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There is an urgent need for the Victorian police to have a multicultural wing by giving adequate representation to ethnic communities, says Tim Singh, a Sikh councillor in the Darebin City Council in Victoria, Australia. Of the 11,000-strong Victorian police by the end of 2006, there were only eight Indians in it. Of these eight Indians, four were Sikhs. The number may have come down now as many in the police keep on seeking jobs elsewhere and get back to the areas of their interest, says Tim Singh. “But, now when the number of Indians in general has gone up tremendously, I feel that the Victoria government should encourage members of the Indian community, especially …
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Amritsar, Punjab: Eminent citizens of the state have urged the Union government to review the blacklist which has banned several Punjabi NRIs from visiting India. “There should be an urgent and objective review of the cases of Punjabi NRIs blacklisted in the 1980s and debarred from visiting the country,” said former engineer HS Jatana. “The period of the 1980s was of grave concern to every well-meaning Indian, but many NRIs were blacklisted on the basis of suspicion and their offence remains unsubstantiated,” said Jatana. “All of them have family members and relations in India and would like to visit them for social and other functions. Not being able to visit and join f…
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Amritsar, Punjab: The All India Sikh Students' Federation (AISSF) and US-based organization Sikhs for Justice has jointly initiated a campaign to record the statements of the victims of 1984 anti-Sikh riots by making a video film so as to present it to the UN for creating international pressure on the Indian government to seek justice. A team of the AISSF and Sikhs for Justice organized a camp here on Thursday and recorded the statements of many riot victims. A similar camp would be organised at Mohali tomorrow for the districts of Mohali, Fatehgarh Sahib and Chandigarh (UT). Talking to The Tribune, AISSF president Karnail Singh Peer Mohammad said that these camps would…
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Amritsar, Punjab: The Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of Sikhs, Wednesday directed the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to send a team to Austrian capital Vienna to probe the shootout at a shrine there that left a leader of Dera Sach Khand sect dead in May this year. The decision to ask the SGPC, the mini-parliament of Sikh religion, to send a probe team to Vienna was taken at a meeting of head priests of all five Sikh 'takhts' (seats) held at the Golden Temple complex here Wednesday. "We have asked the SGPC to probe the shootout in Vienna to find if any innocent people were being framed in the incident," Akal Takht chief Gurbachan Singh told IANS. …
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Chandigarh, Punjab: Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee’s (DGMC) chief Paramjit Singh Sarna has dared the Punjab government to register a case against him for his reported statement on providing all legal assistance to the suspects in the case pertaining to the attack on leaders of the Ravi Dass sect in Vienna, Austria. Reiterating the stand of the DGMC, Sarna told The Tribune over the phone that there was no question of any change in the stand taken by him or the Delhi gurdwara body. “We will do our best to provide the Vienna case suspects all possible legal assistance as is possible,” he added. His earlier statement had led to protests and even violent demonstrat…
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Amritsar, Punjab: Approval of changes in the Nanakshahi calendar by the Akal Takht, has expressed the hope that the changed calendar will work as a “catalyst for unity among the Sikhs. These changes will be implemented from March 14, 2010. The direct fallout of the changes in the hitherto widely accepted calendar will be that from March 14 onwards, the dates of important days will hardly remain fixed as was the case in the widely accepted Nanakshahi calendar, based on the solar system and calculations. Few number of Sikh bodies were opposing the changes in the calendar on the plea that these changes would make the calendar resemble the Bikrami calendar. Giani Gurbachan …
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Amritsar, Punjab: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) will sponsor five Sikhs to carry out research at the prestigious Cambridge University. However, the five will be required to maintain their “Sikh identity” - refraining from cutting their hair or trimming their beards, among other things - during the period of their study. “The students can be from any part of the country and they can choose any area of studies. The only condition is that students should be true Sikhs and follow the principles of Sikhism,” SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar told reporters here Thursday. “They have to maintain their Sikh identity, and if they cut their hair and trim thei…
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Jalandhar, Punjab: The Congress and SAD-BJP governments in Punjab failed to properly rehabilitate the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots who migrated to this state. Supreme Court advocate HS Phoolka, who is waging a legal battle for justice to the riot victims, stated this during a visit to Jalandhar today. The SC advocate also said the November ‘84 Carnage Justice Committee filed public interest litigation (PIL) in the Delhi High Court requesting it to constitute a monitoring committee for the anti-Sikh riots on the pattern of the same by the SC for the Gujarat riots. Accompanied by advocate Navkiran Singh and Peer Mohammad, Phoolka said 80 per cent of the anti-Sikh r…
