BATHINDA : A day after the incident of Guru Granth Sahib’s sacrilege in Bhikhiwind, another unfortunate incident of burning of Holy Scripture of Sri Guru Granth Sahib in a historical Gurdwara of Bathinda has come to fore. The incident took place today when the Palki Sahib caught fire under mysterious circumstances in historical Gurdwara Sri […]
Amritsar : The five Sikh high priests today asked 44 Sikh leaders to appear before Akal Takht on April 17 on their reported visits to Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda for “political gains.” The dera chief, Gurmeet Ram Rahim, was excommunicated in 2007 for impersonating Guru Gobind Singh. The high priests summoned 29 Sikh leaders for […]
Washington, April 1 : Sikhs in the US are reporting an increase in violent threats and harassment against the community amid rising incidents of hate crimes against Indian-Americans in the country.Chairman of the Sikhs Political Action Committee (SikhsPAC), Gurinder Singh Khalsa, said so far there have been two death threats and two reports of vandalism […]
DOVER, Delaware : Amidst rising hate crime incidents against Sikhs in the USA, the state assembly of Delaware, a state south of New Jersey, has resolved to mark the month of April as ‘Sikh Awareness and Appreciation Month’. A resolution regarding this was unanimously passed by the Senate as well as Representative House of Delaware […]
Washington : The FBI along with the US Department of Justice (DoJ) has opened a civil rights investigation into the shooting of a Sikh man by a partially- masked gunman, who shouted “go back to your own country”. Deep Rai, a US national of Indian-origin, was shot outside his home in Kent, Washington, on Friday. […]