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THE city’s favourite turban wearing councillor is to be honoured with an international award at a religious conference in America. Chaz Singh is set to fly to Washington DC tomorrow to be part of an honorary banquet put together by the organisation United Sikhs. He is set to be commended...

NDP MPs MEET SURVIVOR OF 1984 ANTI-SIKH POGROMS BIBI JAGDISH KAUR IN HONOUR OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY http://www.punjabspectrum.com/2013/12/30818 Today, members of the NDP Caucus hosted Bibi Jagdish Kaur and her son Bhai Gurdeep Singh as they shared their story of survival during...

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee to set up its first international branch in USA http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Shiromani-Gurdwara-Parbandhak-Committee-to-set-up-its-first-international-branch-in-USA/articleshow/23531559.cms Yudhvir Rana AMRITSAR: The first...

India:Thousands support anti-death penalty campaign by Amnesty International India By Parmjit Singh http://www.sikhsiyasat.net/2013/09/20/indiathousands-support-anti-death-penalty-campaign-by-amnesty-international-india/ New Delhi, India (September 20, 2013): According to a press...

Stephen Hawking Joins Academic Boycott Of Israel Published 1, May 10, 2013 Leading Physicist Stephen Hawking has created an international stir by joining a boycott of Israeli academic institutions and travel to Israel after sending a letter declining an invitation to attend the...

Amnesty International urges people to appeal for death-row convict Bhullar Saturday, April, 13 2013 - 12:27 CHANDIGARH/ NEW DELHI: Human Rights Organization Amnesty International has called upon people to petition Indian government, stating that death-row convict Davinderpal Singh Bhullar...

On International Women’s Day, we have a number of groundbreaking accomplishments to celebrate. This year alone, women in the U.S. won the right to serve on the front lines in combat and President Obama inched closer to pushing for equal pay for men and women. Global health for women has also...

Harmeet Singh and Unmukt Chand ready for Internationals Keeping them down at the Under-19 level to improve India's chances at winning the World Cup isn't right... The first thing that strikes you about the ICC Under-19 World Cup is that the young fast bowlers are well ahead of...

By Tanisha Chohan AMRITSAR: It is a matter of proud for the all Amritsarites that Eco Sikh, an UN based organization, is going to launch an international campaign on ‘Green Amritsar’ from Wednesday onwards. Dr. Rajwant Singh (U.S.A) President of EcoSikh is on special visit to Punjab to...

International Women's Day - March 8, 2012 International Women's Day - information: http://www.un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/women/womday97.htm Women on the Verge of an Economic Breakthrough: http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/hautala1/English

By Tejinder S. Bindra, President, Sikh Art & Film Foundation Sikhs are easily identified by colorful turbans and uncut hair, seen in every borough of New York City, Long Island, New Jersey and Connecticut. The greater New York region is home to a half-million Sikhs. Although you’ll find Sikhs...

by Ray Pride Image is from one of the featured films (ex)Changed by Angad Singh Sikh Art & Film Foundation presents Sikh International Film Festival, Leadership Summit and Heritage Gala as part of Sikh Heritage Week, October 13-15, 2011 in New York City September 28, 2011 (New York, NY)...

April 1, 2011 The international community must intervene – in Japan Just as the international community had to come together to stem the financial meltdown from contaminating the entire world economy or prevent massacre in Libya, it must now intervene in Japan to prevent radiation from...

SIKHS are celebrating March 14 as International Environment Day.. see attached Booklet as to what GURBANI of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji says about the Environment..

YouTube - EQUALS For those who don't know the actor, he is David Craig-the most recent James Bond. Points to ponder; * Have we reached equality? * What does equality mean? * What about the wider world? Happy international women's day!

INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY..... MY Most Revered WOMAN of all time..... BEBE NANAKI... elder Sister of Guru nanak Ji Sahib and FIRST SIKH. Bebeh Nanaki JI... I salute you !! and I revere you as the first person to understand who Guru Nanak Ji is.... Bebeh Nanaki was born in 1464 (5...

About International Women's Day When: Tuesday 8 March 2011 Where: Everywhere What: International Women's Day (8 March) is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. In some places like China, Russia, Vietnam and Bulgaria...

by Charlotte Feldman-Jacobs (February 2009) An estimated 100 million to 140 million girls and women worldwide have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and more than 3 million girls are at risk for cutting each year on the African continent alone. FGM/C is generally performed on...

Washington, D.C. -- The world's Muslim population is expected to increase by about 35 percent in the next 20 years, rising from 1.6 billion in 2010 to 2.2 billion by 2030, according to a new, comprehensive report released today by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life on the...

International gathering of young Sikhs focuses on creating good citizens By SARBAN SINGH SWEDISH siblings Manjoth Singh, 11, and his six-year-old sister Harjeevan Kaur were spellbound upon seeing a bevy of sparkling clean BMWs and vintage cars lead a procession carrying the Guru Granth...