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UK: Sikh school to come up on former hospital site in Leicester

Leicester, UK: According to news reported by the Leicester Mercury: a new Sikh free school will be built on a former hospital site in Gipsy Lane, in the Northfields area of Leicester. Planning permission is already being sought by education ...

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US court dismisses rights violation case against Badal

Washington, USA: A United States’ court has dismissed an alleged human rights violation case against Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, saying the New York-based Sikh group never physically served the summons on him. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in ...

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American Sikh man pleads not guilty to terrorism charges

Washington, USA: An Indian-American Sikh man arrested in the US on charges of giving material support to Sikh separatist groups planning terrorist attacks in India has pleaded not guilty in a Nevada court. Appearing before the court in Reno, Balwinder Singh, ...

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STATEMENT ON GURBAKASH SINGH BY NDP HUMAN RIGHTS CRITIC WAYNE MARSTON

New Democrats are concerned about the condition of Gurbakash Singh, a protester in Punjab who has been on hunger strike for 37 days to highlight the treatment of prisoners detained under counterinsurgency laws in India. The Punjabi-Canadian community has expressed ...

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