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Wednesday February 22, 2012 11:36 PM EST |
Shooting Victim Described Suspect Vehicle
Almost a year has passed since the killings of Gurmej Singh Atwal and Surinder Singh, two elderly gentlemen from Elk Grove, California. Law enforcement and detective agencies are hopeful that new evidence of a suspect vehicle and an increased reward will prompt a witness to come forth.
By: Avneet Kaur
Dated: Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 | 05:40 PM
Words: 579
Slug: ElkgroveVehicle
Sikhtoons Book Goes Digital
VIDEOInspired by positive response from schoolteachers at a couple large cartooning conferences to the paper version of 'My Headcovering is Downright Sikh,' author Vishavjit Singh released a digital version in December, which is free to view on any computer, tablet or smart phone.
By: Anju Kaur
Dated: Wednesday, Feb 08, 2012 | 07:59 PM
Words: 601
Slug: DigitalSikhtoons
Previous Leno Jabs Not Found
Claims by two California Sikhs that comedian Jay Leno insulted Sikhs with his monologues in 2007, in which he allegedly used the term ‘diaper head,’ and in 2010, in which he allegedly embellished about the president’s cancellation of the Darbar Sahib trip because he had to wear a turban, were inaccurate. A transcript provided by a source close to NBC’s The Tonight Show, show the only incident in which he used ‘diaper’ and ‘head’ in the same line referred to drunken astronauts. And a thorough search of his 2010 monologues showed no reference to Obama’s cancelled trip.
By: Anju Kaur
Dated: Tuesday, Jan 31, 2012 | 11:33 PM
Words: 680
Slug: PriviousJokes
Sikh Joke, Over Reaction Or Political Play
A libel lawsuit filed by a California Sikh against comedian Jay Leno this week, for flashing a picture of Darbar Sahib and referring to it as presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s summer palace, is being called an over-reaction by some Sikhs, but Sikhs on both sides of the controversy agree the incident is being milked by Indian politicians during the current election season.
By: Anju Kaur
Dated: Monday, Jan 30, 2012 | 06:56 PM
Words: 1,406
Slug: SikhJoke
Charlottesville Elects Sikh Mayor
Satyendra Singh Huja is the new mayor of Charlottesville, Virginia. Serving his second term on the city council, Satyendra Singh was unanimously elected by the five council members because of his seniority on the council and because he won the most votes in his re-election campaign.
By: Anju Kaur
Dated: Monday, Jan 16, 2012 | 04:50 PM
Words: 480
Slug: MayorHuja
Six-Figure Settlement But California Prisons Keeps No-Beards Policy
Trilochan Singh Oberoi accepted the settlement in late October, which ended a six-year lawsuit alleging discrimination by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for refusing to accommodate his religiously mandated beard when he applied for a job as a prison guard. He now has a $61,000-a-year desk job with the corrections department and $295,000 in damages, but the prisons system’s no-beards policy is still in place. The Sikh Coalition has filed a complaint against the state’s attorney general, Kamala Harris, for her handling of the case.
By: Anju Kaur
Dated: Friday, Dec 02, 2011 | 03:42 PM
Words: 1,190
Slug: OberoiSettlement
Annual Kirtan at the National Cathedral
The Washington National Cathedral was host to an interfaith concert Tuesday in which a Sikh jatha performed Gurbani kirtan in honor of Guru Tegh Bahadur’s martyrdom Gurpurab.
By: Avneet Kaur
Dated: Friday, Nov 18, 2011 | 06:28 PM
Words: 439
Slug: SikhCathedral
Litigations Increase: Yogi Bhajan’s Wife vs. His Secretaries
The Fight For Yogi Bhajan’s Empire
Inderjit Kaur Puri, widow of Yogi Harbhajan Singh Khalsa, stands to win 100 percent of the couple’s living trust, without having to split any of it with her husband’s Caucasian female assistants.
By: Kamalla Rose Kaur
Dated: Friday, Nov 11, 2011 | 11:42 PM
Words: 1,094
Slug: BibijiTrustees
President's Wishes on Guru Nanak Jayanti
The following is President Barack Obama's statement on Guru Nanak's Gurpurab.
By: Anju Kaur
Dated: Thursday, Nov 10, 2011 | 11:14 AM
Words: 100
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Bandi Chhor Divas at the White House
GALLERYPresident Obama conspicuously recognized the Sikh gurpurab, Bandi Chhor Divas during the White House celebration of Divali, a Hindu festival, on Oct. 26. Amardeep Singh, program director for the Sikh Coalition and a White House advisor, was among the official speakers, while an Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee representative was among the invited guests.
By: Anju Kaur
Dated: Monday, Nov 07, 2011 | 12:00 AM
Words: 809
Slug: BandiChhor
Gurmej Singh Atwal, one of two Sikh men gunned down in California nearly a year ago, gave a partial description of the suspect vehicle just before his death, which has lead to a composite picture of the pick-up truck allegedly involved in the unsolved double homicide.
Inspired by positive response from schoolteachers at a couple of large cartooning conferences to the paper version of 'My Headcovering is Downright Sikh,' author Vishavjit Singh recently released a digital version, which is free to view on any computer, tablet or smart phone.
A thorough search of Jay Leno’s monologues show that claims by two California Sikhs that the comedian insulted the community with his monologues in 2007, in which he allegedly called Sikhs ‘diaper heads,’ and in 2010, in which he allegedly embellished about the president’s cancellation of the Darbar Sahib trip because he had to wear a turban, were inaccurate.
A libel lawsuit filed last week by a California Sikh against comedian Jay Leno is being called an over-reaction by some Sikhs, but Sikhs on both sides of the controversy agree the incident is being exploited by Indian politicians during this election season.
Satyendra Singh Huja is the new mayor of Charlottesville, Virginia.
Trilochan Singh Oberoi, a retired Indian naval officer who is now an American citizen, was working at Walmart before the California state prisons system offered him a settlement he could not refuse: A $61,000-a-year job and $295,000 in damages.
Reporting from Washington - Gurbani kirtan filled the gothic arches of the Washington National Cathedral as a Sikh jatha sang Guru Tegh Bahadur’s shabad.
Inderjit Kaur Puri, widow of Yogi Harbhajan Singh Khalsa, stands to win 100 percent of the couple’s living trust, without having to split any of it with her husband’s Caucasian female assistants.
I send my best wishes to all those observing the anniversary of the birth of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the first Sikh Guru.
President Barack Obama conspicuously recognized the Sikh gurpurab, Bandi Chhor Divas, during the official celebration of Divali, a Hindu festival, and for the first time welcomed a Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee representative to the White House, Sikh groups said.
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