Author Archives: SSNews

How-to CDs, clinics to get the Sikh turban right

Chandigarh, Punjab: Just how serious is the threat to the Sikh turban from the community’s youth, increasingly at odds with the headgear? Pretty grave, it seems. Worried at the trend of Sikh boys shorn of long hair and sans turban, ...

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Barnala family revives SAD (Longowal)

Chandigarh, Punjab: The Shiromani Akali Dal (Longowal) was revived today at a function held by the family of Tamil Nadu Governor Surjit Singh Barnala and its supporters to mark the 24th death anniversary of Sant Harchand Singh Longowal here. Bibi ...

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Punjabi cop loses racial discrimination case

UK: A  detective hailing from Punjab, locked in a race battle with UK’s Scotland Yard, has lost his appeal against a decision clearing his employer of victimisation. A decision to clear the Metropolitan Police of victimising Detective Sergeant Gurpal Virdi ...

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Sikh body to knock UN door in 1984 Sikh genocide case

Amritsar, Punjab: The All India Sikh Students’ Federation (AISSF) and US-based organization Sikhs for Justice has jointly initiated a campaign to record the statements of the victims of 1984 anti-Sikh riots by making a video film so as to present ...

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