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Over 40 per cent of Sikh students who wear turbans to schools in New York have been subjected to some form of physical harassment, and a community group says that complaints to schools often go unheeded. More...

A gurdwara severely damaged after the fall of Saddam Hussein, is all set to be rebuilt, a top Iraqi leader says. Sikhs in Bedford can worship at a spanking new gurdwara - the first to be built in the traditional Sikh style in Britain. More...

Tension prevailed in a Punjab town near Jalandhar on Friday after a family of three committed suicide in the morning and police later opened fire at a mob, which alleged that the deceased were victims of police harassment. One person died in the firing. More...

The Sikh clergy on Thursday concluded their formal protest programme against Dera Sacha Sauda with peacefully handing over a memorandum of demands to representatives of the governors of Punjab and Haryana at Fathegarh Sahib. More...

The Punjab Goverment on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court seeking quashing of the anticipatory bails granted by the Punjab and Haryana High Court to the son and son-in-law of former Chief Minister Amrinder Singh allegedly involved in the Ludhiana City Centre scandal. More...

Top Sikh clerics on Tuesday met to decide the future course of action against Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in the wake of an apology tendered by him for dressing like Guru Gobind Singh. More...

Top Sikh clerics will meet on Tuesday in Amritsar to decide the future course of action in the wake of an apology tendered by the Dera Sacha Sauda chief even as Punjab Police remained on high alert across the state, which remained calm on Monday. More...

The Punjab vigilance bureau on Monday questioned former chief minister Amarinder Singh of the Congress for over seven hours in connection with a Rs 30 billion ($740 million) corruption case relating to construction of the sprawling Ludhiana City Centre. More...

Having witnessed mindless terrorism for over a decade and a half (1982-95), a majority of the people in Punjab condemned the latest round of violence this week instigated by hardline Sikh groups that tried to hijack the state in the name of religion. More...

Peace-loving citizens of Punjab are hoping that Sunday passes off without incident, reports Pankaj Vora. More...

Lucknow Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (LGPC) on Friday said it would hold a meeting of all Sikh leaders in Lucknow to discuss Dera Sacha Sauda issue and demanded an inquiry into allegations that illegal activities being carried out inside Deras. More...

As the markets around the Golden Temple started reopening after a day-long Punjab bandh on Tuesday evening, the mood at the Akal Takht, the fountainhead of spiritual and temporal authority of Sikhism, appeared clearly reconciliatory inside the holy precincts. More...

The violence that has spilled over from Punjab to neighbouring areas brings back memories of the Nirankari agitation of the 1970s. Sectarian violence has been the bane of many parts of modern India and Punjab is no exception. More...

Sikh extremism in Canada mushroomed far more quickly than Canadian security officials were prepared for, a former intelligence agent told the commission of inquiry into the 1985 Air India bombing. More...

Scores of Sikh activists on Tuesday blocked the busy Ludhiana-New Delhi rail route to protest Dera Sacha Sauda Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim's alleged insult to Sikh Guru Gobind Singh. More...

Punjab was crippled on Tuesday with a curfew like situation in several places due to a state-wide shutdown called by Sikh groups and religious leaders against controversial sect leader Gurmit Ram Rahim. More...

1984 anti-Sikh riot victim stands by her complaint (Hindustan Times) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/sikh/SIG=123679p7e/*http%3A//www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1797081,000600010001.htm Array Thu, 14 Sep 2006 16:07:45 GMT The 1984 anti-Sikh riot victim Harvinder Kaur, who lost...

Sikh groups clash inside Golden Temple complex (Hindustan Times) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/sikh/SIG=123sel9io/*http%3A//www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1734291,000900010001.htm Array Mon, 03 Jul 2006 10:37:55 GMT Brandishing swords and other traditional weapons...

If India can pardon Sikhs and RSS why not us, asks LTTE (Hindustan Times) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/sikh/SIG=123cdvm1b/*http%3A//www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1731208,001302310000.htm Array Thu, 29 Jun 2006 06:33:05 GMT The LTTE said on Thursday that India should let...

OBE for Scotland's first Sikh councillor (Hindustan Times) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/sikh/SIG=12bf7aana/*http%3A//www.hindustantimes.com/2005/Dec/12/5967_1569780,001600060001.htm Array Sat, 17 Jun 2006 07:04:54 GMT Gurudeo Saluja, who became Scotland's first Sikh councillor...