President of the Indian Sikh organization Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) Harjinder Singh Dhami has written to Indian Envoy to the United States. He has raised strong objections to reports that the New York Police Department is adopting policies that stop Sikh policemen from growing their beards.

NYPD Sikh trooper barred from growing beard

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) - the top religious body for Sikhs - has approached Union Foreign Minister S Jaishankar and the Indian ambassador to the US, raising objection after reports emerged that the New York State Police was stopping a Sikh policeman from growing his beard.

India's top Sikh body seeks FM Jaishankar's intervention on NYSP stopping Sikh trooper from growing beard

Students in Washington DC will now have the opportunity to learn about the Sikh community, as the District of Columbia State Board of Education has voted in favour of including Sikhism, or Sikhi, in the school curriculum.

Washington DC embraces Sikhism in school curriculum for inclusive education

Authorities in northern California have arrested more than a dozen men. The detainees are members from two warring criminal syndicates. Police say that a violent rivalry was responsible for a mass shooting at a Sikh temple and a brutal sword attack at a parade in 2018.

17 Sikh Community members detained in the US, detainees are members from two warring gangs

Over 2,470 Sikh pilgrims have crossed the Wagah Border to celebrate Baisakhi in Pakistan. They will be taken to various Sikh shrines in Punjab province. Is Pak trying to signal that it wants to defuse tensions with India? Molly Gambhir reports.

Gravitas: 2,470 Sikh pilgrims to celebrate Baisakhi in Pakistan

The extermination of minorities in Pakistan is continuing, and on the rise. On Friday, unidentified gunmen killed a Sikh shopkeeper in Peshawar area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province.

'Minorities hell': Sikh shopkeeper shot dead in Pakistan in another targetted killing

The clashes between followers of Sikh leader Amritpal Singh and police in the northern Indian state of Punjab on 23 February brought back dark memories of the violence in the state which was thwarted by Operation Blue Star in 1984.

Who is Amritpal Singh, the radical Sikh leader from Indian state of Punjab dubbed as 'Bhindranwale 2.0'?

When Tina Singh, a Sikh Canadian woman, couldn't find a helmet in the market that could accommodate her sons' turbans, she designed one herself. Helmets are necessary for bicycle and motorbike riders because they decrease the risk of head and brain injury during an accident.

Sikh Canadian woman creates ‘turban-friendly’ helmets for her kids, gets lauded

Mikey Hothi has become the first-ever Sikh mayor of a Californian city after receiving keys to the city of Lodi. Hothi was unanimously elected as the 117th mayor of the city on Wednesday to a rousing standing ovation from his colleagues.

Milestone: This US city has got its first-ever Sikh mayor

A US federal appeals court on Friday, protecting the rights of Sikhs ruled that US Marine Corps must allow the Sikh recruits to maintain religious beards and wear turbans while serving the country, citing the current rule as a violation of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA).

US court directs Marines to allow Sikh recruits with beards and turbans

For the first time in 100 years, Sikh personnel in the British military have started receiving Sikh prayer books. According to BBC, the books—called Nitnem Gutkas—were issued by the UK Defence Sikh Network at a ceremony in London.

For the first time in 100 years, Sikh personnel in British military issued prayer books

A suspect in California was taken into custody for allegedly kidnapping four of a Sikh family, including an eight-month-baby, who are still missing. The suspect, identified as 48-year-old Jesus Salgado, allegedly kidnapped the family at gunpoint on Monday in Merced County, around 200 km southeast of San Francisco.

California: Four of Indian-origin Sikh family missing, kidnapper in custody, critical

Two Sikh men were shot dead by unknown assailants in Peshawar city, Pakistan. Terrorist organisation ISIS-K has claimed responsibility for this attack. WION's Anas Mallick brings you more insights in this ground report.

WION Ground Report: 2 Sikh men shot dead in broad daylight in Peshawar, Pakistan

Two men from the minority Sikh community were shot down by unidentified assailants on early Sunday morning in Pakistan’s Peshawar city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

2 Sikh men shot dead in Pakistan's Peshawar city, hate crime suspected

2 Sikh men were attacked in an alleged hate crime incident in NY. Reports claimed that one suspect has been arrested and hunting for another suspect is going on.

New York sees 2nd attack on Sikhs in two weeks

On Monday, April 4, a 70-year-old Sikh man was attacked while out for a morning stroll in Queens, a borough of New York City in the state of New York, according to ABC7 New York.

70-year-old Sikh man attacked in New York; nose broken, receives severe injury

Designed specifically for Sikh soldiers in the army, global defence & homeland security company MKU has come out with 'The Veer Helmet' which can be worn comfortably over their under-turban cloth, giving Sikh soldiers an added layer of safety. #army #sikh #soldier

'Veer Helmet': Special helmets for Sikh soldiers in Indian Army

A cab driver from the Sikh community was assaulted outside the JFK International Airport in New York in yet another case of hate crime in the United States. A video has gone viral on social media, showing an unidentified man using expletives and repeatedly throwing punches on the Indian-origin man, causing his turban to fall on the ground.

Indian-origin Sikh taxi driver assaulted at US airport in suspected hate crime

A Sikh army officer, Preet Chandi, has achieved a rare feat. The UK-born Chandi has become the first woman of colour to finish a solo expedition to the South Pole.

In a rare feat, UK’s Sikh army officer becomes first woman of colour to ski solo to South Pole

A 19-year-old man has been arrested for threatening to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II in revenge for the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre.

UK: Sikh youth threatens to ‘assassinate’ Queen Elizabeth II to avenge Jallianwala Bagh massacre

A Sikh officer in United States Marine Corps got permission to wear a turban when on duty. However, there are caveats to this permission and now he may sue the Marine Corps for their removal if his appeal is not upheld.

Sikh officer in US Marines was allowed turban, but he may sue

India on Tuesday formally named one of its “complicated” rescue operation of citizens from war-torn Afghanistan, calling it “Operation Devi Shakti.” Saluting the efforts of the Indian Air Force and Air India, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar made the announcement on Twitter after 78 people were brought to New Delhi via Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

‘Operation Devi Shakti’: 78 more evacuees from Afghanistan land in India, 800 rescued so far

A Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) worker desecrated Maharaja Ranjit Singh's monument at Pakistan's Lahore Fort. This is the third time the Maharaja's monument has been vandalised at the high-security Lahore Fort complex.

Maharaja Ranjit Singh's statue vandalised in Pakistan's Lahore

A case of alleged conversion and inter-religious marriage is snowballing into a big controversy in the Kashmir valley. Three girls from the Sikh community had gone missing after they eloped with Muslim men.

Alleged conversion snowballing into a controversy in Kashmir valley

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