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The Sikh Awards 2016 to honor global Sikh excellence given away in London

Nov 24, 2016 - 1:27 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

LONDON (TIP): Mr. Bob Singh Dhillon, Founder, President and CEO of Mainstreet Equity Corp, Canada’s highest performing real estate company with assets valued over $1.5 billion, was named Business Man of the Year at the […]

Hate Crime Charges Slapped On Man For Throwing Drink On Sikh

Oct 24, 2016 - 5:42 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

Los Angeles: Hate Crime charges have been filed against a 40-year-old man who racially abused a Sikh and threw a drink at him, mistaking him for a Muslim. The Kern County District Attorney’s Office filed misdemeanor […]

Sikh Techie Beaten, Hair Cut With Knife In Alleged Hate Crime In California

Oct 11, 2016 - 1:44 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

RICHMOND (KTVU) — A national group is urging that authorities pursue hate charges for two men who allegedly attacked a Richmond man apparently because of his religious beliefs. The Sikh Coalition, a national group, sent […]

Sikh man shot dead in Afghanistan

Oct 7, 2016 - 10:21 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

PESHAWAR (TIP): A Sikh man was abducted from his home and gunned down by suspected militants in Afghanistan‘s restive Nangarhar province bordering Pakistan, a media report said. Sardar Rawail Singh, who lived in Jalalabad, was […]

No Exception On Helmet Rules For Sikh Workers In Canada: Quebec Court

Sep 27, 2016 - 11:26 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

TORONTO: Three Sikh truck drivers have been ordered to wear hard hats at work by a Canadian court which ruled that no exception can be made for them as the men lost a 10-year-long legal […]

Indian American Sikh Woman Soldier is Army’s ‘Un-official Diplomat’

Sep 23, 2016 - 10:10 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

CHAUBATIA, UTTARAKHAND (TIP): An Indian American US Army staffer Balreet Kaur Khaira is changing the way Indians are seen and has grown more than an asset for the force, especially when they are in conflict […]

Ex-Soldier Jailed For Racially Abusing Sikh Neighbours In UK

Sep 19, 2016 - 10:29 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

A 51-year-old former British soldier has been jailed for 10 months for racially abusing his women Sikh neighbours by calling them “ISIS slags” and “dirty Pakis”. Christopher Blurton was found guilty at Derby Crown Court […]

FBI to track hate crimes against Sikhs, Hindus

A look at Racial Attacks on Sikhs post 9/11

Sep 16, 2016 - 6:38 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

September 15, 2001: Balbir Singh Sodhi, a 49-year-old Sikh man in Mesa, Arizona, is shot and killed outside his gas station. The shooter, Frank Silva Roque, sought revenge for the 9/11 attacks and mistook Sodhi […]

A 62-Year-Old Sikh Cab Driver Models for a Fashion Brand and Rocks it!

Sep 16, 2016 - 4:55 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW YORK CITY (TIP): Very rarely do we see people picked up at random from the streets for a modelling gig for a big fashion brand. We might be secretly wishing for the same, but […]

Guinness World Record for bearded woman Harnaam Kaur

Sep 16, 2016 - 4:06 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

SLOUGH, UK (TIP): A model with six-inch long facial hair has become the youngest woman in the world to have a full beard, according to the Guinness World Records. Body positivity campaigner Harnaam Kaur, 24, […]

The photography exhibition ‘Sikh Project’ will run from September 17-25. Photo courtesy: Facebook page of The Sikh Coalition

Sikh faith Exhibition to open in NY as US marks 9/11 anniversary

Sep 11, 2016 - 11:23 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW YORK CITY (TIP): A Sikh subway driver who saved countless lives by reversing a train headed for ground zero on 9/11 and a decorated Sikh-American Army veteran are among the several men and women […]

HARDEEP WALIA TO BE THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT ECOSIKH GALA EVENT IN WASHINGTON

Aug 26, 2016 - 8:34 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON DC (TIP): Hardeep Singh Walia, CEO of Motif, based in the Silicon Valley, will be the Keynote Speaker at the EcoSikh Gala event in Washington, DC, on September 18, 2016. EcoSikh Gala gathers over […]

Dr. Harkeerat and Deepta Dhillon (seated, right to left) have established a research award to support Ph.D. students engaged in Sikh and Punjabi Studies in the arts and humanities. Pictured with them are daughters (l-r) Avika and Bani.

