Jerry Brown signs law protecting Sikhs from workplace bias

California employers face new restrictions against shunting Sikh and Muslim workers to backroom jobs out of public view based on their wearing of turbans, beards and hijabs, under a law signed Saturday by Gov. Jerry Brown. “This bill, AB 1964, makes ...

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Sikhs in Gujarat’s Kutch fear displacement

CHANDIGARH: They have created a little Punjab in the arid Kutch region of Gujarat. Now, a number of these Sikhs – who have made Gujarat their home over a period of almost five decades now – are faced with the ...

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Sleeping Sikh student’s hair cut in Sainik school hostel

A Class-11 Sikh student studying in a local Sainik School has alleged that someone cut his hair, while he was sleeping in his hostel on Saturday night. Harjinder Singh said he found his hair lying aside his bed when he ...

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Sikh Victim Punjab Singh still in coma

Sikh priest Punjab Singh hasn’t regained consciousness since the shooting rampage at a Wisconsin temple earlier this month, and is hooked up to a machine to help him breathe, his family says. Singh was among four people wounded and six ...

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