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Akali Dal Badal desperately trying to win Delhi election seats

The crucial Delhi elections will see the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) playing the Sikh card to the hilt. The stakes are high for the SAD — which wants to emerge as a national player — and its alliance partner the BJP, ...

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Hard work of Sikh Americans, Obama gave India a good dose of religious freedom

New Delhi, India: US President Barack Obama weighed in on one of India’s most sensitive topics as he wound up a visit on Tuesday, making a plea for freedom of religion to be upheld in a country with a history of strife between ...

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Sikhs Want Hindu Group Declared Terrorists

MANHATTAN (CN) – A Sikh rights group sued Secretary of State John Kerry, asking him to declare the Hindu nationalist group Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh a terrorist organization, for its efforts to forcibly convert all Indians to Hinduism. Comparing the Hindu ...

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Young Sikh musician highlights social issues through his music

Chandigarh, Punjab: Besides the evident intensity that Saahir Banwait employs to his creative exploits, which result in a lyrical mosaic of music in the form of rap, this young artiste voices concerns that are otherwise only restricted to canteens, hostel ...

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