At least 11 people have been wounded after armed men attacked crowds of worshippers in a Sikh temple in the Austrian capital of Vienna, police have said.

Six men firing a gun and wielding knives attacked the temple, or gurdwara, in Vienna-Rudolfsheim on Sunday as up to 300 people took part in a ceremony, Michael Takacs, a police spokesman, said.

CHANDIGARH: A British play "Guru Manyo Granth", based on history and Sikh tenets was recently staged in Chandigarh by the London based Punjabi Theatre Academy.

Staged in Punjabi and English, the play traced the history of the Sikh religion by incorporating quotations and power point presentations on the various Sikh religious leaders or 'Gurus'.

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It has been a long journey for Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal from a small town to figure among 30 environmental heroes feted by the Time magazine in its latest issue.

He and Mohammad Dilawer, the sparrow man from Nasik, are the two Indians who have it in them to confront the threats facing the earth today.

The aim of the Scottish Sikh Heritage Trail is to highlight the close historical connection between the Scots and Sikhs, of which most of the general public are unaware.

The Anglo Sikh Heritage Trail has been running successfully in England since 2004, so we felt it was a natural progression to extend it to Scotland.

Scotland has a long-established Sikh community, beginning with colonial India.

Turbaned Sikhs as central characters seem to the flavour of Bollywood films these days. After Akshay Kumar donned the role of a Sikh in Singh is Kinng, which has done reasonably well at the box office, it's now the turn of Salman Khan and Saif Ali Khan, who will be seen in turbans.