Yearly Archives: 2013

Gilbert Garcia who was arrested earlier nearly killing 82 yrs Piara Singh of Fresno pleads ‘Not Guilty’

Sacramento, California: A man accused of brutally attacking an 82-year old Sikh with a rod outside a gurdwara in a suspected hate crime earlier this month has pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted murder and abusing an elderly. Gilbert Garcia, ...

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Sikh man loses Garda High Court court challenge to turban decision

Ireland: A member of the Irish Sikh community has lost a High Court challenge to a Garda decision not to allow those training for the Garda Reserve to wear a turban while on duty. Ravinder Singh Oberoi completed the first three ...

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Rare fresco at Golden Temple on verge of vanishing

Amritsar, Punjab: Call it the ignorant attitude of the caretakers or the authorities concerned, the rare fresco adorned on the ‘samadh’, located just opposite to the Golden Temple’s main entrance, is on the verge of vanishing. “This is the rarest ...

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Exercise to restore glitter to Golden Temple underway

Amritsar, Punjab: The Golden Temple seems to have been regaining its glitter with the annual exercise of cleaning up its gold plates underway for the last few days. The cleaning operation has become an annual feature at the holy shrine ...

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