Police issue picture in Aussie manhunt
December 31, 2009 by Sikhs Online · Leave a Comment
A countrywide manhunt is under way in Australia for the husband of an Indian woman found in their Sydney home with her throat slit.
Police are looking for Chamanjot Singh, 23, an Indian national, who police say could be moving around interstate, although they began their search in Sydney…
2010 Sikh (Nanakshahi) calendar dates
December 29, 2009 by Sikhs Online · Leave a Comment
Sikhs across the world have their own universal calendar. The name of this new calendar is: Nanakshahi Calendar, and it takes its name from Guru Nanak, founder of Sikhism.
Sikhs see the adoption of the new calendar as a big step forward for Sikh identity, and one that will help dispel any suggestions that Sikhism is a branch of some other religion.
D8India.com working for U
December 23, 2009 by Sikhs Online · Leave a Comment
D8India.com, marks a milestone in internet matchmaking for people of Indian origin. Our philosophy is set out at the top of the page: Your date is YOUR preparation for love and a successful loving relationship. Our job is to provide Indian singles with the best possible choices at an affordable price.
If you get diabetes…
December 19, 2009 by Sikhs Online · Leave a Comment
Bal Sandhu, a registered community dietician, specialising in diabetes and working for the NHS in Berkshire, offers some practical advice about Diabetes…
1,200 pledge to marry female sex workers
December 19, 2009 by Sikhs Online · Leave a Comment
It is one of the more amazing stories to emerge from a land where events never cease to amaze – more than 1,000 devout Indian men offering to marry female sex workers to free them from exploitation.
BBC South Asia News reports that Hindu, Muslim and Sikh men have been coming forward in droves to be “wedding volunteers” and rescue women from brothels…
No Turbans here, ‘cos we say so
December 19, 2009 by Sikhs Online · Leave a Comment
A club purporting in its very name to offer membership to all races found itself making embarrassing headlines when it refused entry to a turbaned Sikh because of his religious headwear…
Forced Marriage Unit visits cash-strapped charity
December 17, 2009 by Sikhs Online · Leave a Comment
A UK telephone helpline set up to support victims and survivors of forced marriages and honour related abuse will be forced to halve the number of hours it is staffed in the New Year.
The Karma Nirvana Honour Network Helpline currently responds to crisis calls from 9.30am to 9pm seven days a week, but without Government [...]
Shuttle diplomacy lacking for Sikh driver
December 5, 2009 by Sikhs Online · Leave a Comment
Another incident of an employer refusing to take on a turban-wearing Sikh because his appearance would not conform to grooming policy has arisen in the US – in Indiana, where a firm providing airport shuttle services finds itself in the legal limelight.
Russian TV throws light on white Sikhism
December 5, 2009 by Sikhs Online · Leave a Comment
Television network RT, formerly known as Russia Today, has produced a feature on white people who adopt the Sikh faith.
The English-language global news channel, broadcast from Russia, focuses the article at first on the Miri Piri Academy, an international boarding school in Amritsar, the Sikh holy city in India.
Time to saddle up says London’s transport minister
December 3, 2009 by Amrit K Matharoo · Leave a Comment
Kulveer Singh Ranger, transport minister to Tory Mayor of London Boris Johnson, successfully delivered the capital’s pay-as-you-go Oyster Card travel scheme back in 2003. Now he has embarked on implementing an innovative bike hire scheme scheduled for introduction next summer. Sixth former Amrit Matharoo profiles a Sikh with a prominent role in Public Life.















