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A resolution marking the festival of Vaisakhi celebrated by the Sikh-American community here has been introduced in the US Congress. Brought in by Democratic Congressman from California, John Garamendi, the resolution (H Res 550) has been co-sponsored by over a dozen lawmakers including...

Obama asks Congress to OK strike on Syria Aamer Madhani and Susan Davis, USA TODAY 3:16 p.m. EDT August 31, 2013 WASHINGTON — President Obama said on Saturday that he was ready to take military action against Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime in retaliation for their alleged use of...

Raise Sikh youth unemployment issue in Parliament: Congress leader to PM Updated: Monday, July 29, 2013, 21:35 Delhi: Expressing concern over a survey that puts Sikh youths among the most unemployed in the country, a Congress leader has asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to raise the...

Just this week officials in United Kingdom have begun to move against pesticides that have altered the bee population in serious ways. Lest we think this is should be a low priority in the face of all the world disasters we have read about in the past few months, more needs to be done. Standing...

WIKILEAKS: Congress Party leaders competed to see who could shed more Sikh blood during 1984 http://www.sikhsiyasat.net/2013/06/05/wikileaks-congress-party-leaders-competed-to-see-who-could-shed-more-sikh-blood-during-1984/ By Parmjit Singh New Delhi, India (June 05, 2013): Sikh Siyasat...

Sikh Genocide 1984 Case – No reprieve to Congress (I) from US Court By Jagdeep Singh Case in New York Federal Court against Kamal Nath continues. http://www.sikhsiyasat.net/2013/05/30/sikh-genocide-1984-case-no-reprieve-to-congress-i-from-us-court/ New York (May 30, 2013): Judge...

Sikhs for Justice v. Congress (I) – US Court order for pretrial hearing on May 29 http://www.sikhsiyasat.net/2013/05/26/sikhs-for-justice-v-congress-i-us-court-order-for-pretrial-hearing-on-may-29/ New York, United States (May 25, 2013): A Federal Court in Manhattan will hear 1984 Sikh...

US Congress panel passes bill to probe racial profiling http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/us-canada-news/US-Congress-panel-passes-bill-to-probe-racial-profiling/articleshow/20239072.cms WASHINGTON: A key US Congressional panel has passed a legislative amendment that calls for...

U.S. Congress launches American Sikh Congressional Caucus ANI - Washington , Wed, 24 Apr 2013 Washington, April 24 (ANI): The U.S. Congress today launched the American Sikh Congressional Caucus during 113th Congress to garner more support from Congress members to resolve issues...

109 Members of Congress Call for Sikh Hate Crime Tracking March 21, 2013 (Washington, DC) – One hundred and nine members of the U.S. House of Representatives issued a new letter today calling on the FBI to begin tracking hate crimes against Sikhs, Hindus, and Arab-Americans, the way it does for...

February 13, 2013 (Washington, DC) – A group of ten representatives in the U.S. Congress, led by Congressman Joe Crowley, is making a final push to persuade the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to begin tracking hate crimes against Sikhs. The FBI will make a final decision this coming June...

How Congress invented a 'sant' LINK: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/jarnail-singh-bhindranwale-congress-sanjay-gandhi-zail-singh/1/204348.html

CBI blames Congress leader Sajjan Kumar for 1984 anti-Sikh riots TNN - Apr 23, 2012, 05.02PM IST NEW DELHI: The CBI on Monday blamed Congress leader Sajjan Kumar for organising the Sikh riots in 1984. The CBI said Sajjan Kumar went about inciting mobs and that the killings in the Delhi...

Namdhari Darbar announces support to Congress Punjab Newsline Network Sunday, 29 January 2012 SRI BHAINI SAHIB: The Namdhari community on Satuday put a full stop to all the rumours that it is not supporting Congress party this time. In a press release issued on Saturday, Sri Uday Singh...

Setback for SAD, Manjit Singh Calcutta to support Congress Punjab Newsline Network Tuesday, 17 January 2012 Manjit Singh Calcutta announces support to Congress CHANDIGARH: In a major setback to SAD, Senior Akali leader and renowned Sikh scholar Manjit Singh Calcutta on Tuesday extended...

Congress Party will turn again to the Gandhi family As the prime minister declines, attention turns to Harvard, Cambridge grad By Jonathan Manthorpe, Vancouver Sun - October 17, 2011 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addresses an election campaign rally in 2009. It is believed that he...

US Congress research report projects resurgence of BJP Chidanand Rajghatta, TNN | Sep 15, 2011, 12.30AM IST WASHINGTON: American lawmakers and policy planners are being primed for the return of BJP to power at the Centre, with its controversial regional satrap Narendra Modi possibly at the...

June 7, 2011 Ramdev makes conciliatory noises towards Congress Brijesh Pandey - Tehelka - 07 June 2011 The yoga guru has not ended the fast but has attracted only 25 supporters so far ! Baba Ramdev said on Tuesday that he had forgiven the prime minister for the atrocities...

NEW YORK: The Congress Party has sought time till June 24 from a US court to respond to charges of "conspiring, aiding, abetting" the anti-Sikh riots of 1984 in a case filed by a community group. Adam Finkel, from New York-based law firm Sabharwal Nordin & Finkel which is also a counsel for...

NEW DELHI: The Congress Party of India has been summoned by a US court to appear on April 1, 2011 to respond to the charges of conspiring, aiding, abetting and organizing large scale anti-Sikh violence in India in 1984. Even as the deadline of April 1, 2011, given by the US Court summons to...