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The protests are no longer primarily about fears around the potential reduction or doing away with minimum support prices, or ending of the mandi system, it is now about hurt farmers set against the hubris of the government. (PTI file photo)

Sriram Karri | How PM can win hearts, keep bills, end protests

In the next many days, on any day of his choosing, Mr Modi should just walk into a protest site and spend several hours

16 Feb 2021 7:08 AM

Removing the names of Sikh foreign nationals from the blacklist and allowing them to travel to India to meet their families had been a long-standing demand of political leaders cutting across party lines in Punjab. (Photo: Representational Image)

312 Sikhs off govt blacklist, will be able to travel to India

The blacklist, or “adverse list” of Sikh foreign nationals was started during the peak of militancy in Punjab.

14 Sep 2019 12:37 AM

As part of the commemoration of Guru Nanak's 550th birth anniversary as well as to mark Baisakhi, this year the Consulate associated with The Sikhs of NY on Turban Day. (Photo:AP)

Times Square overloads with Sikh culture as thousands tie turban on 'Turban Day'

'The Sikhs of New York' organised the annual Turban Day on Saturday in association with the Consulate General of India in New York.

14 Apr 2019 2:31 PM

A cartoon that appeared in the Greater Kashmir newspaper.

Wave of gratitude towards Sikhs sweeps over Valley

A cartoon in Greater Kashmir newspaper showing a Sikh man in a boat holding out a hand to a drowning Kashmiri has gone viral on social media.

22 Feb 2019 6:43 AM

Sikh youths based or settled in Europe, the US and Canada are also being misguided and instigated against India with false and malicious propaganda, the officials said. (Photo: File/PTI)

Sikh youth being trained at Pak ISI camps to carry out terrorism in India

The MHA said that radicalisation of youth by terrorist groups via internet has emerged as a big challenge.

21 Mar 2018 4:08 PM

Mystic Mantra: Show endurance in adversity

Guru Nanak gave Bhai Lehna a new name, “Angad”, which means a part of one’s body.

14 Mar 2018 1:50 AM

In this Aug. 12, 2017, workers stand around a giant saw installation that is cutting through a brick wall at the Partition Museum that is set to open later this week in Amritsar, India, 32 kilometres from border with Pakistan. (Photo: AP)

India opens first Partition museum 70 years after bloody event

A new museum on the Partition of the Indian subcontinent will soon open its doors.

15 Aug 2017 2:17 PM

The 10-day festival, which is also called Shaheedi Jor Mela, will be held at Panja Sahib and Gurdwara Dera Sahib in Lahore. (Photo: AP/Representational)

Pak claims India stopped Sikh pilgrims from visiting country

The Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi had issued visas to 80 Sikh pilgrims but 66 of them couldn't reach Lahore, said Pak authorities.

09 Jun 2017 2:13 PM

Sikhs have been campaigning for quite some time to get the restrictions removed and were pressing the White House to push the changes. (Photo: Representational Image/AFP)

More Sikhs plan to join US Army after new rule

The US Army last week issued new regulations on religious liberty to accommodate people who wear beards, turbans or hijabs.

12 Jan 2017 1:16 PM

There are about 160 Sikhs serving in the police department. (Photo: Representational Image)

NYPD to allow Sikh officers to wear turbans, beards

Before, Sikh officers had to fit their turbans under the police cap. Beards were forbidden because they interfered with wearing gas masks.

29 Dec 2016 11:37 AM

The UK is home to over 432,000 Sikhs, according to the 2011 census, making up 0.7 per cent of the population. (Photo: Representational Image/AFP)

Many Sikhs in UK reject being described as Indian

The Sikhs would prefer a separate ethnic category created for a Sikh identity, according to UK Sikh Survey 2016.

25 Nov 2016 6:10 PM

Some members of the Sikh community have come to the common man’s rescue by distributing tea and biscuits to the public queuing outside banks and ATM kiosks. (Credit: YouTube)

Sikh community members serve tea to people in line outside banks

In such difficult times, kind-hearted individuals are leaving no stone unturned to help out their fellow citizens.

15 Nov 2016 9:09 PM

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