Caste discrimination, under which millions in India are regarded as ‘untouchable’, has spread to the UK virtually unnoticed, according to Keith Porteous Wood, executive director of Britain’s National Secular Society.
He was commenting on the passage through parliament’s revising chamber, the House of Lords, of the Equalities Bill, which could pave the way for such discrimination [...]

A 50 year history of Sikh immigrants’ contribution to life in the Gravesham area of Kent is to be described in an exhibition funded by a £36,900 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The Fund’s regional head Stuart McLeod says it will fill a gap in the social history of a community that has settled and [...]

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…

On February 23 the Oregon State Senate voted 21-9 in favor of Oregon House Bill 3686, which when enacted will allow public school teachers to wear religious dress, including the Sikh dastaar (turban)…

Is the BBC using its Asian Network and 6Music stations as opening pawns in a cunning game of chess with critics who would like to see the corporation slashed to a size that would, among other things, minimise its alleged encroachment into commercial broadcasting areas?

The Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan are expected to add the beheadings of two Sikhs by Taliban militants in Pakistan to the agenda for their planned meeting on February 25…

A man who claimed a gun found in his possession by police was just “a toy” has been sentenced to five years in jail at Kingston Crown Court…

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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…

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…