Sikhs in Patiala in Jubilant mood as Justice Anoop Singh Chowdary was sworn in as the first Sikh High Court judge in Uganda in East Africa. Sikhs who came here after the partition in 1947 from North west Provincial province (NWFP) has welcomed and congratulated Anoop Singh fro his elevation. The fore fathers of Justice Chowdary migrated to Uganda from Rawalpindi in the early nineteenth century. Ju ..... MORE >>>

A UNIQUE exhibition celebrating the history of the Sikh community is on show at St George’s Hall. Sikhs In Print was officially opened by the Bishop of Liverpool. It reveals how the Sikh community has been depicted in print from the mid-19th to mid-20th century through newspapers, book engravings and magazine illustrations to postcards, photos and memorabilia. The exhibition also presents an insig ..... MORE >>>

London's maverick new mayor Boris Johnson chose to attend Baisakhi celebrations of Sikh community here in his first public engagement and declared that he will work to "unite all communities", in an attempt to build bridges with the city's vast ethnic minorities. Johnson, 43, who has been viewed with suspicion on his views on minorities unlike his predecessor Ken Livingstone who enjoyed their open ..... MORE >>>

Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY – President Stuart Rabinowitz today announced the creation of an endowed chair in the Department of Religion for the study and teaching of Sikh musical traditions. The Sardarni Harbans Kaur Chair in Sikh Musicology, a gift from Hakam Singh, Ph.D., a retired chemist with a lifelong interest in Sikh music, will concentrate on how Sikh music and scripture are histori ..... MORE >>>

A group of Sikh students with the aid of the Chaplain's Office staged SMU's first Sikh Turban Day to promote awareness of the Sikh religion and the headwear that has recently become infamous in the public eye. "The idea was to create awareness," said Jaipreet Suri, one of the event's student organizers. He remarked on how after Sept. 11, the image of Osama bin Laden created the notion "that people ..... MORE >>>

A judge in Seattle has sentenced a man to nine months in jail for his hate assault on a Sikh, who was forgiving during the hearing. Luis Vazquez will also have to do 240 hours of community service for attacking Sukhvir Singh, a taxi driver, five months ago. Singh suffered a brutal, hate-filled attack on the night of November 24, after police directed a drunken Vazquez to his cab. Vazquez called hi ..... MORE >>>

Doctors driving taxis. Teachers cleaning houses. It’s the common but sad story immigrants tell when they move to B.C. So last year, the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration launched the Foreign Credentials Refreels Office (FCRO) to help prospective immigrants find out how their skills and credentials fit in with Canada’s labour market. So far it’s been a success, according to a new report relea ..... MORE >>>

AROUND 8,000 people took to the streets of Coventry yesterday to mark the founding of the Sikh religion. An eye-catching orange and blue carnival procession marked the festival of Vaisakhi which is one of the most important dates in the Sikh calendar. It is the Sikh New Year festival and also commemorates 1699, the year Sikhism was born as a collective faith. Starting out at the Sikh temple on Har ..... MORE >>>

A nightclub in Canada has been fined over $ 4,000 for refusing entry to a Sikh man who complained of racial discrimination. Jaspal Randhawa, a 33-year-old Canadian-born accountant, launched a racial discrimination complaint after he and two of his friends were not allowed to enter the Tequila Nightclub in Calgary in July 2004. The nightclub was fined about $ 4,300 by Alberta's Human Rights Commiss ..... MORE >>>