Besides causing extensive damage to the restaurant, the vandals had written slogans in support of President Donald Trump and “White Power”, and racist remarks like “Go Home”.
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Canada’s Jagmeet Singh calls MP racist in Parliament
IANS Jagmeet Singh, the leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party (NDP), was temporarily expelled from the House of Commons or the lower chamber of the bicameral Parliament for calling an MP racist and for refusing to apologize and withdraw his comments. Wednesday, Speaker Anthony Rota kicked Singh, a turbaned Sikh who is the first visible […]
“He can’t even stand yet:” daugther of a Sikh man, brutally hit by a white man on April 29
RITU JHA- The daughter of the 61-year-old Sikh man who was badly injured after a white man allegedly rammed his vehicle into the victim and told him to “go back to your country” says the aftermath of the attack has been difficult and that she cannot even visit her father because of the coronavirus pandemic. […]
23-year-old woman first observant Sikh to graduate from West Point military academy
iNDICA NEWS BUREAU- The US Military Academy at West Point graduated its first observant Sikh woman on Saturday. Second Lt. Anmol Narang, 23, a second-generation immigrant born and raised in Roswell, Georgia, became the first observant Sikh cadet to complete the nation’s military academy’s education and training. “I am excited and honored to be fulfilling […]
Shredding blacklist of Sikhs a major step: San Francisco consul-general
Shredding the blacklist of Sikhs who had sought asylum abroad was the first and repatriating Indians stranded due to the lockdown for the novel coronavirus is the current challenge, Sanjay Panda, outgoing consul-general of India in San Francisco, told indica in an interview.
Sikh cab driver viciously attacked and community groups suspect hate crime
Ritu Jha- A Sikh man who was choked and brutally attacked was left bleeding with bumps, cuts, and bruises in a 4 a.m. Sunday incident in front of his apartment complex in Richmond, California, according to Richmond Police spokesperson Sgt. Enrik Melgoza, who said a hate crime is not suspected despite reaction from the Sikh […]
Sikh deputy sheriff slain in line of duty may be honored with his name on a post office
indica News Bureau- Harris County, Texas, Deputy Sheriff Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal, who was killed in the line of duty in September, could be honored by the renaming of a Houston post office after the law man known for working the beat with his articles of faith, including turban and beard, according to the Sikh Coalition. […]
Trump denies rumor Haley, a Sikh, might be his running mate next year
indica News Bureau – Former US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, a Sikh born to Indian American parents, has been rumored to be under consideration by President Donald Trump to replace Vice President Mike Pence as his running mate on the Republican ticket for 2020 presidential election. The president says it’s not true. […]
2018 Proves to be Deadliest and Most Violent Year for Hate-related Crimes
Ritu Jha- The year 2018 was the deadliest and most violent year for hate since 2001 according to the newly released annual hate crimes report for 2018, released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). However, the Sikh Coalition, the largest Sikh civil rights organization in the United States calls it just the tip […]
Suspect in Tracy park murder of elderly Indian American pleads innocent
Ritu Jha- The suspect arrested in connection with the sensational Aug 25 murder of a 64-year-old Sikh man taking a walk in a park in Tracy, California, has pleaded not guilty. Anthony Kreiter-Rhoads, 21, accused of killing Parmjit Singh by slitting his throat while he was taking a walk at the Gretchen Talley Park […]