MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin: "I lost my only support when I lost my husband. We keep remembering him and crying all day. I do not know how I will live the rest of my life," these are the touching words of the wife of Seeta Singh, a Sikh who lost his life on August 5 in the Oak Creek, Wisconsin, gurudwara...
BREA, CA: The Sikh American and Interfaith community of Brea and Surrounding Cities held a Candlelight Vigil in memory of people who lost their lives and to pray for the injured, including Lt. Brian Murphy, who was injured while saving numerous lives in the Oak Creek Sikh Temple (Gurudwara) in Wisconsin on August 5.
It was attended by over 300...
SACRAMENTO: In a vote hailed as a historic step forward for millions of California voters whose ability to speak and read English is limited, the state Assembly has passed SB 1233, which would require the state to translate ballot initiative petitions being circulated for signature-gathering into widely-spoken languages. The bill, which was passed by 47 to 23, now returns...
NEW YORK: On August 15, Dalbir Singh was shot and killed at a convenience store in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Dalbir Singh was a sangat member of the Oak Creek, Wisconsin Gurdwara.
The Sikh Coalition has been in touch with the Milwaukee District Attorney since the incident. The DA's office said that a suspect is in custody and will be charged with...
WASHINGTON: US First Lady Michelle Obama has traveled to Oak Creek City in Wisconsin to meet the victims of the Gurdwara shooting, with the community leaders saying her visit goes a long way to assuage the feelings of hundreds of Sikh families across the nation."It's my honor to be here with you," the First Lady told them in almost...
NEW DELHI: In a huge relief to Finance Minister P Chidambaram, the Supreme Court today dismissed a plea for making him a co-accused in the 2G spectrum case, saying there was no prima facie material against him of any criminal conspiracy or procuring of any pecuniary gain."No case is made out against P Chidambaram and the special leave petition...
NEW DELHI: Government on Friday launched a counter-offensive on the coal block allocation controversy maintaining that Comptroller and Auditor General's concept of presumptive loss was flawed and there was no loss because no mining has taken place as yet.With Parliament disrupted for the fourth consecutive day in the wake of CAG report on coal blocks allocation, the government fielded...
NEW YORK: A prominent Indian-American neurosurgeon has been convicted of failing to disclose to US federal authorities that he maintained offshore HSBC bank accounts in India and France and hid about USD eight million in these secret accounts.of Wisconsin was convicted by a jury on federal tax charges stemming from his failure to disclose offshore bank accounts maintained in...
MELBOURNE: In a major relief to Indian- American surgeon Jayant Patel, accused of the manslaughter of three patients in Queensland, an Australian court today granted him bail, ruling that he had been the victim of a "substantial miscarriage of justice" and ordered a re-trial.Dubbed by the Australian media as "Dr Death", Patel was sentenced to seven years in prison...