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Canada
Sikh community rallies around family of Walmart teen worker found dead in bakery oven
The Sikh community in Halifax, Canada, is supporting the family of Gursimran Kaur, a 19-year-old Walmart employee who was tragically found d...
Michelle De Pacina
Expelled India diplomat denies involvement in Sikh leader’s 2023 killing in Canada
Sanjay Kumar Verma, India’s high commissioner to Canada, has denied allegations of involvement in the 2023 killing of Sikh separatist leader...
Events
Sikh Republican leader faces backlash for praying for Trump
Harmeet Dhillon, a Sikh Republican leader, made headlines at the Republican National Convention by reciting Ardas, a Sikh prayer, marking a ...
Civil Rights
Feds seek end to California’s facial hair ban for prison officers
The federal government has taken legal action against the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), pushing for a halt...
Carl Samson
News
New Jersey swears in its first Sikh, Indian American woman mayor
New Jersey has sworn in its first Sikh and Indian American woman mayor in Montgomery Township. Election: Neena Singh, a resident of Montgome...
Bryan Ke
Uncategorized
Hollywood and Bollywood celebrate separate star-studded Diwali galas
“A major cultural event for the Hindu, Sikh, and Jain diaspora, Diwali holds profound significance for Indians worldwide” ...
Ryan General
Crime
NYC Mayor Adams vows protection for Sikhs after 66-year-old man’s death
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has promised to protect the Sikh community following the death of a senior member last week. What happened: T...
Government
House reps introduce resolution to call out hate, racism after 9/11
A group of lawmakers introduced on Friday a resolution that both recognizes the tragedy of the Sept. 11 attacks and calls out the hate, raci...
Sikh store owner goes viral for beating armed robber with stick in California
A Sikh store owner has gone viral on social media for fighting off an armed robber attempting to steal a trash can full of cigarettes at a 7...
Bay Area
State Department says fire attack on Indian consulate in San Francisco is criminal offense
The U.S. State Department has condemned the recent arson attack on the Indian Consulate in San Francisco. What happened: The San Francisco F...
Culture
Virginia becomes 17th state to include Sikhism in school curriculum
Virginia has become the 17th state to include Sikhism and Sikh practices in public school social studies curriculum. On Thursday, the Virgi...
Iris Jung
Congress passes resolution declaring April 14 as National Sikh Day
Congress has passed a resolution declaring Vaisakhi, or April 14, as National Sikh Day on Tuesday. Supported by the American Sikh Congress ...
Brutal group attack on Sikh student in Canada denounced as ‘absolutely horrendous’
A Canadian city councilor has spoken up after a Sikh international student was brutally beaten by a group of people on his way home in what ...
Photography
Spontaneous photoshoot of elderly Sikh couple warms hearts
A video of an elderly Sikh couple participating in a spontaneous photoshoot has warmed the hearts of netizens around the world. In the viral...
Ines Shin
RNC chair candidate says her Sikh faith is being targeted with ‘bigoted attacks’ by her opponents
Harmeet Dhillon persists in the race for Republican National Committee (RNC) chairwoman despite facing opposition regarding her Sikh faith. ...
Manpreet Monica Singh becomes the first female Sikh judge in US
The country has its first-ever female Sikh judge. Manpreet Monica Singh was sworn in as a Harris County Civil Court at Law No. 4 judge in a ...
Education
UNC Charlotte officially allows Sikh students to wear kirpan on campus
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC) has officially altered its policies to allow Sikh students to wear a kirpan while on c...
Man sentenced to death for traffic stop murder of first Sikh deputy to wear turban on duty in Texas
Deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal, 42, was fatally shot by Robert Solis, 50, during a routine traffic stop in Houston on Sept. 27, 2019. Dhaliwal ma...
Kidnapped, murdered family of 4 traveled to the US looking for the ‘American Dream,’ family says
The surviving family members of the kidnapped and murdered family of four have spoken out following the grim incident that occurred on Oct....
UNC apologizes to Sikh student handcuffed over article of faith that resembled weapon
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC) has apologized after campus police placed a student in handcuffs for carrying a kirpan...
California parole board denies early release of El Sobrante Sikh temple shooter
Joga Singh Sandher, the 58-year-old man who murdered Ajmer Singh Malhi inside a Sikh temple in 2000, was denied early parole by the Califor...
3 men injured in Northern California Sikh temple shooting
Three Sikh men have been hospitalized following a shooting at a Sikh temple in Stockton, California, on Aug. 27. Two male suspects, who ar...
Man acquitted in deadly 1985 Air India bombings fatally shot in suspected targeted attack in Canada
Ripudaman Singh Malik, the man who was previously acquitted in the 1985 Air India bombings, was fatally shot in Surrey, British Columbia, i...
Sikh family in Texas rattled after bullets fired into their home, suspicious vehicle caught on cam
Iqbal Singh’s parents and child were asleep in their northwest Harris County home in Texas when bullets flew inches over their heads at 1:4...
Teen charged with Sikh hate crime attacks fatally stabbed in Brooklyn
Vernon Douglas, the 19-year-old charged in two Sikh hate crime attacks in Queens, New York, was found stabbed to death on a Brooklyn street...
Sikh man fatally shot ‘execution-style’ just outside his Queens home
A Sikh man was shot dead a few steps away from his home in Queens, New York, on Saturday. Satnam Singh, 31, was reportedly sitting inside ...
Sikh mother of 3 robbed at gunpoint after leaving temple in Queens
A Sikh mother of three was threatened with a gun and robbed in broad daylight by a group of three people after leaving a temple in South Ri...
63-year-old victim of violent robbery is latest in series of assaults against elderly Sikhs in Queens
Kuldip Singh, a 63-year-old Sikh man, was violently beaten during his morning walk at around 10:30 a.m. in Richmond Hill, Queens, on May 8....
20-year-old man charged with hate crimes for attacks on 2 Sikh men in New York City
Hezekiah Coleman has been arrested and charged for attacking and robbing two Sikh men in Queens on April 12. Coleman is charged with one c...
2 Sikh men assaulted and robbed days after another Sikh man punched in the same Queens neighborhood
Two Sikh men, aged 76 and 64, went on a morning walk in Richmond Hill, Queens when two men approached and beat them with their fists and a ...
Issues & Racism
Sikhs sue Marine Corps for the right to wear turbans and beards during overseas deployment, boot camp
Capt. Sukhbir Singh Toor and three prospective Sikh U.S. Marine Corps recruits, Milaap Singh Chahal, Jaskirat Singh and Aekash Singh, sued ...
New York
NYPD release footage of suspect wanted in hate crime that left elderly Sikh victim with broken nose
The New York Police Department (NYPD) released surveillance footage on Wednesday of a man accused of attacking a 70-year-old Sikh tourist i...
Sikh high school student suspended along with bullies who allegedly attacked him, knocked his turban off
Sikh students at Whiteland Community High School in Indiana were allegedly the targets of “severe bias-motivated harassment and physical as...
Suspect arrested and charged with hate crime for alleged attack on Sikh cab driver at JFK Airport
Mohamed Hassanain, 21, allegedly physically assaulted a Sikh cab driver, called him a “turban guy” and said “go back to your country.” The...
Sikh hikers use their turbans to save 2 men at risk of drowning in Canada waterfalls
Five hikers were walking along a trail in British Columbia, Canada, when they were alerted that two men had slipped off a rock and fallen in...
Maina Chen
Sikh community demands answers after FBI says Indianapolis FedEx shooting NOT a hate crime
A shooting that killed eight victims including four Sikh Americans at a FedEx warehouse in Indianapolis in April was not motivated by hate, ...
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