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Geneva Sikhs to soon have gurdwara in city
17
February 2010
A number of Sikh
organizations often visit Geneva
because of the international polity that is played out here. Many a
times, the delegations of Sikhs visiting the United... |
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Singhs, Kaurs get mixed up in legakl jumble in some countries
10
February 2010
A new problem has come to light in the nomenclature of Sikh children
in certain European countries. A law was passed in 2003 that when a
Dutch nationality boy or girl... |
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Indian couple, another charged in Ranjodh murder
3
February 2010
MELBOURNE: An
Indian couple are among the three persons charged with murdering
mutual friend Ranjodh Singh, who was stabbed multiple times and set
ablaze while... |
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Denmark moves to restrict Burqa and naqab
27January 2010
COPENHAGEN: In
remarks that are likely to enrage wide sections of the Muslim
community, Denmark's Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen seemed to
be taking a page from the French... |
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Ambica Soni says Black List to be scrapped
30
December 2009
ROME: Visiting
Indian federal minister Ambica Soni has said the Punjabis on the
so-called Black List of Indian government will soon get justice and
claimed that the... |
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Senior
Sikh citizens of Canada back Prof Darshan Singh
30
December 2009
ABBOTSFORD: After many Canadian Singh Sabhas rejected the unilateral
action against Prof Darshan Singh, former Jathedar of Akal Takht
Sahib, now a large number... |
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Prez Obama's
Nobel speech & the Sikh cause
16
December 2009
OSLO: Last week when President Barack Obama was in Oslo, receiving
the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday and candidly acknowledging the
controversy over the choice.... |
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Aussie Sikhs blood
donation drive on Dec 27
18
November 2009
BRISBANE:
The Sikh community in Brisbane, Australia is organizing a blood
donation drive on December 27,
2009 in
memory of the great sacrifice of Sahibzadas Zorawar Singh and Fateh
Singh... |
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French Bank Apologises For Refusing Entry To Turbaned Sikh
18
November 2009
Paris:
A major French bank in Paris, which last month refused entry to a
young Sikh customer because he wore a turban, has apologised for its
“manifestly excessive... |
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Sikh man assaulted in
Melbourne
28
October 2009
MELBOURNE:
A Sikh man sleeping at a bus stop was punched in his head by a group
of Australians, who also removed his turban. The incident has sent
shockwaves among the Sikh community throughout... |
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SYA plans seminar at Berkeley about legacy of 1984
2
September 2009
BERKELEY: One of the key issues that continues to haunt Sikhs is how
the traumatic events of the last 25 years can begin to be
represented through the work of... |
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Kular
wins Bus Roadeo tourney
2
September 2009
San Jose: A Bus Roadeo competition among the buses operating from
the airport saw participation by San Jose Airport, Oakland Airport
and drivers working in other... |
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Amity, Cohabitation Transcend Political Boundaries
2
September 2009
Monterey,
CA: Local Indian and Pakistani communities of Monterey Peninsula,
joined together to celebrate Independence days of India and
Pakistan. A maiden... |
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Sikh martyrs who fell in Italy remembered
2
September 2009
FORLI
(ITALY): Commemorating the sacrifice and bravery of more than 3,000
martyred Sikhs at various battle grounds in Italy, an event was
organized at Gurdwara... |
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Jathedar Vedanti leads scripture translation
venture
2
September 2009
FREMONT: Former Akal Takth jathedar, Giani Joginder Singh, who is
currently on a mission to spread the word about genocide of the
Sikhs, came visiting at the... |
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Martyr Khalra to be remembered on Sep 6 at
Fremont Gurdwara
2
September 2009
This was one man who single handedly put Indian establishment to
shame, first when he was alive, and then continuously after his
death. Bhai Jaswant Singh Khalra... |
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Jolted, Aussie govt moves to
address concerns of immigrant students
26
August 2009
Following the
high decibel protests from many Indian students, including a large
number of students from Punjab, about the quality of education being
imparted by... |
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Australia to tighten screws on migration agents
29
July 2009
Melbourne: Australia has promised a zero tolerance approach on
dealing with alleged migration and education scams after a TV
channel expose claimed that many... |
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Punjab youth in Spain caught in cleftstick
29
July 2009
Over 2,000 Indian youth, majority of them from Punjab, participated
in a protest march in the Spanish city of Barcelona last Saturday to
press the Government of India to... |
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A Sikh at 6th Annual South-Eastern European Prayer Gathering
15
July 2009
A
group of 150 dignitaries and friends from 18 countries came together
from May 22-24 in the Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina for
the 6th Annual South... |
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Burqa debate splits France but will focus turn to turban too?
