Chandigarh,Punjab: From bitter feuds between its vice chancellor and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to its website being hacked, the Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University, the first and only Sikh university, has been grappling with controversies almost from day ...
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Punjab approves Rs.250 crore Sikh tourism plan
Chandigarh:Punjab: To boost tourism in the state, Punjab’s chief minister Wednesday approved a Rs.250 crore plan for Sikh circuit tourism for developing Sikh religious places. The decision was taken at a high-level meeting with Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, Sikh scholars, historians, representatives ...
Read More »US: Sikh family found dead in suspected ‘murder-suicide
Georgia, US: Four members of a Sikh family, including two minor children, died in Atlanta in the US state of Georgia under mysterious circumstances with the police terming it as a “murder-suicide”. “While Sartaj (12) and Gurtej (5) died from ...
Read More »Percentage of Sikhs in Wolverhampton is second highest
Wolverhampton, UK: Around nine per cent of the city’s 249,500 residents describe themselves as Sikh, according to the latest round of data released from the 2011 census. Information collected as part of the census is being published in phases, with the ...
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