Archive for August, 2010
Sikh org on clerk attack: ‘Americans must be free to practice their faith without fear’
A national Sikh organization came out in support Tuesday of a Seattle convenience store clerk attacked in an apparent hate crime. According to police, 35-year-old Seattle resident Brock Stainbrook derided the Queen Anne clerk as being a terrorist after punching him in the head during the Aug. 24 incident. King County prosecutors contend Stainbrook told [...]
August 31, 2010
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HC seeks response from Centre, Delhi govt on riot-hit woman
New Delhi, Aug 31 (PTI) The Delhi High Court has sought a response from the Centre as well as city government on a petition filed by a woman, who lost her son in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in November 1984, seeking compensation for the loss suffered by her. Justice S Muralidhar issued a notice to [...]
August 31, 2010
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SGPC gives nod to print Guru Granth Sahib in foreign countries
AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee president Avtar Singh has decided to allow printing of the holy Guru Granth Sahib and other Gurmat literature in foreign countries. He said efforts were on to identify suitable land in the USA and Canada for setting up publishing centres and run them as per the Rehat Maryada (Sikh code [...]
August 30, 2010
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Gurdwara blaze suspicious: Community grieves as random vandalism escalates
AUGUST 30: Members of Abbotsford’s Sikh community are still reeling from last week’s devastating fire that razed their temple to the ground. Yesterday, charred remains and soot-blackened timbers were all that’s left of the temple at 31957 Townshipline Road — a victim of a suspicious blaze that broke out at around 4 a.m. Thursday. “We are [...]
August 30, 2010
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Seattle man attacked shopkeeper, calls victim a terrorist
A 35-year-old Seattle man is facing assault and hate crime charges following allegations that he accosted a clerk at a Queen Anne convenience store. According to police, Brock Stainbrook derided the man as being a terrorist during the Tuesday morning incident. Writing the court, a Seattle detective said Stainbrook entered the 7-11 store in at [...]
August 29, 2010
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Bibi Jagir Kaur influenced witnesses in the case: CBI
Patiala, August 28: The CBI today moved an application in the Court of Special Judge (CBI cases) Balbir Singh at the district court complex for making compulsory the appearance of Kamaljit Singh in the court during the proceedings of the murder case of former SGPC chief Bibi Jagir Kaur’s daughter Harpreet Kaur. As the hearing in [...]
August 29, 2010
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Delhi Police shielded Sajjan in anti-Sikh riots: CBI
New Delhi, Aug 27: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday told the Supreme Court that the special anti-riots cell of the Delhi Police had conducted ‘sham investigations and farce prosecutions’ to apparently shield senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in connection with his role in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case in which six persons [...]
August 28, 2010
ਵਿਸ਼ਾ: CBI, Sajan kumar ਲੇਖਕ: November 1984 No Comments
PUNJAB TO SEEK CENTRAL HELP TO TAME SATLUJ AND SUAN RIVERS: SUKHBIR
Sri Anandpur Sahib August 26: The Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Mr.Sukhbir Singh Badal today said that the Punjab Government is requesting Union government to immediately sanction the comprehensive proposal to channelize Satluj and Suan rivers to save people of Sri Anandpur Sahib and other villages of Ropar District from the annual fury of swollen Satluj. Talking to [...]
August 27, 2010
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Sikh-Scottish event comes to Stirling
AN event to celebrate the 300th anniversary of a heroic battle involving a Sikh Braveheart takes place in Stirling next week. The second historic Scottish-Sikh gathering will remember the life of Banda Singh Bahadur (1670-1716), the Sikh equivalent of William Wallace. This year marks 300 years of a victory by the Sikh Braveheart in a [...]
August 27, 2010
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Hindu terrorist arrested in Houston Airport
Texas, USA: Vijay Kumar was arrested at Houston airport on Friday on terror related charges. Mr. Kumar is an Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activist. He was on his way to Houston, Texas, to deliver a lecture to the Hindu Congress of America. Vijay Kumar (40), was arrested at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport last Friday [...]
August 26, 2010
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