WASHINGTON: Major Kamaljeet Singh Kalsi, the first turbaned US Sikh soldier in last 30 years has received Bronze Star Medal, the fourth-highest combat award for his meritorious services in Afghanistan. Kalsi, a doctor, received the medal for “exceptionally meritorious service as an emergency medicine physician” while deployed in Afghanistan during the first half of 2011, the Sikh Coalition... 

NEW DELHI: The Sikh community has again demanded for a corridor connecting Dera Baba Nanak (India) and Kartarpur Sahib(Pakistan) across the Indo-Pak border to allow the pilgrims to have access to the Kartarpur shrine without passport or visa. Partap Singh Bajwa, Congress MP from Gurdaspur has asked the government for construction of corridor across the border to facilitate visits to Kartarpur Sahib... 

CHANDIGARH : In a populist move, the Punjab government has decided to extend the benefit of 100 units per month of free electricity to 15 lakh families, instead of the present 10 lakh families. The move ahead of Vidhan Sabha elections is being seen as another shot at power politics, which even the predecessor government had indulged in just before the previous elections. The SAD-BJP government has... 

AMRITSAR: After the General elections of SGPC here on Monday fifteen members of SGPC has been co-opted by Avtar Singh Makkar who was empowered by the elected house to chair the meeting which was meant exclusively to co-opt new members. Fifteen new members were co-opted in the presence and observation of Election Commissioner Gurdwara H.S. Brar and officiating Deputy Commissioner Amritsar Satwant Singh... 

Manmohan Singh’s humiliation is complete. Ten days ago the Indian prime minister announced he would open the retail industry to foreign investment, perhaps the boldest reform since he came to power in 2004. Yesterday he suspended the move, caving to pressure from unions and politicians on both sides of the aisle. Foreign investment is a huge hornet’s nest in India, but it is worth stirring... 

A jury was sworn in on Monday in the trial of a medical student and two men accused of killing a television executive whose body was found in the boot of a burnt-out car in south east London. The 12 jurors were sent home until Tuesday when the case at the Old Bailey will be opened by prosecutor Aftab Jafferjee, QC. Gagandip Singh, 21, was discovered after police came across a blue Mercedes on fire... 

Eight men on horseback chase a ball on a gorgeous, sunny winter’s afternoon at the Jaipur Polo Grounds in the Indian capital, Delhi. The action at Saturday’s game was fierce, fast and dust-raising. The British army team was playing the Sherdils (or Lionhearts) – comprising members of the Sikh regiment of the Indian army – for the annual Saragarhi Challenge Cup. The game commemorates... 

FRESNO, Calif. — A Sikh man waiting for a plane at Fresno Yosemite International Airport has been stabbed in an unprovoked attack. The victim was treated at the airport and boarded his flight. Police Lt. Tom Rowe tells the Fresno Bee that a 26-year-old man approached the victim and stabbed him the upper torso at about 5:30 p.m. Sunday. No words were exchanged before the attack. The attacker,... 

JALANDHAR: Former Punjab and Maharashtra DGP S S Virk — who was removed by the Election Commission in early 2007 from the post of Punjab DGP and was arrested by the Punjab Vigilance bureau under the Prevention of Corruption Act also in 2007 when he was repatriated to his parent cadre, the Maharashtra police — has applied for a Congress ticket from Dasuya for the Assembly elections. In 2007,... 

Chandigarh: Amid a raging debate over the benefits of 51 per cent FDI in multi-brand retail for growers, farmers in Punjab have proposed to foray into the vegetable retail business by launching their own retail operations to fetch remunerative returns. A clutch of farmers have stepped on cooperative movement by setting up a Global Healthy Vegetables Marketing Cooperative Society which would undertake...