Sikh Times
Encyclopedia
The Sikh Times is a Handsworth
-based dual language weekly newspaper
primarily targeting Sikhs
in the Birmingham
area in England
.
It is written in both Punjabi
and English
with English covering most of the paper's content.
The newspaper was launched on the Soho Road in the Handsworth area of Birmingham in 2001 by Gurjeet Bains who is editor and Jaspal Singh who is publisher. The newspaper firm has now grown to a size that it relocated to Alexandra Road in the Business Village.
Gurjeet, as editor of The Sikh Times, received the Media, Sports & Arts Award at the Lloyds TSB Asian Jewel Central Awards in 2006.
In July 2006, the newspaper announced they were to launch an online subscription service.
Handsworth, West Midlands
Handsworth is an inner city area of Birmingham in the West Midlands, England. The Local Government Act 1894 divided the ancient Staffordshire parish of Handsworth into two urban districts: Handsworth and Perry Barr. Handsworth was annexed to the county borough of Birmingham in Warwickshire in 1911...
-based dual language weekly newspaper
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
primarily targeting Sikhs
Sikhism
Sikhism is a monotheistic religion founded during the 15th century in the Punjab region, by Guru Nanak Dev and continued to progress with ten successive Sikh Gurus . It is the fifth-largest organized religion in the world and one of the fastest-growing...
in the Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
area in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
It is written in both Punjabi
Punjabi language
Punjabi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by inhabitants of the historical Punjab region . For Sikhs, the Punjabi language stands as the official language in which all ceremonies take place. In Pakistan, Punjabi is the most widely spoken language...
and English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
with English covering most of the paper's content.
The newspaper was launched on the Soho Road in the Handsworth area of Birmingham in 2001 by Gurjeet Bains who is editor and Jaspal Singh who is publisher. The newspaper firm has now grown to a size that it relocated to Alexandra Road in the Business Village.
Gurjeet, as editor of The Sikh Times, received the Media, Sports & Arts Award at the Lloyds TSB Asian Jewel Central Awards in 2006.
In July 2006, the newspaper announced they were to launch an online subscription service.