Washington: The police officer who risked his life to save victims of the Wisconsin Gurdwara shootout in 2012 was honoured by US President Barack Obama at a White House award ceremony.
Six people were shot dead while three others injured when gunman Wade Michael Page went on a shooting rampage in August, 2012. The toll could have been much higher if not for Lieutenant Brian Murphy of the Oak Creek Police Department who saved several lives after being shot 12 times from a close range.
"When a gunman opened fire on a temple in Wisconsin and Brian was the first to arrive, he did not consider his own safety," Obama said during the ceremony yesterday....
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11:16 AM, May 12, 2013
Washington: In a suspected hate crime, an elderly Sikh man has been brutally assaulted with an iron rod outside a Gurudwara in the US and was in a serious condition, as police arrested a person in connection with the incident. The incident happened outside a Gurudwara in Fresno which is located in the heart of the Central Valley of California. The individual arrested for the suspected hate crime has been...
01:28 PM, May 08, 2013
Armed men barged into a Gurudwara in California City and took away the money from a donation box kept inside the complex, police said. ...
12:10 PM, Jan 30, 2013
Defence officers are outraged after a gurudwara in Panchkula refused to conduct prayer ceremonies for Maha Vir Chakra winner Lt General RS Dyal, who died in 2012. The gurudwara, citing his participation in Operation Bluestar of 1984, refused to hold prayers for him. ...
02:31 PM, Jan 21, 2013
New York: 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. As the year draws to a close, Time condensed the "Top 10 Everything of 2012" in 55 wide-ranging lists on topics such arts and...
09:34 PM, Dec 04, 2012
Talhan: What does a toy plane have to do inside a shrine? Well, if it is Shaheed Baba Nihal Singh Gurudwara, the toy is at the heart of prayers of those who are seeking visa to go abroad. Strange it may sound though but this gurudwara in the tiny village of Talhan, about 12 km from Jalandhar, has made people believe that if you wish to go abroad, you offer...
10:06 AM, Nov 25, 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
New Delhi: Four people have been reportedly injured after a scuffle broke out between two Sikh groups at the Rakabganj Gurudwara in Central Delhi on Thursday. Reports said that a dispute between two Sikh groups turned nasty at the Gurudwara. Two people are said to be serious while 2 others have got minor injuries. Eyewitnesses say that those injured were hurt by swords. More details are awaited. ...
12:17 PM, Nov 15, 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
Washington: A suspicious man carrying ammunition and "strange writings" was briefly detained outside an Oak Creek gurudwara in the US state of Wisconsin, where a white supremacist had gunned down six Sikhs in August. "This happened last Sunday. The man was detained due to his suspicious activity outside the gurudwara. The police questioned him. Later it was determined that he was not a threat (to gurudwara). So he was released,"...
11:37 AM, Nov 02, 2012
Amritsar: As superstorm Sandy hit the US East Coast affecting millions of people, an international Sikh forum on Tuesday announced that gurudwaras in the country have been turned into shelter homes for the affected. American Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee (AGPC) said that arrangements have been made in Gurudwaras for providing food, water and shelter to those affected by the storm. "As the gurudwaras are often situated in large compounds, having enough...
06:09 PM, Oct 30, 2012
Washington: An under-construction gurudwara, which was set to serve Portland metro area's largest Sikh community in the Washington state, was destroyed in a massive fire apparently caused by gas leak. The former athletic-club-turned-Sikh-gurdwara, valued at $213,000, burned to the ground on early Friday after the fire sparked just before 2:30 am local time at the 17,000 square-foot property in the east Vancouver Landover-Sharmel neighbourhood, 'The Columbian' reported. The Guru Ramdass...
12:10 PM, Oct 14, 2012
Washington: A Sikh temple and school that were under construction in Vancouver in Washington state have been burned to the ground in an early morning fire, according to a media report. The fire sparked just before 2.30 am on Friday at the 17,000 square-foot former Landover Athletic Club in the east Vancouver Landover-Sharmel neighbourhood, The Columbian reported. The Guru Ramdass Sikh Community, the largest Sikh group in the Portland metro...
08:31 PM, Oct 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
Lieutenant General KS Brar, the man who led Operation Blue Star in 1984, came under attack from four "burly, bearded" men on Sunday night. He said that CCTV footage and a mobile phone from the crime scene could help police find the men who attacked him at his London home. The Scotland Yard has appealed for information from members of the public on the assault, and described the four assailants ...
08:59 AM, Oct 02, 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
Washington: In the wake of the Wisconsin gurdwara shooting that killed six worshippers, a US Congressional hearing on hate crimes would be held on Wednesday, a move welcomed as "unprecedented" and "monumental" by Sikh groups and human rights bodies in the country. To be presided over by Senator Dick Durbin, Chairman of the Senate subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights, the Congressional hearing is being held at...
01:29 PM, Sep 16, 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
