Tag: Sikh

KOLKATA: The West Bengal Police on Tuesday accused BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, the leader of the opposition in the Bengal assembly, of calling a Sikh IPS officer a "Khalistani", prompting a strong reaction from CM Mamata Banerjee, who said BJP's "divisive politics" had "shamelessly overstepped constitutional boundaries." Adhikari has ...

Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Feb 16: Expressing concern over the absence of Sikh members in autonomous bodies like, J&K Public Service Commission (JKPSC) and J&K Service Selection Board (SSB), All Parties Sikh Coordination Committee (APSCC), Kashmir has impressed upon the Lt Governor Manoj Sinha to appoint ...

Manila, Philippines – “Don’t treat this like a full dinner. Only take small portions,” a mother warns her son as he reaches for a second helping of zarda – saffron-hued, sweetened rice topped with heaps of raisins and cashews – on the crowded buffet-style table at the Khalsa Diwan Temple ...

How did we find out?: Using InVID, a video verification tool, we divided the viral video into multiple keyframes and ran reverse image searches on them. One result showed us a report by news organisation Zee Punjab Haryana Himachal's verified Facebook page, which carried a clearer version of the ...

LONDON: Nearly one lakh British Sikhs chose Sikh as their ‘ethnicity’ in England’s most recent census, even though they could have selected ‘British Indian’ as ethnicity.The Office of National Statistics (ONS) for the first time on Friday published the data on people who identified as Sikhs in the 2021 ...

Jammu, Dec 13: Detailed rules were framed by the Jammu and Kashmir administration for registration of marriages under Anand Marriage Act, which provides statutory recognition to marriage rituals of Sikhs, fulfilling their long-standing demand to not have to solemnise their marriages under the Hindu Marriage Act.‘Jammu and Kashmir Anand ...

Director Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Animal has been divisive film; on the one hand, it is making a killing at the box office, but on the other, it’s drawing criticism for its glorification of toxic masculinity. Now, the controversy has reached the floor of the Rajya Sabha, with Congress MP ...

NEW DELHI —  The U.S. has charged an Indian national in what prosecutors allege was a failed plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist at the behest of an unnamed Indian government official. The charges announced Wednesday against an Indian national arrested in June in Europe come two months after ...

US prosecutors are accusing an agent of India’s government of directing a plot to assassinate a US citizen of Sikh faith who sought an independent Sikh state. That plot, in New York, was thwarted, but another one allegedly carried out around the same time against an associate in British ...

The United States Department of Justice has announced charges against an Indian man accusing him of working for the Indian government to carry out the planned assassination of a Sikh separatist leader in New York. The formal allegations on Wednesday, linking the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ...