To honour victims of the shooting inside a Gurudwara in Wisconsin, US President Barack Obama has ordered that the American flags be flown at half-staff at all the US government buildings and its diplomatic missions overseas till August 10.
Americans poured out in hundreds to offer support and join solemn farewell prayers for the six victims of a shooting tragedy in a Sikh gurdwara in Oak Creek.
"This is definitely a hate crime," said Pradeep Singh Kaleka, eldest son of the Satwant Singh Kaleka, who died while trying to get hold of the shooter on Sunday morning at a gurdwara in Oak Creek, Wisconsin.
The attack on Sikhs in a US gurdwara is not a mistaken attack. Sikhs are not mistaken for Muslims, but seen as part of the community of outsiders, says Vijay Prashad
To honour victims of the shooting inside a gurudwara in Wisconsin, United States President Barack Obama has ordered that the American flags be flown at half-staff at all the US government buildings and its diplomatic missions overseas till August 10.
Two women and four men lost their lives in the shooting on Sunday at the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. Among the deceased was Satwant Singh Kaleka, the president of the gurdwara, his brother-in-law Bob Chima told rediff.com.
The gunman who went on a killing spree inside a Gurudwara in Wisconsin was a "white man with a 9/11 tattoo" on his arm, according to eyewitnesses.
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Mumbai collector Chandrashekar Oak on Saturdyu stated before the judicial panel probing the Adarsh Society scam that the land on which the building stands belonged to the Maharashtra government, and it is not a security threat to the nearby defence installations.
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Thousands of Indian Americans are expected to participate in the India Day Parade in Edison - also called Little India - in New Jersey this weekend,organisers said on Wednesday. Celebrated Bollywood actress, model and television presenter, Mandira Bedi, would lead the mile-long parade along the Oak Tree Road, which over the past one decade has emerged as the hub of Indian American community in New Jersey.
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The students, undergoing occupational and physiotherapy courses in the KEM hospital in central Mumbai, were arrested on Sunday for allegedly ragging 10 first year students.
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