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UK’s 1st turbaned Sikh MP promises probe into Britain’s role in Op Bluestar
Thursday, 27/07/2017
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AMRITSAR: Stressing that Sikhs have played a pivotal role in economic development of various countries, United Kingdom’s first turbaned Sikh parliamentarian, Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi, said on Wednesday that raising issues faced by Sikhs will be among his top priorities as a member of the House of Commons.
Sikh asked to take off kirpan in NZ
Thursday, 27/07/2017
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Wellington: A Sikh man in New Zealand’s Auckland city was asked to take off his kirpan and get down from a bus after a panicked passenger called police on seeing the ceremonial dagger, a media report said. Police boarded a busy commuter bus in Auckland on Tuesday after a passenger was seen carrying kirpan, traditionally worn by Sikhs.
2 Punjabis in John Horgan’s British Columbia cabinet
Thursday, 20/07/2017
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CHANDIGARH : Two Canadians of Punjabi origin figured in the cabinet of Premier John Horgan, who was sworn in as the 36th Premier of British Columbia on Tuesday.
‘Glass ceiling broken’: 1st turban-wearing MP in UK House
Thursday, 20/07/2017
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LONDON: Delighted to be the first turban-wearing Sikh MP in Britain’s Parliament, i, in his maiden speech in the House of Commons on Tuesday, said that a glass ceiling has been broken, expressing hope that more MPs like him are elected in future.
UK’s first woman Sikh MP Preet Kaur Gill elected to key Parliament panel
Wednesday, 19/07/2017
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LONDON: Britain’s first woman Sikh MP Preet Kaur Gill has been elected to an influential cross-party panel in the UK Parliament that examines the workings of the Home Office.
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