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Afghan Sikh migrants trapped in airless container for 18 hours: Translator

London, UK: The Sikh families found in a shipping container in Britain were fleeing persecution in Afghanistan and had been trapped in darkness without fresh air for 18 hours, their translator said Monday. The group, discovered at Tilbury Docks, east of ...

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Sikhs denied exemption from Ontario’s motorcycle helmet law.

Ontario, Canada: Motorcycle-riding Sikhs in Ontario will not be exempted from the province’s helmet law, Premier Kathleen Wynne has decided. The Canadian Sikh Association says it received a letter last week from Wynne stating the Liberal government, for safety reasons, ...

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Remembrance service in honour of Sikh soldiers who fell in World War II.

Italy: Sikhs will remember and honour their fallen from World War II in a special event this Saturday at the Indian Army War Cemetery, via Ravegnana, Forlì, Italy. At the event, organised by the World Sikh Shaheed Military Committee Novellara, will ...

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‘Feast of the Turban open to all’

Casalmaggioge, Italy: The invitation of the Sikh community and the issuer Casalmaggiore Sikh Channel The Sikh hope that their ‘Feast of the Turban’, scheduled for Sunday, September 7, from 0:30 to Park Bodana sticks, can participate in “numerous citizens of other creeds ...

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