Tag Archives: religious

Anti-Sikh genocide: Dal Khalsa seeks UN intervention

Hoshiarpur, Punjab: Alleging that the Union Government has failed to provide a resolution to political conflicts in various regions of the country, Sikh group Dal Khalsa has appealed to the United Nations to intervene. Dal Khalsa along with hardliner groups of ...

Read More »

‘Declare Sikhs killed in 1984 riots martyrs’

New Delhi: A high-power delegation led by Gurmeet Singh Shunty, member and former general secretary of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC), has asked Sri Akal Takhat Sahib that the Sikhs killed in 1984 genocide should be declared martyrs. In ...

Read More »

Sikhs disappointed at basketball body’s headgear move

Washington, USA: Two US lawmakers and Sikh community bodies have expressed disappointment over the international basketball federation’s (Fiba) decision to allow athletes to wear religious headgear, such as patkas, only as part of a “trial period”. “We are deeply disappointed with ...

Read More »

US lawmakers disappointed over FIBA decision on Sikh players

Washington, USA: Two leading US lawmakers have expressed disappointment over the decision of FIBA to continue with its policy to ban players from wearing headgears in international matches, even though it allowed them to sport religious headgear as part of a ...

Read More »