CANADA : Celebrating Canada’s 150th birthday anniversary, technology giant Apple took to the front page of YouTube with a Sikh personality as the centerpiece and using his voice over for the clip. Humble the Poet aka Kanwer Singh from Toronto is a known Sikh rapper and YouTube channel presenter and is the selected face for […]
AMRITSAR SAHIB : With the imposition of GST (Goods & Services Tax) in India from July 1, some of the prominent Sikh shrines in Punjab are likely bear more financial burden. Currently, the Punjab government has exempted the sanctum sanctorum Sri Harmandir Sahib and Takht Sahibans from VAT (Value Added Tax) on purchase of any […]
Ropar : The SGPC today passed a resolution seeking an apology from Speaker Rana KP Singh over the “turban tossing” incident in the Assembly. The executive committee of the Sikh body held a meeting in this regard at Gurdwara Bhatha Sahib here. Addressing mediapersons, SGPC president Kirpal Singh Badungar said Rana was responsible for the […]
Canberra, June 24 : Indian-origin Sikh human rights advocate Palbinder Kaur Shergill has been appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of British Columbia in New Westminster. Shergill is the first turbaned Sikh to be appointed to the judiciary in Canada, the World Sikh Organisation (WSO) of Canada said, news portal Voice Online reported. Jody […]
New York : A Sikh-American scholar at the New York University was allegedly called “Osama” by a teenager, in a fresh incident of apparent racial discrimination against members of the community. Simran Jeet Singh, a post-doctoral fellow at NYU’s Center for Religion and Media and a senior religion fellow for advocacy group Sikh Coalition, recalled the […]