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Sikh wins right to wear beard and turban in US Army training college

A 20-year-old Sikh-American student has won a significant legal battle in the United States with a court allowing him to enrol in an army programme without removing his articles of faith like the......

US Army sued for not enlisting Sikh

Two US-based rights groups have filed a lawsuit against the US Army for allegedly not enlisting a Sikh student in the Reserve Officer Training Corps programme, unless he shaved his beard and cut......

Community turns up in strength at Singh family funeral

Hundreds of people from the Sikh and Hindu communities, including family members and friends, attended a funeral service for Major Avtar Singh and family on Wednesday, June 20, in Fresno,......

Pulwama martyr Major Dhoundiyal's wife joins Army

Twenty-seven months after she lost her husband in an anti-insurgency operation in south Kashmir's Pulwama, 29-year-old Nitika Kaul on Saturday donned the army uniform after completing a one-year......

Shortage of officers? NCC has the answer

With the Indian armed forces facing a shortage of over 13,000 officers, the 30-lakh-strong National Cadet Corps seems to be the best bet to fill up vacant seats in the military academies. "While......

D K Sarraf new ONGC chief, Moily proposal for Vasudeva cast aside

Rejecting Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily's proposal to give Sudhir Vasudeva a post-retirement extension, Dinesh K Sarraf was on Wednesday appointed the new head of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation,......

Jat stir rattles India Inc

Govt assurances fail to cut ice with Jat leaders as agitation intensifies, Maruti halts production at two plants; highways, railway lines blocked Chaos reigned in Haryana on Saturday with......

India on a shopping spree to buy global firms

China raised a storm of controversy in the United States earlier this year when its cash-rich corporations announced their intention to acquire several American companies, including oil producer......

GST delay may not impact markets

IMAGE: One reason for going slow is because the GST Bill is still under discussion. Photograph: PTI Photo Although the markets could see a knee-jerk reaction, they rule out a sharp fall.Puneet......

50 ways to green your business

Imagine asking today how the Internet affects business. It's an absurd question, like asking how electricity changed business. Asking the same about sustainability, it turns out, is equally absurd.......

Shershaah : Worthy Biopic for an Iconic Warrior

'Captain Vikram Batra, PVC and his unit 13 Jak Rif did stand out because of the sheer magnitude of the task allotted to them but also the exceptional professionalism with which it was executed and......

Olympic sponsor Toyota pulls out TV ads for Games

IMAGE: A banner advertising Coca-Cola beverages, Toyota, Nissay and NTT, Olympic Games partner for Tokyo 2020, in Fukushima prefecture, Japan. Photograph: Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters/Files Tokyo......

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