Sikh community question police action in death of Iraq war veteran

  About 200 people from various interfaith groups joined the memorial and candle light vigil held in honour of Parminder Singh Shergill, an Iraq war veteran, who was shot dead by local police......

US: Sikh scholar 'Ted' is dead

Indian-American scholar Tejinder Singh Sibia, who documented the arrival and struggles of pioneer Indians to the US and Canada, has died in California. He was 70. Sibia, who became an unofficial......

GnanaDev wins AMA's Pride in Profession Award

Dr Appannagari 'Dev' GnanaDev, medical director at the Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton, California, who helps uninsured and underinsured patients, and several other physicians of Indian......

Trump a 'fraud', trying to scam Americans: Hillary

  The war of words between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on Wednesday intensified as the Democratic presidential frontrunner accused the Republican presumptive presidential nominee of......

Obama names Indian American to senior trade post

Nearly six months after he nominated Dr Islam A 'Isi' Siddiqui to be the chief agricultural negotiator at the office of the US Trade Representative, US President Barack Obama -- fed up with what......

Sports Shorts: Bhullar is first Indian-origin player to join NBA

Sim Bhullar has become the first player of Indian origin to be a part of the National Basketball Association (NBA) after he signed a summer contract with the Sacramento Kings, a professional......

DON'T MISS! 10 ODD Photos from the sporting world

Rediff.com brings you a collection of some of the odd and unusual sports images from around the world in recent weeks   Participants climb over a wall at the 'Tough Mudder' endurance event......

Sim Bhullar, a man of superlatives

Simanta Roy looks beyond Sim Bhullar’s 7’5” tall, 360-pound frame to the first player of Indian descent to play in the high-profile NBA. FIRST PUBLISHED IN INDIA ABROAD......