Sikh Community To Provide Food For Exeter’s ,UK Homeless

     Chaz Singh & Saranjit Kaur who served Langar earlier this week in the Salvation Army Plymouth

EXETER, UK—Members of the Sikh community will team up with the Midland Langar Seva Society to provide food for the homeless people of Exeter.

The act of hospitality comes as Sikhs across the globe celebrate the birthday of the religion’s founder Guru Nanak.

One of the three pillars of the religion involves helping those in need, and on Sunday members of the Sikh faith will do just that by hosting a community kitchen at Exeter Cathedral. From 5pm.
Chaz Singh, who will be helping out at the event, said:

“As members of the Sikh community we’ll be offering a vegetarian meal to those in the Exeter community that need it most, regardless of religion, gender or social class. One of the 3 pillars of Sikhism is helping those in need and we can all say on behalf of the Sikh community that we are thrilled to be helping out this way to coincide with Guru Nanak’s birth in Exeter”

https://www.sikh24.com/2015/11/30/sikh-community-to-provide-food-for-exeters-homeless/#.Vl8Y1XYrLIV

Hamdard Tv Tributes to Canadian-Sikh MLA Manmeet Singh Bhullar

Manmeet Singh Bhullar Honored at Hockey Game

Manmeet Singh Bhullar Honored at Hockey Game - Video Dailymotion

The Calgary Flames honored Manmeet Singh Bhullar before the start of the Hockey game. The fans payed tribute to their MLA who died while helping a distressed driver along the highway.

Manmeet Singh became the MLA of Calgary-Greenway for the first time in 2008 for the Alberta Assembly.

He has done tremendous work for the Sikh community in Afghanistan and always served his constituency and community. He was an extremely well liked leader. Manmeet Singh was the founder of the Inspire Youth Development Society which helps youngsters at risk.

Manmeet Singh devoted a large part of his time in charity and living and practicing Sikh principles.

http://dailysikhupdates.com/manmeet-singh-bhullar-honored-during-calgary-flames-hockey-game/

MP Kirron Kher Parliament Speech On INJUSTICE TO SIKHS

MP Chandigarh Kiran Kher spoke out on the intolerance debate happening in the country. She spoke against the injustice committed to Sikhs in 1984. She targeted those who’ve returned their awards by saying where were they when thousands of Sikhs were killed.

She emphasized that due to a low vote bank of the Sikhs, they were targeted due to political reasons. However, there isn’t any party that has done anything to bring justice to Sikhs.
http://dailysikhupdates.com/breaking-kiran-kher-speaks-on-injustice-to-sikhs-in-parliament/

Nagar Keertan at Krishna Nagar : pics by B S Vohra

Delhi Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal signs the Petition on #BanSikhJokes

#BanSikhJokes finds Support From Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

1 Dec 2015 — On 25 Nov 2015, Delhi Chief Minister Shri Arvind Kejriwal supported your campaign by signing a hard copy of the petition supplementing the online petition on change.org that calls for a ban on websites carrying jokes making fun of Sikhs.

The CM was asked for his opinion on racial humor targeting Sikhs. He gladly agreed to sign the petition and told the accompanying media “Jokes should not be made to target any religion or caste”. 

It is high time that our evolving society should start getting sensitive about insensitive racial jokes. Tolerance and Freedom of Speech should not bring in indifference or apathy in the society. Society should have its own checks and balances. 

Millions of Sikh, Bihari, Tamilians, Marwari, Gujarati, Parsi school children are bullied in the name of casual fun. Let us put a STOP to this racism and ask Supreme Court for a ban on such sick jokes. An additional anti-bullying act in schools is the need of the hour.

Comedian Gurpreet Ghuggi, Comedian Sunil Pal, DSGMC President Manjit Singh GK, Actor Manmeet Singh, RJ VO Artist OP Rathore, Church of North India and hundreds of other celebrities have also endorsed your petition.
Let us all take it to the next levels by enlisting at least 10 friends each for signing this petition. 

Ask your FRIENDS to SIGN the petition NOW.
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RPS Kohli

New Delhi, India

Remove ‘kirpan’ for exam, baptised Sikh told

Amritsar: The SGPC has asked Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar to initiate action in an instance in which a student was initially stopped from taking an examination because he was wearing Sri Saheb (small kirpan). SGPC chief Avtar Singh Makkar told Khattar that a baptised Sikh named Harmanpreet Singh, a resident of Ambala, was to take the entrance examination for the post of junior engineer at Yamunanagar. But an invigilator prevented him from taking the exam until he removed his Sri Saheb. He informed his relatives and they approached the local Sikh leaders. After a lot of persuasion, he was allowed to take the examination, but 40 minutes late.

with thanks : TribuneIndia : LINK : for detailed report.

Akal Takht jathedar warns against idols of Sikh Gurus

GS Paul

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, November 30

Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh has issued a warning against the manufacture and sale of idols of Sikh Gurus. He has also appealed to the Sikh masses to refrain from purchasing those as idol worship is against Sikh ethics.

There were reports in the recent past of Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar being presented with the idol of Guru Nanak Dev at Gurdwara Manji Sahib, run by the SGPC in Ambala. The matter was brought to the notice of the Akal Takht secretariat reportedly by a complainant.

“In Sikhism, idol worship is prohibited. This can lead to a wrong practice, if not stopped immediately. It is yet to be scrutinised if it was a deliberate move under some conspiracy that the organisers at the Kurukshetra function committed the blunder of presenting an idol of Guru Nanak Dev along with a ‘siropa’ to honour a leader,” said the Akal Takht jathedar.

Costing between Rs 50 and Rs 1,500, these idols of Sikh Gurus, especially Guru Nanak Dev, have flooded Punjab’s markets.

These idols, made of marble powder, metal or stone and having gold plating, are being sold in leading gift shops as well as in the vicinity of the Golden Temple.

with thanks : tribuneindia : LINK : for detailed news

Tribute to DR. Mahip Singh : DSGMC

with thanks : DSGMC

1984 anti-Sikh riots case shifted to Patiala House court

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday transferred a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case in which Congress leader Sajjan Kumar is accused from the Karkardooma court to Patiala House court. Justice Siddharth Mridul said the trial will begin from December 8 with the consent of all parties in the case. The court was hearing a case filed by complainant Joginder Singh and prosecution witness Sheela Kaur, seeking transfer of the case from District and Sessions Judge Kamlesh Kumar to any other competent court. The petitioner also withdrew the allegations made against the judge. The victim's counsel H.S. Phoolka had said that trial court judge Kamlesh Kumar on September 10 did not record the statement of witness Kaur in a "correct sense". Phoolka had said that many times the special public prosecutor raised objections to what was being recorded, saying it was not the correct version of what was stated by the witness. He had said the transfer of the case was imperative to meet the ends of justice and for a fair and impartial trial. 

with thanks : Mid-Day : LINK : for detailed news.