After various ups & downs, after trailing for a long time, atlast Sidhu manages the hat trick in Amritsar. At one stage it was announced that position of Sidhu was very bad in the elections. But making a comeback, he won the prestigious Amritsar Lok Sabha seat. Our heartiest congratulations to Mr. Sidhu.
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Saturday, May 16, 2009
£50,000 reward offered to catch Sikh temple arsonists
By Gemma Collins
SHOCKED members of London’s Sikh community who watched their temple go up in flames in a suspected arson in March have pledged today fight for justice with a £50,000 reward to track the culprits.
The committee of East London’s Gudwara Sikh Sangat at Harley Grove in Bow are treating the attack as “murder” because their holy books were destroyed.
The community’s 14 Saroops, the Sikhs’ holy books, were lost as 40ft flames swept through the building and broke through the roof.
Committee members holding a news conference this-afternoon in a tent in the small park opposite claimed police could be doing more to catch those responsible.
ATTACK ON RELIGION
Temple trustee Jagmohan Singh said: “This is more than just an arson attack on the building. It was an attack on the Sikh religion itself.
“Police could be doing more—so we have to assist them with the reward. The community won’t sleep until the intruder is caught and brought to justice.”
The community pledged to rebuild the temple which could cost an estimated £4 million.
They also plan a march on May 24 to show the attack “will not be tolerated.”
A police investigation began after eye-witnesses reported an intruder in the temple moments before the blaze on March 16, but no arrests have been made.
Detectives are appealing to anyone with information to contact Limehouse CID on 020-7275 4750, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800-555111.
with thanks : source : http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/content/towerhamlets/advertiser/news/story.aspx?brand=ELAOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsela&itemid=WeED15%20May%202009%2016%3A46%3A39%3A387
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Singh is king again
UPA has won the elections 2009 and obtained almost 250 plus seats i.e. just a few less than the magic number 272. Therefore, it's now sure that Dr. Manmohan Singh will be the Prime Minister again. We hereby congratulate Dr. Manmohan Singh on this great victory of UPA.
SikhsIndia
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Sikh Wins Hoboken Council Seat - North America
Ravinder Singh Bhalla was elected today to be a councilman-at-large for Hoboken, N.J., which gives him the national distinction of holding the highest elected office as a Sikh.
According to the Hudson County clerk's office, Ravinder Singh won nearly 14 percent of the 25,988 votes, statistically tying Carol Marsh for the most votes. He now holds one of three at-large seats, for a four-year term.
Ravinder Singh was part of the slate for mayoral candidate Dawn Zimmer, who won with 36 percent of the 9,986 votes. This election also made Zimmer the first woman and the first Jewish mayor of Hoboken.
Zimmer and her two biggest challengers, Peter Cammarano and Beth Mason, were all council members who oversaw a very unpopular property tax increase last year. She and Ravinder Singh were hoping that voters were not angry with all elected officials, just ones that contributed to the tax increase. Solving the tax and budget crisis became the top campaign issue for Zimmer and Ravinder Singh.
A win for the mayoral candidate usually means a win for the entire slate. But not only did Ravinder Singh win his first election, he won big.
with thanks : source : sikhnn.com
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Cancer treatment in Delhi
Just read the news item Leaving Punjab on the Cancer Train, on Mr Sikhnet Posted by Sundari in Health, which says about A recent story on NPR discussed the “cancer train” in Punjab. The train is so named as it routinely carries about 60 patients and their families from Bathinda to the town of Bikaner in order to get treatment at the government’s regional cancer center.
Please note that the cancer patients can get absolutely free treatment at the DELHI STATE CANCER INSTITUTE. Free Chemotherapy, Free Radiation, Free routine checkup everything on the first come first served basis. They had to open the in house Admission with all the rest of facilities alongwith the private wards. This hospital, fully airconditioned was started by Mrs. Shiela Dixit, Chief minister Delhi.The detailed address, Tel number can be checked from http://www.sohnijodi.com/sohnijodi%20punjab%20related%20news.htm
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Manmohan as mascot
Sarabjit Pandher
Congress plays the ‘Sikh card’
The Congress appears to have broken new ground in this election by using the “Sikh card” to woo the community, estranged since “Operation Bluestar” in 1984 and the anti-Sikh violence following the assassination of Indira Gandhi.
It is hard to imagine that Manmohan Singh is not surprised by the fact that he has become the poster boy of the Congress in its campaign to win over the Sikhs.
The Congress was put on the defensive, when its nomination of Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan Kumar, who were alleged to have fanned violence against the Sikhs in November 1984, met with widespread protests — including a shoe thrown at Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram — from the Sikh community and the party was forced to withdraw their nominations. The party quickly went into damage control mode and reminded the Punjabis, especially the Sikhs, that it was the “first” party to have a “Sikh” as Prime Minister.
The tactic seemed to have worked, as it not only calmed the Sikhs but also put the combative Akalis on the back foot, with the party finding it hard to launch a full scale broadside against a Sikh.
The Akali leadership was almost knocked off its feet, when Sikhs reacted sharply to a Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee statement that Dr. Singh was not a Sikh. Put on the defensive, the Akali Dal failed to project Dr. Singh as “just another” Congress Prime Minister. Eventually, the Akali Dal had to resort to a no-holds-barred offensive against the former Chief Minister, Amarinder Singh.
Now, with Dr. Singh as the mascot, Capt. Amarinder, who has been getting a good response from the public, has emerged as the spearhead of the Congress campaign in Punjab.
For a change, the roles of the Congress and the Akali Dal appear to be swapped with the former using the “Sikh card” and the latter focusing on the development plank, say analysts.
However, this tactic is fraught with danger: it could conceivably lead to communal polarisation once again, say observers. They point out that the Congress used the “Sikh card” in the 1970s, which ultimately provided the fuel for the subsequent Sikh extremism.
with thanks : source : http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/12/stories/2009051250031200.htm
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