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{{Newsbit|daily-news/72-year-old-sikh-to-walk-500-miles-for-funds-in-cancer-research|72-Year-Old Sikh To Walk 500 Miles For Funds In Cancer Research|BobbyGrewal.jpg|A 72-year-old [[Sikh]], Balwant 'Bobby' Singh Grewal started a 500-mile walk from Edinburgh to London to raise one million pounds for research into bowel cancer.}}
{{Newsbit|people/inside-and-outside|Inside and Outside.|Nanak.jpg|The [[Almighty]] created this entire universe and then took residence in every particle of it. He is present in everything and is also beyond it. This perfect natural engineering is prevalent everywhere}}
{{Newsbit|daily-news/tragic-memory-operation-blue-star-op-ed|Tragic memory of 'Operation Blue Star'|Akal-takhat-Collage2.jpg|June 5 and June 6 are reminders of the ''"Operation Blue Star"'' when Indian military, led by ''General Kuldip Singh Brar'', launched attack on the [[Golden Temple]], the holiest shrine of Sikhs in 1984, to arrest [[Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale]], the only leader who had been boldly fighting for the rights of Sikhs.}}


{{Newsbit|people/sikh-foundation-endows-chair-ucr|Sikh Foundation Endows Chair at UCR.|Pashura%20Singh-225x300.jpg|With contributions from the Saini Foundation and a number of individuals, the Sikh Foundation has endowed the Dr. Jasbir Singh Saini Chair in Sikh and Punjabi (Language) Studies at the University of California, Riverside.}}
{{Newsbit|people/sikh-foundation-endows-chair-ucr|Sikh Foundation Endows Chair at UCR.|Pashura%20Singh-225x300.jpg|With contributions from the Saini Foundation and a number of individuals, the Sikh Foundation has endowed the Dr. Jasbir Singh Saini Chair in Sikh and Punjabi (Language) Studies at the University of California, Riverside.}}
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{{Newsbittot|news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7425203.stm|What is karma?|Bbc stonedalai-s.png|Sharon Stone claims the earthquake in China is the result of bad karma for its treatment of Tibetans. Is her definition - "when you are not nice, bad things happen to you" - correct?}}
{{Newsbittot|news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7425203.stm|What is karma?|Bbc stonedalai-s.png|Sharon Stone claims the earthquake in China is the result of bad karma for its treatment of Tibetans. Is her definition - "when you are not nice, bad things happen to you" - correct?}}
 
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{{Newsbit|people/forgiveness-path-contentment|Forgiveness: the Path of Contentment|Sukhvir.jpg|In  November 2007 a Seattle Sikh taxi-driver, Sukhvir Singh was brutally attacked by a drunken man named Luis Vazquez. Luis had been placed in Sukhvir’s taxi by two police officers, after he had been denied entry into Husky Stadium...}}
{{Newsbit|people/forgiveness-path-contentment|Forgiveness: the Path of Contentment|Sukhvir.jpg|In  November 2007 a Seattle Sikh taxi-driver, Sukhvir Singh was brutally attacked by a drunken man named Luis Vazquez. Luis had been placed in Sukhvir’s taxi by two police officers, after he had been denied entry into Husky Stadium...}}


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{{Newsbit|daily-news/sikhs-france-plan-new-school-combat-turban-ban|Sikhs in France plan new school to combat turban ban|turban-video.jpg|TURBAN ROW: Sikhs are preparing to beat the French ban on the turban by opening schools.}}
{{Newsbit|daily-news/sikhs-france-plan-new-school-combat-turban-ban|Sikhs in France plan new school to combat turban ban|turban-video.jpg|TURBAN ROW: Sikhs are preparing to beat the French ban on the turban by opening schools.}}
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{{Newsbit|people/a-rich-sikh%E2%80%99s-quest-seva|A Rich Sikh’s Quest for Seva|PavanjitKaur.jpg|The Sikh Human Development Foundation has been increasing its fundraising every year}}
{{Newsbit|people/a-rich-sikh%E2%80%99s-quest-seva|A Rich Sikh’s Quest for Seva|PavanjitKaur.jpg|The Sikh Human Development Foundation has been increasing its fundraising every year}}



