin for the past three years. Tejinder Singh works by day as air conditioner mechanic and […]
An Indian-American cardiologist has donated $1.5 million to the University of California-Irvine to create a Chair for Sikh studies within the school, media reported on Tuesday. Harvinder Sahota donated the money to the university that […]
Sikh activist Surat Singh Khalsa’s son-in-law was reportedly found murdered near his apartment on Monday morning in Chicago. He is suspected to have been attacked with a knife by unidentified persons. He was stabbed several times […]
LONDON (TIP): A group of over 20 men stormed a gurdwara here and stopped an inter-faith wedding between a Sikh bride and non-Sikh white groom. Members of the Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara in Southall, […]
NEW YORK (TIP): A Sikh-American employee at the Walt Disney World in Florida, who was barred from working in view of guests due to his religious appearance, for seven years, has achieved a significant victory, […]
NEW YORK: A 20-year-old Sikh-American student has won a significant legal battle in the US with a court allowing him to enroll in an army programme without removing his articles of faith like the beard […]
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