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Ami Bera and Raj Shah create history, again
Rediff.com23 Jun 2013In a year of countless accomplishments, India Abroad for the first time chooses two icons as the India Abroad Person of the Year. Monali Sarkar reports from New York
FBI will now track hate crimes against Sikhs, Hindus
Rediff.com6 Jun 2013Ten months after the horrific massacre of Sikhs at Oak Creek gurdwara, the advisory board of FBI votes to create a new separate hate crimes category to help track such attacks against Sikhs, Hindus and Arabs. Aziz Haniffa reports
What will the American Sikh Caucus do?
Rediff.com10 May 2013Bera's revised statement, three days after he publicly announced to join the Caucus, is considered to allay concerns of the Indian Government that the newly-made Caucus in the United States carries some individuals and groups, who in the past had indulged in anti-India activities including the separatist Khalistan movement.
IN PIX: Americans simply love their GUNS!
Rediff.com7 May 2013What explains the America's attachment to guns?
Khalistani links cloud new Sikh-US Congressional caucus
Rediff.com25 Apr 2013In a major milestone on Capitol Hill for the Sikh American community, a bi-partisan group of United States lawmakers led by California Democrat and Congresswoman Judy Chu and California Republican Congressman David Valadao on Wednesday announced the formation of an American Sikh Congressional Caucus in the US House of Representatives.
TEXT: US President Obama's State of the Union address
Rediff.com13 Feb 2013United States President Barack Obama on Wednesday delivered his State of the Union address in which he spelt out the agenda for the second term of his Presidency
Obama for sweeping reforms to stem gun violence
Rediff.com17 Jan 2013United States President Barack Obama has unveiled sweeping gun control measures, including background checks and a ban on military-style assault weapons, to reduce gun violence in the wake of incidents like the Wisconsin gurdwara shooting and the Connecticut school massacre
Guru Nanak Jayanti celebrated in White House
Rediff.com11 Dec 2012Members of the American Sikh community from across the country turned up in large numbers as the White House celebrated the 544th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the first Guru of Sikhs.
US Vice Prez Biden leads White House Diwali celebrations
Rediff.com15 Nov 2012Just one week after United States President Barack Obama's convincing re-election, his faithful Vice President Joseph Biden led the White House celebration of Diwali, reflecting on the significance of festival of lights, and also acknowledging the presence of Tulsi Gabbard, the first Hindu American elected to the US Congress, and also Ambassador Nirupama Rao, who like Gabbard, seemed to have that gravitational pull in terms of the guests wanting to pose for pictures with them
Obama wishes Happy Diwali, praises resilence of Sikhs
Rediff.com14 Nov 2012United States President Barack Obama wished people "happy Diwali" and "saal mubarak" on Tuesday. Here's is the president's complete statement.
Suspicious man detained outside Oak Creek gurdwara
Rediff.com2 Nov 2012A suspicious man carrying ammunition and "strange writings" was briefly detained outside an Oak Creek gurdwara in the American state of Wisconsin, where a white supremacist had gunned down six Sikhs in August.
Special category for Sikh Americans in FBI hate crime form
Rediff.com24 Sep 2012Come mid-October, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, is likely to acquiesce to more than two years of pushing by the Sikh-American community and United States lawmakers and finally create a special category for Sikh Americans in the agency's hate crime monitoring form.
FBI was aware of Page's racist views, but could do nothing
Rediff.com24 Sep 2012The Federal Bureau of Intelligence has admitted that it was fully aware that Wade Michael Page -- who killed six Sikh worshippers at a gurudwara in Oak Creek, Wisconsin on August 5 -- was a racist and neo-Nazi. But, the agency said, its hands were tied as he had not committed any criminal act preceding his killing spree.