Revision as of 15:35, 9 June 2008

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72-Year-Old Sikh To Walk 500 Miles For Funds In Cancer Research

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A 72-year-old Sikh, Balwant 'Bobby' Singh Grewal started a 500-mile walk from Edinburgh to London to raise one million pounds for research into bowel cancer...... → read more
Inside and Outside.

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The Almighty created this entire universe and then took residence in every particle of it. He is present in everything and is also beyond it. This perfect natural engineering is prevalent everywhere..... → read more
Tragic memory of 'Operation Blue Star'

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June 5 and June 6 are reminders of the "Operation Blue Star" when Indian military, led by General Kuldip Singh Brar, launched attack on the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine of Sikhs in 1984, to arrest Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, the only leader who had been boldly fighting for the rights of Sikhs...... → read more
Sikh Foundation Endows Chair at UCR.

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With contributions from the Saini Foundation and a number of individuals, the Sikh Foundation has endowed the Dr. Jasbir Singh Saini Chair in Sikh and Punjabi (Language) Studies at the University of California, Riverside...... → read more
One Light broadcast worldwide on free-to-air satellite channel

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SMTV (Supreme Master TeleVision) a free-to-air spiritual and constructive satellite channel based out of LA, California will broadcast One Light, along with an interview with the teen director, Angad Singh, on Thursday June 5th 2008...... → read more
Sikh-owned Akal Security Awarded $1.18 Billion NASA Contract

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Coastal International Security, Inc. (Coastal), a wholly owned subsidiary of Akal Security, Inc. (Akal), has been awarded a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) contract amounting to a total of $1.18 billion ..... → read more
Jatinder Singh joins the technical elite.

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A British Telecommunications man has become one of the most highly-qualified Cisco network engineers in the world after attaining a rare combination of accreditations from the US internet equipment giant...... → read more
Sikhs Take French Turban Ban to the European Court

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UNITED SIKHS lawyers announced today that they filed a legal challenge last Friday to the French law which banned the turban in public schools in 2004. The cases before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg will be the first against France..... → read more
The Chattri Memorial Service.

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This weekend the quiet village of Patcham near Brighton plays host to the annual Chattri Memorial Service - dedicated to the Indian soldiers who fought on the Western Front during the First World War...... → read more
Anurag Singh is director of Sikh Itihas Board.

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Concerned over the controversies over the Sikh history, the SGPC has cleared the appointment of Dr Anurag Singh, a Sikh scholar, as director of the Sikh Itihas Board. Dr Singh, who is at present the manager with Punjab and Sind Bank, Ludhiana, would take over..... → read more
Komagata Maru apology delivered to loud jaikara

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Amid shouts of "Bole So Nihal", Canada's British Columbia provincial assembly in Victoria city formally apologised for the Komagata Maru tragedy involving the treatment of South Asian passengers aboard the Komagata Maru after they were denied entry to Canada in 1914...... → read more
Sikh policeman to receive £70,000 compensation

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The Metropolitan police has been ordered to pay £70,000 compensation to a Sikh policeman after turning him down for promotion in 2005. An employment tribunal ruled last year that Detective Sergeant Gurpal Virdi was victimised........ → read more
First ever album of Partaal launched in the UK.

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On Sunday the 25th of May, Thames Valley University contributed to a historic event which took place at Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara Southall to commemorate the unique contribution of the fourth Guru to the heritage of Sikh music...... → read more
What is karma?
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Sharon Stone claims the earthquake in China is the result of bad karma for its treatment of Tibetans. Is her definition - "when you are not nice, bad things happen to you" - correct?..... → read more

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