Washington, DC: In the human rights violation law suit against former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a US court has granted Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) motion allowing service of summons on ex-PM’s daughter Amrit Singh, who is a permanent resident of the United States. The leave was granted by US district judge James Boasberg in Columbia. On August 19, the judge ...

Washington, USA: Sikh activists, fed up with being singled out at US airports, yesterday launched an updated smartphone application to make it easier for passengers to file complaints. The free downloadable app called FlyRights lets travellers instantly send their concerns to the US Transportation Security Administration, which would then respond through its own channels. Launched ahead of Thanksgiving, one of the ...

New York, USA: Three men have been arrested andcharged with the murder of an Indian-origin gasstation attendant in the U.S. in a failed robberybid.Isaiah Williams, 24, Cordero Hodge, 22, andJamell Pierce, 22, from New Jersey have beencharged by the Gloucester county prosecutor’soffice for murdering Surinder Singh, the SouthJersey Times reported Tuesday. The victim, a gas station attendant at GardenState Fuel in ...

London, UK: British Sikhs have expressed opposition to any proposed visit by Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi to the United Kingdom. Mr Modi was recently invited by some British MPs of the Labour and Conservative parties to address them. The Sikh Federation of UK joined several Muslim groups in the boycott. “We welcome the fact that the UK government has ...

Brookfield,Wisconsin: Jyoti Grewal, 17, of Brookfield prays during a community vigil to honor victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting at the the Sikh Religious Society of Wisconsin in Brookfield. As we reflect on 2012, there were a number of gun-related incidents that made many of us outraged. The senseless shootings at the movie theater in Aurora, Colo.; the Sikh ...