Author: Ravinder Singh Robin

Source: Newstrack India

http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/features/This-Life-Leeds-witch-talks.5772109.jp

Over a million Sikhs from across the United States took part in the 30th annual Sikh Parade at Yuba City in California on Sunday.

The nearly five-mile religious parade was taken out to mark the tercentenary celebrations of Guruship of Guru Granth Sahib, the holy scripture...

Author: Ben van der Meer

Source: Appeal-Democrat

http://www.appeal-democrat.com/news/parade-88214-sikhs-yuba.html

Yuba City's population doubled Sunday, and gained a higher appreciation for curry, as thousands of Sikhs from across California and elsewhere descended on the Sikh Temple Gurdwara for an afternoon parade that culminated a weekend of events celebrating the India-based religion.

An estimated 75,000 people filled Tierra...

Author: Harmeet Shah Singh

Source: CNN

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/29/india.sikhs/index.html

Gurdeep Kaur's wrinkled face was wet with tears, as she recounted what she saw a quarter century ago: the killings of 21 of family members.

She recalled how maddened mobs barged into her home and burned alive her husband, two of her sons and a son-in-law because they were Sikhs, easily identified by their beards and...

Author: Arika Garg

Source: Carleton News

http://apps.carleton.edu/news/features/?story_id=582988

On Sunday, October 18, Carleton commemorated the Hindu “festival of lights,” Diwali, with a celebratory event held at the Severance Great Hall. The event featured a keynote address by guest speaker Suhag Shukla, co-founder of the Hindu American Foundation, followed by vocal and dance performances by members of DESI (Dedicated to the...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Times of Trenton Regional News

http://www.nj.com/news/times/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-18/1256967965166490.xml&coll=5

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Author: Michael Purton

Source: News Shopper

http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/4712410.GRAVESEND__Campaign_to_save_historic_Sikh_temple_dealt_a_blow/

A campaign group’s fight to save a historic Sikh temple from demolition has been dealt a blow with English Heritage refusing to make it a listed building.

SAVE has been battling to preserve the 137-year-old Siri Guru Nanak Darbar...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8333250.stm

Leaders from across the UK's religious communities have said there is a "moral imperative" to tackle global warming.

Leaders from the Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Baha'i, Jain and Zoroastrian faiths called on G20 nations to cut greenhouse gases.

They said climate change posed a "very real threat to the world's poor"....

Author: Leticia Gutierrez

Source: Appeal-Democrat

http://www.appeal-democrat.com/news/temple-88102-people-sikh.html

Sarbjit Johl, 56, walked in the Yuba City Sikh Parade 30 years ago when it had just a few floats and attracted a couple of thousand people.

Like he's done every year since then, he'll walk part of it again this Sunday when the annual event is expected to draw an estimated 75,000 from throughout California and...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: DNA India

http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report_film-on-sikh-turbans-adopted-in-birmingham-syllabus_1304096

Author: Staff Writer

Source: United Press International

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2009/10/28/Utah-girl-suspended-for-Sikh-nose-pierce/UPI-18641256709391/

A Utah mom says she is upset her 12-year-old daughter was sent to detention because she pierced her nose to honor her Indian heritage.

Shirley Pabla told The Salt Lake Tribune she thinks there might have been an element of...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Sikh Times

http://www.emgonline.co.uk/news.php?news=7808

In an atmosphere of exhilarating spirit of religiosity, massive crowds of Sikh sangat converged at the Gurdwara Sahib, Fremont to celebrate the Bandi Chorr Diwas and Diwali in Sikhi spirit and attended the three days of diwan that witnessed best of the kirtanias, katha-kaars and panthic speakers enunciating the Gurmat principals and Gurbani.

The Gurdwara...

Author: Gretchen Hoffmann

Source: The Daily Princetonian

http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2009/10/26/24269/

Earlier this fall, Kanwal Matharu ’13 was on his way to class when he recognized the defining garb of a fellow Sikh as he passed by Karambir Khangoora ’10. “I saw [Khangoora] with his turban, and I literally ran up to him and said, ‘Hi, my name is Kanwal, and I’m a Sikh. Do you know where the nearest gurdwara [...

Source: News-Press

http://www.news-press.com/article/20091025/NEWS0103/91024060/1005/ACC/Local-Hindu-community-observes-Diwali-holiday

Members of Southwest Florida’s Hindu community lit up the night Saturday in Lehigh Acres with a Diwali celebration.

More than 100 people, many with roots in the West Indies and South America, where Hinduism is widespread, danced, sang, enjoyed a fashion show and...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: India West

Author: Staff Writer

Source: KCBS

http://www.kcbs.com/El-Sobrante-Sikh-Temple-Granted-Expansion/5489965

One of the first Sikh temples in the Bay Area is about to grow by 70,000 square feet, after Contra Costa supervisors approved the expansion project in El Sobrante after years of debate. 

Members of the Sikh community left the board chamber satisfied Tuesday after winning a unanimous vote from county supervisors in...