TORONTO (June ) – On a call given by “Sikhs For Justice” a human rights advocacy group, during Pravasi Bharatiya Divas convention (PBD Canada 2011), Several hundred Canadians including Sikhs, Muslims and Christians gathered in downtown Toronto to voice their support for Professor Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar, who has been unjustly sentenced to death in [...]

AMRITSAR: After restoration of Gurdwara’s of Pakistan and Bangladesh, the Sikh community have now taken up the task of renovation of 15th century Gurdwara of Guru Nanak Dev which suffered damage in 2003 American invasion on Iraq.   Chairman of International Sikh Council Mukhtiar Singh Assal who is also a known friend of former Iraqi [...]

San Francisco (USA): American Gurdwara Parbhandak Committee (AGPC) has supported the Panthic bodies that served an ultimatum to Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of Sikhs in Amritsar to set up martyrs memorial in the Darbar Sahib complex and open ‘Martyrs Gallery’ at Akal Takht for the public.   The Shiromani Akali Dal Amritsar (Panch [...]

BERKELEY — When graduating senior Austin Whitney stood up from his wheelchair on stage at UC Berkeley’s commencement ceremony today, the crowd of 15,000 people at Edwards Stadium stood up with him – and roared. Then Whitney, a paraplegic since 2007, used a controller switch on a walker to direct the exoskeleton strapped around his [...]

Facebook was caught red-handed last week being socially unfriendly to Google, its Silicon Valley competitor. It hired a public relations firm to plant negative stories about Google’s privacy policies, and then it tried to hide its involvement in the whisper campaign. This is ironic, considering that Facebook is all about getting people to disclose everything [...]

Amritsar (May 15, 2011): Launching a public campaign on the issue of June 1984 memorial, the Dal Khalsa today blamed Akalis for keeping mum on their role to build memorial due to fear of antagonizing the Indian leadership. Irked over the dilly-dallying approach of the SGPC to raise a memorial of Sikh martyrs of 1984 [...]

AMRITSAR: United Sikhs, an international UN affiliated advocacy non government organization, has sought the intervention of the director general of Central Industrial Security Force, N R Dass, to revoke the ban on the wearing of the kirpan by airport employees at the airside of the Sri Guru Ramdas International Airport.   Director of United Sikhs, [...]

WASHINGTON: The Sikh community in America has welcomed the killing of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden but voiced concern that it could revive old prejudices that it faced after 9/11 due to mistaken identity.   Sikhs have approached the Obama Administrationt to keep a close eye to control any backlash against anyone in America. [...]

Victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots took the employees of Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA) to task on Friday when they locked the gate of the office located on Ferozepur Road and blocked traffic.   The victims were protesting against the delay in the making of red cards for compensation. The employees, with [...]

Central Industrial Security Force has banned Sikh employees from wearing kirpans while performing duties at Sri Guru Ram Das International Airport. The force is entrusted with the task of airport security. “Amritsar is one of the most sensitive international airports in the country and we can`t take chances with security here,” said commandant of the [...]