'We should work together to end hate crimes in US'
Rediff.com20 Sep 2012At a news conference that followed a United States Senate hearing on 'Hate Crimes and the Threat of Domestic Extremism,' representatives of several civil rights and interfaith organisations pledged to stand together to fight the unprecedented level of racial profiling, discrimination and hate violence against South Asians, Arab Americans, Sikhs and Muslims living in America ever since 9/11.
I still believe in the American dream: Oak Creek victim's kin
Rediff.com20 Sep 2012In a highly emotional yet powerful testimony before a United States Senate Committee on Capitol Hill, Harpreet Singh Saini, the 18-year-old son of one of the victims of the Oak Creek gurudwara shooting, urged the US government to add a separate category for Sikh Americans on the form used by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to gather data on hate crimes.
US House passes bill condemning gurudwara massacre
Rediff.com14 Sep 2012The United States House of Representatives on Thursday passed by unanimous consent House Resolution 775, a legislation condemning the horrific massacre that killed six Sikh worshippers and priests at a gurudwara in Oak Creek, Wisconsin on August 5.
Resolution condemning Sikh massacre tabled in US Congress
Rediff.com11 Sep 2012Ed Royce, co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans and a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, became an original cosponsor of the legislation introduced on Monday to condemn the shooting that killed six innocent people at the gurdwara Wisconsin, on August 5, 2012 by avowed white supremacist and neo-Nazi, Wade Michael Page.
Democratic Party pledges to boost US-India ties
Rediff.com5 Sep 2012Unlike the GOP manifesto where the presence of one of the most influential and powerful Republican Indian Americans who served on the Platform Committee and actively participated in the foreign policy deliberations, transforming the original anemic language on India into substantial declarations, the lack of any Indian American Democrats with even a semblance of gravitas on the Democratic Platform Committee has resulted in the original bland language vis-a-vis India being ret
Sikh American creates history at Republican convention
Rediff.com30 Aug 2012Ishwar Singh, president of the Sikh Society of Central Florida, created history on Wednesday at the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa, becoming the first Sikh American in US history to deliver an invocation at a national party convention.
Indian Americans should stand united, exhorts Rao
Rediff.com29 Aug 2012India's Ambassador to the United States, Nirupama Rao, who immediately visited with the victims and families of the Sikh worshippers in the aftermath of the horrific massacre perpetrated by the white supremacist Wade Michael Page in the gurdwara in Oak Creek, Wisconsin on August 5, has exhorted the Indian American community to shed their differences of regionalism, ethnicity, religion, and unite to project a concerted front to protect itself from any future violence and discr
Exclusive: US Republicans warm up to India as never before
Rediff.com24 Aug 2012Credit owes in large measure to Indian American Gopal TK Krishna for the Republican Party's amended platform acknowledging India's importance to the US as never before, reports Aziz Haniffa from Washington, DC
Over Rs 1 crore raised for gurudwara shooting victims
Rediff.com16 Aug 2012Ten days after a tragic shootout killed six worshippers and left three others injured, the Sikh community in Wisconsin has raised over Rs 1.4 crores for the victims' families. "It's an outpouring of support. We are overwhelmed," said Dr Kulwant S Dhaliwal from the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin.
'Gurdwara shooting is attack on freedom of religion'
Rediff.com10 Aug 2012US lawmaker recalls the sad irony of hearing news about the massacre of innocent Sikh worshippers in Wisconsin while he was on his way to address concerns of the community regarding hate crimes at a gurdwara in Walnut, California.
Gurdwara victims' kin believe incident an aberration: Rao
Rediff.com10 Aug 2012Indian Ambassador to the US Nirupama Rao visited families of victims of the Wisconsin grudwara shootout and said that the incident should not define ties with the larger American community. Aziz Haniffa reports
FBI defends decision not to monitor gurdwara shooter
Rediff.com9 Aug 2012The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday defended its decision not to monitor Wade Michael Page, the gunman who killed six people at a Gurdwara in Wisconsin, citing civil liberties and rights to its citizens enshrined in the Constitution.
