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. […]
Toronto : Stung by the Indian government’s recent initiatives to erode support for Khalistan in Canada, the hardline activist group Sikhs for Justice has complained of “intimidation” to the Canadian minister of foreign affairs. The letter, sent last week, is based on a report in the Hindustan Times about visits by India’s Consul General in […]
Washington : Gurdwaras in California have offered shelter to thousands of evacuees of Yuba City following fears of Oroville Dam collapsing. Security guards, teachers, farmers and other members of the Central Valley’s large Sikh community reached the two-storeyed Gurdwara Sahib Sikh temple in West Sacramento on Sunday while fleeing potential flooding along the Highway 70 corridor […]
AMRITSAR SAHIB, Punjab—In a statement, Sarbat Khalsa appointed Jathedar of Takht Sri Damdama Sahib, Bhai Baljit Singh Daduwal appealed to the Sikh masses in Delhi to give a crushing defeat to the Akali Dal (Badal) in the upcoming Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee elections. Elections are scheduled to take place on February 27.“Just like people […]