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News: Man Withdraws Guilty Plea in Cab Driver Beating

In a surprising twist to a hate crime case, a California man who previously pleaded guilty of assaulting taxi driver Harbhajan Singh, told the court Friday that he plans to change his plea.

News: India's Sex Ratio Imbalance a Threat to Stability

Make no mistake, India's future will not be brighter for having sunk to 914 girls per 1,000 boys. The daughter deficit will create a society that is much less stable and much more volatile than it would be with a more balanced ratio. The sustainability of peace and stability -- for India and the region -- will be progressively undermined in lockstep with the devaluation of India's daughters.

News: Engineering firm Amer Technology builds competitive edge

Dhillon, president and CEO of San Antonio-based Amer Technology Inc., is making the case that offshoring is no longer as attractive an option as it once was for American companies and that they can now find the same services being done here at home for close to the same cost.

News: Forums Organized to Shed Light on Sikh Celebration of Vaisakhi

In an effort to decrease tensions in the community caused by misinformation about the large Sikh festival of Vaisakhi, Sikh Research Institute Canada (SRIC) has organized two informational forums on 14 April and other events over the weekend.

News: Akal Takhat Smacks Rochester Gurdwara Trustees on Kirpan Ban

In the March 9 letter written by Jaswinder Pal Singh, assistant to Jathedar Gurbachan Singh, the Akal Takhat said the trustees had “mocked the holy Sikh Kakars with the selfish motive of winning your lawsuit.”

News: 10,000 people to hit Coventry's streets for Sikh festival

UP TO 10,000 people from the Sikh community are expected to take to the streets of Coventry for the Vaisakhi parade later this month. The festival will tell the story of the founding of the Sikh faith and involve a number of floats.

News: Exposure of Sikhism at national level in America

Sikhs and Hindus are featured prominently in the nationwide PBS public television documentary “The Asian & Abrahamic Religions: A Divine Encounter in America” which will be shown on over 300 public television stations nationwide in the USA.

News: 1,200 girls for every 1,000 boys in Pak

Surprising as it may sound but the girls have outnumbered boys in Pakistan. Despite the socio-cultural taboos associated with girl child like dowry, sexual abuse, weaker sex etc, the girl child were not aborted in certain areas of Pakistan like Southern Punjab and Khyber Pakhtonkhawa.

News: Vaisakhi celebrations at Gurudwara Sahib Ameerpet, Hyderabad, on April 14, 2011.

The Prabhandak Committee Gurudwara Saheb Ameerpet will organize "Vishaal Deewan" (Mass Congregation), the main attraction of the celebrations at Sri Guru Gobind Singhji Play Grounds, Ameerpet, Hyderabad from 11 am to 4 pm in which over 25,000 Sikh devotees and other community faiths will converge at the program.

News: Gurdwara 21st Century, Adelaide

Quite significantly, this “modern” gurdwara is located at a cross roads junction which reminds one of where Sikhi tradition stands today! It is a typical example of the trend in the Sikh diaspora to seek their own local solutions to the current and future spiritual and socio-cultural needs.