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Chandigarh, Jul 19 (IANS) In an unprecedented decision Tuesday, the Sikh Gurudwara Judicial Commission (SGJC) suspended the all-powerful Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) president Jagir Kaur on corruption charges...

New York, July 4 (IANS) As he turns 70 on July 6, the Dalai Lama has grown far larger than his cause and become a global conscience keeper. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/buddhism/SIG=11hmve33g/*http%3A//in.news.yahoo.com/050704/43/5z7ca.html

New Delhi, June 28 (IANS) A member of the Sikh militant group Babbar Khalsa who was to be used as a human bomb was arrested Tuesday, police said. Police said that Satnam Singh had been prepared by the militant group to be a suicide bomber...

New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) A group of Pakistani Hindu, Sikh, Christian and Muslim delegates is visiting places of worship in Delhi and neighbouring Indian states to give a boost to the bilateral peace process...

Guwahati, June 25 (IANS) June is the month when thousands of Hindu devotees from various parts of the country as well as abroad throng the ancient Kamakhya temple in Assam's main city of Guwahati for the annual Ambubasi Mela...

Lahore, June 17 (IANS) A group of Sikh devotes from India will arrive in Pakistan June 28 to take part in the observance to mark the death anniversary of 19th century Sikh ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh...

Vancouver, June 16 (IANS) The spotlight has once again fallen on Indo-Canadian journalist Tara Singh Hayer, who was murdered in 1998, with applications being invited in Canada for an award named after him...

New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) Punjab Police chief K.P.S. Gill, central minister Jagdish Tytler and Congress leader M.S. Bitta were on the hit list of Sikh terror group Babbar Khalsa International, its arrested chief Jagtar Singh Hawara has revealed...

Chandigarh, June 14 (IANS) Radical Akali leader Simranjit Singh Mann, who had been raising the demand for a separate Sikh homeland in the last few days, was Tuesday arrested on charges of sedition...

Chandigarh, June 3 (IANS) The first week of June every year is a troublesome month for some people in Punjab. This time it is no different and the ghost of Sikh militancy has come to haunt the state again this week...

Vancouver, British Columbia, June 3 (IANS) Police in this Canadian province are looking for suspects who assaulted a 17-year-old Sikh youth whose turban was seized and his hair cut off by five thugs...

Washington, May 28 (IANS) A former co-chair of the India Caucus has added an amendment to a bill in the House of Representatives commending the contributions of Specialist Uday Singh, the first Sikh American to die while fighting in Iraq...

Nankana Sahib (Pakistan), May 13 (IANS) A 70-member Sikh delegation from India Friday reached the birthplace of Guru Nanak, the founder of the Sikh religion, Online news agency reports. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/sikh/SIG=11hc7p7ak/*http%3A//in.news.yahoo.com/050513/43/5yjai.html

New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday said the role of Lt. Gen. (retired) Jagjit Singh Aurora, who died here Tuesday, in the liberation of Bangladesh in 1971 will be remembered with "gratitude and pride"...

New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) For those who thought Punjabi cuisine stopped at butter chicken and dal makhani, a food fest showcasing the repast at a 19th century Sikh ruler's court will come as quite a delectable surprise...

New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Retired Supreme Court judge G.T. Nanavati, who probed the anti-Sikh riots of 1984, has asked the government to reopen cases against a "few politicians" saying investigation against them was not "properly carried out"...

Chandigarh, April 11 (IANS) A court here Monday dropped serious charges against most of the officials and prisoners linked to last year's sensational Burail jailbreak in which three Sikh terrorists had escaped...

Lahore, April 11 (IANS) Around 3,000 Sikh pilgrims from India are to participate in the Baisakhi Mela festivities on Thursday at Hasan Abdal near Rawalpindi. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/sikh/SIG=11hhuvdph/*http%3A//in.news.yahoo.com/050411/43/2koau.html

Chandigarh, April 9 (IANS) The Indian Army will hand over the historic Gobindgarh fort in the heart of Sikh holy city of Amritsar to civil authorities for its upkeep as a heritage site. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/sikh/SIG=11hne16tc/*http%3A//in.news.yahoo.com/050409/43/2kngn.html