Arash Singh, a 25-year-old Sikh truck driver, has spent thousands of miles on US highways hauling goods from Washington to California, navigating ice storms, heavy traffic, and occasional harassment because of his turban.“As an immigrant driver,” he told New York Times, “there is plenty you always must think about.”Singh sought asylum in US in 2022 […]
Sim J. Singh Attariwala, a well-known civil rights advocate and Director of the Anti-Hate Program at Asian Americans Advancing Justice, has been appointed as a Commissioner on the District of Columbia Human Rights Commission. He was appointed by District of Columbia mayor Muriel Bowser and confirmed by the DC Council. He became one of the […]
A 25-year-old Indian-origin man has been arrested and charged with serial acts of indecency and also for identity theft. According to Peel Region police, the man whose origin name is Vaibhav visited various medical clinics across Mississauga and exposed himself to the female staff members. He used a fake name, ‘Akashdeep Singh‘, in all official […]
A Canada border officer, Sandeep Singh Sidhu, also known as Sunny Toronto, has sued both the India and the Canadian governments for throwing his life into turmoil, Global News reported. In his lawsuit, Sidhu said India called him a ‘Khalistani terrorist’ while he has no links with Indian politics and the Canadian government failed to […]
A 19-year-old Sikh student in Australia’s Monash University filed a case with the Australian Human Rights Commission against Ambulance Victoria, the state agency for ambulance service for Victoria, after he was asked to come clean-shaven on the first day of his on-the-job training. Paramedic student Prabhjeet Gill said he had requested the agency in advance […]
An Indian-origin Sikh man, who claimed to be a US citizen, made a video of his interaction with the border officer in Canada as the officer stopped him from entering Canada citing prior criminal record. The man insisted that he did not have any criminal record and cried foul and then accused the officer of […]
Nikki Haley’s son Nalin Haley says he was confused over religion as his parents are Christians and grandparents Sikhs. Amid the ongoing Christian-Hinduism controversy, Nalin Haley, the son of former US ambassador to UN Nikki Haley, has spoken about his unique journey in finding his faith in a multi-faith family. In an interview with UnHerd, […]
Sarnia border has become a key route for drug trafficking between US and Canada. (Photo: The Observer) Two truck drivers, believed to be of Indian origin, were arrested in Canada on charges of smuggling millions of dollars’ worth of illegal drugs across the US-Canada border at Michigan-Sarnia. Karan Owaan, 24, from Kingston and Gagandeep Singh […]
TOI correspondent from Washington: More than 100,000 immigrant truckers from India are in the hot seat in America after a sweeping US federal audit conducted amid twin fatal crash investigations involving Sikh drivers showed widespread malpractice in issuance of commercial driving licenses (CDLs)The US Department of Transportation (DOT), through its Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration […]
New York City has paid a historical tribute to the Sikh community by naming a street after Guru Tegh Bahadur, the 9th Sikh guru, to honour his legacy. NYC Council Member Lynn Schulman unveiled the street on October 14. The stretch of 114th St & 101st Avenue in Richmond Hill, which is also home to […]
