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“Teacher-mom” Sukhdeep Kaur Chohan of Brampton only South Asian to receive 2013 Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence November 22, 2013 7:48 AM 0 comments...

http://www.iifa.com/highlight/iifa-2014-bhaag-milkha-bhaag-wins-9-technical-awards/ 28th February, 2014 – The International Indian Film Academy today announced the winners of the technical categories of India’s most prestigious international awards, The Tata Motors IIFA Awards. The IIFA...

A Sikh bus driver in Finland has won a year-long legal battlewith his employer to wear a turban at work. Gill Sukhdarshan Singh won the dispute against his employer Veolia Transport Vantaa following an agreement between the Transport Workers Union (AKT) and the employers' organisation (ALT)...

India state polls: Common Man's party wins Delhi seats http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-25292627 A surprise strong showing by a new anti-corruption party in India has helped to topple the ruling Congress party in Delhi assembly elections. The leader of the Common Man's Party...

Recently featured at the 70th Venice International Film Festival, the film Kush by Shubhashish Bhutiani– set during the 1984 anti-Sikh pogrom in New Delhi, India — has been awarded the festival’s “Best Innovative Budget” award: “Kush” was made on a shoestring budget thanks to private...

Sikh bus driver wins right to wear turban in Vantaa http://yle.fi/uutiset/sikh_bus_driver_wins_right_to_wear_turban_in_vantaa/6708848 The Ombudsman for Minorities has hailed the decision as a move toward greater diversity in Finnish workplaces. A bus company’s ban on a driver’s use...

Sikh wins religious accommodation case against AZ Department of Corrections http://www.americanturban.com The Sikh Coalition shared news today of a victory in a recent religious accommodation case in Arizona, in which a Sikh correctional officer employed by the Arizona Department of...

Major project on Sikhs in the First World War wins Heritage Lottery Fund support http://www.hlf.org.uk/news/Pages/SikhsFirstWorldWar.aspx#.UQ2esFqOh9k London based charity the UK Punjab Heritage Association (UKPHA) has received initial support* from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for its...

Barack Obama wins election for second term as president President Barack Obama handily defeated Gov. Mitt Romney and won himself a second term Tuesday after a bitter and historically expensive race that was primarily fought in just a handful of battleground states. Networks project that Obama...

Sikh wins turban case against France in UN Yudhvir Rana, TNN | Jan 12, 2012, 11.21PM IST AMRITSAR:"The UN Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) has asked France to submit a report by March 15 on measures it is planning to take against violation of religious freedom of 76-year-old Ranjit Singh...

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Conflicts over the separation of church and state aren't limited to Christians who want to pray in school. Sikhs, whose religious requirements call for them to wear a small knife at all times, often find themselves running afoul of rules designed to ensure safety in schools and the workplace...

By Rupak De Chowdhuri KOLKATA | Fri May 13, 2011 8:09am EDT (Reuters) - India's beleaguered ruling coalition has managed to avoid a major voter backlash over a series of embarrassing corruption scandals, winning three of five regional polls and overturning two communist state governments...

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India win second track gold medal after a 52-year wait India surprisingly won the women’s 4x400m relay yesterday at the Commonwealth Games, with Ashwini Akkunji overtaking a Nigerian opponent just before the final handoff and Mandeep Kaur sprinting to victory. The gold was only the second on...

Gurpreet Singh of Amritsar had a dream start in the 2010 Commonwealth games by winning two gold medals on the fourth day of the shooting competitions in the 2010 Commonwealth games here today. In fact shooters from Punjab, including mercurial Abhinav Bindra, Ronjan Sodhi and now Gurpreet Singh...

Spending the past 25 years in Canada gave Saleem Wardak a new life, but he is well aware that many people in his native Afghanistan aren't so fortunate. "I was one of the lucky ones," he said. "I feel grateful because my children have a safe life in Canada." But Wardak doesn't spend a lot...

Toronto, July 1 – A Sikh security guard here, who moved the Ontario provincial human rights commission for being forced to wear a hard helmet by Home Depot, has won his case against the world’s largest home-improvement retailer. In its ruling, Ontario’s Human Rights Tribunal said Home...

Grandfather Sikh wins British athletics award 2010-06-20 A grandfather from Punjab and a popular athlete of the Midlands in England has won two medals at the annual event of the British Masters...

YouTube - Harbhajan wins it with a SIX - India v Pakistan Asia Cup 2010 It was an amazing moment.In second last over Shoaib Akhtar abused Harbhajan and tried to break his concentration.And this was his reply. 24 years ago India lost against pakistan in same manner when Miandad hit six on...