Paris, France: The UN Human Rights Committee has ruled that France’s ban on the wearing of “conspicuous” religious symbols in schools – introduced in a law adopted in March 2004 – violated a Sikh student’s right to manifest his religion, ...

Amritsar, Punjab: After three days, the body of an unidentified non-punjabi devotee was finally taken out of the sarovar of the Golden Temple here on December 19. The pilgrim allegedly committed suicide. After taking the customary dip, he chose to ...

Ludhiana, Punjab: The tug-of-war over appointing the successor to Jagjit Singh took an ugly turn when members of the International Namdhari Sangat took to the streets here. Namdhari sect head Jagjit Singh had died on December 13 and his nephew ...

Ontario, Canada: On behalf of Thomas Mulcair, Leader of the Official Opposition and the entire New Democratic Caucus, I congratulate Team Canada for their bronze medal victory at the World Kabbadi Cup, on December 13th at the Guru Gobind Singh ...