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United Sikhs partners and educate law enforcement agency about Kirpan and Sikh identity |
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Monday, 28 June 2010 |
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 Fremont CA June 16th 2010
Police Chief Doug Dunford of the Livingston Police Department approached United Sikhs with a request to educate his entire police department about the Kirpan and other articles of the Sikh faith, the Sikh culture and also to build an understanding of Sikh Americans.
Mohani Kaur, a coordinator for United Sikhs in the Central Valley, was approached by the chief of police to put together a session on June 16th 2010. An extensive four hour workshop was arranged and carried out successfully. About 30 police officers attended this training, including off duty officers called in especially for the workshop, as well as the police chief. This session was arranged by United Sikhs and was conducted by Kashmir Singh, director of United Sikhs, Mohani Kaur, coordinator for United Sikhs, and Japneet Kaur, a volunteer for the organization. The city of Livingston has about a 20% Sikh population. Chief Dunford’s enthusiasm was loud and clear as he introduced the presenters and explained why the department was convened that day. “I want to know everything about the Sikh culture so I can serve my community better.”Police officers were given an overview of Sikh history, origin and our core values. They were then presented with details about the importance of our Dastar, Kirpan and other articles of faith. Police officers were also given an overview of Gurdwara structure and protocol. During this four hour training, officers were very engaged and asked a lot of questions to learn more about Sikh culture. During the break, the entire police department was offered a free lunch from local Sikh community member S. Buta Singh. After September 11th, there was a sharp increase in cases of bullying in schools, discrimination based on identity and other such harassment cases. These occurred due to a lack of awareness of the distinct Sikh identity, and that is what makes these kinds of sessions with various law enforcement agencies absolutely crucial. “We know we play a great role in making this country stronger and we carry strong values with us. We need to conduct more outreach and tell the right people who we are,” said California director Kashmir Singh. “We are now reaching out and asking these agencies to contact us in order to clear up all the misunderstanding about our identity,” said Mohani Kaur. Chief Dunford was very pleased with the entire session and showed interest in continuing similar sessions on a regular basis in the future. He is also reaching out to neighboring city chiefs to expand on these awareness sessions in the Central Valley.We can be contacted at www.unitedsikhs.org for more information.
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ਆਈ.ਪੀ.ਐਲ. ਨਾਲ ਜੁੜੀਆਂ ਕੰਪਨੀਆਂ ‘ਤੇ ਆਮਦਨ ਕਰ ਵਿਭਾਗ ਦੇ ਛਾਪੇWednesday, 21 April 2010
ਮੁੰਬਈ- ਆਮਦਨ ਕਰ ਵਿਭਾਗ ਨੇ ਅੱਜ ਇੰਡੀਅਨ ਪ੍ਰੀਮੀਅਰ ਲੀਗ ਨਾਲ ਜੁੜੀਆਂ ਕੰਪਨੀਆਂ ਦੇ ਕੰਪਲੈਕਸਾਂ ‘ਤੇ ਛਾਪੇ ਮਾਰੇ। ਆਮਦਨ ਕਰ ਵਿਭਾਗ ਦੇ ਇਹ ਛਾਪੇ ਅਜਿਹੇ ਸਮੇਂ ਮਾਰੇ ਗਏ ਜਦੋਂ ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਦੋਸ਼ ਸਾਹਮਣੇ ਆਏ ਹਨ ਕਿ ਆਈ ਪੀ ਐਲ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਰਣ ਦੀ ਮਾਰਕੀਟਿੰਗ ਏਜੰਸੀ ਵਰਲਡ ਸਪੋਰਟਸ ਗਰੁੱਪ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਰਣ ਏਜੰਸੀ ਮਲਟੀ ਸਕਰੀਨ ਮੀਡੀਆ ਨੇ ਤਕਰੀਬਨ ਅੱਠ ਕਰੋੜ ਡਾਲਰ ਦੀ ਸੁਵਿਧਾ ਫੀਸ ਦਿੱਤੀ ਸੀ। ਆਮਦਨ ਕਰ ਵਿਭਾਗ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਇਹ ਛਾਪੇ ਅੱਜ ਸਵੇਰੇ ਸ਼ੁਰੂ ਹੋਏ ।
Sunny Deol Flies to USA for treatment of his back painMonday, 05 July 2010
Sunny praji is suffering from serious health issues. He was flown to the US on Wednesday for medical treatment. His office has cancelled all his meetings for the next two weeks.
Interestingly, there are several reasons for his urgent trip to the US, all of which seem to be contradictory. Not so long ago, Sunny Deol had said, “I have been ill since the past few years and have a severe back problem. It’s under control now. But when it does act up, I’m forced to slow down.”
