WASHINGTON: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, known for his witty repartees, told an American audience here that he has more Sikhs in his Cabinet than his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi. The four Sikh Canadians inducted into Trudeau’s Cabinet include Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, a combat veteran who did three tours in Afghanistan as a member of the Canadian Armed Forces. Apart from... 

Sikh activists in the US announced they filed a lawsuit this past Wednesday in the New York federal courts which demands that the United States place the Hindu Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) group on their list of terror organizations. US Secretary of State John Kerry has been called upon to respond to the suit within 60 days, reports AFP. The 26-page complaint claimed that the RSS group was “similar... 

VANCOUVER, Wash. – A Sikh temple and school that was under construction in Vancouver went up in flames early Friday morning and essentially burned to the ground. Two workers who were inside the Guru Ram Das Church at Northeast 20th Street escaped the blaze, which began around 2:30 a.m. and moved fast throughout the entire building. The workers were staying overnight at the church as a security... 

Mandeep Singh Khattra and his family received Michelle Obama with an embrace 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 Aug. 5. “She... 

First lady Michelle Obama is scheduled to travel to Wisconsin Thursday to meet with family members of those killed and injured in a Sikh temple shooting earlier this month, White House officials announced Sunday. The shooting – which left six people dead and four others injured – occurred Aug. 5 in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. The shooter, identified by police as 40-year-old Army veteran Wade Michael... 

TALWANDI (KAPURTHALA): Harbans Kaur had gone through the anxious moments on the night of August 5 after she was told that a shootout at Oak Creek Gurudwara in Wisconsin has taken a few lives. She was relieved and thanked God after she could talk to her son Dalbir Singh (56) who had gone to the Gurudwara but had returned before the shootout. However Dalbir was killed in the same town in the night of... 

The man authorities say killed six in a Milwaukee-area Sikh temple before police shot him was a heavily-tattooed, 40-year-old ex-Army soldier, sources told Fox News, but what triggered his rampage remains unclear. Sources identified the dead suspect as Wade Michael Page, who was at one time attached to the Fort Bragg Army installation in North Carolina. Local authorities have scheduled a 10 a.m. press... 

MONTREAL- The World Sikh Organization of Canada has taken up the cause of LaSalle youths told in May they can’t play soccer if they wear turbans. LaSalle’s Aneel Samra, 17, was told he would not be allowed to play house league soccer if he insisted on wearing a turban. Samra had been playing for about 10 years while wearing a turban, and this was the first time he had been told the headdress was... 

Her words and voice were more direct and strident than many in the Yuba City-area Sikh community are accustomed to hearing. But Kamal Kaur, 19, a small, lean figure in a dark track suit and deep blue turban, held several hundred in the Yuba City Sikh Temple rapt Sunday as she spoke out angrily about the plight of her countryman Balwant Singh Rajoana. “I’m tired of hearing from the older... 

JALANDHAR: A US-based human rights group has approached US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urging her the exclusion of Congress president Sondia Gandhi from the US. The group wants the same yardstick to be applied that was used for Gujarat chief minister Narendera Modi while denying him a US visa. The groups claims she was involved in covering up and protecting the leaders of her party, the Congress,...