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Topic: Sikh community

Was told they will send my head back to India, recalls kidnapped Sikh leader after release

Sikh community leader in Afghanistan Nidan Singh Sachdeva was abducted in June along with 10 others of minority communities. They all arrived in India Sunday.

11 killed as ‘Islamic State’ gunmen storm gurdwara in Kabul, India calls attack cowardly

Upto 200 people are still believed to be trapped inside the Kabul gurdwara as rescue operations are underway.

Pakistan says Gurudwara Nankana Sahib ‘untouched’, desecration claims ‘false & mischievous’

Pakistan’s statement comes after India said action must be taken against miscreants who indulged in desecration of the gurudwara and attacked Sikh community members.

Govt plans celebration of 550th Guru Nanak Jayanti with cultural events, stamps & coins

Several ministries have planned series of events to end year-long celebration of Guru Nanak Jayanti, a first for Modi govt for a religious leader of a faith.

Kashmiris offer gratitude to Sikhs for ensuring safety and security for them

Kashmiris are offering free tuitions & consultations to Sikhs as they sheltered Kashmiri students during backlash after Pulwama attack.

One of India’s oldest IAS officers says civil servants today need to be more patient

Sardar Saran Singh, 95, speaks about how things have changed for the civil service in the 71 years since independence.

Spate of ‘targeted killings’ has made Sikhs in Pakistan scared and angry like never before

Several killings in the last four years have raised worries that the Sikh minority in Pakistan might be the latest target of the country's religious extremist groups.

Go to Pakistan: Judge couple who kept and tortured 10-year-old sentenced to jail

Here’s what’s happening across the border: The govt is hiding luxury cars but the chief justice won't allow it and Diamer-Bhasha dam gets green...

Anand Marriage Act: An assertion of Sikh identity in the face of UCC demands

Delhi has joined the growing list of states that will now allow Sikhs to register their marriages under their own Act. But does it have any tangible benefits?

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Trump tariff forces India to shed illusion. Stop conflating status with power

India’s future lies in pragmatism. Protectionism must be phased out gradually, not in disruptive shocks.

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.