SGPC to fund education of baptised Sikh students till Class XII: Makkar

Amritsar, Punjab:  SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar has announced that a committee will facilitate free education till Class XII for baptised Sikh students belonging to baptised families in the SGPC-run institutions. Talking to mediapersons here today, Makkar said those wishing ...

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PROFESSOR BHULLAR MUST NOW BE RELEASED – SIKH FEDERATION (UK)

London, UK: The Sikh Federation (UK) has urged all those concerned with the death penalty in India and the case of Professor Davinderpal Singh Bhullar to push for not only the death penalty to be commuted, but for his immediate ...

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Indian Catholic School Bans Turban and Excludes Sikh Students

Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir, India: A 107 year old Catholic school in Jammu and Kashmir banned the turban and excluded some 40 Sikh students from classes for wearing the turban last week. The St Joseph’s Higher Secondary School in Baramulla, ...

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Statement by NDP MP Jasbir Sandhu (Surrey North), on the anniversary of the Komagata Maru incident

Canada: Today marks the day in 1914 when the Komagata Maru, a ship carrying 376 Indian passengers arrived in Vancouver seeking refuge. Due to discriminatory laws, passengers were prevented from disembarking and the ship remained in Burrard Inlet for two ...

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