Amritsar, Punjab: Expressing their deep concern over large-scale corruption in politics and the rising drug abuse in Punjab, the Sikh Youth of Punjab (SYP) says that the phenomenon has left a demoralising effect on the youth’s lives. The resolution adopted during ...
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First Sikh parliamentarian in 67 years makes history ~ An Update
Islamabad, Pak: History was made in the Punjab Assembly last week when Sardar Ramesh Singh Arora became the first Sikh in close to 67 years who entered into Pakistan’s biggest provincial assembly and took oath as a parliamentarian. Wearing a ...
Read More »Julia Gillard first prime minister to visit Sikh Gurdwara in Glenwood
Australia: Julia Gillard became the first Australian Prime Minister to visit a Sikh temple and her rock star reception in the party’s most marginal NSW seat would have pleased her Labor strategists. The Blacktown seat of Greenway has one of the ...
Read More »National Union of Students elects its first Sikh on to its National Committee
Sheffield, UK: At the recently held National Conference of the National Union of Students (NUS), delegates representing the 7 million membership of the student body elected the first Sikh onto its National Executive Committee (NEC) in its 90 year history. ...
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