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IS claims attack on Sikh temple in Kabul

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for an attack on a Sikh temple in Kabul which killed at least one worshipper and injured seven others. IS made the claim in a statement posted on its Amaq website late on Saturday. It said the ...

19 Jun 2022 at 11:39

David Lammy urged to use India trip to call for release of Jagtar Singh Johal

A leading UK Sikh action group has called on the Foreign Secretary to use his first trip to India next week to push for the release of detained British citizen Jagtar Singh Johal. Mr Johal, from Dumbarton, Scotland, was in Punjab in northern ...

18 Jul 2024 at 06:39

Scotland

Spy agencies accused of tip-off that led to Jagtar Singh Johal arrest

MI5 and MI6 have been accused of supplying information that led to the abduction and alleged torture of a Scottish Sikh. Jagtar Singh Johal, from Dumbarton, was in Punjab in northern India for his wedding in 2017 when his family say he was ...

23 Aug 2022 at 11:09

Football

Mal Benning hoping Wembley appearance will inspire future Indian Sikh players

Mal Benning wants to inspire the next generation of Indian Sikh players as he goes for promotion with Port Vale. The left-back believes Saturday’s Sky Bet League Two play-off final with Mansfield at Wembley is the perfect platform to ...

27 May 2022 at 13:00

Sunak urged to lobby Indian PM over release of jailed British blogger

More than 70 MPs have urged the Prime Minister to use his trip to India to raise the case of a Scottish Sikh blogger who has been jailed in the country for almost six years. Jagtar Singh Johal, from Dumbarton, was in Punjab in ...

06 Sept 2023 at 13:38

PM intervention over jailed British blogger ‘meaningless’ without details

Rishi Sunak raising the case of detained Briton Jagtar Singh Johal is “meaningless” if he did not call on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to release the Sikh blogger immediately, campaigners say. The British Prime ...

10 Sept 2023 at 06:42

World

India suspends visa services in Canada as rift widens over killing

India’s visa processing centre in Canada suspended its services on Thursday as a rift between the countries widened after Canada’s leader said India may have been involved in the killing of a Canadian citizen. Prime ...

21 Sept 2023 at 11:04

World

Sikh separatist leader arrested by Indian police after weeks on the run

Indian police have arrested a separatist leader who has revived calls for an independent Sikh homeland and the secession of India’s northern Punjab state, which has a history of violent insurgency. Amritpal Singh ...

23 Apr 2023 at 08:04

Cleverly hopes perpetrators of Sikh activist killing in Canada face justice

Britain is forging ahead with trade talks with India despite “serious allegations” that Narendra Modi’s government is linked to the killing of a Sikh activist in Canada. Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said all ...

19 Sept 2023 at 17:56

Inspiring graduate was first in her family to go to school after fleeing Taliban

A woman whose family fled the Taliban and who became the first person in her family to go to school has graduated with a master’s degree in human rights law. Gurvin Chopra, 23, whose parents fled religious ...

22 Jan 2025 at 08:23

Wolves fan to walk 125 miles from Molineux to Stamford Bridge for charity

A football fan who has raised more than £180,000 for charity will walk 125 miles from Wolverhampton to west London to raise money for dementia care. Wolverhampton Wanderers supporter Manny Singh Kang, 49, ...

05 Oct 2022 at 12:03

World

Thousands of Sikh pilgrims visit Pakistan to celebrate Vaisakhi festival

Thousands of Sikhs have arrived in Pakistan to celebrate Vaisakhi, a harvest festival that marks the start of the Sikh New Year. The event is mostly observed in Punjab and northern India. This year, ...

14 Apr 2025 at 10:28

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