Former pupil claims monks at closed boys’ school Fort Augustus Abbey committed ‘systematic, brutal, awful torture’Police are investigating allegations of abuse at a Catholic boarding school in the Scottish Highlands, following complaints of a brutal re…
Indian Catholic School Bans Turban and Excludes Sikh Students
Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir, India: A 107 year old Catholic school in Jammu and Kashmir banned the turban and excluded some 40 Sikh students from classes for wearing the turban last week. The St Joseph’s Higher Secondary School in Baramulla, 50 km from the State Capital, Srinagar, which has about 300 Sikh students, imposed the
Statement by NDP MP Jasbir Sandhu (Surrey North), on the anniversary of the Komagata Maru incident
Canada: Today marks the day in 1914 when the Komagata Maru, a ship carrying 376 Indian passengers arrived in Vancouver seeking refuge. Due to discriminatory laws, passengers were prevented from disembarking and the ship remained in Burrard Inlet for two months before it was sent back. While the ship was in port, passengers were denied
Another weather shield for devotees at Golden Temple
Amritsar, Punjab: To facilitate a shed for the devotees visiting the Golden Temple in harsh summers, a weather shield will be put up near Gurdwara Lachi Ber in the Golden Temple Complex. A weather shield has already been installed on the causeway leading to the sanctum sanctorum. The work for the installation of the new
PPCB raids an eyewash: Seechewal
Patiala, Punjab: The board is biased and its functioning lacks transparency, says the environmentalist. Alleging that the functioning of the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) was completely biased and lacked transparency, noted environmentalist Balbir Singh Seechewal said that it was high time the PPCB officials “pulled up their socks and acted in a professional manner” to check
Memorial for genocide hit at Rakabganj Sahib
New Delhi: The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) today decided to construct a memorial for the 1984 Sikh genocide victims on the premises of Gurdwara Rakabganj Sahib. The DSGMC president, Manjit Singh (GK), said a committee consisting of architects and Sikh historians would decide the shape of the memorial. About 14,000 Sikhs are believed to
Despite Takht edict, SGPC member visits dera
Muktsar, Punjab: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) member Navtej Singh Kauni and some Akali leaders yesterday attended “naam charcha” organised by Dera Sacha Sauda at Bhullar village in the Gidderbaha assembly segment, flouting the Akal Takht edict in this regard. There has been a tussle between a section of Sikhs and dera followers since 2007
Minority representation: Sikh assembly aspirant lays bare his plans
Peshawar, Pak: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf nominee for minority seat in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Assembly, Dr Suran Singh, promises to work for religious freedom and harmony in the province. Singh, 59, a practitioner of alternative medicine, belongs to Bacha Kalay, a village in Pir Baba, District Buner. Sikhs living in the area have been forced to migrate due
Ik Onkar satnam…
India: When I cast my look around, I see none other. He pervades all places, and abides in all hearts”, says Guru Nanak. The whole universe is a manifestation of His divine power — He, the only Truth; He the only reality; He the One and no other is the main theme in the hymns
Hero police officer of US Gurdwara shootout announces retirement
Washington, USA: Brian Murphy, the police officer who was shot 12 times by the lone gunman as he tried to save Sikh worshippers from the unprovoked firing at a Wisconsin Gurdwara last year, has announced his retirement. Murphy told the local WISN TV that he submitted his resignation yesterday and would retire on June 12, ending
DSGMC to erect memorial for Sikh Genocide victims
Amritsar, Punjab: After construction of a memorial to Operation Bluestar at the Golden Temple by Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, now Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) is all set to build a memorial at Gurdwara Rakabganj in Delhi for Sikh genocide victims of 1984. DSGMC president Manjit Singh GK told TOI on Tuesday that he had
