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Houston renames section of tollway after slain Sikh police officer Dhaliwal

A portion of a tollway in Houston was renamed after slain Indian-American police officer Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal who was shot dead on duty during a traffic stop

Sikhs demand inclusion of Punjabi as official language in Jammu and Kashmir

Members of the Sikh community staged a demonstration here on Tuesday, demanding inclusion of Punjabi in the list of official languages in Jammu and Kashmir

200 Sikh families from Afghanistan put up in gurudwaras across Delhi

Close to 200 families belonging to the Sikh Community who have arrived here from Afghanistan have been put up at Gurudwaras that are run by the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee

Sikhs, Hindus endangered minorities in Afghanistan: US Congress resolution

A resolution introduced in the US Congress has sought to resettle these persecuted religious communities from the war-torn country to America

Arranging evacuation of 400 Sikhs, Hindus from Afghanistan: Punjabi body

The World Punjabi Organisation said it is organising charter flights for evacuating over 400 Sikhs and Hindus from Afghanistan

India prepares to bring back 700 more Sikhs facing 'torture' in Afghanistan

The first batch of the Sikh families are living in a gurdwara in Delhi

Govt has assured visas to 600 Sikhs and Hindus from Afghanistan: DSGMC

DSGMC president met External Affairs Ministry officials and claimed that he had been assured that 600 Sikhs and Hindus in Afghanistan will be issued visas by India in the coming days

Pakistan ready to reopen Kartarpur corridor from Monday for Sikh pilgrims

India temporarily suspended the pilgrimage and registration for the Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan on March 16 in view of the coronavirus outbreak

India condemns 'targeted killing' of minority Sikh member in Peshawar

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said Pakistan should stop "prevaricating" and take immediate action to apprehend and give exemplary punishment to the perpetrators of the crime

Imran Khan condemns attack on gurdwara, accuses Modi of attacking Muslims

Gurdwara Nankana Sahib, where the first Guru of Sikhs, Guru Nanak, was born was attacked by a mob and pelted with stones.

BJP holds protest in Delhi against attack on Nankana Sahib Gurdwara

The protestors, raising slogans against Pakistan, were stopped near Chanakyapuri police station

Gurdwara Nankana Sahib untouched, reports of desecration false: Pakistan

Pakistan Foreign Office in a statement said the provincial authorities in the Punjab province have informed that there was a scuffle in the city of Nankana Sahib on Friday between two Muslim groups

Rahul condemns mob attack on Nankana Sahib, says bigotry knows no borders

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday condemned the mob attack on Nankana Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan, saying bigotry is a dangerous, age old poison that knows no borders. Taking to Twitter, Gandhi termed Friday attack reprehensible, and said the only known antidote to bigotry is love, mutual respect and understanding. "The attack on Nankana Sahab is reprehensible & must be condemned unequivocally. Bigotry is a dangerous, age old poison that knows no borders. Love + Mutual Respect + Understanding is its only known antidote," he said in a tweet. A violent mob attacked the Nanakana Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan Friday and pelted it with stones. Nankana Sahib is the birth place of first Sikhguru Guru Nanak Dev.

India strongly condemns vandalism at Gurdwara Nankana Sahib in Pak

The External Affairs Ministry said members of the minority Sikh community in Pakistan have been subjected to acts of violence at the holy city of Nankana Sahib

Sikhs third most targeted religious group in US after Jews, Muslims: FBI

The largest number of hate crimes based on religion were reported against Jews (835), followed by Muslims (188) and Sikhs (60)

Kartarpur: Sikh pilgrims turn up in large numbers, install golden palanquin

A large number of Sikhs from India have visited the Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara in Pakistan and installed a golden palanquin at the shrine. Most of the 1,100 Sikhs, who are in Pakistan to attend the 550th birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Nanak in Nankana Sahib, visited the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur, also known as Kartarpur Sahib, along with Punjab Governor Chaudhry Sarwar and installed the golden palanquin they had brought in with them. The governor said that the Kartarpur Corridor, which has been completed within the stipulated time, will help bring both the countries closer. Meanwhile, the Pakistan government has decided to make it mandatory for the tour operators to have a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the interior ministry to take foreign Sikhs, other than Indians, to the holy site specially the Kartarpur Sahib. "The Sikhs coming from the US, Canada and the European countries have been issued visit visa for Lahore. There are security problems with regard to their

312 Sikh foreign nationals removed from blacklist, they can now visit India

The decision has been taken after a review carried out by different security agencies on the Adverse List or blacklist containing the names of Sikh foreign nationals

Sikhs can continue to carry Kirpans despite tough new UK weapons bill

The bill had been amended late last year to ensure that it would not impact the right of the British Sikh community to possess and supply kirpans, or religious swords

Udta Punjab 2.0: Migrated Sikhs, empty villages a poll dampener

Punjab's declining Sikh population, Khalistani resurgence are issues the parties aren't talking about

Allure of the turban: 80 rare paintings show West's fascination for Sikhs

A collection 80 rare paintings by Western artists from the 19th and 20th centuries depicts the lives of the Sikhs