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Explainer: who are the Afghan Sikhs? 20 August 2014, 3.59pm BST Jasjit Singh Postdoctoral Research and Impact Fellow at University of Leeds The recent discovery of 35 men, women and children in a shipping container at Tilbury docks in Essex is shocking for many reasons. Few had known that...

Tilbury Docks container stowaways 'Sikhs from Afghanistan' 17 August 2014 Last updated at 09:56 ET Police at Tilbury Docks on August 16 They were discovered after a freighter arrived at Tilbury Docks from Belgium on Saturday and have been described as victims of "people trafficking". One...

The Sikh Coalition is drawing attention to recent crimes against members of the religion. A group of men shared stories about their attacks during a news conference held by the advocacy organization. One man said a group of teenagers on Roosevelt Island called him Osama bin Laden and told him...

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Many years have passed since the 1939-45 war against German and Japan. At times, we recall the happenings that took place during these years. It was a time when members of the Commonwealth came together to offer their soldiers and airmen to help us defeat the enemy. Men from India, Pakistan...

Hello everyone! I wanted to ask this question as there is an intermarriage marriage coming up in our family. I don't know why, but somehow I feel it is not right for Non-Sikhs to get married with the Anand Karaj ceremony. Guru Ram Das Ji Maharaj made the wedding hymns so unique, I believe...

Sword-wielding Sikhs clash at Golden Temple on Operation Bluestar anniversary; at least six injured Sikh groups clashed inside Golden Temple on Friday. (Source...

Amritsar, June 2 (ANI) Sikh intellectuals as well as Sikh radicals maintain that the scars following army action in Golden Temple, code named Operation Bluestar, are deep and could not be easily forgotten but they want government to declassify the secret documents related with army action...

WASHINGTON — A major report to be released today in Washington, D.C. highlights the rising number of incidents of hate, violence, and bias against Sikhs worldwide. The Global Sikh Civil and Human Rights Report – to be issued at a briefing held by UNITED SIKHS at 441 Cannon House Office...

Excerpts from a collection of Guardian reportage from the first world war 12 Nov 1914: When the Indians Arrived The people of the Raj – modern India and Pakistan – were not consulted about their participation in the war. More than 1 million soldiers served overseas in the Indian army – and...

One recent afternoon, two dozen teenagers stayed late at Hoover Middle School in Potomac, Md., for a presentation on Jewish culture. They tasted matzoh brittle, spun dreidels, colored Purim masks and watched a video of a rabbi blowing a ram’s horn. Some clowned or texted, but one student...

A Maryland-based Sikh organization has honored retired Oak Creek police officer Brian Murphy for his service when a gunman killed six worshippers at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek on Aug. 5, 2012. The Guru Gobind Singh Foundation, a Sikh advocacy organization, honored Murphy on...

We Sikhs are no strangers to bullying and harassment. We are also a minority and destined to remain one no matter where we live, whether it is somewhere in India where the faith originated over 500 years ago or in a modern megapolis like New York, London or Toronto. And minorities make...

Despite the Modi wave and the backing of the Shiromani Akali Dal, BJP's situation in the Sikh-dominated West Delhi constituency looks grim because of the wrong choice of candidate. The party's candidate for the Lok Sabha Parvesh Verma, who recently won the Assembly elections from Mehrauli, is...

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD id=tdTextContent class=DetailedSummary> Murky British connections to the Indian government's attack on the Golden Temple in Amritsar in 1984 have fuelled demands for full disclosure in UK and India. Prime Minister David...

Thousands expected to line the streets of Hounslow this Sunday to watch colourful parade Sikh worshippers prepare for last year's Vaisakhi procession through Hounslow Thousands of people are expected to take to the streets of Hounslow this Sunday for a procession marking one of the...

WASHINGTON: Indian ambassador S. Jaishankar has welcomed US lawmakers plea to end US defence department's presumptive ban on Sikh Americans serving in the US military with their beards and turbans. Over 100 members of Congress from both Democratic and Republican parties made the plea in a...

Over half of Sikh students experience widespread bullying in U.S. schools which is more than double the national rate, according to a new report. The report ‘Go Home Terrorist: A Report on Bullying Against Sikh American School Children’ is based on survey of over 500 Sikh students, and...

When Sikhs Conquered Delhi by Major-General Kulwant Singh (Retd.) Nadir Shah's brutal offensives and the eight invasions by Ahmed Shah Abdali had made the Mughal Empire fragile and weak. Sikhs had emerged as a strong and powerful force in northern India, and eventually halted Abdali's...

Sikhs demand more representation in US city administration http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/sikhs-demand-more-representation-in-us-city-administration-114022701139_1.html Around 40 members of the Indian and Sikh communities here have asked for more representation in the...