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Suspension of ‘Panj Pyaras’: SGPC indecisive, leaves decision to Makkar

Oct 23, 2015 - 3:51 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

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 […]

American Gets 13 Years In Jail For Hate Crime Against Elderly Sikh

Sep 16, 2015 - 10:57 am EDT The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 0

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 […]

UK School Asks Sikh Girls to Remove Turbans, Apologises

Sep 7, 2015 - 1:13 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

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 […]

Conversions, drugs reason for declining population: Sikh diaspora

Sep 3, 2015 - 6:27 am EDT Agencies | Media Reports 0

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 […]

Indian-origin Sikh man named Australian of the Day for feeding the homeless

Sep 3, 2015 - 2:27 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

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 […]

Indian-American cardiologist Harvinder Sahota

Indian American Harvinder Sahota Donates $1.5 Million for Sikh Studies

Aug 19, 2015 - 6:04 am EDT The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 0

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 […]

Satwinder Singh Bhola, Son-in-law of activist Khalsa murdered in Chicago

Aug 19, 2015 - 6:01 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

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 […]

Inter-faith wedding disrupted at UK gurdwara

Aug 17, 2015 - 1:12 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

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, […]

Inauguration. Dr. Surinder S Gill (back to camera) passing over a pair of scissors for Dr. Kirpal Kaur, Trustee of Gurudwara Sikh Association of Baltimore and Manjit Singh GK, President, DSGPC, to inaugurate the school. Seen are community leaders who helped in raising the school which included Gurudwara Sikh Association of Baltimore President Jeet Singh and Chairman K. K. Sidhu.

Community in Baltimore raises a Punjabi School; Dr. Gill appointed principal cum coordinator

Jul 17, 2015 - 4:04 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Sikh in US wins religious freedom at his Disney job

Jul 10, 2015 - 12:53 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

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, […]

Sikh Man Wins Right to Join US Army Without Removing Beard and Turban

Jun 16, 2015 - 8:36 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

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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