Ramgarhia Sikh Gurdwara, Woodland Avenue The exact dates and times are still to be confirmed. Sue Foley, Slough Borough Council’s consultant in public health, said: “Residents in the target areas do not need to do anything differently right now – just be aware we will be visiting soon, knocking on the door to have a chat about the testing. “No one in the area needs to order testing kits as we be providing everything they need and offering specific assistance to anyone who needs it. “Slough’s current case rates are not as high as other areas, but we want to make sure it stays that way in the face of this new Delta variant and our residents are well tested, well informed and well protected.”
Doorstep food delivery by Noida gurdwara for Covid-hit
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Doorstep food delivery by Noida gurdwara for Covid-hit. Image Source: IANS News
Noida, April 20 : The surge in coronavirus cases compounded by shortage of beds and oxygen in hospitals has forced many patients to lock themselves at their houses. Shri Guru Singh Sabha gurdwara in Uttar Pradesh s Noida Sector-18 is providing two meals a day to the infected patients at their doorstep.
Giani Gurpreet Singh, Head Granthi of Shri Guru Singh Sabha, told IANS, We had been running this service since September last year, later we stopped our services for a few months due to improvement in the Covid situation, but after April 8 we have resumed this service.
Halasuru Gurudwara warns against fake agents
Halasuru Gurudwara warns against fake agents
ByY Maheswara ReddyY Maheswara Reddy / Updated: Oct 31, 2020, 06:00 IST
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Halasuru has issued a notice to citizens about fake volunteers collecting donations in the name of the gurudwara. These volunteers were going around asking for donations for the construction of a new building for the gurudwara.
A few philanthropists and devotees at Kalyan Nagar had already given money to these ‘volunteers’.
“The devotees informed us only after giving money to people who claimed to work for Guru Singh Sabha. We never encourage and authorise people to collect donations by going door to door. Collecting donations is against our principles, and it is up to the devotees to donate when they visit the gurudwara,’’ said Kuldeep Singh, general secretary, Sri Guru Singh Sabha.
Removing the name of a notorious colonialist from one street in Southall is clearly of symbolic significance. But for many, taking down a statue or a street sign is just the beginning of decolonising 21st-century Britain
Addressing the legacies of colonialism and slavery has been a prominent narrative throughout 2020. A number of calls to recognise, remove, rename, repatriate, and redress have underlined the extent to which Britain’s history of slavery and colonial exploitation are woven into, and layered over, the built environment.
Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara. Photo – i.ytimg.com
One such call has made a breakthrough. On November 25, Ealing Council in London’s west London officially announced that it was renaming Havelock Road in Southall. It is one of the dozens of places around the world named after one of Britain’s most prominent military leaders in colonial India. Havelock Road will now become Guru Nanak Road, after the founder of the Sikh faith.