London, UK: The Sikh families found in a shipping container in Britain were fleeing persecution in Afghanistan and had been trapped in darkness without fresh air for 18 hours, their translator said Monday. The group, discovered at Tilbury Docks, east of ...
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Sikhs denied exemption from Ontario’s motorcycle helmet law.
Ontario, Canada: Motorcycle-riding Sikhs in Ontario will not be exempted from the province’s helmet law, Premier Kathleen Wynne has decided. The Canadian Sikh Association says it received a letter last week from Wynne stating the Liberal government, for safety reasons, ...
Read More »‘Feast of the Turban open to all’
Casalmaggioge, Italy: The invitation of the Sikh community and the issuer Casalmaggiore Sikh Channel The Sikh hope that their ‘Feast of the Turban’, scheduled for Sunday, September 7, from 0:30 to Park Bodana sticks, can participate in “numerous citizens of other creeds ...
Read More »Teaching turban tying keeps Sikh youth’s hopes afloat
Mansa, Punjab: Qualified but unemployed! Tejinder Singh of Mansa, however, did not let his spirit flag and has been serving the community for the last three years by teaching turban tying techniques free of cost to those who are interested in ...
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