Leading members of the Sikh community are hoping to set up a new free school in Leeds.
Sikhs plan free school in Leeds
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Sehajdhari Sikh Party jumps into Punjab poll fray
Chandigarh, Jan 5 (PTI) The Sehajdhari Sikh Party today jumped into the poll fray by releasing its first list of 21 candidates for the upcoming Punjab Assembly elections.
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We will be working on bringing New Zealand Sikh history back online in the next few weeks including immigration lists of the earliest settlers.
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First Sikh museum opened Saturday in Abbotsford
Lieutenant-Governor Steven Point was in Abbotsford on Saturday to officially open the Sikh Heritage Museum, the first of its kind in Canada, at the historic Gur Sikh Gurdwara on South Fraser Way.
HC restores voting rights of Sehajdhari Sikhs in SGPC Polls
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana high court on Tuesday restored the voting rights of Sehajdhari (non-baptized) Sikhs in the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabhandhak Committee (SGPC) polls. SGPC is the highest religious body of Sikhs.
Police identify man who stabbed Sikh at Fresno airport
The victim was treated at the airport and boarded his flight taking him to another one bound for India.
Fresno police said Mitchell Dufur, 26, stabbed the Sikh man in his 50s in the upper torso Sunday evening near the security checkpoint. No words were exchanged before the attack. The man was standing with his translator when the attack occurred.
Sikh US soldier receives combat award
WASHINGTON: Major Kamaljeet Singh Kalsi, the first turbaned US Sikh soldier in last 30 years has received Bronze Star Medal, the fourth-highest combat award for his meritorious services in Afghanistan.
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Losing the Turban: Indian Sikhs at odds on essentials
By Moni Basu, CNN
New Delhi (CNN) – On a Saturday afternoon, Balbir Singh and Malkeet Singh find sanctuary from the Indian capital’s chaos in the landmark Bangla Sahib gurdwara, or Sikh temple. The two friends, like so many young Sikhs, have come on this day to reflect on their faith.
N.Z. Gurdwaras Update
We have now added the Avondale, Auckland Gurdwara to our list. Click here for more details (Located at the bottom of the “NZ Gurdwaras” section)
Sikh Coalition leads call for probing racing profiling in US
Amid charges of racial profiling by a group of 38 civil rights organizations led by the Sikh Coalition, the US Transportation Security Administration is investigating allegations that Mexican travellers were being targeted for extra screening.
The allegations of such targeting at Honolulu International Airport “resulted in launching an immediate and thorough investigation of the behaviour detection programme at HNL,” the TSA stated Thursday.
“Pending the completion of the investigation, TSA also provided HNL Behaviour Detection Officers refresher training to ensure the programme is focused solely on identifying suspicious behaviours.”
“TSA’s behaviour detection programme in no way encourages or tolerates profiling,” the agency said. “Profiling is not an effective form of security and our security officers are trained to treat every passenger with dignity and respect.”
The statement came as 38 civil rights organizations led by Sikh Coalition called for an independent audit of the TSA to determine whether the agency engages in racial profiling.
In a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, the groups expressed concern about reports that TSA officers targeted Mexican and Dominican travellers for extra scrutiny at airports in Hawaii and New Jersey.
TSA officers at the Honolulu International Airport targeted Mexicans so often that their colleagues called them the “Mexicutioners,” it said.
Sikh travellers are routinely selected for secondary screening at some American airports, even after clearing advanced imaging technology machines without incident, the letter said.
The Sikh Coalition said it believes that “these troubling reports are the tip of the iceberg” for TSA profiling. “Based on Sikh experience, we’ve long suspected that TSA officers are engaged in a pattern of profiling minorities instead of focusing on criminal behaviour.”
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