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A high court in Pakistan has ordered authorities to stop harassing a Sikh woman who converted to Islam and married a local Muslim man after meeting him on social media, news agency PTI reported. CHANDIGARH: A high court in Pakistan has ordered authorities to stop harassing a Sikh woman who converted to Islam and married…
Woman who visited Pakistan as part of Sikh pilgrimage group didn’t return CHANDIGARH: A woman pilgrim from Punjab did not return from Pakistan after participating in celebrations of the 556th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, sources from the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) told news agency PTI. The woman, identified as Sarbjit Kaur, is…
The Attari-Wagah border (File photo) NEW DELHI: An Indian national who joined a Sikh jatha that crossed into Pakistan to participate in the birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev — the first of the 10 Sikh Gurus and the founder of Sikhism — has alleged that Pakistani officials sent him and six of his…
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TOI correspondent from Washington: More than 100,000 immigrant truckers from India are in the hot seat in America after a sweeping US federal audit conducted amid twin fatal crash investigations involving Sikh drivers showed widespread malpractice in issuance of commercial driving licenses (CDLs)The US Department of Transportation (DOT), through its Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration…
Jashanpreet Singh; crash site The TOI correspondent from Washington: The American dream for thousands of Sikh immigrants from India is hanging in the balance following a second high-profile, fatal trucking accident involving a driver with a controversial immigration history, triggering a wave of scrutiny and fear across the Punjabi trucking community. The latest horrific incident…
From putting on new clothes to lighting diyas, bringing gifts for friends and family, and indulging in delicious delicacies, the festive spirit of Diwali is too infectious to miss. And behind all this celebration lies a spiritual connection, one that is deeply rooted in both the Hindu religion and Sikh history. Highlighting the same, Punjabi…
CHANDIGARH: Punjab and Haryana HC has refused to quash a criminal defamation complaint against former Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal by Akhand Kirtani Jatha (AKJ) spokesperson Rajinder Pal Singh, and directed the trial before a Chandigarh court may proceed “uninfluenced by its observations”. A bench of Justice Tribhuvan Dahiya held that, prima facie,…
JAMMU: J&K Police have arrested a middle-aged Sikh man in Samba district for allegedly desecrating the Guru Granth Sahib.Police said the alleged “sacrilegious act” was carried out by Manjit Singh alias Billa of Koulpur village in Ramgarh at a local gurdwara. He allegedly used some inflammable oil to set ablaze the holy text late Tuesday…
Representative image (Picture credit: AP) LONDON: A British Sikh organisation has threatened to take legal action against the UK government over a potential new definition of Islamophobia and the decision to appoint a working group to develop one, pointing out that any government-backed definition risks discriminating against other faiths.The Network of Sikh organisations (NSO), an…
