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Dear all - I have been thinking about this topic for a long time (about 4 years now). Most religions practiced in the world originated thousands of years ago. Hinduism has been prevalent in India for more than 5000 years, Buddhism is about 2500 years old, Christianity and Judaism are more...

UK: Just over a 100 years ago a handful of Sikhs arrived in England and soon founded the first gurdwara or Sikh temple in Europe in London. They first arrived more than a century ago, a few students at Oxford and Cambridge from wealthy families and a trickle of pedlars who travelled across...

This is really interesting. Apart from the Singhs life, notice what seems to be two karay in the collection. This is important because it dates from the 1850s i.e. way before the Singh Sabha movement and is evidence of Sikhs wearing karay, which some dispute. Amongst the treasures in the...

British Columbia's attorney general has asked the federal government to look into a complaint that a Canadian immigration officer in India made derogatory comments about people from the Punjab region. More...

Chandigarh, dec 03 (PTI) Premier of British Columbia (Canada) Gordon Campbell today offered services to work together with the Punjab government in upgrading technical skills and knowledge More...

DISKUS: Sewa Singh Kalsi SACRED SYMBOLS IN BRITISH SIKHISM Dr. Sewa Singh Kalsi Department of Theology and Religious Studies University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JT This paper aims to examine the process of evolution of Sikh sacred symbols with a view to understanding their...

LONDON: A British Sikh student was on Friday sentenced to life imprisonment for killing her Muslim lover’s pregnant wife in a fit of jealousy, and what the police said was a “desperate” attempt to save her ... More...

LONDON: A British Sikh student was on Friday sentenced to life imprisonment for killing her Muslim lover’s pregnant wife in a fit of jealousy, and what the police said was a “desperate” attempt to save her ... More...

A newly formed British Army kabaddi team will participate in a kabaddi festival in Punjab this month. More...

Chandigarh, Nov 14 (IANS) A newly formed British Army kabaddi team will participate in a kabaddi festival in Punjab this month. More...

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 Khushwant Singh, Seham (Punjab), Nov 7 : A top British cop came visiting Punjab six years ago and so appalled was he at the quality of education in rural areas that he took on the task of raising funds for building proper schools. More...

A top British cop came visiting Punjab six years ago and so appalled was he at the quality of education in rural areas that he took on the task of raising funds for building proper schools. More...

Seham (Punjab), Nov 7 (IANS) A top British cop came visiting Punjab six years ago and so appalled was he at the quality of education in rural areas that he took on the task of raising funds for building proper schools. More...

Sikh air passengers will no longer have to remove their turbans if doing so makes them uncomfortable under new guidelines. More...

Sikh organisations in US received complaints from members saying they were asked to remove their turbans. Sikh police officers from Britain have criticised a decision by the Irish police force to ban a Sikh recruit from wearing a turban on the job, according to reports in the Irish press on...

A paralyzed Indian refugee claimant is heading back to the Sikh temple that gave him sanctuary when he initially faced the prospect of being removed from Canada in July. More...

Sikh police officers from Britain have criticised a decision by the Irish police force to ban a Sikh recruit from wearing a turban on the job, according to reports in the Irish press on Tuesday. More...

Sikh police officers from Britain have criticised a decision by the Irish police force to ban a Sikh recruit from wearing a turban on the job, according to reports in the Irish press on Tuesday. More...

Dublin, Aug 21 (DPA) Sikh police officers from Britain have criticized a decision by the Irish police force to ban a Sikh recruit from wearing a turban on the job, according to reports in the Irish press Tuesday. More...