Chandigarh: The recreated 15th Sikh Ludhiana regiment would participate in the Lord Mayor’s Show in London on Saturday. A part of the National Army Museum’s (NAM’s) ‘The War and Sikhs: Road to the Trenches’ project, the recreated regiment is made up of volunteers from the British Sikh community, who, following a callout by the museum — via Twitter, the media and ...

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 a correctional facility here to meet his son who was serving a sentence. According to a statement by rights groups ...

Australia: Sikhs have reported an increase in abuse in Australia from people mistaking them for hardline Muslims in the aftermath of the recent terror raids and the shooting of a known extremist. Community leaders from around the country have reported rising tensions – and now Sikhs, who wear turbans and long beards, say they have been targeted. Harjit Singh from the ...

Poland: The Supreme Court has dismissed the case of Shaminder Singh Puri, a practicing Sikh who sued border guards about the violation of personal rights. This ultimately ends the case. Shaminder Singh Puri is a British national of Indian origin who works as an expert on the environment. His job involves a great amount of international travel. But Puri is also ...

India: International basketball’s governing body said Tuesday that players will be allowed to wear religious head coverings, such as hijabs or turbans, on a trial basis in some competitions. FIBA’s central board met over the weekend at the men’s world cup and voted to allow a two-year testing phase that would let players wear head coverings. Previous FIBA rules only ...