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1984 Violence Against Sikhs - “Genocide” Case Presented To US Department of State by Jagdeep Singh http://www.sikhsiyasat.net/2013/02/08/1984-violence-against-sikhs-genocide-case-presented-to-us-department-of-state/ New York, United States: (February 7, 2013):In order to secure support for...

Sikh wins religious accommodation case against AZ Department of Corrections http://www.americanturban.com The Sikh Coalition shared news today of a victory in a recent religious accommodation case in Arizona, in which a Sikh correctional officer employed by the Arizona Department of...

Singapore prisons department to look into the incidents of cutting Sikh inmates hair By Yudhvir Rana, http://www.3news.co.nz/Turban-is-a-sacred-symbol-a-Sikh-MP-says/tabid/423/articleID/285168/Default.aspx AMRITSAR: The issue of cutting of head and facial hair of Sikh jail inmates in...

(Washington, DC, 10/18/2011) – Earlier this fall, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) and SALDEF partnered to create a one of its kind cultural awareness training program for the LVMPD. The online training module is based on the Law Enforcement Partnership Program developed...

APAH, Jan 21 (Bernama) -- The National Service (NS) Training Department is leaving it to the police to get to the bottom of a case where a Sikh NS trainee's hair was cut while he was sleeping. The incident happened at his dormitory at the Sungai Bakap NS training camp in Penang on Sunday...

Sikh News Discussion, Saturday, 24 July 2010 From: “sikh federation” <sikhfederationuk@yahoo.co.uk> To: “egroup SND” <sikh_news_discussion@yahoogroups.com> On 9 July, Bhai Amrik Singh, the Chair of the Sikh Federation (UK), wrote to thank the Rt. Hon. Philip Hammond, the Secretary of State...

49 lakh cases of income tax refunds are pending with the revenue department http://www.taxguru.in/income-tax/49-lakh-cases-of-income-tax-refunds-are-pending-with-the-revenue-department.html The government today said around 49 lakh cases of income tax refunds are pending with the revenue...

UNITED SIKHS Congratulates Our Former Legal Director on His New Position at the United States Department of Justice New York, NY: Harpreet Singh, Esq., former Legal Director of UNITED SIKHS recently joined the U.S. Department of Justice, Community Relations Service as the Regional...

Washington DC, January 19, 2007 – This past Wednesday, January 17, 2006, the Community Relations Service (CRS) of the Department of Justice in partnership with the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF), the largest and oldest Sikh American civil rights and advocacy...

Washington, D.C. November 21, 2006– Yesterday, the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education FDHS Kirpan Posterund (SALDEF) released a poster explaining the Sikh Kirpan, produced in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The poster, entitled Sikh Americans and the...

This article just filed by Associated Press describes a new direction in policy for US Defense. The Pentagon is now considering the employment of legal resident aliens with professional expertise in medical fields and those with language skills that are strategically important. "Struggling to...

The Punjab PWD (B&R) department has decided to introduce the policy of e-tendering and e-procurement from January 2008 to ensure transparency and accountability in the functioning of department. Presiding over the meeting of Executive Board of Punjab Roads Bridges Development Board here on...

Chandigarh, Nov 13 : The Punjab government will build an integrated forest complex with a green building certification at an estimated cost of Rs. 120 million. More...

Chandigarh, Nov 13 (IANS) An eco-friendly building in an integrated forest complex will be the new home of Punjab's forest department. More...

The Punjab government will build an integrated forest complex with a green building certification at an estimated cost of Rs. 120 million. More...

In an effort to spot and train rural youth of the state, the Punjab Sports Department has taken an initiative to involve the rural youth in developing sports culture by organising rural tournaments at block, district and sate level. According to Pargat Singh , Sports Director, Punjab...

A court has directed the police to register a case against three postal department employees for allegedly insulting a Sikh lawyer at Khatozi town in Uttar Pradesh. More...

The Secretary of the Local Bodies Department, Punjab, has issued show- cause notice to the president of the Municipal Council (MC), Mohali, Rajinder Singh Rana for transferring some employees of the council, which was not in his power, and also postponing the invitation for sanitation tenders on...

More than 230 high school students from six countries concluded a year of study in the United States with a visit to Washington by meeting with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, U.S. senators, ambassadors from their home countries and other dignitaries. The students share a wide range of...

More than 230 high school students from six countries concluded a year of study in the United States with a visit to Washington by meeting with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, U.S. senators, ambassadors from their home countries and other dignitaries. The students share a wide range of...