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 ...
Read More »Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s palace in Dinanagar losing glory
Dinanagar, India: Dinanagar, a tiny town in Gurdaspur District, can boast of being the erstwhile summer capital of the great Sikh emperor Maharaja Ranjit Singh, but it has failed to maintain the glory of the monuments related with him. The ...
Read More »Discrimination against Sikh taken up with US
New York, USA: US Attorney Preet Bharara’s office took up the issue of alleged religious discrimination against an elderly Sikh man with the New York City Department of Correction. Gurbhej Singh Sandhu was asked to remove his turban when he visited ...
Read More »84 genocide is issue in California race
Sacramento, California: Anger stemming from the 1984 Sikh genocide in India has crept into one of the closest and most expensive congressional races in the country. Some Sikh political activists and the California Republican Party are campaigning against Democratic Rep Ami Bera, ...
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