Wisconsin, United States: It is learnt that the US Department of Homeland Security recently issued a Guide for Developing High-Quality Emergency Operations Plans for Houses of Worship. The guide references the 2012 shooting at the Oak Creek Sikh Gurdwara in ...
Read More »A push on rules so other Sikhs enlist in army
New York, USA:The Sikhs of northwestern India have for centuries cherished their rich military history. Wearing long beards and turbans into combat, they have battled Mughals in Punjab, Afghans near the Khyber Pass and Germans in the bloody trenches of ...
Read More »UNITED NATIONS ASKED TO PROBE KILLINGS OF SIKHS IN PUNJAB
Chandigarh, Punjab: Khalsa Human Rights, the human rights wing of the Sikh Federation (UK), has written to Professor Christof Heyn, the UN Special Rapporteur on extra judicial, summary or arbitrary executions following the confession last week by Sub-Inspector Surjit Singh ...
Read More »Sikh body to aid Uttrakhand villages
Amritsar, Punjab: After helping Army and the state government in evacuation and distribution of relief material to Uttrakhand flood victims, the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) is to adopt four disaster-hit villages near Hemkunt Sahib and rehabilitate the villagers. DSGMC president Manjit Singh GK said ...
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