Friday, March 15, 2013
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Assault at Sikh temple
Police have arrested a 26-year-old man over an attack at a Sikh temple in Melbourne's north last night.
Police
allege a man, who was not known to other worshippers, punched another
man in the face after he was asked to leave the Craigieburn temple.
As
he was leaving through the main entrance, he allegedly set fire to some
rope which was on the door, and then assaulted the 31-year-old.
A number of scarves were also set on fire.
The victim suffered a suspected broken nose.
A Broadmeadows man was arrested early this morning and has been charged with assault and other offences.
He will face court later today.
with thanks : abc.net : LINK
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Drunken thug, 25, ripped Sikh man's turban off his head for a joke causing the victim to be shunned by his own community
A man ripped a Sikh supermarket
worker's turban off his head and told friends to film the incident and
put it on YouTube during a drunken joke, a court has heard.
Ashley
Cicatello, 25, had spent the afternoon drinking beer and Jagerbomb
shots when he spotted the victim in a Sainsbury's supermarket on
December 27, last year.
Cicatello, from Dunkirk, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, told
his friends: 'Get this on record. This is going on YouTube' before
running up behind the victim and yanking the turban off his head.
The prank caused the victim to be ostracised from his own community, it was claimed.
Cicatello sprinted off with the turban and was chased through the store before being wrestled to the ground by security guards.
He later admitted to police that he had 'been an absolute prat' and had done it because he wanted to be the 'class clown.'
with thanks : DAILYMAIL : LINK : for pics & detailed news.
Sikh shot at in USA in suspected hate crime
Press Trust of India
WASHINGTON, 26 FEB: In an apparent hate
crime incident in the USA, a Sikh man was shot at several times by
truck-borne unidentified gunmen in Florida.
Kanwaljit Singh, 46,
was attacked by the truck-borne assailants near Daytona Beach on
Saturday night. He was later admitted to a hospital where he is
undergoing treatment.
Mr Kanwaljit, who was accompanied by his
son, received multiple bullet injuries in his thigh and torso, officials
said. His son managed to escape unhurt.
“Although no clear
motive (behind the attack) has been established, initial indications are
this shooting was not a random act. There was no previous confrontation
between occupants of either vehicle,” Mr Wayne Miller, Port Orange's
assistant chief of police, was quoted as saying by local daily Daytona
Beach News Journal.
Meanwhile, the authorities yesterday said that the incident will be probed by the agencies as a hate crime.
Condemning
the act, the Sikh American Legal Defence and Education Fund and
'Sikh Coalition' called on the law enforcement officials and requested
them to conduct a thorough probe into the incident.
The shooting
incident comes days after US lawmakers asked the department of justice
and the FBI to track the hate crimes committed against Sikhs, Hindus and
Arab Americans.
So far more than 40 Congressmen have signed onto
the letter addressed to the department of justice and the FBI, with
lawmakers Judy Chu, Eliot Engel, Bill Pascrell, Adam Schiff, Gary
Peters, Tulsi Gabbard, Ami Bera, Michael Honda, and Eric Swalwell being
the original signatories.
with thanks : THESTATESMAN : LINK
Manjit Singh GK is DSGMC chief, Sirsa general secretary
Manjit Singh GK (54) is new president of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC).
The new-elected members of the committee on Tuesday elected him president unanimously. GK, son of late jathedar Santokh Singh, had led the the Delhi unit of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) to victory in the committee's elections, defeating Paramjit Singh Sarna and his SAD (Delhi).
GK's election was held in the presence of the Akal Takht jathedar,
Giani Gurbachan Singh, who is ex-officio member of the committee without
the voting right. The jathedars of Keshgarh Sahib, Patna Sahib and
Hazoor Sahib are also ex-officio members of the committee.'
Manjinder Singh Sirsa (39), youth president of SAD (B) in Delhi, was
obvious choice for the committee's general secretary, and he got his
reward for defeating Sarna, outgoing president of the committee, in the
election held on January 27. Sirsa is considered close to the Badals,
whose family rules Punjab.
Party patron Parkash Singh Badal, who is also chief minister of
Punjab; and party president, Sukhbir Singh Badal, who is deputy CM of
Punjab, cleared the names of the committee president, general secretary
and other office-bearers. As per the provisions of the DSGMC Act of
1971, the director of gurdwara elections, GP Singh, nominated Kulmohan
Singh as house chairman, who asked for names for the post of the
committee president.
Avtar Singh Hit proposed GK's name, which was supported by Onkar
Singh Thapar first before all member gave their unanimous consent. The
SAD (B) had bagged 37 of the 46 seats in the January 27 elections,
ousting Sarna-led SAD-Delhi, which could win just eight seats (an
Independent got one). Of the eight winners from the Sarna group, only
two were present in Tuesday's meeting, where the 51-member house elected
the president and other office-bearers. Of the 51 members, 46 were
elected directly by 4.5 lakh Sikh voters in Delhi, while five were
nominated.
Hit, who was DSGMC president from 2000 to 2002 and Delhi-unit
president of the SAD (B) for many years, was in the race for the top
post but failed to garner the support of his party leaders. Once close
to Parkash Singh Badal, he was distanced from the party after GK was
given reins in 2008. Other than Hit, Sirsa and first-time member Onkar
Singh Thapar also were contenders for the top post. The SAD (B)
regained control of the DSGMC after an 11 years. It lost consecutively
in 2002 and 2007.
The post of senior vice-president went to Ravinder Singh Khurana,
while Dhanwant Singh became vice-president and Harmeet Singh Kalka
secretary of the DSGMC. A 10-member executive committee was also named.
with thanks : Hindustan Times : LINK
Monday, February 25, 2013
The throne of Maharaja Ranjit Singh
The throne of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, in all humility he never used it, instead prefered to sit on the floor next to it.
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
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