India's corruption woes, the Wisconsin gurudwara shooting and cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar's 100 centuries are among the top stories of 2012, according to a list compiled by Time magazine which chronicles the "highs and lows, the good and the bad" of the past year. ...
09:34 PM, Dec 04, 2012
New York: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has said it has concluded its probe into the August shooting incident at a gurdwara in Wisconsin, and found there is no evidence that the attack was part of any ongoing threat to the Sikh community. "There is no evidence to suggest the attack was part of any ongoing threat to the Sikh community," Special Agent in Charge of FBI's Milwaukee Division...
07:41 AM, Nov 21, 2012
Washington: US President Barack Obama on Tuesday wished people "happy Diwali" and "saal mubarak", as he praised the resilience of Sikhs in the aftermath of the tragedy at a Wisconsin Gurudwara this year in which six members of the community were gunned down. "To those celebrating Diwali, I wish you, your families and loved ones Happy Diwali and Saal Mubarak," Obama said, wishing everybody on the occasion of the festival...
11:56 PM, Nov 13, 2012
New York: External Affairs Minister SM Krishna met family members of victims of Oak Creek Gurudwara shooting and said India and the US stand united against those who perpetrate a culture of violence and hatred. Krishna paid a visit to the Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee on Thursday and met the family of priest Punjab Singh, who is still in coma after being critically injured in the August shooting. He later...
08:46 AM, Oct 05, 2012
Washington: The Wisconsin Gurdwara shooting incident, which left six Sikh worshipers dead, was an act of "senseless killing," US President Barack Obama has said, as he assured full support to the Sikh community in the country. "It was a senseless killing and it should not have happened," Obama told the Washington-based Sikh community leaders Dr Rajwant Singh and his wife Dr Balvinder Singh at a reception hosted by the US...
11:29 AM, Sep 26, 2012
Washington: An independent FBI advisory board is being asked to examine whether the current hate crime reporting categories should be expanded to include those against the Sikhs, a top US official announced on Wednesday. Such a move by the Department of Justice comes in the wake of top US lawmakers and human rights bodies and Sikh organisations writing to the Attorney General in this regard. This week as many as...
09:28 PM, Sep 19, 2012
Colourful turbans crowded around California Governor Jerry Brown as he signed two historic bills designed to battle workplace discrimination against Sikhs and Muslims in the state. Brown signed the Workplace Religious Freedom Act, Assembly Bill 1964 which ensures that employees receive equal protection under law, protecting workers who wear turbans, hijabs and yarmulkes, the Sacramento Bee newspaper reported. In California, employers faced over 500 cases of religious discrimination in 2011,...
01:58 PM, Sep 10, 2012
The decision comes in the wake of the firing at a Wisconsin gurudwara (Sikh temple of worship) that left seven Sikhs dead. ...
08:19 AM, Sep 10, 2012
Oak Creek: Sikh priest Punjab Singh has remained in a coma ever since the shooting rampage at a Wisconsin temple earlier this month that left six victims dead and three other people wounded, his family said. In their first public comments since the August 5 attack, Singh's sons described how they rushed from India to be with their father after the shooting, and how they now spend most of their...
01:19 AM, Aug 31, 2012
Washington: An elderly Sikh man, in his early 70s, was allegedly beaten up by his neighbour in New Jersey following an altercation and was later arrested by the police because of keeping 'Kirpan', a Sikh article of faith. The incident happened on July 26, nearly 10 days before the shooting at Oak Creek Gurdwara in Wisconsin, United Sikhs, a Sikh advocacy group said on Thursday. Giving details of the incident,...
10:12 AM, Aug 24, 2012
US First Lady Michelle Obama met the families of those affected by the Gurudwara shootout in Wisconsin. ...
08:55 AM, Aug 24, 2012
Oak Creek: Mandeep Singh Khattra and his family received Michelle Obama with an embrace on Thursday as the first lady consoled relatives of worshippers gunned down earlier this month at a Sikh temple in suburban Milwaukee. "She gave us a hug and said, 'I'm sorry for what happened,'" said Khattra, 26, whose grandfather, Suveg Singh Khattra, was one of six people killed on August 5. "She asked what kind of...
08:06 AM, Aug 24, 2012
Washington: The police officer who was injured during the Gurdwara shootout early this month has been discharged from the hospital, while one Sikh worshipper remains critically ill even three weeks after the attack. Lt Brian Murphy was released from the hospital on Wednesday on the eve of the Oak Creek visit of US First Lady Michelle Obama. "Lt Brian Murphy has been released from the hospital. He asks that members...
10:14 AM, Aug 23, 2012
US First Lady Michelle Obama will be reaching out to Sikhs in Wisconsin on Thursday. ...
08:10 AM, Aug 23, 2012
Washington: In an effort to reach out to the Sikh Community, US First Lady Michelle Obama will travel to Wisconsin on August 23 to meet the victims and family members of the Gurudwara shooting that left six worshippers dead. The scheduled visit of the First Lady to Wisconsin is on August 23, the White House on Saturday said, adding that it was part of Obama administration's reach out to the...
12:10 PM, Aug 19, 2012
New Delhi: Barely 12 days after the shooting at a gurudwara that killed six worshippers, another Sikh has been murdered in Milwaukee, US. Police suspect it was an attempted robbery gone wrong. But what's worrying is that 56-year-old Dalbir Singh was also one of the members of the Wisconsin gurudwara committee. He was killed on Wednesday, when an unidentified gunman forced him to open his store. Police officials say they...
06:52 AM, Aug 17, 2012
Washington: In 10 days after the tragic shootout that killed six worshippers and left three others injured, Sikh community in Wisconsin have raised over Rs 1.4 crore for the victims families. "It's an outpouring of support. We are overwhelmed," Dr Kulwant S Dhaliwal from Sikh Temple of Wisconsin said. The memorial fund drive for the families of victims has reached its 85 per cent of the target amount of USD...
10:09 AM, Aug 16, 2012
Washington: Santokh Singh who was injured in the August 5 shooting at a Gurdwara in Oak Creek, Wisconsin has been released from the hospital, officials said. However, another Indian American, Punjab Singh, remains in critical condition. Lt Brian Murphy, the police officer who valiantly countered the attack from the lone gunman during the shooting remains hospitalised in satisfactory condition. He was shot multiple times. The local Froedtert hospital in its...
07:32 AM, Aug 16, 2012
New York: In the wake of a deadly attack at a Wisconsin Gurudwara, the New York city Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been asked to allow Sikhs to wear turban and sport a beard in the New York Police Department (NYPD). "In the wake of the Wisconsin killings, which have shocked the national conscience, our City can enact meaningful inclusion of this community by changing NYPD rules to allow Sikhs to...
03:17 AM, Aug 13, 2012
Oak Creek: More than 100 people gathered at the Gurdwara, which saw the killing of six Sikhs by a white supremacist, for the first Sunday service since the tragedy as members chanted hymns and prayers for the victims. Members of the Sikh community prayed for the six worshippers who were killed in the shootout inside the Gurdwara last Sunday. They also prayed for the quick recovery of the three individuals...
01:30 AM, Aug 13, 2012
