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Barack Obama meets city mayors on gun violence

Washington, DC: US President Barack Obama on Monday met mayors of three towns, including that of Oak Creek where six Sikhs were gunned down by a white supremacist, as part of his efforts to curb rampant gun violence in the country. ...

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SIKH KIRPAN TO BE ACCOMMODATED AT ALBERTA COURTHOUSES

Calgary, Canada: The World Sikh Organization of Canada has worked with the Government of Alberta and Alberta Human Rights Commission to develop accommodation guidelines for the kirpan in Alberta courthouses. The kirpan is an important article of faith worn by ...

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Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee polls record low turnout

New Delhi, India: An abysmally low 42.2% turnout on Sunday in the 51-member cash-rich Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee (DSGMC) elections, which had assumed heightened importance after the entire Punjab cabinet shifted base to Delhi during the last three weeks, ...

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Sikhs file case against Kamal Nath in Switzerland

New York, USA: A Sikh rights group has filed a criminal complaint against Minister for Urban Development Kamal Nath, who is heading the Indian delegation at the World Economic Forum in Davos, with the Swiss Attorney General seeking his arrest and ...

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