NRI News
Punjab CM lands in US, appeals for peace
Friday, 10/08/2012
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Punjab-CM-lands-in-US-appeals-for-peace/articleshow/15429332.cms
OAK CREEK (WISCONSIN): Describing the Wisconsin gurdwara shooting that claimed six lives as "very shocking" , Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal has appealed to the Sikhs in the US to keep "peace and harmony" , as he met the victims' families and visited the injured.
US court issues summons for CM Badal for rights violations
Thursday, 09/08/2012
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/US-court-issues-summons-for-CM-Badal-for-rights-violations/articleshow/15416674.cms
JALANDHAR: A District Court of US has issued Summons for visiting Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, who is currently visiting US, on the charges of police custodial torture and shielding the Police officers, DGP Sumedh Saini and others who are responsible for the extra judicial killings and continuous human rights violations, on a lawsuit filed by Sikhs For Justice (SFJ), a human rights advocacy group and Shiromani Akali Dal SAD (Amritsar) and "individual victims of police torture".
NRI alleges police torture
Thursday, 09/08/2012
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
JALANDHAR: An NRI who decided to stay in the country to facilitate his son’s studies was allegedly stripped and tortured at the Bhogpur police station in August last year. He claimed that intentions of land-grab were behind the illegal detention and torture.
Dogged by ill-will, Sikhs not feeling at home in US
Wednesday, 08/08/2012
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
OAK CREEK (WISCONSIN): The letter did not bear the addressee’s name, simply a curt ‘Mr’, and the message it delivered was chilling. But it was nothing this Sikh-american family hadn’t seen before.
India for more security at religious places in US
Wednesday, 08/08/2012
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
NEW DELHI: Against the backdrop of the Wisconsin gurudwara shooting, India has sought an assurance from the US over the safety of the Indian community there and pressed for additional security at religious places.
Punjab to bear cost of bringing back bodies
Wednesday, 08/08/2012
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab government would facilitate the return of bodies of victims of the Wisconsin tragedy from the US to India for cremation.
ATTACK ON MILWAUKEE GURDWARA IN US - Bewildered families of victims look for help
Wednesday, 08/08/2012
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120808/punjab.htm#3
Families of Sikhs killed in the gurdwara attack in the US have so far not received any help from either the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) or the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC).
American Sikhs oppose Sukhbir’s casino dream, SGPC mum
Monday, 06/08/2012
http://punjabnewsline.com/content/american-sikhs-oppose-sukhbir%E2%80%99s-casino-dream-sgpc-mum/54505
AMRITSAR: Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal’s proposal to set up a Las Vegas strip like casinos near Ludhiana, has evoked sharp criticism from the Sikh community around the globe.
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