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What Two Years Without Polio Mean for India By Saptarishi Dutta http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2013/01/13/what-two-years-without-polio-mean-for-india/? On Jan. 13, 2011, doctors confirmed Rukhsaar Khatoon, a two year-old from the state of West Bengal, had polio. The disease was...

http://www.popularmechanics.com/print-this/110-predictions-for-the-next-110-years?page=all It's never easy to predict the future. But as PM's 110th anniversary celebration draws to a close, we've decided to try. Here are 110 ambitious ideas for the decades ahead. (For more about PopMech's brain...

Rejoicing in 408 Years of History! On this day 408 years ago, Guru Arjan Sahib, the Fifth Nanak, installed the original (Adi) Guru Granth Sahib-- known until then as Pothi Sahib-- at a ceremony in Harmandar Sahib, Amritsar. Guru Arjan had the Granth compiled by Bhai Gurdas and when...

A secret Bible in which Jesus is believed to predict the coming of the Prophet Muhammad to Earth has sparked serious interest from the Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI is claimed to want to see the 1,500-year-old book, which many say is the Gospel of Barnabas, that has been hidden by the Turkish...

These are parts from my conversation with a fellow Sikh on the Sikh psyche and what Sikhs want. Veerji's thoughts (I felt) were towards separatism. Perhaps we were disconnected on some ideas and almost arguing. But I got down some points which made sense to me, where I would like Sikh community...

A 100-year-old man began Thursday with a sprint and ended with eight world records. Fauja Singh ran through eight track events in succession at Birchmount Stadium in Scarborough as part of a charity event, Sikhs in the City. Singh, who lives in England but hails from India, is in town to...

Ten years long wait for `Akhand Path’ at `Dukh Bhanjani Beri’ at Golden Temple Punjab Newsline Network Thursday, 29 September 2011 By DHARMENDRA RATAUL AMRITSAR: Want to book an `Akhand Path’ at Dukh Bhanjani Beri, one of the most sacred places at Golden Temple here. You will...

I read the notice about the "SALDEF National Gala: Celebrating 15 Years" and because I don't live that far away, maybe 40 miles and I certainly have the time, I considered going until I saw the price tag. Although I am not a Sikh I knew it would be educational for me. How ever when I saw the...

A Decade after 9-11 Tejwant Singh Malik How time passes in a flash! It will have been 10 years on September 11th since the whole world was shaken on that dreadful day, which showed nothing but hatred, disdain and anger towards the innocent Americans of all hues, creeds and faiths. Why us...

Two religious responses from the days immediately following the attacks of 9/11 demonstrate how religion has been both a divisive and unifying force in America over the last ten years. The first was from Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell who assigned blame for the attacks to God who, they...

Man’s earliest ancestors lived nearly 2 million years ago Sep 9, 2011- First Post London: Palaeontologists have unearthed the remains of a primitive ape-like creature which they believe could be the man’s earliest ancestor that lived almost two million years ago. The hominin, named...

The day after the 9/11 attacks, Sher Singh was making his way from Boston to his home in Virginia when his train made a brief stop at Providence Station — where a phalanx of police and FBI agents armed with bomb-sniffing dogs yanked him out and interrogated him for several hours. Largely...

No action against erring policemen who did not file chargesheet of 84 sikh genocide against Sajjan Kumar for 20 years in the court : Home Minister Punjab Newsline Network Thursday, 01 September 2011 CHANDIGARH: Replying to the Question asked by Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Member...

Dear Spn-Sangat Recently my Amritdhari brother in law was robbed in Texas by an armed man.He wears a Sri Sahib but when the gun was pointed directly in his face he decided being a family man that it was better to give the gunman what he wanted which was money in this case.This got me thinking...

August 16, 2011 Nun to emerge from convent after 84 years to meet pope AFP - August 16, 2011 9:04 AM MADRID - At 103 years old, Sister Teresita is ready to have the experience of a lifetime. After spending the last 84 years in a convent, she will emerge on Friday to meet Pope Benedict XVI in...

By Anju Kaur, SikhNN staff writer, Washington Bureau Pedro Antonio Ramirez was sentenced in a California court yesterday to 13 years in prison for his part in the November 2010 hate crime and assault of Harbhajan Singh, a Sikh cab driver. Although Ramirez originally made a plea agreement...

http://news.yahoo.com/london-rioters-battle-police-shooting-protest-054921704.html LONDON (Reuters) - London braced on Sunday for more violence after some of the worst riots in the British capital for years which politicians and police blamed on criminal thugs but residents attributed to local...

Pedro Antonio Ramirez was sentenced in a California court yesterday to 13 years in prison for his part in the November 2010 hate crime and assault of Harbhajan Singh, a Sikh cab driver. Although Ramirez originally made a plea agreement to avoid trial for attempted murder, he changed his mind...

Michaela Haas Buddhist women are celebrating a landmark victory: In April, the renowned Institute for Buddhist Dialectical Studies (IBD) in Dharamsala, India, conferred the degree of "Geshe" -- the Tibetan equivalent of Ph.D. -- to Venerable Kelsang Wangmo, a German nun. This is a...

May 7, 2011 What Red Cross does now, Bhai Kanhaiya used to do 200 years ago As the world celebrates International Red Cross Day today, Sikh bodies and state govt seek recognition of his services Naveen S Garewal Tribune News Service The preacher of philanthropy Bhai Kanhaiya, a disciple...