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Will US President-Elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet Show he can be President for all Americans?

There can be nothing more comforting after a bitter political campaign than a President-elect that promises to do his best to represent all constituencies.

Firing Near Anti-Trump Rally in Seattle; Five sustain injuries

As per media reports gunfire erupted around 7 p.m. at Third Avenue and Pike Street. One of the five shot has life-threatening injuries, and all victims were taken to Harborview Medical Center.

US Elections: Donald Trump is 45th U.S. President; Hillary Clinton concedes defeat

Donald Trump has been elected President of the United States. The Republican nominee won on Wednesday after capturing Wisconsin’s 10 electoral votes, putting him over the 270 threshold.

White House Removes India’s Anti-Pakistan Petition Over Fraud Signatures

As per certain media reports, [t]he White House officials have removed India’s petition to declare Pakistan ‘a terrorism sponsoring state’ after they said that fake signatures were used to reach the minimum required support for the petition.

USA: Shooting in Dallas during protest, 11 shot, 4 cops dead

At least 4 transit officers were killed, 11 shot in downtown Dallas on Thursday by two snipers, during a protest against police shootings in Minnesota and Louisiana, according to AP reports.

Attacker sentenced in Chicago Hate Crime for brutally beating up Sikh man

The assailant who pled guilty to viciously beating a Sikh man in a hate crime near Chicago last September was sentenced in a juvenile court on March 9.

Spokake (USA) Beadbi Incident: Accused is facing hate crime charges

A man who had vandalised a Sikh Gurdwara Sahib in Spokane Valley, Washington, is now facing hate crime charges.

Sikhs in Colorado (USA) allowed to wear Turbans in IDs

SALDEF says that the Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles will no longer require Sikhs, Muslims or others to remove religious head coverings to get their driver’s license.

US judge says: Army’s Special Tests for Sikh Officer Are ‘Unfair’

A US Federal judge defended a decorated Sikh American soldier and ruled that the Department of Defense could not subject him to unfair and biased testing on account of his religious beliefs

Denying visas to US religious freedom monitors reflect growing intolerance in India, says UK Sikh body

Reacting to India's decision to deny visas to members of US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Bhai Amrik Singh, the Chair of the Sikh Federation (UK) said: “It is clear India does not want to face scrutiny. Today it is about religious freedoms with visas being refused to the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF).”

India denies visa to US religious freedom monitors

The Indian government has failed to issue visas to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) in time for a long planned trip to India.

Spokane’s Gurudwara vandalized, Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji desecrated

On March 3, a man broke into a Gurudwara in Washington State's Sikh Temple of Spokane, and using ceremonial swords within the precints of the Gurudwara, inflicted over $30,000 in damage to the building and Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji.

USA: Court Denies Discriminatory Test for Sikh Soldier; Defends Religious Freedom

After the Monday filing of an unprecedented lawsuit on behalf of Sikh Army Captain Simratpal Singh, which demanded that the U.S. military accommodate his Sikh articles of faith and abandon its impromptu discriminatory testing, Judge Beryl A. Howell swiftly ruled in Captain Singh’s favor on Thursday evening.

Beadbi of Guru Granth Sahib Ji at Spokane Gurdwara Sahib in Washington

An incident of grave beadbi of Guru Granth Sahib is reported from Spokane in the United States.

HURRICANE JOAQUIN: U.S. East Coast Braces for Heavy Rain, High Winds

"Extremely dangerous" Category 4 Hurricane Joaquin is moving through the Bahamas, where warnings are in effect for wind, storm surges, rainfall, and surf swells. As of this morning, forecasters do not deem it likely that the storm will make landfall in the United States.

USA: Say NO to new hair sampling bill posing threat to Sikh operators

Remember last year we called on you to take a stand against religious discrimination? We are once again in need of your support. The Drug Free Commercial Driver Act is back in the House of Representatives as well as in the Senate, and poses as serious threat to Sikh truck drivers who are unwilling to cut their hair.

Modi Followers Assault American Christian Peacefully Protesting in California

While peacefully protesting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, September 27 in San Jose, CA based on his orchestration of genocide of minorities, criminalization of religious liberty, and other human rights violations, I was assaulted twice by his followers.

Sikhs For Justice seeks info on visa to Narendra Modi for US visit

A US-based Sikh rights group has filed a lawsuit against the State Department seeking release of documents relating to the Obama administration's decision to lift the visa ban on Prime Minister Narendra Modi that facilitated his visit to the United States last year.

Persecution of Christianity in India

It is a privilege and honour for me to share about some distressing facts about Christians in India to this forum. Christians in India today are targeted and attacked by a few Hindutva forces and are being supported by the Bharathya Janatha Party government in India.

Hindutva Agenda of the BJP by Dr. Gurdarshan Singh Dhillon

The militant Hindu organizations like the BJP, RSS, VHP, Shiv Sena, Bajrang Dal etc. argue that `Hindutva' alone can be the basis of India's unity. This combine claims that its Hinduism is the other face of Indian nationalism.

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