Maqboolpura, a slum on the outskirts of the Indian city Amritsar is known as a “place of widows,” because the multitude of drug addicts there that die from their fatal habit leave behind traumatised spouses and children.
In the run-off election Tuesday for Hoboken, N. J., mayor and council, Ravinder Singh Bhalla won the most votes for councilman-at-large, which will give him the national distinction of holding one of the highest elected offices as a Sikh.
On behalf of Defense Secretary Robert Gates, the Pentagon has informed the Sikh Coalition, that it is reviewing current regulations preventing a US Sikh national from serving the army on the grounds that they wear turban.
At Mast Vane in Punjab's Malwa district, construction of an exact full-size replica of Golden Temple is going on in full swing and almost 80 % of the work is done.
The Sikh Five Year Plan is the next historic step in the Sikh communities' commitment to walk faithfully alongside the rest of Creation into a future which they believe they can make both better and greener