"Their granting of bond to some of these men is an important step, but there are many more detainees like them who shouldn’t be kept behind bars while their asylum proceedings are underway.”
Officials said the main shrine, which attracts thousands of pilgrims, was not affected. At least seven people have died and 8 injured after boulders dislodged and fell onto a Sikh shrine.
Martin Singh 'Paaji', 42, who converted to Sikhism in 1991 and got baptised in 1993, is in the poll fray from Toronto's neighbouring city of Brampton which has the second largest concentration of Indians in Canada.
They collected containers of soup and rice pudding, a bread bun and a bottle of water from outside Marks and Spencer, in Albert Street. For many, this will be their only meal of the day.
I was 18 and just about to start college. My mother never got to see me off. After her death, I determined to make sure that her status as a victim of a hate crime would not go unrecorded.
This is the season of Gurmat camps in the UK. This year, the Society is holding its 38th Gurmat Camp at the beautiful location of Guru Gobind Singh Khalsa College, at Chigwell in Essex...
The Tonight Show's Jimmy Fallon interviews Sir Ben Kingsley on 'Learning to Drive'. The respected actor hopes this film will encourage sympathy toward the Sikh community.
“The Sikh community nationwide, but certainly in San Antonio has provided an example for us on how to treat each other like neighbors,” said City Councilman Ron Nirenberg.
A mini township, to be known as tent city, will be developed in 26 acre area in Saran district to accommodate lakhs of Sikh pilgrims likely to visit Patna Saheb during the Guru Gobind Singh's 350th birth anniversary...
[VIDEO] The iSikh Sikh Youth Gurmat Week is a Samagam organised and designed for Kenyan youth to explore, re-discover and reconnect to their Sikh roots.
[VIDEO] The chardi kala you embody from attending CCK stays with you for life and I am incredibly thankful for that. I hope that we can count on our sangat to ensure youth do not miss this life-changing experience...
Camp Gian is aimed at teaching younger children Gurmat studies and the Sikh way of life but also is geared to helping teenagers, like myself, develop leadership qualities.
A non-league west London football club that attracts average home crowds of 50 has formed one of the game’s unlikeliest partnerships with Spanish giants Atletico Madrid.
The Nepalese Government has issued a coin of Rs. 250 with an image of Sri Guru Granth Sahib engraved on it. The release of the coin has drawn attention of Sikh community across the world.
The Inauguration Ceremony was held on 17th July 2015 at the beautiful pentad campus through the hands of Deputy Chief Minister Punjab, S. Sukhbir Singh Badal and other cabinet members of Punjab Government.
In a quest to unravel the selective newspaper headlines and to understand more of the back story, the Sikh Feminist Research Institute (SAFAR) has interviewed the friends and family of Bapu Surat Singh about the man and the mission...
[VIDEO] It's ambitious goal was to be the “go to” online destination for Sikhs – and non-Sikhs alike – who wished to deepen their personal engagement with the Guru Granth Sahib.
Hundreds of Sikhs protested outside the British parliament on Wednesday, calling for the release of what they said were Sikh political prisoners in India. Demonstrators also raised the case of octogenarian Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa...
The same trauma (Oak Creek) that I felt as a Sikh daughter , I now feel as the wife of a Christian African-American husband in the aftermath of the attack on the Mother Emanuel AME Church in South Carolina.
"US appreciates the contribution of Sikhs and values for Sikh Religion and considering the same Sikhs have been allowed to be part of the military service with their full attire..."
Sikh Religious Society Palatine organized a prayer service and candlelight vigil in remembrance of the nine victims of the June 17 Charleston shooting.
Hundreds of Sikhs protested outside the British parliament on Wednesday, calling for the release of what they said were Sikh political prisoners in India.
Dr. Simran Kaur, Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and Geology at Queensborough Community College ("QCC") has been awarded the Fulbright Academic and Professional Excellence Award (2014-15).
In the third week of March this year, every single household in the United States will be getting the 2010 Census official form. The Sikh-American community supports this and is excited about the idea of self-identification for the Census.
Sukhbir Singh Badal said the state government would be able to pass on the benefit of supplying power to consumers at a reduced rate. This would make the state have the cheapest rates in the country.
Days after the beheading of a Sikh by militants in the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan for not being paid ransom, the other two members of the community held captive were recovered by Pakistani security forces on Monday, officials said.
