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  1. Victory! NYPD Officially Reverses "No Turban" Policy Sikhs to Serve in NYPD with Turbans and Beards for the First Time (Thursday, July 29, 2004) The New York City Police Department (NYPD) will allow Sikhs to serve as officers with their turbans and uncut beards. The Sikh Coalition and Panthic Cause will hold a joint press conference today to announce the reinstatement of Jasjit Singh (Jaggi) and Amric Singh (Rathour) as traffic enforcement agents in the NYPD. Over two years ago, Jasjit Singh and Amric Singh were hired as traffic enforcement agents with the NYPD. They were ordered to remove their turbans and trim their beards because of the NYPD's uniform policy. When they refused to do so, the NYPD fired Amric Singh and forced Jasjit Singh to resign. In response, the Sikh Coalition and Panthic Cause began campaigns to abolish the NYPD's no-turbans rule. In 2002, the Coalition retained an attorney to represent Amric Singh and filed a federal lawsuit against the NYPD on his behalf. Since then, the Coalition and Amric's attorney have submitted over 250 pages of legal filings on behalf of Amric. "In the years ahead, I hope that young and qualified Sikhs will look at joining the NYPD and serving alonside New York's finest. This dream is what motivated me to apply to become an NYPD officer. I am happy that I have played a humble part in making it a reality." said Amric Singh. Almost simultaneously, Pritam Singh Bindra, President of Panthic Cause, filed a complaint with the New York City Human Rights Commission on behalf of Jasjit Singh. The Coalition would like to commend Pritam Singh Bindra for his tireless efforts on behalf of Jasjit Singh and the Sikh community. On June 29, 2004, the New York City Commission on Human Rights issued a final Decision and Order calling on the NYPD to allow Jasjit Singh to serve with his turban and beard. The NYPD had until July 29, 2004 to appeal the Human Rights Commission's decision. The NYPD also had until August 4, 2004 to file its final motions in Amric Singh's federal court lawsuit. By deciding to not appeal the Human Rights Commission decision, the NYPD has effectively decided to allow Sikhs to serve with their turbans and beards "Every Sikh should feel proud of their heritage and contribute their best effort to serve as ambassadors of our great religion," said Pritam Singh Bindra For more information, including copies of the relevant legal documents and statements issued at today's press conference, please go to: www.sikhcoalition.org/SikhsInNYPD.asp. News Coverage New York Times NY Newsday Breaking News Sikh graduates from Reserve Sheriff’s Deputy Training in Los Angeles County. Jasjit Singh at graduation ceremony to become a reserve Sheriff’s Deputy in Los Angeles County on July 26, 2004. For more information, contact the California Sikh Council.
  2. haha gagan u sound like a commerical
  3. hahah bhagat wanted to get back at gagan ..... try this pic .... gagan at amitoj when they were 4 gagan is the one on the left
  4. oh man i hope it wasnt chardi kala ...... he stayed in sikhi? never cut his hair? he doesnt follow rehat.... daam it he is a playboy" ........ never cut his hair ..... look at his dhari.....trimed ~ gatta love these peep
  5. http://www.akj.org/multimedia/Toronto/2004...6toro098sat.mp3 thats^ the winamp link for satgur parmeshar mera
  6. can also be seen in bhagats avtaar standin on the left of bhai sahib jeevan singh
  7. Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa! Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!! sikh sangat's very own karen kaur took amrit today ......... CONGRADS!!!
  8. jahkara kushia da balvay fateh pavey aakal purak ta kalgehaar wale damesh pita chite ah chadara wale baja chite khoria wale guru gobind singh ji khande valle amrit da pita ta shaheeda de maan no pavay nihal hojava sat sri akal !!!!!!!!
  9. jahkara kushia da balvay fateh pavey aakal purak ta kalgehaar wale damesh pita chite ah chadara wale baja chite khoria wale guru gobind singh ji khande valle amrit da pita ta shaheeda de maan no pavay nihal hojava sat sri akal !!!!!!!!
  10. hahah singha iam waiting for the MPx300 or nextel Motorola i933
  11. missed toronto .......... gatta at least make it to the local
  12. i shall post my pic very soon gimmi like a day or 2
  13. all ways have my head covered with at least 1 or 2 dastars at all times
  14. hahaha i was jokin ...... just given them a motive to post and most of them wanna post them but are a lil shy or just tryin to get there dhumalla perfect
  15. hahaha i am pretty sure members like karen kaur , theturbanator, smartersingh24, sikh4life and a whole list will be postin soon.... ..... or i will
  16. more pics from the forum members......... otha wise i will start postin there pics for them
  17. kool banner.......... keep up the good work sevadhars :TH:
  18. i have believed in aliens and ufo's for like ever .... good to know i am not the only one
  19. bina shaster kesang nirang bhed jano
  20. Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa! Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!! gurmukhi is wat our gurus said,tought us, and wat gurbani is writen in .... gurmukhi is composed of many languages. there are sooooooo many languages just in SGGS ji maharaj. SGGS ji wasnt just writen for sikhs but for every one. thus it was writen in many languages so people could understand wat was writen.
  21. my 100th time sayin happy bday?
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