Tag Archives: turban

24 hours on, DSGMC delegation leaves Italy

Chandigarh: Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) president Manjit Singh GK, along with a delegation accompanying him to Italy, boarded a plane to Dubai on early Thursday morning. GK, along with the delegation, was returning after attending a dastar (turban) awareness ...

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Italy says sensitive to Sikhs’ concerns

New Delhi: Italy today reassured India that it was sensitive to the concerns of the Sikh community in the wake of a controversy after a Sikh delegation was held up at Rome airport and members asked to remove their turbans. ...

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DSGMC chief told to take off turban at Rome

Amritsar, Punjab: Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) president Manjeet Singh GK was asked to take off his turban during a security check at the Rome International Airport in Italy on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday. When he ...

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A Sikh American soldier’s battle for the turban

Washington, USA:  July 21 (IANS) “If the militaries in Canada, England, India and progressive nations allow Sikhs to serve in turbans and beards, then why can’t the US?” That was the question that Major Kamaljeet Singh Kalsi, the first Sikh ...

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