Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Sikh candidate joins race for Vancouver city council
CBC.ca - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The president of Vancouver's Ross Street Sikh Temple says he's planning to run for Vancouver city council under the Vision Vancouver banner. ...

Haryana, Punjab in face-off over Sikh shrines
Livemint - Delhi, Delhi, India
Chandigarh: A proposal by the Haryana government to form a separate committee to manage historical gurdwaras, or Sikh shrines, is shaping into an interstate ...

`84 riots case: Witness alleges threat to life
Zee News - Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
New Delhi, Aug 25: Jasbir Singh, the US-based witness in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case involving former Union Minister and Congress leader Jagdish Tytler, ...

Ludhianas Jasbir Singh Tatla, the first turbaned Sikh in Canadian ...
Thaindian.com - Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
But finally his endeavour paid off and he became the first turbaned Sikh Canadian air force officer. He was commissioned as a Lieutenant of Air Force on ...

Sikh girl Kiranjit Kaur becomes Malaysian HIV/ AIDS poster girl
DailyIndia.com - Jacksonville, FL, USA
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 25: Kiranjit Kaur, a 35-year-old Sikh woman of Indian origin and an AIDS victim, has become the poster girl for people living with ...

Punjab Minister says separate GPC for Haryana "impermissible"
Zee News - Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Yamunanagar (Haryana), Aug 23: A Punjab Minister on Saturday said formation of a separate Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee to manage the affairs of Sikh ...