Indian American couple donates for Sikh, Punjabi culture research in US

Aug 25, 2016 - 10:06 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON: An Indian-American couple has donated $100,000 to a top American university to support graduate students studying Sikh and Punjabi culture there. The endowment by Harkeerat and Deepta Dhillon to University of California, Riverside, will […]

Mr Jasdip Singh Jasse is the founder of Sikhs of America. (File Photo)

Sikh-Americans Welcome Removal Of 225 Sikhs From Blacklist

Aug 25, 2016 - 7:04 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON: Calling it a “step in the right direction”, Sikh-Americans have welcomed the Indian government’s decision of removing the names of 225 Sikhs from a blacklist. “This is a step in the right direction and […]

US Sikhs Raise $125,000 For National Awareness Campaign

Aug 17, 2016 - 9:17 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

DALLAS, US: The Sikhs in the US city of Denver have raised USD 125,000 for a national campaign to raise awareness about the community, taking the total amount raised so far to USD 575,000. National Sikh […]

Town of Oyster Bay has prohibited the completion of near- finished house of worship, the Sikh Temple in Plainview, to the great resentment in the Sikh community

SIKH TEMPLE FILES FEDERAL LAWSUIT AGAINST TOWN OF OYSTER BAY, NY

Jul 10, 2016 - 1:28 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

PLAINVIEW, NY (TIP): The Guru Gobind Singh Sikh Center of Plainview, New York (the “Temple”) filed, on June 30, 2016, a lawsuit against the Town of Oyster Bay, N.Y., its Town Board, and the individual […]

An Indian Sikh devotee plays a musical instrument as he walks with Punj Pyara holding flags

New Art Exhibit in NYC To Explore Sikh Identity In Post-9/11 US

Jul 2, 2016 - 2:42 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW YORK: A first-ever exhibition exclusively featuring contributions of the Sikh-Americans to the US will open in New York next month aiming to spread awareness about Sikhs in the wake of numerous hate crimes against […]

‘They Called Me Osama’: An Amazing Sikh Documentary, to teach people about Sikh Religion

Jun 25, 2016 - 2:05 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW YORK (TIP): Sikhs have had to deal with racism and discrimination ever since members of the faith arrived in America more than 125 years ago. But prejudice against this religious group has taken an […]

Mobile App On Sikh Heritage In Singapore Launched

Jun 16, 2016 - 2:54 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

SINGAPORE: A mobile app exploring Sikhs’ history in Singapore has been launched in Singapore, according to media reports. Partially funded by the National Heritage Board, the Sikh Heritage Trail app was developed by Ishvinder Singh, a […]

In a First, Sikh Sworn-In As Police Officer In Modesto, California

Jun 16, 2016 - 2:49 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

A 28-year-old Sikh man has been sworn in as the first officer from the community who can wear his turban and beard on work despite grooming policy that requires officers to be clean shaven in […]

Sikh-Americans fear backlash after Orlando shooting

Jun 13, 2016 - 12:04 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

Sikh-Americans, who have faced hate crimes after every major terror attack, are fearing a backlash following the Orlando gay club shooting, even as the Obama Administration has assured them of their safety. In a bid […]

OPERATION BLUESTAR: 32 YEARS ON, PAINFUL SCARS REMAIN

Jun 6, 2016 - 8:46 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

It’s often described as a watershed moment in Indian history-the government of the day ordering a military assault on Sikhism’s holiest shrine, unleashing a chain of events that included a rare revolt in the disciplined Indian […]

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers a formal apology for the Komagata Maru incident in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada, on May 18.

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Apologizes in House of Commons for the Komagata Maru incident more than a century ago

May 20, 2016 - 5:06 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

OTTAWA (TIP): Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has formally apologized in the House of Commons for the Komagata Maru incident in 1914, in which hundreds of Sikh, Muslim and Hindu passengers were denied entry to Canada […]

U.S. Army Acquiesces, Grants Accommodations to Three More Sikh Soldiers

Apr 15, 2016 - 1:47 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

The U.S. Army granted three observant Sikh American soldiers religious accommodation April 8, permitting them to serve with their articles of faith intact. The recent enlistees had sued the Army and the Pentagon to get an answer […]

Elderly Sikh couple attacked in US; robbery suspected

Apr 7, 2016 - 2:38 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

San Francisco, April 6 | In yet another case of violence against Sikhs in California‘s Fresno city, a elderly Sikh man was left bloodied and bruised after armed robbers attacked him while he was taking a walk […]

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