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Tag: Indian-Americans
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Hindu-Sikh unity event held in Sacramento
SACRAMENTO (TIP): Days after a Hindu temple in Canada was attacked by alleged Khalistani activists, Indian-Americans in Silicon Valley held a ‘Hindu Sikh Unity Interfaith’ event honoring the sacrifice of Sikh guru Tegh Bahadur.
Hosted by Gurudwara Sant Nagar in Sacramento over the weekend, the event was attended by more than 200 members of Hindu, Sikh and other communities. Prominent among those who attended the event were Elk Grove City Mayor Bobby Singh-Allen, Commissioner of City of Elk Grove Bhavin Parikh, Council member of City of Rocklin Jill Gayaldo, Vice Mayor of Elk Grove Rod Brewer, and member of Interfaith Council of Sacramento Akram Keval.
“Religious intolerance is plaguing our society. A few are dividing us and we must reject it. We gathered here to celebrate oneness. It is just the beginning; we have to show a better way. An attack on one is an attack on all of us,” said Singh-Allen.
In his keynote address, Narinderpal Singh Hundal of Sant Sagar Gurdwara said, “We should all uphold the message of unity that Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib gave by sacrificing himself to protect religion, and by obeying his command, maintain mutual brotherhood and love, and try to further propagate this mission.”
Parikh said the guru’s sacrifice has a message that hate doesn’t have any place in this world. He said Sikhism teaches equality, humility and respect.
“We all need to learn to appreciate and embrace other cultures and learn from them,” he added.
Rewa Kaul, a Kashmir Pandit born in Srinagar and a resident of Bay Area, talked about how Guru Tegh Bahadur’s sacrifice defended the religious freedom of Kashmiri Pandits and Hindus who faced brutal oppression and were forced to convert to Islam under Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. She reminded the attendees to stay united.
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13 Punjabis emerge victorious in Canada’s British Columbia polls
New Democratic Party and Conservative Party win 46 and 45 seats, respectively, while Green Party wins two seats in 93-member House
VANCOUVER (TIP): Thirteen candidates having roots in Punjab have won in the recent British Columbia provincial elections, further cementing the community’s influence in Canadian politics. The victories come as the Indo-Canadian population, particularly the Punjabi community, continues to grow in size and prominence, especially in British Columbia.
The New Democratic Party (NDP) and the Conservative Party won 46 and 45 seats, respectively, while the Green Party emerged victorious on two seats in the 93-member House.
The successful candidates hail from different political backgrounds, representing both the NDP and the Conservative Party. They contested on diverse platforms, advocating issues such as healthcare reforms, economic development, climate action and greater support for immigrants.
Among the prominent winners was housing minister Ravi Kahlon, who retained his Delta North seat with a significant margin. Kahlon has been instrumental in driving policies related to housing and climate change.
Another notable victor is Raj Chauhan, the outgoing speaker of the British Columbia assembly. Winning for the record sixth time, he had earlier served as the assistant deputy speaker from 2013 to 2017 and the deputy speaker from 2017 to 2020.
Minister of state for trade Jagrup Brar won from Surrey Fleetwood for the seventh time. Born in Bathinda, Brar was once part of the Indian national basketball team. Later, he moved to Canada for studies and settled here. He has been active in politics since 2004 when he was elected as an MLA.
Conservative Party candidate Mandeep Dhaliwal defeated minister of education and childcare Rachna Singh from Surrey North. However, prominent Punjabi leader Jinny Sims lost from Surrey Panorama.
NDP candidates Ravi Parmar won from Langford Highland, Sunita Dhir from Vancouver Langara, Reah Arora from Burnaby East and Harwinder Kaur Sandhu from Vernon Monashee. Harwinder won for the second time from the seat.
Attorney General Nikki Sharma won again from Vancouver Hastings, while Jessie Sunner triumphed from Surrey Newton.
Conservative leader Harman Singh Bhangu has emerged victorious from Langley Abbotsford constituency, Honveer Singh Randhawa from Surrey Guildford and Tody Toor from Langley Willowbrook.
Their victories mark a significant moment for the Punjabi community, which has long played a vital role in the socio-economic fabric of British Columbia, particularly in the cities like Surrey and Abbotsford, where a large number of Indo-Canadian population resides. These regions have seen increased political mobilization in recent years, with local community leaders emphasizing the importance of political representation.
