Trenton, NJ, USA: UNITED SIKHS collaborated with the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness to create a Sikh Cultural Sensitivities Training program. This program is online at NJLearn, the internet training system for all New Jersey first responders. Its goal is to educate first responders, including fire, police, and emergency medical personnel on the Sikh community, its articles ...

Amritsar, Punjab: Researcher Surinder Kochhar, who played a key role in digging out the mortal remains of 282 martyrs from historic Kalianwala Khu in Ajnala, today hit out at the state government for not facilitating a piece of land for performing the last rites of the martyrs. In a statement released here, Kochhar said he recently held a meeting with the ...

Amritsar, Punjab: Hundreds of rare books, manuscripts and hand-written documents belonging to the era of Sikh gurus, reflecting Punjab’s rich cultural heritage, preserved at the 83-year-old Sikh Research Library and Museum in over a century-old Khalsa College, have been successfully digitised. The material has been put to digital technology through computerisation following a rigorous six-month long processing by a Jalandhar-based private ...

Jalandhar, Punjab: The rapid degeneration of the bones excavated from the ‘Kalianwala Khu’ in Ajnala around a month ago has become a cause for concern among historians. Historian Surinder Kochhar, who led the excavation of the 282 soldiers killed in 1857, alleged the government was taking too long to conserve the remains. “People from all over the world are concerned about ...

Amritsar, Punjab: A 15-member delegation of Northfield Mount Hermon School, USA, today visited the campus of International Fateh Academy (IFA) as a part of their educational tour of India. The purpose of the visit was to study the religious pluralism in Indian society with a special focus on the Sikh religion. Staff and management of the IFA extended a warm welcome ...