The minister said the main objective of the government is to provide good education to students and also to make them aware of the history of Gurus, the Sikh world and Punjab.
The Consulate General of India in New York said in a tweet that the “assault on two Sikh gentlemen in Richmond Hills, New York” is deplorable.
The meeting witnessed freewheeling interaction by the Prime Minister with the delegation on diverse topics like farmer welfare, youth empowerment, drug free society, National Educational Policy, skilling, employment, technology and Punjab's overall development trajectory.
The discussion, between PM Modi and the delegation, also included the difficulties faced by them in Afghanistan and the help extended by the government in bringing them to India safely.
The Metropolitan Police said they were called to Raleigh Road in Southall on Wednesday night to reports of a stabbing and attended along with paramedics from London Ambulance Service (LAS).
Sources within the BJP said PM Modi is very sensitive to the feelings of the Sikh community.
According to the 2017 census, Hindus constitute the largest religious minority in Pakistan. Christians make up the second largest religious minority. The Ahmadis, Sikhs and Parsis are also among the notable religious minorities in Pakistan.
India on Tuesday brought back 78 people, including 25 of its nationals and a number of Afghan Sikhs and Hindus from Dushanbe, and three copies of the Guru Granth Sahib, a day after they were evacuated from Kabul.
US President Joe Biden mourned the loss of Sikhs in a shooting by a white supremacist at a gurdwara of Wisconsin nine years ago.
Desi Twitterati were quick to spot a Sikh character in the trailer of Disney Pixar's Turning Red wearing a blue turban and a religious ‘kada’ in his hand. Here's how they reacted to it!
Sumit Ahluwalia, 32, of Astoria has said his assailant was fuelled by racial hatred, according to a report on New York Daily News website.
Kangana Ranaut hopped on to Instagram and shared that she "had an instant smile on her face" after seeing the name written on the dress. The photo shows a camouflage-print T-shirt with a tag of 'Tejas Gill and the blood group B positive.'
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Wednesday denied permission to 600 Sikh pilgrims intending to visit Pakistan, citing security, COVID-19 concerns, PTI quoted officials as saying.
A post office in the US city Houston will be named after Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal, the first Sikh Deputy in Texas's Harris County who was shot dead while on duty in September 2019.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday paid tribute to iconic Sikh warrior Baba Banda Singh Bahadur on his 350th birth anniversary, saying he lives in the hearts of millions and is remembered for his sense of justice.
Following the furore over an incident where the West Bengal Police were seen manhandling a Sikh man, disrespecting his turban and pulling him by his hair, the state police on Friday issued a clarification saying the turban of the Sikh man fell off automatically in scuffle without any attempt to do so by our officer adding they respect all religions.
An Indian restaurant in the Sante Fe City of New Mexico, owned by a Sikh, was broken into and vandalised with hate messages scrawled on its walls, a media report said Tuesday.
A Sikh student in the US state of New Jersey has filed a lawsuit against a Board of Education alleging that he was subjected to bias-based bullying because of his faith and was forced to permanently pull out of school due to the prolonged harassment.
Pakistan’s first Sikh woman journalist has been named among 100 most influential Sikh personalities under 30 years of age in the world by a UK-based global Sikh organisation.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday sought the intervention of the Minister of External Affairs for the evacuation of Sikh families stranded in Afghanistan.
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