Sikhs win school Turban ban case in the UN after 9 years of patience and struggle

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, ...

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Concrete steps taken on Sikh turban issue: France tells India

New Delhi, India: France has told India that it has taken concrete measures to ensure that Sikhs would not have to remove their turbans or be touched during border checks and that physical check would be replaced by body scan.The ...

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Court Case against Polish Border Guard: Appeal date postponed

Poland: The hearing of the Appeal against the ruling of a lower Court in the case agains the Polish Border Guard has been postponed till the 12th Feb 2013. Announcing this, the Claimant Shaminder Puri, stated that while this is ...

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Devotee’s body pulled out after 3 days from Sri Darbar Sahib’s sarovar

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 ...

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