Last updated: Monday 6th October 2008

 

Gatka, Sikhs” traditional martial art form, being popularized in ...
Thaindian.com, Thailand - 5 Oct 2008
By Ravinder Singh Robin Narli (Indo-Pak border), Oct.5 (ANI): Gatka, the Sikhs traditional martial art form, which is generally at public display usually ...

Jamia rape and encounter: Peace marchers demand judicial enquiry
Indian Muslims, CA - 4 Oct 2008
Simranjit Singh Mann, MP and president of the Shiromani Akali Dal-Amritsar, said the Batla House encounter was fake and the government should order judicial ...

Cabinet to discuss Bajrang, VHP ban
Calcutta Telegraph, India - 4 Oct 2008
New Delhi, Oct. 4: The Prime Minister will call a special cabinet meeting to discuss a possible ban on the Bajrang Dal and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad over ...

SGPC to participate in 'Gurta Gadi' function at Hazoor Sahib
PunjabNewsline.com, India - 4 Oct 2008
FATEHGARH SAHIB: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee president Avtar Singh Makkar today said that the SGPC would participate in 'Gurta Gadi' function to ...

India’s Anti-Christian Violence Unparalleled Among World Democracies
Etalaat, India - 4 Oct 2008
This is clearly terrorism and ethnic cleansing, but few Indian leaders are admitting it.” Most of the victims are Dalits, formerly known as untouchables, ...

Golden temple may turn off-limits for Bollywood
SikhSangat News, Canada - 3 Oct 2008
"Everybody wants to shoot at the Golden Temple," an angry Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) president Avtar Singh Makkar complained on ...

Only pro-Gurmat Filming to be Allowed at Darbar Sahib
Panthic Weekly, CA - 3 Oct 2008
Amritsar Sahib (KP) – Shortly after the filming of "Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi" at Sri Harmandir Sahib, SGPC President Avtar Singh Makkar has finally come out to ...

Christian Conversions in Punjab: Battleground Anew
SikhNN.com - 3 Oct 2008
So, I would say, look not to the political structure of Punjab, the SGPC or the dysfunctional Sikh institutions in the Diaspora, for lighting our path. ...

Hindu extremism on rise, state fails to protect minorities - Dal ...
Panthic Weekly, CA -
03 Oct 2008
The worst anti-Christian violence in India since independence has reminded the horrors and agonies of Sikhs and Muslims who suffered the worst kind of ...

Government Funded Muslim-Sikh Dialogue Criticized as faulty ...
Panthic Weekly, CA -
03 Oct 2008
Many Sikh participants in a recent government funded Muslim-Sikh dialogue, have said the initiative was ‘faulty’ and ‘constricted‘. ...

SALDEF finds disturbing information about 'Disney Look'
Panthic Weekly, CA -
03 Oct 2008
... Mr. Channa—a Sikh musician—was denied a job by Disney because of his turban and beard and was told that he did not have “the Disney Look. ..

Punjabis refuse to accept depiction of Shaheed Bhagat Singh with ...
Panthic Weekly, CA -
03 Oct 2008
... want to honor Shaheed Bhagat Singh, the true honor would be to promote his image in the way he wanted: as a Sikh with uncut hair, sporting a turban. ...

Disappointing Sikh Student Camp 2008
Panthic Weekly, CA -
03 Oct 2008
How can someone keep turban and beard and say such a thing? The same camp leader said that the discipline a baptized Sikh has to follow is wearing the 5 Ks ...

NY Sikhs Join 9/11 Annual Unity Walk
Panthic Weekly, CA -
03 Oct 2008
New York, NY - Sikhs of New York joined in a Unity Walk last month to demonstrate solidarity of faiths and to make a shared call for peace, ...

Sikhs Shun Meat and Alcohol at Weddings
Panthic Weekly, CA -
03 Oct 2008
This latest directive by the DSGMC is also in accordance to Akal Takhat Sahib Maryada which applies to all Sikhs, irrespective of their background, ...

[SEAL] SRI AKAL TAKHT SAHIB
Panthic Weekly, CA -
03 Oct 2008
On summons from Sri Akal Takht Sahib you presented yourself before the Takht on the 25th June, 1994 in connection with your controversial thesis "The Text ...

Sikh Protestors Contest Pashaura's Appointment
Panthic Weekly, CA -
03 Oct 2008
Sahi mentioned that such a statement is blasphemy according to the Akal Takhat, which functions as the political authority of the Sikhs. ...

Supreme Court Drops Sedition Charges Against S. Mann
Panthic Weekly, CA -
03 Oct 2008
... 124A after S. Mann and his supporters attended a rally and raised slogans in support of Khalistan and in memory of Shaheed Bhai Dilawar Singh Babbar. ...

Indian Media Targets Sikhs in Aftermath of Bombing
Panthic Weekly, CA -
03 Oct 2008
The "Khalistan Army" has been reinitiated by the ISI and the operatives are living in bunkers situated close the Indo-Pak border. ...

Bhai Daljit Singh fixes Nov 5 as D-Day
World Sikh News, CA -
02 Oct 2008
The Sikh organizations, led by SAD (Panch Pardhani) president Daljit Singh Bittu, had organized path of Guru Granth Sahib for ensuring victory over dera ...

Hindu extremism on the rise in India: Dal Khalsa
PunjabNewsline.com, India -
02 Oct 2008
... the Dal Khalsa held the Indian government responsible for miserably failing to protect the lives and properties of the minority community. ...

Sikhs fight turban battle in France
NDTV.com, India -
02 Oct 2008
In France, if you are a Sikh, you cannot wear a turban or any other visible symbol of religious affiliation to a publically funded educational institution. ...

Shamed on anti-Christian violence, India talks turban
World Sikh News, CA -
02 Oct 2008
... was little that Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh could do to persuade the French President Nicholas Sarkozy on the issue of Sikh turbans as he was ...

Oz school apologises to Sikh student
World Sikh News, CA -
02 Oct 2008
Sydney: A private school in Brisbane, which outraged Australia's 50000-strong Sikh community and incensed its members all over the world, has apologised to ...

Sikhs protest against the renegade
World Sikh News, CA -
02 Oct 2008
The controversial scholar who was once indicted at the Akal Takht and who had confessed to his deliberate crimes of intellect was hired in 2005 from the ...

Meddling With ‘Who is a Sikh’ Question
World Sikh News, CA -
02 Oct 2008
... given the rise of apostasy amongst the community and particularly its youth, given the lack of knowledge amongst the religious leaders running the SGPC ...

Gajinder says return to India on his terms: report
World Sikh News, CA -
02 Oct 2008
The Tribune said that Gajinder claimed that the then SGPC chief Gurcharan Singh Tohra had offered him Akali Dal ticket from Patiala’s Lok Sabha seat. ...

SGPC organises Khalsa sports event at Hazoor Sahib
PunjabNewsline.com, India -
01 Oct 2008
SGPC Secretary Dalmegh Singh, who is also the organizing secretary of this sports event, informed, in a press release here on Thursday, that this Sports ..

Punjab government to set up backward classes welfare board
PunjabNewsline.com, India -
01 Oct 2008
Kanwaljit Singh, Chief Parliamentary Secretary Ch.Nand Lal, former President SGPC Kirpal Singh Badungar, President NRI wing of SAD Surjit Singh Rakhra, ...

Sarkozy has an 'open mind' on turban issue: PM
Mangalorean.com, India -
01 Oct 2008
Manmohan Singh, the first Sikh prime minister of India, told Sarkozy that the turban was "a very essential part of the Sikh way of life because the members ...