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Jakaras were heard in the White House this past Friday during a briefing on Sikh civil rights issues in the heart of the federal government. The briefing, a historic first, was organized in collaboration with the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and the White House Office of Public Engagement at the request of the Sikh Coalition.

10,000 Sikhs march from Hyde Park to mark 28 years since the 1984 Sikh genocide and the destruction at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, calling for justice, freedom for Sikh political prisoners and the establishment of an independent Khalistan.

A US-based Sikh body has provided financial assistance of nearly Rs 1 crore to needy students and educational institutions in Punjab and neighboring states.

How can you get your rights if you do not stand for them?

But when you take a listen to the GuruGanesha Band's music, the mantra is definitely there, but fused in "a unique blend of kirtan, raga, rock, and deeply meditative folk music" led by guitarist Guru Ganesha Singh.

A Sikh security officer at New York’s largest airport won a $30,000 settlement against the Department of Homeland Security, which had forbidden him from displaying his kara — a wristband that Sikhs wear to remind them of the divine.

The earth could be nearing a point at which sweeping environmental changes, possibly including mass extinctions, would undermine human welfare, 22 prominent biologists and ecologists warned on Wednesday.