NEW WESTMINSTER – On Wednesday January 15,2020, the New Westminster Museum and Archives will open its latest exhibition, An Ocean of Peace: 100 Years of Sikhs in New Westminster. This new exhibition was developed in partnership with Khalsa Diwan Society New Westminster. In March 2019, Queensborough’s Gurdwara Sahib Sukh Sagar celebrated its 100th anniversary. This […]
There is no Sikh temple in Prince Edward Island or New Brunswick, said Balwant Singh, the lead on the project. “That’s why we feel we need one here and this is a centralized location,” Singh said the community bought the property just off Route 11 this year. PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND – The first Sikh temple […]
A US State Department official hailed the verdict as “an important step” in holding the perpetrators accountable. Riyadh has described the murder as a “rogue” operation that did not involve the crown prince. However, the case is still likely to remain a headache for Saudi Arabia even as it seeks to reboot its international image […]
A confiscation order under the Proceeds of Crime Act was granted by the court on Friday, allowing the police to take assets and cash from defendants if they have benefited financially from their criminality. LONDON – An Indian-origin man involved in a plot to flood the streets in the east Midlands with Class A drugs […]
The Palestinians welcomed the move by the International Criminal Court (ICC) as a “long overdue step” following a nearly five-year preliminary probe by the prosecutor into the situation since the 2014 war in Gaza. THE HAGUE – The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor said Friday she wanted t open a full investigation into alleged war […]
Sethuraman Panchanathan, 58, is currently the Executive Vice President of Arizona State University (ASU) and would succeed France Cordova as the Senate-confirmed position of NSF Director. WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump has picked Indo-American computer scientist Sethuraman Panchanathan to lead the prestigious National Science Foundation. The National Science Foundation (NSF) is a US […]
WASHINGTON – A large number of Indian-Americans gathered around the statue of Mahatma Gandhi installed in front of the Indian Embassy here and held a peaceful demonstration against the amended Citizenship Act and the proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC). According to the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), members of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi […]
HONG KONG – Sukhdeep Kaur, hailing from Tarn Taran, is the first ‘amritdhari’ Sikh woman to be appointed as a prison officer in Hong Kong. Sporting a blue turban matching her navy blue uniform, Sukhdeep is quite noticeable among the prison squad while marching on the premises of Lo Wu Correctional Institution. In a telephonic […]
———— The celebrations for the 550th Birth Anniversary of Guru Nanak is over and the long aspired Kartarpur Saheb corridor between the Republic of India and the Islamic State of Pakistan has been opened to the public with great fanfare. The Sikhs and Muslims, historically arch-enemies paved the same path on […]
TORONTO – The WSO and several community organizations, including the Centre for Israel & Jewish Affairs (CIJA), National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), Bahá’í Community of Canada and The Mosaic Institute, have written to Ontario Minister of Health Christine Elliott, calling for the accommodation of Sikh paramedics and others who maintain beards as a […]
