23 years minimum for ‘Queen of Poisons’ murderer

A woman accused of poisoning her former lover after secretly putting an ancient herbal poison into food stored in a fridge has been given a life sentence for his murder…

Forced Marriage Unit visits cash-strapped charity

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 [...]

‘Disarm’ plea for Sikhs in Punjab nuclear peril

The United Nations has been urged to intervene to de-escalate a situation that could end in an India-Pakistan nuclear conflict and “a complete disaster” for the millions of Sikhs who live in the Punjab, a region divided between the countries.
United Sikhs, a global voice for the community, voiced serious concerns about the outcome of a [...]

‘Tell police’ urges family rape case victim

A Sikh woman raped by three members of her own family has urged other women who find themselves in a position of family abuse to speak out and go to the police.
They should do it, if not for themselves, then to help prevent other women from falling victim, she told BBC’s Radio Five, pointing out [...]

RDB Nominated for two Urban Music Awards

RDB are up for the Best UK Asian Act and Best Band competing against other talented and chart topping bands like The Noisettes, N Dubz and JLS. RDB have been making and producing music over a decade fusing Bhangra, Garage music and most recently working with the world’s largest film industry ‘Bollywood’.
RDB were the first [...]

Armed robber disguised himself as a Sikh

A robber who several times disguised himself with a beard and a red turban to give the impression that he belonged to the Sikh community has been jailed for 11 years in New Zealand.
At Manukau District Court in South Auckland, Judge Dr Ajit Swaran Singh found Moenaia Toleafoa guilty on four counts of aggravated robbery [...]

‘Wonderfully warm’ Grewals star in TV series

A Sikh family from Horton near Windsor, Berkshire, is set to become the best-known Asian family in Britain.
The Grewals were chosen for the second series of Channel 4 TV’s reality show The Family, which launches on Wednesday November 4.
Round the clock filming of the fly-on-the-wall series covered a period of eight weeks and involved the [...]

Time for Diwali goodwill to shine again

The BBC, consistently one of the most even-handed observers of Britain’s many ethnic communities, has put together a fine explanatory article about Diwali, the Festival of Light, for its online religious pages.
A festival that Sikhs, Hindus and Jains celebrate, Diwali fell this year on Saturday October 17.
For Sikhs, says the BBC, it is particularly important [...]

New Jersey students to learn about Sikhism

The burden of educating people of other faiths about Sikhism will be significantly eased for the Sikh community in the State of New Jersey in America.
The State’s Board of Education has decided to incorporate into its curriculum a teaching requirement in social studies that will inform 1.4 million middle school students about world religions.
Students will [...]

Sun exposure and skin aging

Skin is an excellent record keeper. Every moment of exposure to daylight adds up like money in the bank.  The problem is the payoff known as sun damage (also known as photodamage). As the top cause of premature signs of skin aging, sun damage shows on skin in the form of wrinkles and hyperpigmentation, and [...]

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