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Sikh community joins Northwest Side neighbors for July Fourth parade

SAN ANTONIO — Amid the waving American flags and patriotic clothes and banners, a man walked along a Fourth of July parade route wearing an American flag turban and sporting a long beard, in tradition with the Sikh religion. G.P. ...

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Haryana Sikhs revolts against Akalis and SGPC

Haryana, Punjab: Supporters of an independent panel to manage Sikh shrines of Haryana got shot in the arm on Friday when an elected member of the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) from Haryana, Bhupinder Singh Assandh, revolted against his party ...

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US court asked Obama Administration to explain immunity to Manmohan Singh

Washington DC, US: A US court has asked the US government to respond by July 10 to a Sikh group’s challenge to “suggestion of immunity” to former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh in a human rights violation case. “The United ...

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Seeking Sovereignty Referendum in 2020: Sikh Rights Group Approach UN

New York, NY: Marking the 30th anniversary of military invasion of and massacre at the Golden Temple, Sikhs gathered in thousands before UN headquarters to announce the holding of sovereignty referendum among the diaspora in the year 2020. It was ...

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