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Sikh Awareness Program Created for Over 70,000 First Responders in New Jersey.

Trenton, NJ, USA: UNITED SIKHS collaborated with the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness to create a Sikh Cultural Sensitivities Training program. This program is online at NJLearn, the internet training system for all New Jersey first responders. ...

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No land to cremate Ajnala martyrs!

Amritsar, Punjab: Researcher Surinder Kochhar, who played a key role in digging out the mortal remains of 282 martyrs from historic Kalianwala Khu in Ajnala, today hit out at the state government for not facilitating a piece of land for performing ...

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Khalsa College digitises rare books, manuscripts of Sikh era

Amritsar, Punjab: Hundreds of rare books, manuscripts and hand-written documents belonging to the era of Sikh gurus, reflecting Punjab’s rich cultural heritage, preserved at the 83-year-old Sikh Research Library and Museum in over a century-old Khalsa College, have been successfully digitised. ...

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Remains of Ajnala martyrs deteriorating fast: Historians

Jalandhar, Punjab: The rapid degeneration of the bones excavated from the ‘Kalianwala Khu’ in Ajnala around a month ago has become a cause for concern among historians. Historian Surinder Kochhar, who led the excavation of the 282 soldiers killed in 1857, ...

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