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Sikh deligation to meet European commission staff responsible for policy on search of Sikh turbans at Airport By DALJEET SINGH http://www.sikhsiyasat.net/2013/01/24/5936-sikh-deligation-to-meet-european-commission-staff-responsible-for-policy-on-search-of-sikh-turbans-at-airport/ Earlier...

The Government wants to stop the practice of airport security staff searching the turbans of Sikhs using their hands, a minister has said. Transport minister Theresa Villiers said she would also be writing to her counterparts in Europe to ask them to look at alternatives to searching turbans by...

Sikh Organizations Coordinating Joint Action (Washington, DC) October 22, 2010 – Earlier this month, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials told representatives of the Sikh Coalition, UNITED SIKHS, Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF), that Sikhs should now...

KENT NEWS: Sikh men upset at having their turbans manhandled by airport security staff have won the backing of Tory MP Gareth Johnson. Regulations introduced by the European Union in April mean followers of the Asian religion can now be asked to unravel their headwear or have it ‘patted...

Sikhs travelling through Britain's aiports will no longer undergo 'humiliating' searches of their turbans following fierce criticism of the policy. Just two months ago security staff were told they could pat down and unravel a sikh's turban if the metal detector bleeped as they walked...

Like all practicing Sikhs, Gurpreet Singh Tuteja wears his turban as a sacred symbol of his faith and its values of discipline and austerity. Every morning, the Arlington County business consultant winds a long bolt of black or saffron cloth tightly around his uncut hair, where it remains until...

Patiala, June 26: The Punjab Sports Department is conducting two-day trials at the Punjabi University here for selecting meritorious sportspersons from the affiliated colleges of Punjabi University. More...