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Sikh man's car vandalised with hateful message in Florida
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Florida [US], July 28 (ANI): A Sikh community leader in Oviedo city of US' Florida had a hateful message spray-painted on a car at his home.
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US-based group appreciates Indian govt for facilitating 11 people belongin
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 26 (ANI): The members of US-based Global Sikh Council (GSC) on Sunday appreciated the Government of India for facilitating 11 people belonging to the Sikh community from Afghanistan, who had been the target of extremist atrocities.
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Muslim cleric in Lahore threatens Sikh community, aims to occupy gurudwara
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], July 26 (ANI): An activist of Dawat-e-Islami (Beraillwi), who is also a caretaker of Mazar of Muslim prophet Hazrat Shah Kaku Chesti in Lahore has threatened the minority Sikh community saying that Pakistan is an Islamic nation that belongs to Muslims.
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First batch of 11 Afghan Sikhs arrive, say atmosphere of fear prevails the
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): The first batch of eleven members of the minuscule Sikh community from Afghanistan, who have been facing persecution at the hands of Pakistan backed Taliban, arrived in India at 1:20 pm on Sunday in a special flight facilitated by the Government of India.
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11 Afghan Sikhs, including Nidan Singh abducted from Gurudwara last month,
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): Eleven members of Sikh community from Afghanistan, who were granted short-term visas by Indian Embassy in Kabul, including Nidan Singh Sachdeva, who was abducted from a gurudwara in Paktia province last month, touched down in New Delhi on Sunday afternoon
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India appreciates Afghan govt, tribal elders for rescuing Sikh leader Nida
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): India on Saturday expressed its appreciation towards the Afghan government and tribal elders for their efforts in rescuing Nidan Singh Sachdeva, a Sikh community leader in Afghanistan, who was kidnapped in Chamkani district of Paktia province.
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Sikh community hosts drive-thru food distribution for 2,100 families
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Silver Spring [USA], June 29 (ANI): Outside a place of worship in a parking lot, a group of not more than 25 volunteers has made and distributed more than 2,100 food packages in just seven weeks. The Guru Nanak Foundation of America Gurudwara in Silver Spring, in the Washington DC metro area
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India condemns abduction of Sikh community leader by terrorists in Afghani
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): India on Monday strongly condemned the abduction of Nedan Singh, a Sikh community leader in Afghanistan, by terrorists, and said that targeting and persecution of the minority community members by terror groups at the behest of their external supporters is a
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Sikh abducted in Afghanistan, Afghan American Sikhs seek India's support
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], June 22 (ANI): An Afghanistan Sikh was abducted from the Paktia province in Eastern Afghanistan four days ago, confirmed the Afghan Sikh community living in the United States.
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British Sikh MP seeks inquiry in Margaret Thatcher govt's role in Operatio
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 5 (ANI): British Labour Party MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi has called for an independent inquiry into the "involvement" of then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher-led government in Operation Blue Star in 1984.
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Afghan American Sikhs urge India to help in resettlement of Sikhs, Hindus
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 19 (ANI): The Afghan Sikh community living in the United States has urged the Indian Government to help in the resettlement of the Sikhs living in Afghanistan, terming it to be the only 'viable' option for the 650 people who are hard hit by the violence in the count
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COVID-19 lockdown: Cop's hand chopped off, others injured in attack by 'Ni
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], April 12 (ANI): A policeman's hand was chopped off and few others were injured when a group of Nihangs (an armed order of the Sikh community) allegedly attacked them at a vegetable market in Punjab's Patiala district on Sunday, police said.
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