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Mumbai (Maharashtra): Sikh leaders are taking the initiative to curb extravagance at weddings. On Sunday, representatives of 17 gurudwaras met at Khar to discuss ways to do this and put an end to the game of one-upmanship associated with grand weddings among Sikh families. "The meeting was...

The Associated Press Former U.S. President George W. Bush is displaying his portraits of world leaders in the first exhibit of his work as an artist. The portraits, which include everyone from a grim-looking Russian President Vladimir Putin to a smiling likeness of the late Czech playwright...

It was just one of those ideas that broke unexpectedly into an afternoon chat between spnadmin, Mai ji, and artistotle ji ... somehow our favorite poets became a topic of casual conversation. I don't even remember how it happened, except that in this broken dialog that covered 40 different...

Leaders blame babudom for land woes of Sikhs Vishal Joshi http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Haryana/Leaders-blame-babudom-for-land-woes-of-Sikhs/Article1-1112507.aspx Hoping for a favourable solution for nearly 150 Sikh families in getting their rights to cultivate lands at...

US celebrates 100 years of Sikh arrival; Sikh business leaders join the White House celebrating Sikh Centennial By Jagdeep Singh http://www.sikhsiyasat.net/2013/07/16/us-celebrates-100-years-of-sikh-arrival-sikh-business-leaders-join-the-white-house-celebrating-sikh-centennial/...

When I commented on a different threat that the PRISM debate should be about the balance between government accountability versus public safety, and not about personal privacy versus public safety, this is what I was taking about. World information security officials seem to get it. Personal...

WIKILEAKS: Congress Party leaders competed to see who could shed more Sikh blood during 1984 http://www.sikhsiyasat.net/2013/06/05/wikileaks-congress-party-leaders-competed-to-see-who-could-shed-more-sikh-blood-during-1984/ By Parmjit Singh New Delhi, India (June 05, 2013): Sikh Siyasat...

Politics, not religion brings world leaders to Amritsar Friday, February, 22 2013 - 13:17 CHANDIGARH: When world leaders visit the Sikh holy city of Amritsar or Punjab, it is not religion but politics at the back of their minds. The holiest of Sikh shrines, Harmandar Sahib, better...

Dr Heather Kavan is drawn to religions, cults and ‘altered states’. In the past decade, this senior lecturer at the School of Communication, Journalism and Marketing has journeyed deep into a landscape shunned by most academics, turning her dispatches into journal articles and conference...

Balwant Singh Rajoana, who is on death row in the former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh's assassination case, refused to meet leaders of the Sant Samaj and others who visited the Central Jail here on Wednesday. The leaders, who arrived with the aim of persuading Rajoana to appeal against the...

SOUL_JYOT : These are empty words / threats of Akal Talkht Jathedar. He dare not touch SAD (Badal)group. After all he is Parkash Badal's "employee", since Badal "appointed" him to his post, and thus he is accountable to the Badals ( father & son). Assembly polls 2012: Akal Takht blasts...

Over 200 spiritual leaders, including Hindus, Muslims, Jains, Sikhs and Buddhists, will attend a multi-faith meeting being hosted by Pope Benedict XVI on October 27 in Vatican to promote world peace. Pope Benedict XVI is hosting the multi-faith meeting in favour of world peace, which was...

by Peter Smith Unity among religious leaders is rare, but a pending U.S. Supreme Court case is drawing together a group beyond the boldest dreams of any interfaith parliament. Leaders of Roman Catholics, Mormons, Presbyterians, United Methodists, Seventh-day Adventists, Hindus, United...

Mayor and Mrs. Ballard, and Mr. David Kane visited the Sikh Temple (Acton Road) in Indianapolis on Sunday, July 17, 2011. Their visit is a part of our deep and sustained commitment to learn about leaders and their vision for our City and State as it relates to the communities that make central...

August 7, 2011 G-7 Leaders Discuss Debt Crisis After U.S. Credit Downgrade By MARI YAMAGUCHI 08/ 7/11 07:19 AM ET - Associated Press TOKYO -- The world's leading economies on Sunday urgently discussed the stability of financial markets after a historic U.S. credit downgrade rattled...

Shafqat Tanveer Mirza Punjabi Leaders, Academics Fail language of the people Image: From "Mirza Sahiba." S O far as Punjabi political leaders are concerned, they are illiterate in terms of Punjabi or Seraiki language because they are not taught in their mother tongue at any level...

SHE may be an atheist but Julia Gillard is receiving divine intervention from religious leaders who support her carbon tax. Representatives from all major religions met politicians in Canberra yesterday to discuss climate change action - and they were not praising Catholic Tony Abbott's plan...

May 30, 2011 By Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr/DNA-Daily News & Analysis, 30/05/2011 UPA drifts, leaders eye other shores PM keen to become President, Chidambaram positioning himself to take over as the next PM New Delhi: The UPA-II is adrift and the Congress top brass has clearly...

World Sikh leaders appeal Sikhs to observe Guru Arjan Dev ji Martyrdom Day on June 16 NEW YORK, May 29, 2011- The Sikh organisations around the world have assailed Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandak Committee (SGPC) for making arbitrary changes in the Nanakshahi calender issued in 2003 and hailed...

Nearly one third of India's total population will soon be governed by a woman chief minister. With Mamata Banerjee and J Jayalalithaa set to capture power in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu respectively, India will soon boast of four woman chief ministers. Of a population of 121 crore (1.21...