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London, UK: Three people have been arrested in connection with the murder of a Sikh man of Punjabi origin who was stabbed to death while trying to stop two muggers who had snatched a woman's handbag in Barking, east London, on Friday, British police said. Sukhwinder Singh, father of one, was attacked around 7 p.m. while pursuing the pair who had robbed the 28-year-old woman near Barking station. Singh caught up with them after a hot chase but in the subsequent fight he was stabbed, the Metropolitan Police said. The 31-year-old builder, who had been living in Britain for 10 years, was immediately taken to the Royal London Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. A s…
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Sacramento, Ca: UNITED SIKHS and ACLU of Northern California Advocate for Air Travel Without Discrimination. </strong></em>Three internationally renowned Sikh religious musicians have reached a settlement with US Airways one year after they were removed from a flight at the Sacramento International Airport in an incident of racial profiling and discrimination. After the removal, the trio filed a formal complaint with the Department of Transportation. The musicians, Davinder Singh, Gulbag Singh and Iqbal Singh, are classical religious performers who perform in Sikh Gurdwaras (houses of worship) around the world. Sikhs wearing turbans, as the musicians do, have…
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Punjab: The Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) here today honoured the sacked additional head granthi of the Golden Temple at Akal Takht on his retirement. Acting head granthi Giani Jaswinder Singh and SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar honoured Giani Mohan Singh, one of the oldest employees of the SGPC, by presenting him a siropa, shawl, plaque and Rs 11,000 in cash. Giani Mohan Singh offered the reward money to the SGPC for organising langar. Earlier, Giani Mohan Singh, who had also served as Jathedar of Akal Takht for a brief period, was sacked from the post of additional head granthi of Harmandar Sahib for celebrating the golden jubilee of his wedding in …
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New Delhi, India: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition requesting a separate religious identity for Sikhs. The petition filed by J S Sethi said the community which is issued birth certificates under the Hindu law faces an uphill task to explain to the immigration authorities across the globe that the community is different from the Hindus. “It is very difficult to convince the people abroad, especially the immigration authorities, that though they are given birth certificate under the Hindu Marriage Act, they are Sikh by religion,” senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, counsel for the petitioner, told a Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan. He …
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Ludhiana, Punjab: After holding the city to a halt for over a day, Panthic forces lifted their day long dharna Sunday morning but not before announcing a call for Punjab Bandh on December 7. Led by the Sant Samaj and the Damdami Taksal the panthic bodies have however announced that no rail or road traffic will be disrupted and that only shops and business enterprises will be closed during this bandh. Darshan Singh (60) a resident of village Lohara who died yesterday during police firing was cremated here today morning amidst tight security. Darshan Singh had received bullet injuries when the police opened fire at Samrala Chowk to stop supporters of various groups from m…
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Chandigarh, Punjab: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has kept all its options open on the issue of contesting the Haryana Assembly elections to be held on October 13. After holding discussions on these options at the Shimla meeting to be held from September 10 to 12, a final decision will be taken by the party high command on this matter. Talking to The Tribune today, secretary general, SAD, Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa said the SAD had three options with it, with regard to contesting the Haryana Assembly elections. First, whether it should contest the elections on its own, second, whether it should contest the elections in alliance with the BJP as the SAD and the BJP were allia…
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UK: A detective hailing from Punjab, locked in a race battle with UK's Scotland Yard, has lost his appeal against a decision clearing his employer of victimisation. A decision to clear the Metropolitan Police of victimising Detective Sergeant Gurpal Virdi was upheld by the Court of Appeal. The move confirms an earlier decision to revoke 70,000 pounds compensation awarded to the officer in June last year. But 49-year-old Virdi, previously awarded more than 240,000 pounds compensation, has three further employment tribunals pending against Britain's largest force. It means three commissioners, Sir John Stevens, Sir Ian Blair and Sir Paul Stephenson, have overseen compla…
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