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Separate Sikh panel recommended for Haryana: Hooda
National | Jul 02, 2014, 11:26 AM ISTChandigarh: Amid a growing controversy over the issue, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Tuesday said a committee set up by the state government on the issue of a separate managing committee for Haryana gurdwaras
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Akali Dal warns Congress over separate Haryana Sikh body
National | Jun 30, 2014, 03:59 PM ISTChandigarh: The Shiromani Akali Dal Monday warned the Congress against a conspiracy to weaken the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) by trying to create a separate Sikh body to take control of gurdwaras in Haryana.The
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Sikh outfit in Pakistan threatens protest
World | May 27, 2014, 01:06 PM ISTIslamabad: A Sikh organisation in Pakistan has threatened to launch a countrywide protest if those who desecrated their holy book, Guru Granth Sahib, are not arrested by May 31.Speaking at a press conference at Karachi
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US judge reserves ruling on 1984 anti-Sikh riots
National | Mar 20, 2014, 01:52 PM ISTNew York: A US judge has reserved ruling on a lawsuit filed here by a Sikh rights group against Congress party in the anti-Sikh riots after hearing arguments by it that the case should be
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Sikh driver in US called "terrorist" by police
World | Sep 29, 2013, 05:18 PM ISTNew York: A Sikh truck driver in the US has alleged that traffic police in Mississippi called him a “terrorist” and a county judge later humiliated him by describing his turban as “that rag.”Jagjeet Singh,
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Sikhs protest against remarks of Asaram spokesperson
India | Aug 27, 2013, 06:05 PM ISTJammu: Several Sikh organisations today held a demonstration here protesting against the alleged remarks of a spokesperson of Asaram Bapu, comparing the self-styled godman with Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of the religion.Several Sikh outfits,
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A Sikh American soldier's battle for the turban
World | Jul 21, 2013, 02:27 PM ISTWashington, July 21: "If the militaries in Canada, England, India and progressive nations allow Sikhs to serve in turbans and beards, then why can't the US?"That was the question that Major Kamaljeet Singh Kalsi, the
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US celebrates 100 years of Sikh community
World | Jul 16, 2013, 10:20 AM ISTWashington, July 16: The White House has acknowledged the contributions of the Sikh community to the US as it celebrates 100 years of their achievements and the immigrant success story in America.The occasion was an
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Sikh groups clash with swords inside Rakabganj gurdwara, 5 wounded
India | Nov 15, 2012, 08:30 PM ISTNew Delhi, Nov 15: Ahead of next month's elections to the Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Prabhandak Committee, rival factions clashed today inside the premises of a gurudwara close to Parliament House here leaving five persons injured.Violence
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Massive fundraising campaign in west by Sikh separatists to revive terrorism in Punjab
India | Oct 07, 2012, 09:51 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 07, 2012: An extensive fundraising campaign is being undertaken by secessionist Sikh groups in Europe and North America at the instance of Pakistan's ISI to revive terrorism in Punjab.Sources in security agencies
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High school student held for killing Sikh elderly in US
World | Aug 18, 2012, 01:37 PM ISTWashington, Aug 18 : A 16-year-old high school student has been arrested on charges of killing an elderly Sikh in Milwaukee, where only days back a shootout at a Gurdwara had left six worshippers dead.Identified
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Condolence letters for Sikh victims flood Oak Creek Mayor's office
World | Aug 17, 2012, 12:00 PM ISTWashington, Aug 17: Letters of condolences and praise have been pouring in Mayor's office of Oak Creek city, where Sikh worshippers were shot down by a white supremacist earlier this month.The letters - both in
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Sikh shot dead in Wisconsin in an attempted robbery
World | Aug 17, 2012, 09:14 AM ISTWashington, Aug 17: Barely 12 days after the shooting at a Gurdwara that killed six worshippers, an elderly Sikh man has been shot dead in an attempted robbery incident in the same Wisconsin state. A manhunt
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New York allows turbans for Sikh, Muslim transit employees
World | May 31, 2012, 01:06 PM ISTNew York, May 31: Muslim and Sikh employees of New York's transit system will now be able to wear their turbans without attaching a government agency logo to them, in a major legal victory after
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Sikh Gets Job, $ 295,000 In Discrimination Case In US
World | Oct 28, 2011, 06:45 PM ISTWashington, Oct 28: Six years after he was denied prison guard's job in California as he refused to shave off his beard required by his Sikh religion, an Indian-American has finally been appointed as a
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Three Sikh Separatists Arrested In Malaysia
World | Aug 19, 2011, 08:24 PM ISTKuala Lumpur, Aug 19: Three suspected Sikh separatists, sought by Indian police have been arrested and deported by Malaysian police after several months of surveillance.The three suspected Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) militants were identified as
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DSGMC To Move Fresh Mercy Petition For Bhullar
India | May 31, 2011, 05:07 PM ISTNew Delhi, May 31: Amid a clamour for commuting the death sentence of Devender Pal Singh Bhullar, a Delhi-based Sikh body today said it will move a fresh mercy petition for him asking the President
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1984 Anti-Sikh Riots: Life Term To A Man For Murdering Four
India | Mar 21, 2011, 08:20 PM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 21: A man was sentenced today to life imprisonment for burning alive four persons in Trilokpuri area of East Delhi during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots which had broken out here following the