The event, sponsored by the El Sobrante-based Sikh Center of San Francisco Bay Area, commemorates the martyrdom 406 years ago of Sri Guru Arjan Dev Sahib Ji, the compiler of the foundation of the Sikh holy book who is revered by Sikhs as the embodiment of peace.

New Delhi: The four DU colleges that were preparing to reserve 50 per cent seats for Sikh students this academic year, were told by the Delhi High Court on Tuesday to continue with university guidelines on admission.

While many Americans might recognize the turban worn by Sikhs, few seem to be familiar with the faith itself.

Washington, May 23: American Sikhs have hailed as "historic" the passage in the Indian parliament of Anand Marriage Act for the registration of Sikh marriages.

1606 - Sikh Guru Arjun is tortured to death in Lahore - now part of Pakistan - on the orders of Mughal Emperor Jahangir, becoming Sikhism's first martyr.

The Golden Temple or the Harmandir Sahib at Amritsar stands at the core of Sikh belief system and also as a testimony to the 600 year old history of the birth and evolution of Sikhism.

New Delhi: After having expressed their mandate to consider reserving 50 per cent of their under-graduate seats for Sikh students this academic year, four Delhi University colleges rushed to the Delhi High Court on Monday, looking for permission to go ahead with the admission process.

Amritsar, May 20 : To remember those killed in the Indian Army's Operation Bluestar inside the Golden Temple complex in 1984, the Sikh clergy Sunday laid the foundation stone for a memorial inside the complex here.

With bystanders lining the route, the Guru Nanak Darbar Society hosted its annual Vaisakhi parade from the Gurdwara on Davis Road to CN Centre.

New Delhi, May 19 : The artifacts related to the 'Gadar Movement' would be on display at the Sikh Temple at Stockton, California to mark the centenary celebrations of the uprising in the second week of October.

Amritsar, May 18 : The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandhak Committee will construct a memorial for victims of Operation Blue Star at the Golden Temple.

A Congress MP on Friday suggested that India could give a piece of land along the border to Pakistan in exchange for the area in the neighbouring country on which Darbar Sahib Kartarpur - where the first Sikh Master, Guru Nanak Dev, spent last 18 years of his life - is located.

Hoshiarpur, May 18 : The Sikh Youth of Punjab has described the controversy over the implementation of Anand Marriage Act as unfortunate and uncalled fp.

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Defying old age and Alzheimer's disease, senior leftist Bibi Veeran has come to the support of moderate Sikhs in Greater Vancouver.

Sikh personal law on the pattern of Muslim personal law. While talking to media persons here on Wednesday party spokesperson Kanwar Pal Singh said that it was a fact that the amendments being made in the Anand Marriage Act-1909 were unsatisfactory and insufficient.

D.C. police Chief Cathy Lanier announced a new policy that allows Sikh officers to wear turbans and other religious items while on the job.

Toronto has become the first city in Canada to develop a formal policy allowing Sikhs to bring their ceremonial daggers into its courthouses.

Toronto Police Service agreed to revise its procedures to ensure that practicing members of the Sikh faith will be allowed to wear kirpans in public areas of courthouses, subject to an individualized risk assessment.

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