Friday, May 3, 2024

Topic: US

Sikh student detained for wearing Kirpan at US university

A Sikh student at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte was allegedly detained on the campus for wearing a Kirpan, one of the integral parts of five Sikh Kakars, the student said.

US church cancels event featuring Hindutva figure Sadhvi Rithambara

A fundraising event featuring Hindutva figure Sadhvi Rithambara will no longer be held at the Old Paramus Reformed Church in United States’ New Jersey on Saturday, following an outcry and calls by Indian American groups to cancel the event.

Indian Americans protest Hindutva figure Sadhvi Ritambhara’s visit to US

More than 100 Indian Americans protested outside the venue of an event that featured Sadhvi Rithambra, a Hindutva figure, at Norcross, a city near Atlanta on Wednesday.

“I hate you Indian.” Indian American women targeted by Mexican-American woman

Four Indian-American women have been racially abused and smacked by a Mexican-American woman in the US state of Texas. The woman hurled racist slurs at them that they are "ruining" America and should "go back to India".

On I-Day, Hindutva groups in US march with bulldozers, carry “Baba ka Bulldozer” banner

Men and women belonging to the Hindutva groups in New Jersey in the United States were seen marching with bulldozers on India's Independence Day. Photographs of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath were also found on the bulldozers.

China launches major war drills near Taiwan

In response to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, China fired a barrage of ballistic missiles into the waters around the self-ruled island as it launched large-scale military exercises.