(Source: TNS)
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Indian-origin man charged with stealing $1 million-winning lottery ticket in US
The alleged theft takes place in the petrol bunk in Murfreesboro in Tennessee state where Meer Patel was employed
NEW YORK (TIP): An Indian-origin man has been charged with stealing a $1 million-winning lottery ticket from the buyer at the petrol bunk he was working in, according to local officials.
Meer Patel, 23, was arrested and charged with the theft on Monday, July 22, and the buyer of the ticket was notified of his winning, Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office said.
The alleged theft took place in the petrol bunk in Murfreesboro in Tennessee state where Patel was employed.
When the man who bought the ticket asked him to check if the ticket had won anything by scanning it, he allegedly said it had won a lower amount, which he paid the customer and threw the ticket into the trash, according to Detective Steve Craig quoted by Cheatham County Exchange newspaper.After the man left the store, Patel picked it out of the trash, scratched the hidden part to find the winning amount on the ticket, and took it to the lottery office, where the staff became suspicious, the publication said quoting officials. Investigators from the state lottery seized the videos in the petrol bunk’s cameras which showed him picking the ticket out of the trash and “celebrating in the store after scratching off the front of the ticket and learning it was a $1 million winner,” Investigator Vic Donoho told the publication. The Sheriff’s Office was informed and Patel was arrested.
Meanwhile, Craig and Donoho went through the store videos to identify the buyer and informed him of his luck.
“The feel-good side of this story is the (the man) never knew he was the winner until we made contact with him,” Craig told the publication.
“That is absolutely life-changing money.”
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Indian-origin Canadian MP Chandra Arya receives threat from Khalistani extremists after temple vandalism incident
OTTAWA (TIP): A prominent Canadian MP of Indian origin on Wednesday said the country was being “polluted” by Khalistani extremists who were “abusing” the freedoms guaranteed under the Charter of Rights, days after a Hindu temple was vandalized in Edmonton. Amidst rising Hinduphobia in Canada, the BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir was vandalized with alleged hateful and anti-India graffiti on Monday morning in Edmonton in Alberta state, about 3,400 km west-northwest of here.
Chandra Arya, a Member of Parliament from Nepean in the House of Commons, said in a post on his X account that separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun of Sikhs for Justice released a video demanding that Arya and his Hindu-Canadian friends go back to India after he (Arya) condemned the vandalism of the Hindu temple and other acts of hate and violence by Khalistan supporters in Canada.
“We Hindus have come to our wonderful country Canada from all parts of the world. From every country in South Asia, many countries in Africa and Caribbean, and many other parts of the world, we have come here and Canada is our land,” Arya, a member of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party, wrote.
“We have made and continue to make immense positive and productive contributions to the socio-economic development of Canada. With our long history of Hindu culture and heritage, we have enriched the multicultural fabric of Canada,” he said. “Our land is being polluted by Khalistani extremists abusing our freedoms guaranteed by our Canadian Charter of Rights,” Arya added.
Arya’s statement comes against the backdrop of severe strain in India-Canada ties over the killing of Khalistan extremist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was gunned down in Surrey, British Columbia, in June last year.
The relations between the two countries came under severe strain following Trudeau’s allegations in September last year of a “potential” involvement of Indian agents in Nijjar’s killing.
India has been maintaining that the main issue between the two countries is that of Canada giving space to pro-Khalistan elements operating from Canadian soil with impunity. India has repeatedly conveyed its “deep concerns” to Canada and New Delhi expects Ottawa to take strong action against those elements. Meanwhile, the vandalism at the BAPS temple was criticized by other local elected representatives too.
The Consulate General of India in Vancouver had said in a post on X on Tuesday: “We condemn the defacing of BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in #Edmonton with anti-India graffiti. We have requested the Canadian authorities to investigate the incident and take prompt action against the perpetrators.”
However, there has been no reaction as yet from the BAPS – the Bochasanwasi Aksharpurushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, the organization that runs the temple.
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CBI detains German national of Indian-origin with 6 kg of cocaine at Delhi airport
NEW DELHI (TIP): The CBI has detained a German national of Indian origin with six kg of cocaine at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here on an input by the Interpol on Thursday, officials said. The man who was travelling on an Indigo Airlines flight from Doha to New Delhi was detained and taken for questioning, they said. The drug was concealed in 270 capsules hidden inside two soft toys, they said.
(Source: PTI)