London, United Kingdom: The Sikh Federation (UK) last year arranged a meeting of British Sikh representatives with Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister and Simon Hughes, the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats at that time. In a more detailed follow up meeting in his office at the Cabinet Office Sikh Federation (UK) representatives suggested in a future trip to India ...

Bathinda, Punjab: Though deputy chief minister and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal welcomed Joginder Kaur, 75, daughter of former President of India Giani Zail Singh into the party fold amid much fanfare, yet the latter downplayed the development saying she was here to bless Sukhbir Singh Badal and former district Congress president Anil Bhola and others, who joined ...

London,UK: Britain is set to scrap a ban on turbans at high-risk workplaces next week, a move that some Sikh groups see as a “sweetener” to deal with the fallout of the Margaret Thatcher government’s alleged role in Operation Bluestar in 1984. The Department for Work and Pensions is set to announce that Sikhs will no longer be forced to ...

Chandigarh, Punjab: Claiming that Congress men Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan Kumar were “just two among hundreds who participated in the massacre of Sikhs after the assassination of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1984, Lawyers for Human Rights International, today announced its decision to move the Supreme Court seeking the formation of a Special Investigating Team (SIT), as had been ...

Chandigarh, Punjab:  Several thousand Sikhs from across India have announced to lead protests against the turban ban on Sikh students in France, threatening to jeopardize the Rs 90,0000 crore fighter plane deal the Union government will sign with the visiting French President Francois Hollande next week. International Sikh Confederation, a leading Sikh representation, shot off a scathing missive toPrime Minister ...