Panchkula, Haryana: The Singh Sabha Gurdwara in Sector 7 of this Haryana town, adjoining Chandigarh, declined to entertain a request by the family of Lt. Gen. R.S. Dyal to hold a prayer service on his first death anniversary this month. The ...
Read More »Barack Obama meets city mayors on gun violence
Washington, DC: US President Barack Obama on Monday met mayors of three towns, including that of Oak Creek where six Sikhs were gunned down by a white supremacist, as part of his efforts to curb rampant gun violence in the country. ...
Read More »SIKH KIRPAN TO BE ACCOMMODATED AT ALBERTA COURTHOUSES
Calgary, Canada: The World Sikh Organization of Canada has worked with the Government of Alberta and Alberta Human Rights Commission to develop accommodation guidelines for the kirpan in Alberta courthouses. The kirpan is an important article of faith worn by ...
Read More »Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee polls record low turnout
New Delhi, India: An abysmally low 42.2% turnout on Sunday in the 51-member cash-rich Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee (DSGMC) elections, which had assumed heightened importance after the entire Punjab cabinet shifted base to Delhi during the last three weeks, ...
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