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Kartarpur Corridor: Pakistan to issue 10,000 visas to Sikh pilgrims
India | Oct 12, 2019, 11:37 PM ISTThe first batch of devotees will leave for Pakistan in the first week of November by a special train. The pilgrims will proceed to the Wagah railway station from the Atari railway station and then start their journey to the Nankana Sahib.
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British Sikh quits BBC; accuses producer of burying historical facts
World | Oct 06, 2019, 08:43 AM ISTIndarjit Singh, who is also a member of UK's House of Lords stepped down saying that he had to take the decision after "overzealous BBC producer's attempts to censor a script referring to Guru Tegh Bahadur's martyrdom for fear of Islamophobia."
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Sikh preaches love 18 years after brother killed over turban in USA
World | Sep 14, 2019, 11:57 PM ISTThe community was remembering Balbir on the anniversary of his death Sunday with a special meal at a local temple.
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Abduction and conversion of two Sikh girls in Pak: MEA asks Pak to take immediate remedial action
India | Sep 01, 2019, 08:55 PM ISTExternal Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar on Sunday said that civil society and people of India have strongly condemned the forced abduction, conversion and marriage of the two Sikh girls.
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Sikhs, Muslims should work together: Pak official
World | Sep 01, 2019, 10:06 AM ISTAddressing the International Sikh Convention here at the Governor's House on Saturday, she said the Sikh religion had many ideals in common with Islam, The News International reported.
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Sikh 'Jatha' returns to India after attending event in Pakistan
India | Jul 06, 2019, 09:19 PM ISTA group of Sikhs, who had gone to Pakistan to attend an event to commemorate death anniversary of Sikh emperor Ranjit Singh, returned through special train at Attari international railway station here Saturday.
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Pakistan's provincial government approves its first Sikh only school
World | Jun 26, 2019, 02:40 PM ISTThe provincial Auqaf Department of the Khyber Pakthunkhwa Government decided to approve building the school and has allocated Rs 22 lakhs for its construction in the Peshawar city.
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India unhappy over Pakistan not giving visa to official Sikh jatha
World | Jun 14, 2019, 09:40 PM ISTIndia has registered a strong protest at Pakistan governments refusal to grant visa to an "official jatha" comprising 87 pilgrims who wanted to go there on the martyrdom day of Sikh Guru Arjan Dev, sources said here on Friday.
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Obama praises Sikh man with rainbow turban
Trending | Jun 06, 2019, 11:59 AM ISTFormer US President Barack Obama praised San Diego-based Sikh neuroscientist Jiwandeep Kohli, his unique rainbow turban gained a lot of attention online and inspired many people.
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Canada removes reference to Sikh extremism from annual report on terrorism
India | Apr 14, 2019, 07:11 PM ISTThe updated version of the '2018 Public Report on the Terrorism Threat to Canada' was released on Friday, Toronto-based CBC news quoted The Canadian Press news agency as saying.
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PM Modi condemns deadly Afghanistan attack targeting Sikhs and Hindus, Sushma Swaraj to meet families of victims
India | Jul 02, 2018, 12:28 PM ISTEarlier on Sunday, At least 19 people were killed, many of them Sikhs, in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan's Jalalabad province.
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Sikh policeman who saved a Muslim man from a mob hailed as hero, social media showers praise
India | May 26, 2018, 12:38 PM ISTThe Uttarakhand cop is now being hailed as a hero on the social media. The IPS Association has also lauded the deed of the cop.
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Indian-origin Sikh man Gobind Singh Deo appointed Malaysia's cabinet minister
World | May 22, 2018, 02:36 PM ISTDeo, 45, who has been given the communications and multimedia portfolio, is among the two politicians of Indian descent included in the Pakatan Harapan coalition's Cabinet.
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Punjab govt slammed for 'expunging' chapters on Sikh history from Class 12 books
News | May 02, 2018, 02:07 PM ISTPunjab government has earned Opposition's ire for removing 23 chapters of Sikh history from the textbook of class 12.
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Indian Sikh woman accepts Islam, marries Muslim in Pak, say reports
World | Apr 19, 2018, 10:56 PM ISTShe arrived in Pak on Apr 12 with other Sikh pilgrims to attend the festival in Gurdwara Panja Sahib located in Hasan Abdal near Islamabad. Her visa will expire on Apr 21.
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This Sikh man’s Valentine’s Day marketing strategy is so hilarious that it’ll crack you up, watch video
Trending | Feb 13, 2018, 02:19 PM ISTA video of a young Sikh guy is doing the rounds on the internet and has gone viral.
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Labelled a 'terrorist' during campaign, Ravinder Bhalla becomes first Sikh mayor of Hoboken city in US
World | Nov 08, 2017, 11:19 AM ISTRavinder Bhalla has become the first ever Sikh mayor of New Jersey's Hoboken city.
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Three British Sikhs jailed for smuggling Afghans into UK
World | Jul 15, 2017, 05:47 PM ISTThree British Sikhs have been jailed for a total of 19 years for helping about 70 illegal Three British Sikhs have been jailed for a total of 19 years for helping about 70 illegal Afghan im into the UK by misusing passports in a 600,000 pounds scam.
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Sikh man arrested, handcuffed in US for carrying kirpan
World | Jun 18, 2017, 04:33 PM ISTKhalsa said he explained to the officers that the knife is part of his religion, but they frisked him, took the kirpan, placed him in handcuffs and drove him to the local precinct.
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US: Teenager refers to Sikh-American as 'Osama' in racist incident
World | Jun 10, 2017, 07:43 PM ISTSimran Jeet Singh, a post-doctoral fellow at NYU's Center for Religion and Media and a senior religion fellow for advocacy group Sikh Coalition, recalled the encounter in an essay on NBC News.