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By Ravinder Singh Robin Yuba City (California), Nov.19 (ANI): Sikhs have been a part of the American landscape for over 130 years. And, the Yuba Sutter area has some of the best agricultural land is known for the largest Sikh population of farm owners. A visit to Yuba city that commemorated the...

By Karan Kapoor Jalandhar, Nov.19 (ANI): Born in a Sikh family of farmers in Shafipur Village near Jalandhar, the popular singer Hans Raj Hans drew inspirations from street musicians and singers at holy shrines. He learnt music under the stewardship of Ustad Puran Shah Koti who motivated him...

By Ravinder Singh Robin Amritsar, Nov 17 (ANI): Hindus and Sikhs took centre stage at the recently held 28th InterFaith Concert in Washington, where nearly 1400 people from different religion participated. Sikh Kirtani Jatha and the participants of Hindu religion of the Pushpanjali group and...

By Ravinder Singh Robin San Jose, (USA), Nov 15 (ANI): In a bid to resolve the Sikh turban issue, particularly at airports, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in the United States has offered jobs to Sikh youths based in America. A twelve-member TSA delegation led by Edward W...

London, Nov 14 (ANI): A fourteen-year-old Sikh girl, who was suspended from her school in South Wales for wearing a 'Kara'-- a religious bracelet-- is planning to challenge the matter in the court of law. Sarika Singh, a student of Aberdare Girls' School, was suspended for a week after she...

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London, Nov 7 (ANI): A Sikh teenager has been sent back from her school for wearing a Kara (steel bracelet), one of the religious symbols which reminds a Sikh of his or her bondage to the Guru. Sarika Singh (14) refused to remove her Kara because she felt that it is "a constant reminder to her...

By Sunil Sharma Chandigarh, Nov 5 (ANI): Keeping a dog as a pet is becoming an obsession in Punjab's major cities like Patiala, Chandigarh and Ludhiana, reminding one of royalty of Punjab of yore. Going on an evening stroll with a handsome dog is picture perfect in city like Chandigarh. One can...

By Karan Kapoor Moga (Punjab), Nov 4 (ANI): Kulwant Singh Dhaliwal, a non-resident Indian (NRI), has adopted a village in Punjab's Moga District to bring about social reform there. Dhaliwal, who migrated to Manchester in England in 1985, is back in his ancestral Badni Kala village. For Dhaliwal...

By Sunil Sharma Jalandhar, Nov 4 (ANI): A large section of non-resident Indians (NRIs), belonging to Punjab, continues to play an important role in the economic development of their homeland. Over five million, almost one third of the total estimated number of Indians overseas, belong to Punjab...

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New Delhi/Amritsar, Oct 31 (ANI): Sikhs on Wednesday took out protest rallies in different parts of the country, demanding justice in the 1984 anti Sikh riots. On this day in 1984, the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards that triggered anti-Sikh riots in...

By Ravi Khandelwal Muktsar (Punjab), Oct 30 (ANI): Farmers in Punjab are taking to horse breeding as an alternative source of income. Farmers in south-west Punjab have adopted horse breeding as an allied profession. The fertile soil and green pastures give Punjab a natural advantage to breed...

By Ravinder Singh Robin Amritsar, Oct 30 (ANI): Bhawna, the youngest BJP councillor of Punjab, could be a role model for many of her senior. She has been working hard to eradicate drug abuse among the youth of her constituency. Twenty one-year-old Bhawna, a second-year student of Bachelor of...

Majitha (Punjab), Oct 30 (ANI): Ignoring the fact that Punjab is known as the granary of India, Radio Pakistan's 'Punjabi Durbar' programme continues to broadcast the view that Sikh farmers are struggling to obtain proper water and electricity supply. The broadcast that is aired from Lahore...

By Sunil Sharma Chandigarh, Oct 27 (ANI): Equestrian sport is the latest craze among youngsters in Punjab. Youngsters love riding horses. They also hope that one day equestrian sports will be a paying career. The Chandigarh Horse Riding School which started four years ago, with three horses and...

Ludhiana, October 22 (ANI): The Punjab Police has announced a reward of Rs one lakh for giving information about the person behind the Shingar Cinema blast in Ludhiana. Deputy Inspector General of Police (Ludhiana Range) Ishwar Singh said that the name of the person giving the information will...

By Ravinder Singh Amritsar, Oct 21 (ANI): Jasvir Gill, co-founder of Start-up Farms International Inc. (SUFI), dreams to make Punjab as an educational and IT hub by vastly improving the situation in rural areas. Gill, a software engineer, migrated to the US from Punjab in 1988. In 1980s there...

Ferozepur / Amritsar (Punjab), Oct 20 (ANI): Railway authorities in Punjab have tightened security on all railway routes across the state following receipt of a letter from the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT). The letter was mailed to the office of the Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) of...

Moga (Punjab), Oct 20 (ANI): 'Willys' jeeps, which were infrequent use during the second World War, are being refurbished and refitted with modern accessories. The 'Willys' Jeep, which had become an icon in the 70's and 80's is back in demand. Connoisseurs of these jeeps include wealthy NRI...