Michelle Obama meets with gurdwara victims
August 24th, 2012 - 10:14 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 24 (IANS) Reaching out to the Sikh community, US first lady Michelle Obama met with families of those killed in the Aug 5 massacre at the gurdwara in ... Read more...
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Hundreds honour US gurdwara shooting victims
August 11th, 2012 - 12:21 am ICT by IANS
Oak Creek (Wisconsin), Aug 10 (IANS) Hundreds of mourners, Sikhs and others, policemen and religious leaders, men and women gathered here Friday to pay their last respects to six worshippers ... Read more...
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Gurdwara shooting: Lone bullet hole left as grim reminder
August 10th, 2012 - 12:59 pm ICT by IANS
Oak Creek (Wisconsin), Aug 10 (IANS) As the Sikh gurdwara where six worshippers were killed reopened after being swept, scrubbed and painted, a lone bullet hole was left unrepaired as ... Read more...
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‘Their tears would make an ocean overflow’
August 8th, 2012 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
Oak Creek (Wisconsin), Aug 8 (IANS) "Struck by calm & composure of victim families. No trace of rancour. But their tears would fill an ocean, make it overflow."So tweeted India's ... Read more...
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Killer’s mother apologizes to Sikh temple victims
August 7th, 2012 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 7 (IANS) The mother of an ex-soldier who shot dead six people at a Sikh temple in the US said she was devastated when she heard about the ... Read more...
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Gurdwara chief braveheart who went down fighting
August 7th, 2012 - 12:28 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 6 (IANS) Satwant Singh Kaleka, the president of the gurdwara in Milwaukee suburb, stood up to the rampaging white supremacist with a knife and fought to the very ... Read more...
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US Sikh groups rally to ensure safety of community
August 6th, 2012 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 6 (IANS) Devastated by the killing of six Sikh worshippers at a gurdwara in Wisconsin, the 700,000-strong Sikh community in the US has rallied round to offer succour ... Read more...
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Ex-US soldier kills six in gurdwara, India outraged (Roundup)
August 6th, 2012 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
Washington/New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) In the worst hate crime directed at the Sikh community in the US, a former American soldier shot dead six people in a gurdwara ... Read more...
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Meerut hangman wants to prepare noose for Kasab
May 7th, 2010 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
Meerut, May 7 (IANS) Decades after his father hanged the assassins of prime minister Indira Gandhi, Mammu Singh says he wants to hang Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab for his role in ... Read more...
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Indira Gandhi killers get pride of place in New Zealand’s largest Sikh temple.
February 13th, 2010 - 1:17 pm ICT by ANI
Manukau (New Zealand), Feb.13 (ANI): The three men who assassinated former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi inside her official residence on October 31, 1984, are being hailed as heroes in New Zealand's ... Read more...
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Indira Gandhi’s killers honoured in New Zealand Sikh temple
February 13th, 2010 - 8:49 am ICT by IANS
Wellington, Feb 13 (DPA) The decision by New Zealand's largest Sikh temple to hail as martyrs the three men who assassinated Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi has upset some members of the ... Read more...
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Singaporean delegation visits Gurdaspur to aid underprivileged kids
December 21st, 2009 - 7:08 pm ICT by ANI
By Ravinder Singh RobinAmritsar, Dec 21(ANI): A group of young Singaporeans recently visited Punjab's Gurdaspur district to aid underprivileged and needy school children in the state.The 20 young Singaporean students, were ... Read more...
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Singaporeans promote community service through village school renovation in Punjab
December 14th, 2009 - 6:13 pm ICT by ANI
By Ravinder Singh Robin Veela Bajju (Gurdaspur) Dec.14 (ANI): A group of 20 students from Singapore is giving a facelift to a government-run school in Veela Bajju village in Punjab's Gurdaspur district. ... Read more...
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Looking back in shame - Delhi cops remember assassination aftermath (25 years after Indira Gandhi’s assassination)
November 3rd, 2009 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS
By Joydeep Gupta
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) Three days, 3,000 Sikhs - days that still haunt Delhi Police officials who admit their failures and even complicity but even 25 years later will ... Read more...
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‘Father didn’t kill Indira Gandhi to make Sikhs happy’ (25 years after Indira Gandhi’s assassination)
October 31st, 2009 - 2:30 pm ICT by IANS
By Alkesh Sharma
Chandigarh, Oct 31 (IANS) Twenty-five years after Beant Singh emptied his revolver into then prime minister Indira Gandhi, the assassin's son says his father didn't do it to appease anyone ... Read more...
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The moment that scarred India (25 years after Mrs Gandhi’s assassination)
October 29th, 2009 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
By Tarun Basu
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) It was a moment in time; it shook India and stunned the world. As prime minister Indira Gandhi walked briskly up to the picket ... Read more...
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25 years later: Sikhs have neither forgotten nor forgiven Indira Gandhi
October 25th, 2009 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin
Chandigarh/Amritsar, Oct 25 (IANS) In June 1984, when then prime minister Indira Gandhi ordered the Indian Army to storm the Golden Temple complex, home to the holiest Sikh shrine ... Read more...
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Assassins of Indira Gandhi glorified at Canadian Baisakhi parade
April 13th, 2008 - 1:22 pm ICT by admin
Vancouver, April 13 (IANS) Top Canadian leaders stayed away from a controversial Baisakhi parade, which displayed pictures of Sikh militants in the city of Surrey near here. Over 100,000 attended the parade, ... Read more...
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Sikhs demand justice in 1984 anti-Sikh riots
November 14th, 2007 - 8:10 am ICT by admin
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Nation observes Indira Gandhi’s 23rd death anniversary (Lead: Indira Gandhi)
November 14th, 2007 - 8:09 am ICT by admin
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