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Worldwide Sikh news alerts from Google

January 24, 2010 by Sikhs Online · Leave a Comment 

Here you can find Sikh news stories from the UK and around the world…

Sikhs’ Haiti relief team builds food distribution to 5,000 meals a day

January 22, 2010 by Sikhs Online · Leave a Comment 

Volunteers from the United Sikhs organisation have battled through the devastation and chaos of Haiti to begin relief work in its earthquake stricken capital city of Port-au-Prince…

If you know someone too wedded to drink…

January 21, 2010 by Sikhs Online · Leave a Comment 

Gurdwaras in the multi-ethnic area of Southall, London, are supporting an important meeting organised to discuss growing anxiety about excessive alcohol consumption in the Sikh community…

Three held in connection with have-a-go dad’s killing

January 13, 2010 by Sikhs Online · Leave a Comment 

POLICE say three people have been arrested in connection with the death of a Sikh father who was knifed in a snowy East London street after trying to stop two youths who mugged a woman and ran off with her handbag…

Aussies may send ‘study here’ invite to Punjabis

January 11, 2010 by Sikhs Online · Leave a Comment 

Partly as a way of helping to repair Australia’s reputation after attacks on Indian students in Sydney and Melbourne. Education planners in New South Wales may invite Punjabi students…

Jathedars’ absence sparks anger on calendar change

January 6, 2010 by Sikhs Online · Leave a Comment 

A proposal to align some sacred dates on the Nanakshahi calendar with those on the traditional Bikrami calendar has been given final approval by Giani Gurbachan Singh, the jathedar of the Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of the Sikh community.
But it has lit the fuse to another row between segments of India’s oft-divided Sikh [...]

BUYING A HOME?

January 5, 2010 by Amar Dhanota · Leave a Comment 

Purchasing a home for the first time or moving from one property to another can be one of the most stressful events in life. Buying a home is the biggest investment most people will make in their lifetime and the value of independent mortgage advice can be priceless when it comes to finding the right type of mortgage for you…

Types of mortgage

January 4, 2010 by Amar Dhanota · Leave a Comment 

There are two ways of structuring your mortgage: capital and interest (commonly known as repayment); and interest only. Whichever you choose, you should always remember that your home may be repossessed if you do not keep up the payments on your mortgage…

Which interest rate option?

January 3, 2010 by Amar Dhanota · Leave a Comment 

There are many choices of interest rate. They include flexible mortgages, base rate trackers, fixed rate mortgages as well as foreign currency mortgages. Please note that’s changes in the exchange rate may increase the sterling equivalent of the foreign currency mortgage debt…