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Now, Sikh cabbie faces ‘hate crime’ in US; assaulted, turban knocked off by passengers
World | Apr 18, 2017, 02:21 PM ISTIn yet another incident of a possible ‘hate crime’ in the United States, a 25-year-old Sikh cab driver was assaulted and his turban was knocked off by drunk passengers.
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Sikh techie brutally assaulted, hair cut with knife in alleged hate crime in US
World | Oct 08, 2016, 06:23 AM ISTA 41-year old Sikh-American IT specialist was brutally attacked by some men, who knocked off his turban and allegedly cut his religiously-mandated unshorn hair with a knife
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New York blast: Sikh hailed as hero after he helps nab terror suspect
World | Sep 20, 2016, 11:21 AM ISTA Sikh bar owner in the US is being hailed as a hero for helping capture the 28-year old Afghan-American wanted for the weekend bombings in New York and New Jersey. Harinder Bains, the owner
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Donald Trump supporter calls Sikh-American councilman a 'terrorist'
World | May 23, 2016, 06:57 AM ISTNew York: A Sikh-American councilman was called a “terrorist” on Twitter by a Donald Trump supporter but the Indian-origin politician hit back at the troll, saying “you clearly don’t know what it means to be
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Sikh-American teen forced to remove turban at US airport
World | Apr 20, 2016, 11:23 PM ISTSikh-American teenager Karanveer Singh Pannu was forced to remove his turban by airport personnel in the US state of California
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Sikh man in US barred from boarding plane due to turban
World | Feb 09, 2016, 10:09 AM ISTNew York: A Sikh-American actor has been barred from boarding a New York-bound Aeromexico flight after he refused to remove his turban during a security check.Waris Ahluwalia, 41, who had been on a trip to
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Elderly Sikh stabbed to death in US, hate crime suspected
World | Jan 04, 2016, 05:26 PM ISTSan Fransisco: A 68-year-old Sikh man has been stabbed to death in California's Fresno city on January 1, prompting police to launch a hate crime probe into the city's first homicide.Gurcharan Singh Gill, an employee
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Watch 58-year-old Sikh in NY chase off an armed robber with just slippers
Life | Dec 20, 2015, 10:24 AM ISTNew York: A slipper can be mightier than a gun in the hands of a valiant Sikh store owner!In a feat caught on surveillance cameras, the 58-year-old Amrik Singh fought off a shotgun-wielding masked robber
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14 years after 9/11, hate crimes on rise in USA
India | Sep 10, 2015, 11:35 PM ISTJust days ahead of the 14th anniversary of September 11 attacks, an elderly Sikh American was brutally assaulted and left bleeding on the road in New Jersey.The victim was allegedly called a terrorist and Bin Laden
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Elderly Sikh-American brutally assaulted in US
World | Sep 10, 2015, 06:01 PM ISTChicago: An elderly Sikh-American man was brutally injured and called "terrorist" and "Bin Laden" in an apparent hate crime case in Chicago, just days before the US commemorates the anniversary of the September 11 attacks.Inderjit
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Time for US military to recruit Sikhs as rule: US Congressman
World | Jun 17, 2015, 01:06 PM ISTWashington : A powerful US Congressman has said the time has come for the US military to recruit Sikh Americans in its ranks as a rule and not as an exception.Joe Crowley, 53, also welcomed
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Sikh wins right to join US army prog keeping articles of faith
World | Jun 16, 2015, 10:18 AM ISTNew York: In a significant verdict, a Sikh-American student at a city-based university after a long struggle has been allowed by a US court to enrol in an army programme without removing his articles of
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Sikh Americans urge Modi to release Sikhs languishing in jails
World | Jan 12, 2015, 05:41 PM ISTWashington: The Sikh community in the US has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to release Sikhs languishing in Indian jails despite being eligible for parole. In a memorandum submitted to the Prime Minister through
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Sikh-Americans demand protection of minorities in Pakistan
World | Jan 10, 2013, 01:11 PM ISTWashington, Jan 10: Strongly condemning the murder of Sikh-Canadian woman Rajvinder Kaur Gill and the beheading of Mohinder Singh in Pakistan, the Sikh community in the US today demanded protection of minorities in that country.In