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Steinberg, legislators honor Sikh victims of Elk Grove shooting Read more: http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/04/steinberg-legislators-honor-si.html#ixzz1JLpINIdl A handful of lawmakers donned traditional Sikh headdress on the Senate floor Monday to honor two turbaned Sikh...

The earthquake in Christchurch, according to an eyewitness account by Labour MP Dr Ashraf Chaudhary, destroyed many places of worship frequented by members of the Sikh, Muslim and Hindu communities. Following a visit to the affected areas on March 1, he urged ethnic communities to offer...

Sikh community prays for tsunami victims Monday - Mar 14, 2011, Amritsar - Members of Sikh community gathered in large numbers at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on Monday to offer special prayers for the victims of tsunami that struck northeast Japan on Friday. Gurbachan Singh, the...

New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) With rising number of cases of rape and sexual harassment in the capital, Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath Wednesday met the consultative committee of her ministry on the issue and said the rehabilitation scheme for rape victims is in the final...

A man, whose three brothers were killed in 1984 anti-Sikh riots, told a court on Monday trying senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar as to how the rioters targeted and attacked the houses in which the victims had taken shelter. "I saw that the mob armed with lathis and sarias (canes and iron...

Hundreds of 1984 anti-Sikh riot victims from across Punjab on Tuesday launched an indefinite agitation against the state government on the Mohali-Chandigarh border after they were denied entry to Chandigarh. As the protesters, under the banner of the Punjab Danga Peerit Welfare Society, led...

TRUE SIKHI: UNITED SIKHS helps ‘Taliban’ victims Sikh women find asylum in Canada 　 Punjab Newsline Network Thursday, 07 October 2010 WINNIPEG, Canada: A Sikh woman and her daughter flew into Winnipeg last week, after her husband was brutally killed two years ago by a group suspected to be...

LUDHIANA: A delegation led by Surjit Singh, president of Danga Pirit Welfare Association submitted a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner to speed up the procedure of issuing red cards for the 1984 anti-Sikh riot victims. The memorandum was sighted as a retaliatory move by Surjit Singh...

LUDHIANA: Irked at the failure of the administration regarding issuance of red cards for victims of 1984 anti-Sikh riots, many of the affected people met additional deputy commissioner SR Klair on Monday and submitted a memorandum. They said the last date for the cards' issuance was August...

Surrey, BC – The BC Sikh community will be helping raise funds for the victims of the Pakistan floods this Saturday, August 21, 2010. Pakistan has been heavily flooded. The damage done is quite extensive, according to the Canadian Red Cross, the floods have affected over 20 million people...

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...

REAL TRAGEDY: Nadim Ahmed, the head of the Pakistan Disaster Management Authority, said 12 million people had so far been affected by the floods triggered by monsoon rains and 650,000 houses destroyed over some 132,000 square kilometres, killing around 1,500 people. Pakistan flood victims need...

The Delhi government has paid Rs 154.53 crore as enhanced ex-gratia compensation to victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, home minister P Chidambaram told the Rajya Sabha today. "2,733 persons were killed during 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi as per the report of Ahooja Committee appointed by...

New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) A disabled person cannot be granted less compensation than a physically fit person for injuries suffered in a road accident, the Delhi High Court has held. The court said this while setting aside a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) order which granted less...

Afghan Sikhs: forgotten victims | Nushin Arbabzadah | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk Few people outside Afghanistan are aware of the Afghan Sikh community: a little-known, inconspicuous religious minority whose mass exodus from Afghanistan began with the coming to power of the mujahideen in...

PM issues apology to relatives of Air India victims ‘I will make no attempt to make any sense of it,’ Stephen Harper says in powerful speech Anthony Reinhart Toronto — Globe and Mail Update Published on Wednesday, Jun. 23, 2010 7:19PM EDT Last updated on Wednesday, Jun. 23, 2010 7:22PM...

Victims of 1984 Sikh genocide call upon G-20 summit to impress upon India to impart justice 　 Punjab Newsline Network Saturday, 19 June 2010 TORONTO: Sikhs for Justice on behalf of victims of 1984 Sikh Genocide has written an open letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh requesting an in...

June 12, 2010 <hr> Manoj Mitta, senior editor with Times of India, speaks in Newton about “sheer gravity” of 1984 Sikh massacre BY TOM ZYTARUK, SURREY NOW JUNE 11, 2010 SURREY – A heavy hitter in the Indian media is in Surrey Friday...

OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- 06/17/10 -- The World Sikh Organization of Canada (WSO) supports the Major Commission's recommendations that the government of Canada provide compensation for the families of the victims of the bombing of Air India Flight 182. It also applauds the measures for improved...

Indian author visits Surrey; seeks justice for victims Manoj Mitta, senior editor with Times of India, speaks in Newton about "sheer gravity" of 1984 Sikh massacre By Tom Zytaruk, Surrey Now - June 11, 2010 SURREY - A heavy hitter in the Indian media is in Surrey ( B.C. Canada )Friday...