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Vancouver police are seeking the public's help in identifying two suspects and a vehicle involved in the vandalism of the khalsa diwan society Gurdwara on Ross Street. The gurdwara was defaced with graffiti, including the word "murdabad," early Saturday morning.

'Will Make It Charitable In True Sense'

A Gurdwara in Vancouver was vandalized with pro-Khalistan graffiti, prompting an investigation by authorities. The khalsa diwan society attributed the act to Sikh separatists, denouncing it as an attempt to sow division within the Canadian Sikh community. This incident follows a series of vandalisms targeting religious structures in Canada, including Hindu temples, raising concerns about rising extremism.

A Philippines-based Punjabi financier was shot dead in Manila on Monday morning when was leaving for work. Deceased Bhagwant Raj Bensal, 60, was living in Manila for since past 10 years. He was head of the khalsa diwan society, which works for the Punjabi community there.

Around 100 years after Ghadrite Bhai Mewa Singh became the first Indian to be hanged in Canada on charges of killing a senior British officer there, Punjabi community residing in the country is moving a petition against branding him as a criminal in the Canadian historical and legal records.

Afghan Hindus and Sikhs living in India have urged the Narendra Modi government to grant them Indian citizenship, so that their children don't have to live with uncertainty.

The Aurangabad bench of Bombay high court has quashed and set aside a January 20, 2022 notification by the state government that appointed four members on the Nanded Sikh Gurudwara Sachkhand Shri Hazur Apchalnagar Sahib Board that runs the famous Nanded Gurudwara.

Eminent Sikh body Chief Khalsa Diwan (CKD) has announced to set up a university raising speculations on the interest of charitable societies in the field of higher education. The varsity will be set up by CKD Charitable Society.

NEW DELHI: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) here has granted refugee status to as many as 60 Afghan nationals, who trickled in after September 11 attacks in US, with more being interviewed for granting of the same.

Conservationists in Amritsar have asked the government to declare the well in the house of noted Punjabi author Bhai Vir Singh as a heritage structure. Born in Amritsar on December 5, 1872, a year before the beginning of Singh Sabha Movement, Bhai Vir Singh was an inspiration for masses as he devoted his life to the rejuvenation of the Sikh community through his novels, poetry and annotation of the sacred text.

Admitting that there had been shortfalls, in fact, glaring faults in the educational setup since independence cabinet minister Bikram Singh Majithia said that state government was putting in best efforts to plug these faults.

NEW DELHI: Afghan refugees are trickling into India following US bombings of their country even as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has asked the government to consider a national law on refugees.