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{{Newsbit|daily-news/i-refused-kill-sikh-fighters-taken-custody-gen-jamwal|"I refused to kill Sikh fighters.." - Gen Jamwal|Jamwal-1.jpg|''Major-Gen J.S. Jamwal (retd)'', then General Officer Commanding (GOC), 15 Infantry Division claimed that he had refused to accept the advice of two senior Army officers to kill the militants taken into custody during [[Operation Bluestar]].}}
{{Newsbit|daily-news/sikh-and-hindu-officers-a-new-era-pakistan-army|Pakistani Sikh and Hindu officers usher in a new era|Pakistan-Army-cropped-225x3.jpg|Hercharin Singh, 23 is [[Pakistan|Pakistan's]] first [[Sikh]] officer and a symbol of the changing face of its army. Dressed in a smart khaki uniform and sporting a solitary star on his shoulder, Lieutenant Singh cannot help suppress the sense of pride he feels..}}
{{Newsbit|daily-news/402-martyrdom-of-fifth-sikh-guru-sri-guru-arjan-devji-observed-uppuguda|402nd Martyrdom Of Guru Arjan Dev Observed at Uppuguda|Darbar-225x300.jpg|The 402nd [[Martyrdom of Guru Arjan|Martyrdom of Guru Arjan, the fifth Sikh Guru]] is marked with a colourful procession ([[Nagar Kirtan]]) from [[Gurdwara]], Sikh Chawni, Nalebagh, Uppuguda, [[Hyderabad]] when hundreds of [[Sikh]] and others took part in the chanting of [[Gurbani]] [[Kirtan]].}}
{{Newsbit|daily-news/maylasia-the-57th-gurdwara-cup-pictures|Maylasia - The 57th Gurdwara Cup in Pictures|hockey.jpg|Malaysian [[Sikh]]s hosted the 57th Gurdwara Cup in Seremban, Negri Sembilan recently. The Sports Carnival, which has been hosted by various states in Malaysia without a break for 57 years, saw Sikhs competing in hockey..}}


{{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|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.}}
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{{Newsbit|daily-news/anurag-singh-director-sikh-itihas-board|Anurag Singh is director of Sikh Itihas Board.|SikhHistory.jpg|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}}
{{Newsbit|daily-news/anurag-singh-director-sikh-itihas-board|Anurag Singh is director of Sikh Itihas Board.|SikhHistory.jpg|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}}
 
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{{Newsbit|daily-news/komagata-maru-apology-delivered-loud-jaikara|Komagata Maru apology delivered to loud jaikara|Komagata-Maru-1.jpg|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.}}
{{Newsbit|daily-news/komagata-maru-apology-delivered-loud-jaikara|Komagata Maru apology delivered to loud jaikara|Komagata-Maru-1.jpg|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.}}


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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...}}



Revision as of 16:17, 9 June 2008

Sikhnet news

"I refused to kill Sikh fighters.." - Gen Jamwal

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Major-Gen J.S. Jamwal (retd), then General Officer Commanding (GOC), 15 Infantry Division claimed that he had refused to accept the advice of two senior Army officers to kill the militants taken into custody during Operation Bluestar...... → read more
Pakistani Sikh and Hindu officers usher in a new era

Pakistan-Army-cropped-225x3.jpg

Hercharin Singh, 23 is Pakistan's first Sikh officer and a symbol of the changing face of its army. Dressed in a smart khaki uniform and sporting a solitary star on his shoulder, Lieutenant Singh cannot help suppress the sense of pride he feels....... → read more
402nd Martyrdom Of Guru Arjan Dev Observed at Uppuguda

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The 402nd Martyrdom of Guru Arjan, the fifth Sikh Guru is marked with a colourful procession (Nagar Kirtan) from Gurdwara, Sikh Chawni, Nalebagh, Uppuguda, Hyderabad when hundreds of Sikh and others took part in the chanting of Gurbani Kirtan...... → read more
Maylasia - The 57th Gurdwara Cup in Pictures

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Malaysian Sikhs hosted the 57th Gurdwara Cup in Seremban, Negri Sembilan recently. The Sports Carnival, which has been hosted by various states in Malaysia without a break for 57 years, saw Sikhs competing in hockey....... → read more
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

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