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High commission mulls group visas for UK Sikh pilgrims to India

London, UK: The Indian high commission in United Kingdom has agreed in principal to the Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee (DSGMC)’s demand to allow group visas to the British Sikhs for pilgrimage to historical gurdwaras in India. DSGMC president Manjit ...

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UK to open 8 Sikh ‘faith schools’ to inculcate tolerance

Middlesex, UK: Kingsley Hargoeavies, an 11 grade Catholic student, is on his knees as he sifts through some of the sacred hymns composed by Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev. More kids — Safina Qureshi, a grade six student, and her sibling ...

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Amnesty to Kashmiris, why none for Sikhs: DSGMC

London, Birmingham, UK: When Kashmiris who had strayed could be given amnesty, why exclude the Sikhs who had sought foreign asylum after escaping the riots of 1984, the Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee (DSGMC) has asked the Indian government. The DSGMC ...

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Has Jonathan Aitken’s daughter Alexandra spurned Sikh warrior for ‘true husband

UK: Alexandra Aitken’s two-year marriage to a Sikh holy man is said to have hit the rocks.As the daughter of a Conservative ex-cabinet minister, Alexandra Aitken caused a stir when she renounced her western way of life and moved to the ...

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