This Pakistani Female Commando Stood Guard As Indian Sikhs Visited 'Nankana Sahib' On Gurupurab

Last week, a Pakistani female commando was spotted at Wagah railway station, standing guard as Indian Sikhs boarded the train to visit Nankana Sahib on the auspicious occasion of Gurupurab. With a Heckler & Koch MP5 no less.

Several hundred Sikh pilgrims took a special train to arrive in Pakistan to attend the three-day long festivity commemorating 547th birthday of Guru Nanak. 

with thanks : IndiaTimes : LINK : for detailed news report.

Fortney: Thousands honour Manmeet Bhullar at stirring memorial

To his closest friends, he was the Superman with a fondness for chili paneer; to his grandma, he was the young visionary who did his immigrant family proud; and to his older sister, he was “Princess,” the favoured child who always managed to get out of doing the dishes.

At the state memorial for MLA Manmeet Singh Bhullar on Sunday afternoon, Calgarians and Canadians were given the privilege of feeling they had known the 35-year-old politician, even if their paths had never crossed.

Since he died last Monday in a motor vehicle accident on the Queen Elizabeth highway — Bhullar had been struck by an out-of-control truck after he stopped to help another driver — numerous politicians, community leaders and journalists have spoken and written about the young man who died just as he had lived: trying to help his fellow man.

Tributes to the illustrious career of the Canadian-born child of Indian immigrants made mention of the many ways in which he served: as a teenage leader at the Calgary Sikh temple where he worshipped; his crowning achievement as the human services minister in the former Tory provincial government, ending a ban on publicizing the names of children who died while in foster care; and his most recent international work, helping at-risk minorities leave Afghanistan.

with thanks : calgaryherald : LINK : for detailed news report.

Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong promises ‘consistent support’ to Sikh community

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has paid tribute to Singapore’s Sikh community, saying the government will continue to support them in many ways.

The Singaporean government has and will continue to support the Sikh community in many ways, he said yesterday at the Sikh community dinner.

The government has already recognised Punjabi as a second language in public schools and supported the formation of the Singapore Sikh Foundation through the Education Ministry to facilitate the teaching of Punjabi.

It has initiated the formation of Central Sikh Gurdwara Board to look after the community’s needs, and granted the Sikh Welfare Council the Institution of Public Character status to support fund-raising.

“I am very glad to see that the demand for these activities is also growing. I know you have some space constraints. In line with our consistent support for the community, we will look positively at the Sikh community’s growing needs to see how we can be helpful,” Lee said, adding that Sikhs arrived here in 1881 to form the backbone of the police contingent.

He highlighted the Sikh tradition of serving food and providing shelter at the Gurdawaras, asking the community to continue to live out the values of self service and optimism embodied in their faith.

with thanks : Indian Express : LINK : for detailed report.

Mind your own business, Captain Amarinder snubs Sukhbir Singh Badal

Punjab Congress President Capt Amarinder Singh  on Sunday snubbed Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal and rejected his demand for action against Congress leaders attending 'Sarbat Khalsa' (congregation of sikhs) at Amritsar on November 10.

"You better mind your own business than meddle in our party affairs". "It is like devil quoting scriptures", he remarked. The PCC President asked Sukhbir and his father (Parkash Singh Badal) that before raising an accusing finger on the Congress leaders, who attended the 'Sarbat Khalsa' purely as true Sikhs, they should better take action against SAD sitting MLA Virsa Singh Valtoha who boasts himself as a "terrorist".

with thanks : DNA : LINK : for detailed news report.

Press Conference By DSGMC ON 1984 ' Sikh Genocide” Issue

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Arvind Kejriwal Serious About Banning ‘Sikh Jokes’

A physical copy of the petition was signed by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at Gurdwara Rakab Ganj 

A petition seeking a ban ‘Sikh jokes’ has received about 40,000 signatures online and off, with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal being among those who have supported the cause.

The petition, which was started on Change.org at the beginning of the month, had received 20,866 signatures as of Friday evening.

A physical copy of the petition was circulated at Gurdwara Rakab Ganj on Wednesday when Guru Nanak Jayanti was celebrated.

It was there that Mr. Kejriwal signed a hard copy of the petition that wants websites that host jokes at the expense of the Sikh community taken down. After signing, he said: “We should not be making jokes on religious and caste lines.”

With the Aam Aadmi Party planning on contesting elections in Punjab, it can’t be a coincidence that Mr. Kejriwal lent his support to the petition and that his government on Friday decided to give a restricted holiday on the martyrdom day of Guru Teg Bahadur on December 16.

Meanwhile, R.P.S. Kohli, who started the petition, said 17,000 to 20,000 people signed the physical copy of the petition at the gurdwara. “We are still in the process of counting the signatures, but we were overwhelmed by the support,” said Mr. Kohli, a businessman from West Delhi.

He said he decided to start the petition after his own experience of being bullied while growing up in Odisha.

“There were very few Sikhs living in Odisha so I was subject to jokes on my religion. Even after moving to Delhi, my sons faced similar jibes,” said Mr.Kohli.

Jokes based on stereotypical exaggerations of the Sikh community should be banned, ask the petitioners. But, more than that, Mr. Kohli said there was a need for an anti-bullying legislation as well as guidelines on how to deal with hate speech.

“Racist humour should be defined as hate speech and there should be appropriate laws to deal with it,” he said.

The Supreme Court is also hearing a Public Interest Litigation filed by lawyer Harvinder Chowdhury that seeks a ss0similar ban.

The next hearing of that case will be January 4, when activists and members of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee are expected to hand in the petitions.

PS: The Petition had received 21,190 signature till 28th November 2015

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/kejriwal-serious-about-banning-sikh-jokes/article7925835.ece

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Protest By DSGMC on 27th November 2015 Against Change in the Date of Ninth Guru Teg Bahadur's Martyrdom Day

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