French President Nicolas Sarkozy says Iran must comply by December or face sanctionsSeptember 25th, 2009 Sarkozy gives Iran December deadlinePITTSBURGH — French Prime Minister Nicolas Sarkozy says Iran faces possible new international sanctions if it doesn't come clean on its nuclear program by December. Sarkozy said that Iran was in clear violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions in building a second plant to manufacture nuclear fuel and trying to hide if from the world for years.
Sikh Bobby felt like a TV character when told to wear a ' crash turban helmet'September 17th, 2009 LONDON - A Sikh policeman has revealed how he felt like a character from TV's Only Fools And Horses when his bosses asked him to wear a "crash turban" helmet. Police Constable Gurmeal Singh, 31, was asked to remove his turban by Greater Manchester Police, who told him that he had to wear a regulation force helmet.
It's a 'blue wave' in Shimla, courtesy AkalisSeptember 12th, 2009 SHIMLA - There is a 'blue wave' sweeping through Shimla these days. The signature blue turbans of the leaders and supporters of Punjab's ruling Shiromani Akali Dal, here for a 'Vichar Baithak' (brainstorming session), have transformed the queen of hills into a "mini Punjab".
Radical Sikh bodies present turban to officialAugust 17th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Radical Sikh groups of Punjab Monday presented a turban to state revenue official G.S. Benipal, who had stopped wearing one after being assaulted and stripped by youth Akali Dal activists and councillors in June.
Queen Elizabeth II swaps bearskin hats for turbans, as Sikh soldiers take up guard dutyJuly 31st, 2009 Sikh soldiers guard Queen Elizabeth IILONDON — Queen Elizabeth II has switched bearskin hats for turbans outside Buckingham Palace, where Sikh soldiers have begun guarding the monarch and her treasures, Britain's defense ministry said Friday. Signaler Simranjit Singh and Lance Cpl.
Balle balle! British Queen to be guarded by SikhsJuly 29th, 2009 LONDON - Two years after the British army abandoned a proposal to raise a Sikh regiment, the country's reining monarch has got her first Sikh bodyguards. Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's 83-year-old sovereign, will be guarded by two turbaned and bearded men in their 20s.
British Queen gets her first Sikh bodyguardsJuly 29th, 2009 LONDON - Britain's reigning monarch has her first Sikh bodyguards, a newspaper reported. Queen Elizabeth II will be guarded by Signaler Simranjit Singh, 26, and Lance Corporal Sarvjit Singh, 28, the paper said.
Sarkozy falls ill, hospitalisedJuly 26th, 2009 PARIS - French President Nicolas Sarkozy was taken to hospital Sunday after falling ill while exercising, French media reports said. France Info radio said the incident occurred before noon at his residence in Versailles.
Sarkozy shakes hands with admirers while jogging in New York's Central ParkJuly 19th, 2009 NEW YORK - French President Nicholas Sarkozy was photographed as he shook hands with admirers, while on a jog through Central Park in the heart of New York City on Saturday. He was surrounded by his bodyguards while heading for the park's reservoir.
Sikhs challenge US Army policy that bans wearing turbans, beards as religious itemsJune 14th, 2009 Sikhs challenge US Army's ban on turbans, beardsNEW YORK — Military service is in Capt. Kamaljit Singh Kalsi's blood.
Sikh group stakes claim to British Raj's Ranjit Singh collectionMay 26th, 2009 LONDON - A Sikh group from Slough has written to Queen Elizabeth requesting her to return property and items belonging to the family of Punjab's last king Ranjit Singh. The Telegraph quoted Jagdeesh Singh, from the Sikh Community Action Network, as saying: "We have written to the Queen asking for access rights and the eventual return of items such as historic copies of the Sikh national sacred writings, together with swords and weapons of the Sikh gurus."
According to Singh, letters, diaries and writings of Maharaja Duleep Singh, the Sikh ruler exiled to Britain in the 19th century, are also part of the collection, some of which is housed at Windsor Castle.
I do not think in terms of Sikh, non-Sikh: PMMay 11th, 2009 LUDHIANA - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here Monday that he represented the entire country and did not think 'in terms of Sikh or non-Sikh'. The first prime minister from the Sikh minority community was reacting to a query about the Congress garnering votes on the platform of having raised a Sikh to the top executive post even as it labelled the politics of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) as communal.
UK Sikh martial art maestro revives ancient shastar vidiyaMay 5th, 2009 LONDON - In a fluorescent-lit sports gymnasium in Hounslow, West London, a UK Sikh martial art maestro is promoting "Shastar Vidiya" , an ancient fighting technique lost to generations of Indians. "Shastar Vidiya", a little-known fighting technique from north India died out when the British Raj banned it after the final, bloody defeat of the Sikh empire in the mid-19th century.
Dikshit meets Sikh leaders, seeks support for CongressApril 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Tuesday met a delegation of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) led by its president Sardar Paramjit Singh Sarna and appealed to them to support the Congress. The meeting assumes importance as various Sikh organisations held a protest at Jantar Mantar here against the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) clean chit to Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in a case relating to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
Website on 1984 anti-Sikh riots to be launchedMarch 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A website seeking punishment for perpetrators of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and designed by a Sikh organisation is to be launched in the capital Friday. The website has been designed by the All India Sikh Conference (Babbar).
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