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  Sikhs protest outside Pak parliament protesting attacks

  World | May 23, 2014 22:01 IST

  Islamabad: Dozens of Sikhs today protested outside the Pakistan National Assembly condemning attacks on gurdwaras in this Islamic country. The protesters, from Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces, gathered outside parliament to protest against alleged desecration

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  Case against Ramdev for hurting religious sentiments of Sikhs

  India | May 05, 2014 23:19 IST

  Jalandhar (Punjab): Punjab Police here Monday booked yoga guru Ramdev for hurting religious sentiments of Sikhs.The case against Ramdev under section 295-A (hurting religious sentiments or feelings) was registered at a police station here following

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  Watch in pics: Sikhs celebrate Hola Mohalla in Punjab

  India | March 19, 2014 23:40 IST

  New Delhi: The Sikh festival Hola Mohalla is celebrated in Punjab, a day after Holi, to celebrate the martial spirit. The festival was started by the Tenth and the last guru of Sikh Guru Gobind

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  Sikhs celebrate Delhi Fateh Diwas at Red Fort

  India | March 10, 2014 7:16 IST

  New Delhi : Thousands of Sikhs celebrated Delhi Fateh Diwas, the anniversary of a historic event when the Nishaan Sahib -- the holy symbol of the Khalsa Panth -- was unfurled at the Red Fort.Eighteenth-century

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  Obama greets Sikhs on Guru Nanak Dev's birth anniversary

  World | November 16, 2013 10:53 IST

  Washington : US President Barack Obama has greeted the Sikh community ahead of its founder Guru Nanak Dev's birth anniversary and called the festival an occasion to reflect on the holy guru's “timeless teachings”.  “I

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  Akal Takht, Sikhs honour Indira assassin Beant Singh's son

  India | October 31, 2013 23:36 IST

  Amritsar: Sikh groups today observed the death anniversary of Beant Singh, one of the assassins of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on this day in 1984, and honoured his son at a function held at

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  President's Bodyguard reserved only for Rajput, Jat, Sikhs, Army tells SC

  India | October 02, 2013 20:16 IST

  New Delhi: The Army has admitted in the Supreme Court that recruitment to President's Bodyguard (PBG) is open only to Hindu Rajputs, Hindu Jats and Jat Sikhs, saying that it is done purely on “functional

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  Deletion of Constitutional provision; SC asks Centre to reply

  India | July 05, 2013 21:11 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 5: The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to respond to a plea seeking deletion of a provision in the Constitution that treats Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists as Hindus for all legal

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  Sikhs demand minority status for community in JK

  India | June 26, 2013 17:45 IST

  Srinagar, Jun 26: A Sikh delegation today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here and demanded minority status for the community in Jammu and Kashmir and a special employment package for its youths.       It also appealed

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  FBI to track hate crimes against Sikhs, Hindus

  World | June 06, 2013 13:02 IST

  Washington, Jun 6: America's FBI will begin formally tracking hate crimes against Sikhs, Hindus and Arabs, thus meeting one of the long pending demands of these religious minority communities in the US, who have increasingly

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  Sikhs stage protest near Parliament against acquittal of Sajjan Kumar

  India | May 06, 2013 22:35 IST

  New Delhi, May 6 : Over 200 Sikhs today staged a protest near Parliament House blocking traffic for about an hour against the acquittal of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 riots case and

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  Paramilitary deployed, Sirsa sealed after clashes

  India | November 26, 2012 6:39 IST

  Sirsa, (Haryana), Nov 26: Paramilitary forces were deployed in Sirsa Sunday to help Haryana Police maintain law and order in this Haryana town after violent clashes between followers of Dera Sacha Sauda sect and the

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  Clashes between Sikhs outside California gurdwara, 2 stabbed

  World | November 12, 2012 11:36 IST

  Washington, Nov 12 : Two men have been stabbed outside a Gurdwara in California and more than a dozen people pepper-sprayed in violent clashes that broke out between two groups over a power struggle to

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  Don't meddle in Sikh affairs, Akali Dal warns Congress

  National | November 11, 2012 21:22 IST

  Chandigarh, Nov 11:  The ruling Shiromani Akali Dal in Punjab here Sunday warned the Congress against meddling in the religious affairs of Sikhs.Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal, who is also the patron of the

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  Sikhs urge Obama to work to ensure religious freedom

  World | November 08, 2012 23:32 IST

  Washington, Nov 8: A Sikh advocacy group in the US has asked re-elected President Barack Obama to use his second term in office to focus more on issues related to preserving religious freedom.The Washington-based advocacy

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  London police treating Brar attack as attempted murder

  World | October 03, 2012 22:45 IST

  London, Oct 3:  British police is treating the attack on Lt Gen (retd) K S Brar, the Operation Bluestar hero, as a case of an attempted murder, a spokesman said today, adding the four assailants

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  Californian laws to prevent discrimination against Sikhs, Muslims at workplaces

  World | September 10, 2012 9:57 IST

  Washington, Sep 10: California Governor Jerry Brown has signed two bills designed to battle workplace discrimination against Sikhs and Muslim by shunting workers wearing turbans, beards and hijabs to backroom jobs out of public view."This

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  Ensure Sikhs are not targeted anywhere in world: SGPC to PM

  India | August 19, 2012 7:29 IST

  Amritsar, Aug 18: Angry over the killing of a Sikh in Wisconsin in the United States, the SGPC has asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take immediate steps to ensure that Sikhs were not targeted

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  Turbaned Sikhs to serve in Washington police

  World | May 17, 2012 16:49 IST

  Washington, May 17: Sikh police officers would soon be seen in operation in the American capital, Washington, in their turbans and other articles of faith.The American city gave the green light for the Sikh police

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  Akal Takht To Review Decision On Conferring Title On Rajoana

  India | March 25, 2012 22:47 IST

  Amritsar, Mar 25: Faced with a piquant situation, the Akal Takht, top temporal seat of the Sikhs, today said it would review its decision on bestowing the title of ‘Living Martyr' on death row convict