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Headline: New York City Council Majority Demands End to MTA's "Turban-branding" Policy Byline: After years of post-9/11 discrimination, Sikh transit workers and 27 City Council members say "Enough is enough" New York, NY ? On Tuesday, a majority of the New York City Council called on the...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — The Clinton campaign's abrupt cancellation of scheduled appearances here is leaving members of the Sikh community dismayed and demanding an explanation. Traditional food, elaborate costumes, and ritual sword fighting were on display as thousands of Sikhs celebrated a...

Shabana Azmi and awards have almost become synonymous. So it comes as no surprise that her new film, Loins Of Punjab Presents , has won the best feature film honour at the 2007 First Run Festival in New York. More...

Though his Loins Of Punjab Presents hasn't done as he hoped it would, director Manish Acharya is now gearing up to release a longer edition of the film on DVD. More...

New York: The New York City will mark a Sikh Heritage Week from Saturday coinciding with an annual festival here to showcase the arts, culture and tradition of the community. More...

Move over Mira Nair and Deepa Mehta, funny bro Acharya is here with Loins of Punjab Presents . Khalid Mohamed tells more. More...

Maria Singh, a Brooklyn-born Italian-American woman who converted to Sikhism, is not your typical cab driver. More...

A 14-year-old Bronx boy who ran away from a foster home seven weeks ago was reunited with his mom yesterday after police found him taking refuge in the Sikh community in Queens. "I'm relieved that he was found. He wasn't harmed and there's nothing... More...

Barack Obama just released an apology on the website of the South Asian Obama supporters who have been expressing dismay about his camapign's "D-Punjab" memo attacking Hillary Clinton for her business interests in an Indian billing company. "In sum, our campaign made a mistake. Although I...

As an observant Sikh, 15-year-old Vacher Harpal had never had his hair cut until an older teenager at his high school chopped it off in what authorities are calling a hate crime. The older youth, Umair Ahmed, 17, violated Harpal's religious beliefs by forcibly removing the sobbing victim's...

A teenager was arrested for a bias crime after violating a Sikh student's religious beliefs by forcibly removing the victim's turban and chopping his hair off in a high school bathroom, authorities said Friday. Stay tuned for a report from Irene Cornell. More...

A teenager was arrested on menacing and other charges after he chopped off a fellow high school student's hair, violating his religious beliefs, police said. The 15-year-old victim is a Sikh, police said. The faith calls for men to wear their hair long, and many wear turbans. More...

Two Pakistani students at a Queens high school were arrested after cutting the hair of a Sikh student during a fight in a bathroom, police said. Another student who provided the scissors but didn't take part in the attack at Newton HS was also... More...

A Sikh high school student was allegedly attacked yesterday by two other students, who ripped off his turban and cut his hair in the bathroom of their Queens school, police said. Sikh men wear their hair long and wrapped in a turban as a religious practice. Police arrested the two students and...

A 15-year-old student was pulled into a school bathroom at Newtown High School in Elmhurst Thursday by two youths who removed his Sikh turban and used a scissors to cut his hair, police said. More...

Sikh traveller asked to remove turban at New York airport May 12, 2007 - 4:35:18 PM SSNEWS Gurinder Singh a resident of Sacramento in USA a green card holder Sikh who allegedly faced humilation in the hands of TSA security and US police officials said he was...

The textbook contained a depiction of the founder of the Sikh religion wearing a crown and was deemed offensive. More...

Waheguru ji ka khalsa, Waheguru ji ki fateh Sangat ji, i am in grade 12 right now (so physically 17). A teacher at school has planned a trip to New York City at the begining of Febraury. I was just wondering what are the conditions like in New York right now? I am an Amritdharee travelling...

From Landscapes by Constable to Lyrics by Dylan (New York Times) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/sikh/SIG=12bfdcs8c/*http%3A//www.nytimes.com/2006/09/10/arts/design/10artlist.html?ref=design Array Tue, 12 Sep 2006 03:39:21 GMT A roundup of art exhibitions in museums across the...

From Landscapes by Constable to Lyrics by Dylan (New York Times) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/sikh/SIG=120s79knk/*http%3A//www.nytimes.com/2006/09/10/arts/design/10artlist.html Array Sun, 10 Sep 2006 01:25:29 GMT A roundup of art exhibitions in museums across the country.