UK

Die HARD desi

administrator — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:09:50 -0800

"I am a nice, mean, crazy, independent, talented, strong, simple, Indian girl who lives on her own terms and kicks ass." That's Hard Kaur for you, a chick who spits out serious rhymes and is not afraid to let loose. This cool Punjabi rapper has taken music out of the boundries of culture, countries and language. In the tricity to perform at the PEC Fest, Hard Kaur was full of hard-core entertainment for her fans.

Sikh teen wins UK discrimination claim

administrator — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:16:40 -0700

LONDON—A Sikh teenager who was excluded from class for refusing to remove a religious bracelet at school won her discrimination claim Tuesday in Britain's High Court.

The court ruled that the school failed to promote equality when they banned 14-year-old Sarika Singh from class last year when she refused to remove her Kara bracelet—a thin steel bangle worn by observant Sikhs.

UK-based Sikhs upset over desecration of war memorial

administrator — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:29:37 -0700

LONDON: The large Sikh community in the west Midlands town of Coventry is outraged after a memorial in honour of Sikh soldiers was desecrated by miscreants who tied a pig's head to the structure.

The war memorial was put up near a central roundabout by the community in 2005 to honour the 83,000 Sikh soldiers who fought in the British army during the two World Wars.

Race row: Sikh cop gets 70,000 pounds compensation in UK

administrator — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:23:58 -0700

LONDON: A Sikh policeman has been awarded 70,000 pounds in read more

Nine-year-old Indian boy(Gurinder Singh) abandoned in UK

administrator — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:51:25 -0700

LONDON: British Police have found a nine-year-old abandoned Indian boy who claims to have been kept indoors for several years at a UK house by a 'white uncle'.

Gurinder Singh, who speaks only Punjabi, was found at a health centre in Southall, London. It is thought he wandered there after waiting hours for his uncle at a nearby bus stop.

Sikh Pc refused 12 jobs wins race payout

administrator — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:12:12 -0700

A Sikh policeman has been awarded almost £10,000 in damages for racial discrimination after a police force rejected a dozen applications from him to join.

Pc Sangram Singh-Bhacker, 41, who comes from an Indian family in Manchester, had been trying to transfer to the city since 1990.

Sikh wins racial suit in UK

administrator — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:58:05 -0800

LONDON: A Sikh policeman who was refused a dozen applications to join the police force in his home town is set to receive a five-figure compensation for racial discrimination.

UK shuts door on unskilled Punjabi sweeper

administrator — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:41:15 -0800

LONDON: Goodbye Heathrow's Punjabi sweeper, as Britain has finally banned unskilled non-European Union (EU) workers from coming to work for the "foreseeable future".

The ban, suggested sotto voce when the British government first unveiled a controversial Australian-style points-based immigration system, was finally announced late on Wednesday.

The ban is expected to affect roughly 12,000 unskilled migrants from non-EU countries, mainly India, Pakistan and some African nations.

It is seen to be the biggest shake up to British immigration policy in 50 years.