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New campaign raises awareness about child sexual abuse By Tamara Elliott http://globalnews.ca/news/1177861/new-campaign-raises-awareness-about-child-sexual-abuse/ CALGARY- A campaign has been launched to address the sexual abuse of children in Calgary’s Indo-Canadian community. The...

Radio station raises $100K for food bank Chris Clay November 14, 2011 Mississauga radio station CJMR 1320 AM took to the airwaves last Thursday to help raise funds for a local food bank. Producers at the station wanted to come up with a unique way to celebrate the birth of Guru...

(Washington DC—6/8/2011) On Sunday June 5, 2011, SALDEF held its annual Southern California Fundraising Banquet at the Diamond Bar Center in Diamond Bar, CA. The event served as an opportunity to highlight SALDEF’s advocacy work and strengthen outreach with the local Sikh community. The event...

The annual bike ride set off from Sainsbury’s in High Road, Ilford, where more than 70 members of the community met to take part. The ride is in its 12th year, and proved to be a hit with all ages as the youngest participant was seven. Cyclists were able to breathe a sigh of relief when...

By Anju Kaur, SikhNN staff writer, Washington Bureau Harpreet Singh Khalsa, a newly converted Sikh, stopped at a Maryland 7-Eleven convenience late one night in January when a police officer noticed him. The officer followed him into to the store because he was wearing a dastaar and...

An advocate for Sikhs in Holland Sardar Bhupinder Singh recently wrote to the Prime Minister of Holland Mr. Mark Rutte to highlight the concerns for Sikhs at airports Bhupinder Singh said in his letter that Sikhs and other religions are well protected by law in the Netherlands, in the hope...

Akal Takht Jathedar’s move raises eyebrows Tribune News Service Amritsar, February 14 In what is being seen by many as an unprecedented move, the Akal Takht Jathedar, Giani Gurbachan Singh, wrote a letter to the Maharashtra DGP to stop ex-communicated former Akal Takht Jathedar Prof...

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/PMO-raises-questions-over-having-only-a-Sikh-as-PSB-chairman/articleshow/7349905.cms NEW DELHI: The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has raised questions over the practice of reserving the Punjab & Sind Bank (P&SB) chairman and managing...

LONDON — The British authorities raised the terrorism alert level on Friday for airports, rail stations and other transportation hubs, but left unchanged the threat level for the rest of the country, security officials said. Britain’s elevated terror alert level led to increased police...

This is what in the US we call "can't win for losing." On the one hand Obama policies are viewed as too sympathetic to Islam. On the other hand, they are not sympathetic enough. Is it possible to find answers that are reality based? Read on and you will discover that this article covers more...

Money to go to Canadian Red Cross Read more: http://www.theprovince.com/news/Surrey+radio+station+RedFM+raises+Pakistani+flood+victims/3419552/story.html#ixzz0xCad5Ukp A Surrey radio station raised $140,000 on Thursday to help aid victims of flooding in Pakistan. RedFM president Kulwinder...

Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has pledged to discuss with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as to what government can do to bring to book the guilty in the anti-Sikh violence of 1984. Mukherjee, the leader of the Lok Sabha, made this statement following an emotional appeal by Shiromani...

CHANDIGARH: Section 498 of the Indian Penal Code, Originally framed to shield women from dowry harassment now become a “tool of frame-up”, allegedly being used by women to extort alimony from husbands. At least that seems so from National Crime Record Bureau figures showing 1.65 lakh married...

Punjab National Bank has raised Rs 800 crore through private placement bonds under Tier I and Tier II series. More...

Washington, December 11 : Researchers at Punjab Agricultural University have attained a significant success in increasing average rice yields in Punjab with the help of site-specific nutrient management strategies. More...

Washington, December 11 (ANI): Researchers at Punjab Agricultural University have attained a significant success in increasing average rice yields in Punjab with the help of site-specific nutrient management strategies. The researchers made this advance by working with collaborators from the...

Violent cyber gaming raises concern (NDTV) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/sikh/SIG=134pptb83/*http%3A//www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?slug=Violent+cyber+gaming+raises+concern&id=93257 Array Sat, 16 Sep 2006 03:54:24 GMT Kamveer Gill, a 25-year-old Canadian Sikh, used a...

1984 anti-Sikh riots: UP Govt raises compensation (Hindustan Times) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/sikh/SIG=123ld5fsm/*http%3A//www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1687920,000900010004.htm Array Mon, 01 May 2006 12:26:37 GMT In a big relief to the 1984 'anti-Sikh' riot victims of...

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh's participation in a function at a Canadian Gurdwara under the banner of Khalistanis today set off a political storm with Akali Dal, BJP and SGPC demanding Singh's dismissal and registration of a case against him...

(ANI News) Amritsar: A powerful bomb blast in Lahore on the eve of the visit of an Indian Sikhs Jatha to Gurdwara Dera Sahib has raised security concerns about thousands of Sikh pilgrims likely to converge at the Gurdwara on Monday for Basakhi celebrations...