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An Abbotsford Sikh temple destroyed by fire early this morning (Thursday) has a history that dates back to the 1940s, when it was a small prairie chapel. The blaze, which occurred at 31957 Townshipline Road on Matsqui Prairie, has been deemed suspicious by investigators with the Abbotsford Police and Abbotsford Fire Rescue Service (AFRS). Area »
Texas, USA: Vijay Kumar was arrested at Houston airport on Friday on terror related charges. Mr. Kumar is an Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activist. He was on his way to Houston, Texas, to deliver a lecture to the Hindu Congress of America. Vijay Kumar (40), was arrested at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport last Friday »
A “working group” of GTA Sikhs announced Wednesday it will compile a report by 2013 on racism against community members in Canada. Spokesmen cited continuing “barbaric” attitudes since soldiers attacked separatists occupying the Golden Temple at Amritsar, India in 1984 and Sikh bodyguards killed Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Antagonism worsened here after a bomb in »
HOUSTON: A newly-built Gurdwara in Austin may soon be razed or moved following a Texas appellate-court ruling that it violated zoning laws, resulting in an outcry from members of the community. The temple was completed in April to replace a mobile home that the congregation of about 60 families in central Texas had been using as a »
Canadian Sikhs under the patronage of Shri Akal Takhat Sahib marked August 15th, Independence Day of India as “Sikh Genocide” day. “Sikh Genocide” Conference was organized by “Sikhs for Justice”, a Canada based human rights advocacy group, spearheading an international justice awareness campaign and striving to disseminate true and correct information regarding the Genocide of »
Guru Nank Nishkam Sevak Jatha Gurdwara to open two free schools in Birmingham
A SIKH temple is planning to create two “free schools” in Birmingham – but they will be open to people from all religions. An education trust created by worshippers at Gurdwara Guru Nanak Nishkam Sevak Jatha, in Soho Road, is to open a new secondary school on the site of a former factory in Hockley. [...]
15th Death Anniversary of Shaheed Bhai Jaswant Singh Khalra celebrated at Sri Akal Takht Sahib
Amritsar, 6 September (Sukhwinderjit Singh Bohru): ‘ The 15th death anniversary of Bhai Jaswant Singh Khalra was celebrated at Sri Akal Takht Sahib by Khalra Mission Organisation today and various resolutions passed. Speaking on the occassion, Harmandip Singh Sarhali, leader Khalra Mission Organisation, Virsa Singh Behla,General Secetary and others said todays programme pays homage to Bhai [...]
Dalit boy cremated on the road in absence of common cremation grounds
Mehma Bhagwana (Bathinda), September 6: Residents of this cancer-affected dusty village of Bathinda district today lit the pyre of a four-year-old Dalit boy in the middle of a road ruing that in the absence of a common cremation ground, they had no other option. The boy, Vijay Pal, was reportedly suffering from cancer for the [...]