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Indian-origin Sikh takes oath as assistant police chief in Connecticut
New York: Lt. Manmeet Colon, a 37-year-old Indian-origin Sikh woman officer has assumed charge as the assistant police chief in the US state of Connecticut, becoming the department’s first-ever second-in-command of Asian…
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Security heightened at London’s Indian mission for protest by British Sikh groups
London: There is a heightened security presence and barricades have been erected outside the Indian High Commission here on Wednesday due to a planned demonstration called by some British Sikh groups. Banners…
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Punjab: VHP hails crackdown on Khalistan sympathiser Amritpal Singh
New Delhi: The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Monday hailed the police crackdown on radical Sikh preacher and Khalistan sympathiser Amritpal Singh in Punjab, saying the state government’s action in collaboration with…
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Sources suggest Amritpal’s case may be handed over to NIA
New Delhi/Chandigarh: A source in the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has suggested that the case of Amritpal Singh, the self-styled radical Sikh preacher and head of ‘Waris Punjab De’, may be transferred…
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Kirpan-wielding Sikh says he was denied entry to NBA game in US
New York: A Sikh man has claimed that he was denied entry to a basketball match in the US because he was carrying a ‘kirpan’ — a small dagger, which practising Sikhs…
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British Sikh MP gets threatening email saying ‘watch your back’
London: Britain’s first female Sikh MP Preet Kaur Gill has said she was forced to contact police after receiving a threatening email message saying: “watch your back”. The senior Labour MP for…
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Maharashtra: ‘Langar’ that fed 2 mn during lockdown razed, Sikh baba evicted
Yavatmal: In a sad and shocking development, a ‘langar’ which fed over two million hungry migrants during the first lockdown year, has been demolished ostensibly owing to certain disputes among the landlords,…
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‘Sikh’ struck on head in hate-motivated assault in Canada
Toronto: A man, apparently a Sikh, was allegedly struck on the head, causing his turban to fall on the ground, by an unidentified man, who also made “derogatory comments” at a subway…
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UK court sentences Sikh man for drunk-driving
London: A 25-year-old Sikh has man has been fined and banned from roads for 22 months by a UK court for driving under the influence of alcohol. Police found open cans of…
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UP: 4 booked for assaulting, trying to convert Sikh man to Christianity
Bijnor: An FIR has been lodged against four persons in Badhapur police station of Bijnor district for allegedly assaulting a Sikh youth and forcing him to convert to Christianity by cutting his…
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Sikh man dies in truck accident in Canada
Toronto: A 30-year-old Sikh, who came to Canada just last month from Punjab, died on the spot after being hit by a transport truck in Mississauga. Manpreet Singh was pronounced dead at…
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Sikh woman shot dead outside gas station in Canada
Toronto: In a “targeted” killing, a 21 year-old Canadian-Sikh woman died after being shot multiple times outside a gas station in Mississauga, police said. Pawanpreet Kaur, a resident of Brampton, died on…