Browsing Tag: India

Delegates at the Economic Growth Summit that comprised people engaged in Industry, Trade and Commerce today resolved to join hands to strengthen economic co-operation. The focus is to "excel together" and ensure balanced economic growth of Punjab.

Article 30 gives same rights to both religious and linguistic rights but it nowhere says both religious and linguistic minorities must necessarily be determined at the level of state.

Although society protests against dowry, many many Sikhs individually still continue to encourage it.This practice is not confined to Sikhs alone but throughout the Indian sub continent.But in Sikhi, it has been clearly prohibited, and places women on an equal footing with men. Although religiously banned, it is culturally ingrained and many find it hard to let go of this gruesome practice of dahez.

With the government “ignoring” the August 4 ultimatum of various Sikh organisations, Surat Singh Khalsa Sangharsh Committee members along with their allied Sikh radical groups have decided to stage a protest outside Parliament tomorrow.

Though the topic of explicit erotic material has, in the past, been considered taboo even among the upwardly mobile urban populace, 60% of Indian online traffic is pornography related. Recent stats released by an adult website PornHub show that 30% of the Indian visitors on their site are women, 6% higher than the global average of women visitors.

The whole world knows about hunger strike by Bapu Surat Singh who clearly sends the serene message for the release of the Sikh prisoners. Time for action and peace!!!

Over the years since 1945, there has been an on going controversy about the founding father of the Indian National Army. Here's a hint, it's not Capt. Mohan Singh.

While most of us spend our time contemplating which cookies are best- choco chip or butter cookies in the supermarket, Deepak Ashwani a young guy from Kapurthala in Punjab is busy with cookies of all together different type- Fuel Cookies.

The Bains brothers (independent MLAs from Ludhiana) Simarjit Singh Bains and Balwinder Singh Bains have alleged that Parkash Badal had been misleading the Punjab masses by arguing that release of political Sikh prisoners is a Central Government concern.

This Teacher Training is blessed to take place in the holy city of Amritsar. We will be continuously inspired by the presence and radiance of the Golden Temple...

"They have no human life considerations. The pastors treat us very humanly and sympathetically. They treat us equal and as important as anyone else. They help us in need. You will soon seen most of the downtrodden converting en masse if these leaders and dera people go on treating us like this."

The demand to amend Article 25 (b) of the Constitution, which clubs Sikhs with Hindus, is gaining force again. Top community leaders have taken up the issue after around three decades.

Beating and crafting bronze for centuries now, the Thathera community today is reeling under the pressure of competitive market and abandonment by the establishment.

The Akal Takht feels the prevailing political scenario in the country is ideally suited to Sikhs to seek the release of all Sikh detainees (pertaining to period of militancy) who have completed their jail sentences and also to find a permanent solution to Article 25 (b) of the Constitution, which clubs Sikhs with Hindus, a view not acceptable to Sikhs.

“He was one of those rare people who dared to protect Sikhs by taking them into their refuge when they were being hounded by the goons with the help of the police,” Phoolka told the Straight over the phone from New Delhi.

So what accounts for India's enduring relationship with gurus? For one, in a fast-urbanising country bristling with ambition, frustration and confusion, gurus are like placebos for the uncertain masses. People flock to them, thinking that they can help give them the next big break in their lives.

Modi has repeatedly called for greater use of India's health remedies and exercises, part of a push to promote traditional learning. "This is our system and it has not received enough prominence. We will take it to the masses."

Powered by the sun, it breaks down waste, turns it into useful gas and powers fuel cells. This toilet, made to help the developing world, won 1st prize in the 'Reinvent the Toilet Challenge'.

ON A salt plain near the border with Pakistan lies half a billion dollars’ worth of solar-energy kit paid for by firms from all over the world. A million panels stretch as far as the eye can see.

India's government has decided to extend the country's limited visa-on-arrival scheme from 11 countries to tourists from 180 countries.

India is marking three years since its last reported polio case, a landmark in the global battle against the disease.

A year after these events, where do we stand on the safety of women in India?

UPA has done "quite a lot" for the Sikhs who suffered in 1984 riots but no compensation could be "adequate" to compensate for the loss of valuable lives, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said..

At the urging of Akal Takhat Bhai Sahib ended his fast as two prisoners are let out.

A Lone Texas Horse Woman Races Marwari Horse in a Boisterous Sikh Ride in the Punjab

Sikh Siyasat News (SSN) has collected essential details related to the cases of these 6 Sikh prisoners.

General Bikram Singh, India’s 25th Chief of Army Staff, was recently inducted into the United States Army War College International Fellows Hall of Fame.

The arrest and treatment in custody of an Indian diplomat in New York City has caused an uproar in India, and a week after the incident, there are signs of an all-out diplomatic row with the U.S.

For all I know many of these Sikhs may operate from a base of moral ambiguity and pliability and yet serve the community and its larger cause. That surely bothers me.

The Indian Supreme Court reinstated on Wednesday a colonial-era law banning gay sex, ruling that it had been struck down improperly by a lower court.