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'Active' tolerance vital during times of extraordinary change, UN officials say 16 November 2011 –Top United Nations officials stressed today the importance of practising active tolerance at a time when the world is undergoing unprecedented economic and political changes, and called for...

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September 7, 2011 'Mosaic' doesn't give Canadians identity: officials Cable says that could leave us susceptible to attack By Jordan Press, Postmedia News - September 7, 2011 Canadian officials believe the federal government may have gone too far in encouraging diversity through the...

The Asian population in the five boroughs spiked 32 percent in the last decade, and New Yorkers of South Asian descent had a lot to do with it. Numbers from the Census Bureau show that Indian American numbers alone skyrocketed 77 percent in Manhattan to reach 25,857, and in the city over all...

May 18, 2011 Monkeys protect Indian government officials Rhesus monkeys invade Indian government buildings at night. Now the government has tasked langur monkeys with shooing their simian rivals away. By Ben Arnoldy, Staff writer posted May 18, 2011 at 3:24 pm EDT New Delhi...

Discrimination, hate crimes against Muslim Americans rising, officials say WASHINGTON - Nearly a decade after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, a new wave of bigotry and discrimination is affecting the everyday lives of many Muslim Americans, a Justice Department official and Muslim leaders said...

The New Yorker article by Lawrence Wright on the Church of Scientology is getting a great deal of attention. The article details the departure of screenwriter and director Paul Haggis from the church after 35 years. However, I found one of the most interesting aspects to be Wright’s...

Surge of Immigrants from India Baffles Border Officials in Texas From India have entered Texas illegally from Mexico in the last year. Most are Sikhs who claim religious persecution at home. By Richard Marosi and Andrew Becker Thousands of immigrants from India have crossed into the United...

Wednesday, 26 September 2007 19:00 WASHINGTON, DC – Today Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA) had a conversation with TSA Administrator Kip Hawley regarding the agency’s headwear screening policy, which impacted Sikh American passengers; a conversation which Honda qualified as “encouraging and...

source: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/sgpc-officials-above-58-years-asked-to-retire/607435/ SGPC officials above 58 years asked to retire Dharmendra Rataul - Posted online: Saturday , Apr 17, 2010 at 2301 hrs Amritsar : The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee officials are...

A city court on Wednesday awarded five years rigorous imprisonment (RI) to five government servants for misappropriation of funds meant for the 1984 anti-Sikh riot victims. More...

Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal has got down to some serious cost-cutting business for government officers. To begin with, their official cars will be replaced with cabs. Badal said the official transport fleet will be outsourced to private players to bring down the daily...

Amritsar, July 15: The police today registered a case of murder against an assistant jail superintendent and four others following the orders of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. More...

Youth Akali Dal Vice president Tanvir Singh Dhaliwal today organised a meeting between the residents of Punjab Mata Nagar, Pakhowal Road and the officials of Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB), near Guabar Flour Mill. The meeting was held to resolve the power crisis in the area and ease the...

Eleven executive officers (EOs) of various municipal councils in Punjab were Friday suspended and 27 were named for punishment after it was found that they had diverted funds to the tune of Rs.200 million. More...

Chandigarh, May 25 (IANS) Eleven executive officers (EOs) of various municipal councils in Punjab were Friday suspended and 27 were named for punishment after it was found that they had diverted funds to the tune of Rs.200 million. More...

Chandigarh, May 25: Eleven executive officers (EOs) of various municipal councils in Punjab were Friday suspended and 27 were named for punishment after it was found that they had diverted funds to the tune of Rs.200 million. More...

Sikh officials to visit gurudwaras in Pakistan (Yahoo! India News) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/sikh/SIG=11ha5r22b/*http%3A//in.news.yahoo.com/060320/43/632tv.html Array Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:10:52 GMT Chandigarh, March 20 (IANS) The Haryana government Monday announced it would...

Sikh officials to visit gurudwaras in Pakistan (The Times of India) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/sikh/SIG=11uoh3j9s/*http%3A//timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1457282.cms Array Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:37:15 GMT The Haryana government announced it would send its Sikh...

A number of Sikh transit employees in New York filed discrimination charges over a policy requiring them to display company logos on their turbans...