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Canada: Kevin Vickers has vocally supported Canadian Sikhs right to wear Kirpan in Parliament. The man being hailed as a hero for reportedly shooting a gunman in Canada’s national parliament is Kevin Vickers, who, as the holder of the post ...

London, UK: A Sikh Manifesto will be published in January 2015 for the General Election and the next five years setting out specific demands of the Sikh community and the vision for British Sikhs. The initiative for a Sikh Manifesto was ...

Belgium: The mayor of the town of Vilvoorde in Belgium, Hans Bonte, has ordered the closure of the local Gurdwara, Guru Nanak Sahib, for one month. Belgian media Tuesday charged that the Sikh Gurdwara “appears to operate as a magnet ...

London, UK: Tarlochan Singh, a former chair man of the National Commission for Minorities, has been conferred with the Sikh Lifetime Achievement Award, 2014, for his contribution to Sikhism and other walks of life. Describing 81-year-old Singh as a “walking encyclopedia ...