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National Sikh Conference draws record crowds
	The Sikh National Conference: “Taking Heritage into the 21st Century,” a two-day series of lectures, panel discussions, film screenings and photo exhibits, all celebrating the addition of more than 80 Sikh volumes to the library's collection....... → read more

Amrit Kaur, Sikh leader dies, leaving a powerful legacy
	Amrit Kaur, the pillar of Guru Gobind Singh Foundation and who has contributed tremendously for the entire community in America, died Sunday, June 14, 2009, at Johns Hopkins Hospital. She was the current president of the Interfaith........ → read more

From Punjab to Alice … via RMIT
	RMIT University graduate Deepinder Singh is living his dream in the Australian outback after a temporary placement at Alice Springs Hospital turned into a life-changing adventure. Mr Singh, who had never travelled outside of India before....... → read more

Swine flu claims life of young Sikh girl
	Within minutes, 6-year-old Rubjit Thindal went from happily chatting in the backseat of the car to collapsing and dying in her father's arms. "If we had known it was so serious, we would have called 911," Kuldip Thindal, Rubjit's distraught mother, said in Punjabi yesterday. .....read more

Sikh MP shames Parliament on Bluestar awards
	Sikh MP Tarlochan Singh, the former chairman of National Commission for Minorities in India, asked why were gallantry awards given to Indian Army officers after Operation Bluestar. "They were given because they had killed Sikhs," .....read more

More Sikhs arrive for Ranjit Singh’s anniversary
	A group of 105 Sikh yatris (pilgrims) arrived by a special train on Sunday to observe the 170th death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. ETPB Additional Secretary, Siddique Khurram and GPCP member Sardar Sham Singh received the yatris at the Wagha Railway Station .....read more

U.S. Police Chiefs Reaffirm Acceptance of 5Ks
	Police Chief Richard Doscher confirmed: "We have no policy which precludes an employee of the Sikh faith from wearing a turban or beard (or possession of a kirpan) during their employment with us."..... → read more

Sikhs Challenge U.S. Army's Ban on Turbans
	Kalsi and Second Lt. Tejdeep Singh Rattan, are the centerpieces of an advocacy campaign launched by the Sikh Coalition as it tries to persuade the US Army to let them serve without sacrificing their articles of faith..... → read more

In Punjab - drug addicts’ kids get a chance
	Maqboolpura, a slum on the outskirts of the Indian city Amritsar is known as a “place of widows,” because the multitude of drug addicts there that die from their fatal habit leave behind traumatised spouses and children...... → read more

Third US Sikh-Catholic Dialogue Retreat
	Representatives of the World Sikh Council and the US Conference of Catholic Bishops met May 29-31, 2009 at St. Therese’s Retreat Center in Columbus, Ohio for a three-day bilateral inter-religious conference...... → read more

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd
	Activists from an Indian political group shout slogans during a protest against attacks on Indian students, in New Delhi on June 4. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Wednesday warned Indian students..... → read more

EcoSikh
	The Sikh Five Year Plan is the next historic step in the Sikh communities' commitment to walk faithfully alongside the rest of Creation into a future which they believe they can make both better and greener..... → read more

Operation Blue Star: 25 years on
	A quarter of a century ago today, Sikhs all over the world watched in horror as news came in that the Indian government had invaded the Golden Temple, or Harmandir Sahib as it's traditionally known, in Amritsar, Punjab...... → read more

Letter sent by SGPC dated June 2 1984
	Here is produced a copy of the historical letter sent by Sardar Gurcharan Singh Tohra, the then President of the SGPC to Indira Gandhi on 2 June 1984, the day after the assault on the Golden Temple complex .....read more

Singh: the Peanut Prince of Argentina
	The envy of the Argentines is Sardar Simmar Pal Singh. He cultivates 12,000 hectares of peanut and another 5,000 hectares of soya and corn in Rio Cuarto area in Cordoba province, about 1,000 km from Buenos Aires. .....read more

Radio station highlights difficulties for Sikhs
	KQED, Radio Station – – carried a “Perspectives” piece by a debate coach talking about the challenges her Sikh student faces every time he clears security at a U.S. airport. Listen to the audio broadcast..... → read more

Prayer May Reshape Your Brain...
	Scientists have found that the brains of people who spend untold hours in prayer and meditation are different. Scientists are making the first attempts to understand spiritual experience; this new field called "neurotheology,"..... → read more

CA Kirpan Education Bill Passes 59-0 Full Assembly Vote
	"The Sikh community... should not live in fear of arrest by law enforcement for carrying the kirpan." -Assemblymember Warren Furutani. The entire California State Assembly yesterday passed a proposed law....... → read more

Nawa Wear brings clothing on Sikh warriors history
	Nava Wear, a new clothing line, commemorates and celebrates the proud history of the Sikh Regiment by issuing 4 T-shirts for its 2009 Summer collection. A goal of Nava Wear is to promote the proud Sikh and Punjabi world through t-shirt art...... → read more

The Sikh Collection Initiative
	Mark your calendars for June 18 -19 - the Kaur Foundation and the Asian Division of the Library of Congress have teamed up to undertake a unique initiative, to institutionalize knowledge by and about the Sikh community for future generations...... → read more

American Lawmakers Vow to Support the Sikh Drive
	Sat Sri Akal, the traditional Sikh greeting, is how Congressmen from various states, one after the other, came to welcome the Sikhs and also commit to taking action to remove restrictions which preclude Sikhs from serving in the US Armed Forces...... → read more

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