Amritsar, Punjab: The Sikh clergy has termed eight members of an educational trust associated with Gurdwara Budha Johad in Rajasthan as ‘tankhaiya’ (guilty of religious misconduct). Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh said the two factions of the committee were engaged ...

Amritsar, Punjab: The Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of Sikhism, has taken a serious view of reports of Sikh girls falling victim to ‘love jihad’ – an act that involves ‘charming’ Pakistani youths attempting to impress, marry and convert nonMuslim ...

London, UK: Worshippers at a gurdwara in the British city of Leicester had a lucky escape after its roof collapsed after being struck by lightning. CCTV footage showed that a group of elderly women were singing hymns at the Ramgarhia Sikh ...

Toronto, Canada: A heritage museum in Canada has organised a yearlong exhibition to commemorate 100 years of the 1914 Komagata Maru incident, during which 352 Punjabi immigrants on a ship from India were denied entry. The exhibition at Abbotsford’s Sikh ...