Friday, August 29, 2008

Sikh sect leader who was set ablaze dies
Thaindian.com - Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
Chandigarh, Aug 29 (IANS) Controversial Nihang sect chief Ajit Singh Phoola, who was set ablaze by two inmates inside Punjab’s Amritsar central jail, ...

Sex ratio in Punjab not improved despite measures
Times of India - India
Sensing the gravity of the situation and its impending implication on the society, Akal Takht - Sikh's supreme temporal seat - had on April 18, ...

9/11 hate crime victim not sore any more
Thaindian.com - Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
Kalra recalled that evening when he was returning home with his friends, he found a group of whites beating a Sikh man near Lefferts Boulevard on New York’s ...

Winnipeg man who kidnapped alleged molesters with sword spared jail
Canada.com - Don Mills, Ontario, Canada
WINNIPEG - A member of a small Sikh sect who claims he was repeatedly sexually abused for years by priests at a Winnipeg temple has been spared jail time ...

Should Christian group linked to mumps outbreak identify itself?
Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada
The critics say we wouldn't do so if it was a Sikh, Jewish or other minority group or religion linked to the outbreak. I disagree. ...

National Gurdwara Honors Bhai Harbans Lal on Tri-Centennial Event
India Journal - Sante Fe Springs, CA, USA
WASHINGTON, DC - Sikh communities everywhere are being inspired to comprehend and cherish the teachings of Guru Granth Sahib by which they endeavor to live ...

Sikh students demand minority seats at GCU
Daily Times - Lahore, Pakistan
LAHORE: The only two Sikhs students who applied for admission to the Government College University (GCU) have been rejected because of a lack of minority ...

Sikh Woman Pilot Named 1st Officer for American Eagle
San Leandro India West - San Leandro, CA, USA
By RICHARD SPRINGER After 28-year-old Sikh American Arpinder Kaur of San Antonio, Texas, was hired in March as first officer by American Eagle, ...

US Sikhs protest chopping of prisoner's hair
Times of India - India
NEW YORK: A Sikh body here has strongly condemned the alleged forcible cutting of hair of a Sikh prisoner in Florida state and has launched a signature ...

Sikh woman gives birth to baby boy on airliner
Sify - Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Darwin: An Indian woman gave birth to a healthy boy aboard a jet airliner while flying to Australia to reunite with her husband. Judith Hamel, one of four ...