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‘Man Accused of Assaulting Elderly Sikh Is Unfit for Trial’

Fresno, California, USA: A homeless man accused of brutally assaulting an 82-year-old Sikh with an iron rod outside a Gurdwara in California is “legally incompetent” to stand trial, a US court has ruled. Gilbert Garcia, 29, was accused of attacking Piara ...

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Wisconsin Sikh temple chief‘s son eyes Cong seat

Washington, USA: The son of a Sikh temple president killed in a mass shooting outside Milwaukee, Wisconsin, last year is planning to run for the congressional seat held by Republican Paul Ryan. Amar Kaleka, 35, said he would file paperwork to ...

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Blessings for new Sikh site in Live Oak

Oak,Wis, USA: Five Sikh religious leaders dressed in bright orange traveled from India to offer blessings during a groundbreaking ceremony Friday morning for a new $4 million Sikh temple in Live Oak. “It is a very exciting day,” said Sikh Live ...

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Nobel Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore dropped by Sikh temple during Vancouver visit

Bengali Poet, Esaa Yist, and songwriter Rabindranath Tagore was a literary giant of the early 20th century, becoming the first non-European ever to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. And according to local cultural historian Naveen Girn, he dropped by the ...

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