New York: US talk show host Jay Leno has been sued by an Indian-American in California for his 'racist' comments on the Golden Temple and ridiculing the entire Sikh community by portraying the holy shrine as a vacation home. According to court papers filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, Randeep Dhillon claims that Leno "hurt the sentiments of all Sikh people in addition to those of the plaintiff" with his...
11:42 AM, Jan 25, 2012
New Delhi: India has strongly objected to popular US television host Jay Leno's Golden Temple remarks. But the US government has defended him saying he has the right to free speech. The Indian government has complained about Jay Leno to his employer, the NBC network, and to the US government. The government was reacting to online protests by Sikh groups over Leno's joke describing the Golden Temple as politician Mitt...
08:35 PM, Jan 24, 2012
Washington: Amid controversy over popular TV host Jay Leno's remarks on the Golden Temple, the US has defended his right to free speech terming his comments as "satirical" while applauding contributions of Sikh-Americans. "I think that Leno would be appreciative if we make the point that his comments are constitutionally protected in the United States under free speech, and frankly, they appeared to be satirical in nature," State Department spokesperson...
01:24 PM, Jan 24, 2012
New Delhi: India has strongly objected to the remark on the Golden Temple by popular US television host Jay Leno, terming it quite unfortunate. India said that Leno's comments had offended Sikh sentiments. Robert Blake, the US diplomat handling South Asia affairs, was also summoned by India. Leno, the host of the popular 'The Tonight Show' on NBC channel, flashed a picture of the Golden Temple, the Sikh shrine on...
01:09 PM, Jan 24, 2012
Washington: India has strongly "objected" to the remark on the Golden Temple by popular US television host Jay Leno, terming it "quite unfortunate". Leno, the host of the popular "The Tonight Show" on NBC channel, flashed a picture of the Golden Temple, the holiest Sikh shrine, in Amritsar on his programme and termed it as a possible summer home of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. The visiting NRI Affairs Minister...
11:23 AM, Jan 23, 2012
New Delhi: Team Anna on Sunday denied involvement of its members in showing black flags to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his visit to the Golden Temple in Amritsar and said it was the people's own reaction. "I don't think it was done at the behest of Team Anna but it is reflection of what people feel and think," Team Anna member Shazia Ilmi said. "I guess this is the...
04:35 PM, Jan 01, 2012
Amritsar: On a personal visit to the holy city, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh began his new year by paying obeisance at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on Sunday morning. Singh along with his wife Gursharan Kaur reached the Golden Temple at 6.30 am and went to the sanctum sanctorum where they spent half an hour. They listened to the Shabd Kirtan (religious hymns) and Ardas (prayer) while sitting cross-legged with...
12:55 PM, Jan 01, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was greeted with blag flags from Anna Hazare supporters after his arrival at Golden Temple in Amritsar on Sunday. The protest by some Hazare supporters caught the security agencies completely off guard. Though none of the protesters could reach anywhere near the prime minister, they were able to register their symbolic protest as they shouted pro-Anna Hazare and pro-Jan Lokpal bill slogans. The incident...
08:32 AM, Jan 01, 2012
Amritsar: With his government having faced a tough year, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wants to usher in the new year with prayers at the Harmandar Sahib, the holiest of Sikh shrines, popularly known as the Golden Temple. He is expected to arrive here on Saturday evening with his wife Gursharan Kaur and will go to the Harmandar Sahib very early on Sunday morning to offer prayers on New Year Day,...
11:17 AM, Dec 31, 2011
Amritsar: BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani on Monday faced hostile crowds of workers of some Akali Dal factions during his visit to the Golden Temple when he was greeted by slogans. In the morning, when Advani entered the periphery of the Golden Temple to pay obeisance, he was greeted with slogans of Khalistan raised by activists associated with former MP Simranjit Singh Mann. Men of the SGPC task force escorted...
03:59 PM, Nov 15, 2011
The Pakistan government, in a goodwill gesture on Sunday, canceled a controversial Gurudwara land acquisition deal. This was announced by the Pakistan Home Secretary during his visit to Golden Temple on Sunday. ...
06:25 PM, Mar 27, 2011
New Delhi: The Pakistan government, in a goodwill gesture on Sunday, canceled a controversial Gurudwara land acquisition deal. This was announced by the Pakistan Home Secretary during his visit to Golden Temple on Sunday. Pakistan Federal Minister of minority had ordered an inquiry last year. Resentment among the Sikh community was triggered following Pakistan selling the land belonging to Pakistan's minority Sikh community to the Pakistani army, said to be...
05:42 PM, Mar 27, 2011
Washington: US President Barack Obama's decision to skip a planned visit to the Golden Temple during his India trip has been listed ninth among Time magazine's 'Top 10 Religion Stories'. Explaining why it put "Obama Decides Not to Visit the Golden Temple" on the list, the US magazine wrote: "The Golden Temple in Amritsar is the centre of the Sikh religion and, at one point in the planning of the...
10:49 AM, Dec 14, 2010
Washington: The White House has clarified that US President Barack Obama will not visit Amritsar's Golden Temple and the Taj Mahal at Agra due to paucity of time. "Anybody that would go to (India), would love to... spend a lot more time there," White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters Monday when asked why Obama is not visiting the Sikhs' holiest shrine or the 17th century monument. "We're afforded...
01:24 PM, Nov 02, 2010
New Delhi: A day after US President Barack Obama dropped the Amritsar's Golden Temple visit from his itinerary during his forthcoming visit to India, Siromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC), the nodal body of the Sikhs says, Obama doesn't have to wear a headscarf. Citing previous examples, it has said Obama could don a cap if he wished. But will the US President stop over at Amritsar now? Reports suggest that...
03:59 PM, Oct 20, 2010
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