15
July 2009
Paris:
French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s recent remarks that “the burqa, a
sign of female subservience, will not be welcome on French
territory,” has caused an upro... |
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Iraq bans school groups from Saddam’s grave
8
July 2009
In another instance of the Western world practicing its particular
brand of cultural hegemony, Iraq’s ruling government, which is
largely seen as the de facto symbol of.... |
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Sarkozy drops burqa bomb,
saysveil unacceptable, panel to study it
24
June 2009
VERSAILLES: Even as the Sikh community ontinues to reason with he
French government tolift the ban on wearing turbans,the country has
now decided to set up a... |
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Man arrested in Vienna as probe proceeds
17
June 2009
Vienna: A man
who fired on a police party that had come raiding as part of the
investigation into the attack on two dalit leaders here was arrested
and some knives... |
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Many Sikhs among Indian students under attack
in Australia
3
June 2009
MELBOURNE:
Anumber of Indian students, including many Sikhs, continue to reel
under madcap violent racist attacks in Australia, triggering panic among
the... |
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Iran Sentences U.S. Journalist
to 8 Years
22
April 2009
TEHRAN:
Throwing a spanner into the works of a fledgling thaw in
Iran-American relations, an Iranian-American journalist, Roxana
Saberi, has been convicted to eight... |
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New Zealand will not cut immigration
18 March 2009
Wellington: New Zealand is not likely to follow Australia in cutting
immigration to protect local jobs during the current recession, Prime
Minister John Key... |
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Bushfires rewrite Sikh farmer’s
success story
11
March 2009
Adelaide: The story
of Charanamat Singh, Indian taxi driver turned millionaire in
northern Australia, has all the trappings of a rags-to-riches
Bollywood thriller... |
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Sikh homeless man in Italy
attacked, set on fire
11
February 2009
ROME: In a
brutal attack, a homeless Sikh man, Navtej Singh Sidhu, in Italy was
attacked and set on fire. President Giorgio Napolitano of Italy was quick to
condemn... |
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Asiana leaves its mark in Korean civil aviation history
4
February 2009
Asiana’s safety,
service and financial management was recognized as the world’s best Asiana Airlines
was chosen as the Airline of the Year by ATW (Air Transport... |
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South Korean court releases Capt Jasprit Singh
Chawla
21 January 2009
SEOUL/DEHRADUN: After Uttarakhand Sikhs raised a lot of noise
forcing Indian external affairs ministry to pull some levers .. |
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Sikh
spends distressing times in Korean Jail
World
14 January 2009
Good looking, devout and down to earth Jasprit Singh Chawla has been
in a Korean prison for the last thirteen months. Nominated by
Lloyds last year for the “Shipmaster of the Year” ... |
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Triple Sikh murderer to remain in custody
7 January 2009
BRISBANE: A Brisbane manaccused
of a triple murderalmost six years ago will remain in custody
pending the outcome of his bail application... |
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Iraq shoe thrower trial later Saddams day ignored
31 December
2008
BAGHDAD: A court
on Tuesday postponed the trial of a journalist who hurled his shoes
at
President George W. Bush in anger over the U.S. invasion and
occupation of Iraq... |
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Mumbai
victims are mourned
17 December
2008
Hamilton's
Hindu, Muslim, Sikh and Jewish communities held a candlelight
memorial for victims of the Mumbai terror attack. Co-sponsored by
the... |
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Sikh temple raid shadows Belgian royal visit to India
5 November
2008
BRUSSELS:
King Albert II of Belgium will go to India on a nine-day state visit
beginning November 3, accompanied by Queen Paola, Foreign Minister
Karel... |
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Ranbir Singh Sodhi elected to Governors Council in Finland
5 November
2008
VANTAA, FINLAND:
Scandinavia has had very little taste of Punjabi politics and
politicians. Things will now change as Ranbir Singh Sodhi has been
elected... |
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Indian Sikhs grafting onto culture in Argentina
5 November
2008
ROSARIO
DE LA FRONTERA (Argentina):
For Bibiana Jasbe Singh Kaur, being born and growing up an Indian
Sikh in Argentina was not only a curious... |
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Enka singer Sarbjit Singh’s music king in
Japan
8 October 2008
TOKYO:
Japanese crowds are thronging to hear Sarbjit Singh Chadha sing and
fans jostle to get his autograph even three decades after he burst into the
music.. |
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Shamed on anti-Christian violence, India
talks turban
1 October 2008
MARSEILLES: There was
little that Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh could do to
persuade the French President Nicholas Sarkozy on the issue... |
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Intra-Sikh fight in Manila over
gurdwara control
24 September 2008
MANILA: Two
Filipino-Indian groups are battling for control over the Khalsa
Diwan Sikh gurdwara in Paco, Manila... |
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Sikh granthi once again in Leeds tribunal
battle
23
July, 2008
A SIKH priest
who successfully sued his Leeds gurdwara
for £17,000 in unpaid wages, has launched a second case – for unfair
dismissal... |
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Kiwi Sikh killed in cold blood
11
June, 2008
AUKLAND:
