US satellites unlock mystery to Punjab’s vanishing water

An elderly Sikh farmer Sukhchain Singh bathes with water from a tube well, near Batala, some 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Amritsar, Aug. 11. Excessive irrigation and the unrelenting thirst of tens of millions of people are causing groundwater levels ...

Sticks, swords and skill keys to Sikh martial art

Toronto, Canada: It was definitely love at first sight, Jacob Maxwell’s friends say. The 21-year-old York University student was having lunch at the student centre when he peeked outside and saw men in colourful turbans, holding sticks and swords, form ...

Now Rajasthan Sikhs ask for a separate Management committee

Amritsar, Punjab: Close on the heels of the proposal of forming a separate committee for gurdwaras in Haryana, Sikhs in Rajasthan have threatened to intensify their demand for a separate Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee which would attend to the concerns of ...

Sikhs contributed in nation-building significantly: Qadir

Singapore : ‘Although the Sikh community in Malaysia is small, their support and contributions to nation-building are very important,’ said Perak Chief Minister Zambry Abdul Qadir. He said that despite being a minority community, the Sikhs had never allowed their ...