Global Sikh News

• Legal action by Sikhs against ONS to be launched this week and to be led by Sikh Channel & Sikh Federation (UK)
  UK: The Sikh community is expected by the end of this week to have launched legal action against the Office for National Statistics (ONS) regarding the 2011 Census. This will follow a meeting with Bindmans, a leading firm of human rights lawyers, on the legal options available to the Sikh community, assessing the chances of [...]
  
  
• Promising life after Death – 8 Sikhs started body organ donation campaign
  Mohali, Punjab: It is not easy to look at one’s death with a positive attitude. Tougher still, to actually do something good before departing from this world. But these eight residents of SAS Nagar, all full of life, are living with such a passion, only to die for a cause far greater than their lives. Inspired [...]
  
  
• Rs 1-cr ransom by Taliban for 32-yr-old baptised Sikh Robin Singh
  Toronto, Canada: Desperate for the safe release of his 32-year-old son Robin Singh from the Pakistani Taliban, Toronto based Bishan Dass has said his son faces the threat of conversion. An IT professional with degrees from the US, Robin Singh was kidnapped in Peshawar on February 12 for a ransom of Rs 1 crore. A [...]
  
  
• Mystery over death – Melbourne mourns for 3-yr-old Gurshan Singh
  Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne is in mourning for Gurshan Singh, a little boy who went missing on Thursday and was found dead six hours later. For several hours, the city held its breath as news bulletins failed to produce any sign of hope. Then, the body of the three-year-old was found 20 km away from the [...]
  
  
• Rise of Sikh Martyr Sant Bhinderanwale in Punjab
  Amritsar, Punjab: Sant Bhindranwale may seem a long way from Beijing, but trust the great Chinese assembly line to go the distance. The face of the Sikh militancy movement is enjoying a surge in popularity in Punjab, and he is doing so riding on Made in China products — ranging from T-shirts to calendars, bumper [...]