'Wade Michael Page certainly mistook Sikhs for Muslims'
Rediff.com8 Aug 2012Mark Potok, senior fellow at the US-based non-profit civil rights organisation Southern Poverty Law Centre which monitors white supremacist and other hate-groups in America, is convinced that Wade Michael Page targetted innocent Sikh worshippers in the Oak Creek, Wisconsin, believing they were Muslims.
US gurudwara shooter headed racist white-power band
Rediff.com7 Aug 2012The 40-year-old ex-army veteran who killed six people at a gurudwara in the United States regularly attended hate events, was an ardent believer in the white supremacist movement and was associated with rock bands whose violent music talked about murdering Jews and black people.
We don't yet know what motivated the shooter: Obama
Rediff.com7 Aug 2012If the ethnicity of those attending the gurudwara in Wisconsin, where six persons were shot dead two days ago, turns out to be the reason behind the massacre, then Americans should "immediately recoil against those kinds of attitudes," United States President Barack Obama has said.
'Violence against Sikh Americans risen post 9/11'
Rediff.com7 Aug 2012Condemning the shootout at a gurudwara in Wisconsin that killed six worshippers, US lawmakers said that the government should take action to protect Sikhs and prosecute hate crimes. Aziz Haniffa reports
Obama likely to assure PM on protecting Sikhs in US
Rediff.com7 Aug 2012Barack Obama's spokesman Jay Carney said that the US president has no immediate plans to speak to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh regarding the horrific massacre of Sikh Americans Sunday at a gurdwara in Oak Creek, Wisconsin.
FBI probes if gurudwara shooting act of 'domestic' terror
Rediff.com6 Aug 2012The Federal Bureau of Investigation has launched a probe into the massacre of six people inside a Gurudwara in Wisconsin, described as the deadliest attack against the Sikh community in the US, as authorities termed the shooting spree of Wade Michael Page, the lone white gunman, as "domestic terrorism".
Obama condemns gurudwara shooting, says Sikhs enrich US
Rediff.com6 Aug 2012United States President Barack Obama has reviewed the security situation with his top national security aides following the tragic shooting in a gurudwara in Wisconsin and also called on the gurudwara trustee to offer his condolences.
Final countdown starts to London Games
Rediff.com18 Apr 2012Kew Gardens on an English spring morning will host the first in a series of celebrations on Wednesday to commemorate the 100 days' countdown to the London Olympics.
Axiata logs out of talks to buy stake in Tikona Digital
Rediff.com6 Apr 2012Malaysia's leading telecom operator, Axiata, has backed out of its negotiations to pick up a substantial stake in broadband wireless access operator Tikona Digital.
Govt earns huge tax from big corporate deals
Rediff.com13 Jul 2011Finance ministry officials said they were scrutinising many deals, but the actual tax liability would depend on many factors, including the kind of payment (royalty, interest, stake sale) and the Double Tax Avoidance Agreement with the country where the foreign company was based.
M&As become big for PE-backed firms
Rediff.com17 Mar 2011Consolidation seems to the key word among private equity (PE) backed companies. In the first few months of 2011, about 20 merger & acquisition (M&A) deals worth $150 million took place.
Subway world's biggest food chain
Rediff.com9 Mar 2011Subway surpassed McDonalds in terms of number of stores in the US in 2002 and now it has taken the global lead.
What Obama said in his State of the Union speech
Rediff.com26 Jan 2011US President Barack Obama on Tuesday delivered his State of the Union speech in the US Congress. Here's the transcript:
Anchor plan to sell FMCG business
Rediff.com6 Jan 2011The Mumbai-based Shah family of the diversified Anchor Group has decided to put its FMCG portfolio of oral care and personal care products on the block, according to two independent sources.
Atwal shares lead with Snedeker in Greensboro
Rediff.com21 Aug 2010Arjun Atwal followed up his opening-round 61 with a three-under 67 Friday to assume a share of the lead at the halfway point of the Wyndham Championship.