Hemkunt Sahib Yatra likely to resume later this month

Patiala, Punjab: The yatra of Hemkunt Sahib, a Sikh religious place in Uttarakhand, is likely to resume by later this month if the situation improves at the ground. “The Shri Hemkunt Sahib Management Trust (SHSMT) and the Uttarakhand government have ...

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1984 Sikh genocide: US court summons Sonia Gandhi

Jalandhar, Punjab: On a complaint by a Sikh group, a US federal court has issued summons against Congress party president Sonia Gandhi for shielding party officials allegedly involved in inciting attacks on Sikhs in November 1984. A class action suit ...

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Special seat reserved for Hindus, Sikhs in Afghan parliament

Kabul, Afghanistan: President Hamid Karzai today issued a historic legislative decree reserving a special seat for Sikh and Hindu Afghan nationals in the lower house of the country’s parliament. Karzai, through the legislative decree, approved the cabinet amendments of August 26 to ...

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British Sikh girls at risk of ‘sexual grooming’

London, UK: Minor British Sikh girls, sexually abused by gangs of Asian men who befriend them over a period of time, usually do not report the crime to authorities, according to a new investigation by the BBC. The probe found ...

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