Thirty year old Navtej Singh, a father of three daughters, all under
5 years of age, was shot in cold blood at his liquor shop... |
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Santa Fe Sikh says ‘race’ was factor in his arrest
21
May,
2008
SANTA FE:
A 44-year-old Santa Fe Sikh from India says a city police officer
overreacted earlier this month when he arrested him during an incident... |
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Turbans now OK at Costa Mesa bar
30 January 2008
COSTA MESA – A nightclub that one year
ago refused to let a Sikh medical student inside because his turban
violated the bar's dress code has revised... |
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Indian Embassy in Beirut a den of corruption
12 December, 2007
BEIRUT: The
management of Gurdwara Sri Ravidas Sabha, Daura Madina Saniha, Lebanon, has
come to the aid of a large number of Punjabi... |
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Indians top foreigners’ suicide
list in Saudi
Arabia
28 November 2007
DUBAI: Suicide cases among foreign workers in Saudi
Arabia are on the increase, with Indians accounting for over 40 per
cent... |
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Lankan troops kill top LTTE leader
7 November, 2007
Colombo: Tamil Tiger political wing leader SP Thamilselvan was killed
in a Sri Lankan air force bombing raid early on Friday, the
rebels... |
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Rebellious ex-nuns evicted from Polish convent
17 October, 2007
Kazimierz Dolny,
Poland: The police pushed their way into a Polish convent on
Wednesday and evicted about 65 rebellious ex-nuns. They arrested... |
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Over 3,400 tourists ‘got lost’ at
Tiananmen Square
10 October, 2007
Beijing: Over
3,400 tourists "got lost" when touring the Tiananmen Square,
the world’s largest, in central Beijing during the first four days
of October, local police said on Saturday... |
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Maoists want plebiscite to decide
king’s fate
10 October, 2007
Kathmandu: From
being remote, the possibility of a constituent assembly election in
Nepal became virtually impossible with the Maoists raising a fresh
demand... |
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World Sikh News will defend media's freedom to the hilt
3 October, 2007
The sole English
language newspaper of the Sikhs in the western hemisphere, the
World Sikh News, its management and staff express their deep
concern at the attack carried... |
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Khaleda Zia
released on bail
3 October, 2007
Dhaka: Bangladesh’s high court has ordered the release of former
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia on bail more than three weeks after she
was arrested along with her younger son on graft charges... |
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Muslims must work for peace, says Vatican
3 October, 2007
Vatican City: The Vatican
urged Muslims on Friday to reject violence, work with Christians
for peace and to teach their young to love... |
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UN envoy meets Suu Kyi as troops lock down Yangon
3 October, 2007
Yangon: A United Nations envoy held meetings with detained
opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the Myanmar junta, in an
attempt to end the country’s biggest crisis in 19 years... |
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Karzai offers govt posts to Taliban
3 October, 2007
Kabul: Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday offered to
personally meet Taliban leader Mullah Omar for peace talks and
give the militants a high position in a government ministry... |
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Al Jazeera bids again for US distribution
3 October, 2007
DUBAI: Al Jazeera
English, the 24-hour English-language news and current affairs
TV channel, claims to have achieved a global viewer footprint of
100m homes within a year of its launch... |
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Grihast Retreat: Becoming One Spirit the Sikh Way
3 October, 2007
On September 14-16,
Sikh Research Institute (SikhRI) held a Grihast Retreat in Toronto,
Canada. There were 12 couples, married less than 6 years, who
attended from Toronto, Canada... |
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Induz hosts the “Induz Lifestyle Carnivale” on
September 8th, 2007
26 September,
2007
Castro Valley,
CA: Induz,
a registered non-profit event management organization, held it
flagship annual charity event of 2007, the Induz Lifestyle
Carnivale, on Saturday September... |
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War in Iran Can be Extremely
Dangerous for the West
20 September, 2007
The French foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, tried to get tough
with Iran when he warned the world to prepare for the worst that
means war in Iran. Many people thought that President... |
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Ban faith jewellery at schools, say
parents
12 September, 2007
PARIS:
In a move which
is likely to perturb the Sikhs, the mass circulated Readers’ Digest
magazine said on the basis of a survey that most parents polled by
it wanted the... |
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'NO,
I was not raped! I just fell from my bicycle'
20 dec, 2006
As a shocked court held in-camera heard
the woman making a complete volte face after having recorded a main detailed
challan and two... |
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Amnesty sought for 28 Indian convicts in Qatar
Dubai: The Indian Embassy in Qatar has submitted
names of 28 Indian convicts to be considered for the annual amnesty
declared... |
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Sikhs across globe to mark November pogrom anniversary
with vigils
LONDON: As the Sikh community marks the 22nd anniversary of the
November 1984 planned massacre of Sikhs in Delhi and elsewhere... |
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