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Source: Sikh24.com NEW DELHI (November 18, 2014)—Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Indian citizenship for 11,000 Sindhis and Sikhs who had migrated from Pakistan and Afghanistan prior to December 31, 2009.  These people had migrated to India in order to escape ongoing oppression due to the unrest in Afghanistan and parts of Pakistan. A majority… Continue reading Modi Government Grants Citizenship to Afghan and Pakistani Sikhs and Sindhis; Gujarati Sikhs Still Face Discrimination

Source: The Times of India AMRITSAR: Afghan Hindus and Sikhs living in India have urged the Narendra Modi government to grant them Indian citizenship, so that their children don’t have to live with uncertainty. They have also sought help from SAD (B) and Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to use its influence on NDA government… Continue reading Living in India for over two decades, Afghan Hindus, Sikhs seek citizenship

Source: London Evening Standard Police today smashed an Afghan gang suspected of making up to £1 million a year by selling  smartphones stolen from London commuters. The gang allegedly employed pickpockets to operate across the capital’s Tube and rail services, preying on passengers carrying expensive smartphones. Police say the gang on its own accounts for a… Continue reading Police smash gang who made £1million a year by selling smartphones stolen from commuters on London trains

Source: Sikh Sangat News London, UK:  The involvement of human traffickers in the case involving 35 Afghan Sikh stowaways, found inside an airtight shipping container on a dockyard in British port, has been confirmed with the arrest of a third person, a media report said today. Police arrested a third man in connection with the… Continue reading Traffickers hand confirmed in Sikh stowaways

Source: The Indian Express Written by Anju Agnihotri Chaba | Jalandhar A majority of Hindu-Sikh refugees from Afghanistan say that they have not been able to get Indian citizenship despite spending close to two decades here. As per norms, however, they are eligible for Indian citizenship once they spend seven years in the country. The… Continue reading Afghan Sikhs say getting citizenship is a difficult task

Source: DNA India The involvement of human traffickers in the case involving 35 Afghan Sikh stowaways, found inside an airtight shipping container on a dockyard in British port, has been confirmed with the arrest of a third person, a media report said on Sunday. Police arrested a third man in connection with the death, a… Continue reading Human traffickers involvement confirmed in 35 Sikh stowaways