NEW YORK: Indian-American entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy has said that it is his Hindu faith that led him to the presidential campaign, and that as a president, he wants to make faith, family, hard work, patriotism "cool" in the US again.

INDIANAPOLIS: Danish-American Punjabi singer Anita Lerche and Diljit Dosanjh of India are among seven nominees for the Best International Artist award for the tenth Annual UK Bhangra Awards to be presented on December 9 at The Conference Suite, West Bromwich, Birmingham, 5 pm to 11:30 pm GMT.

NEW YORK: New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Wednesday signed a historic legislation making Diwali a school holiday in public schools.

CHANDIGARH: The Indian diaspora, mainly from Punjab, celebrated Diwali and Bandi Chhor Divas across Canada in a traditional way by bursting firecrackers despite municipalities of Brampton, Mississauga and Surrey tightened their rules and by paying obeisance at shrines.

LONDON: A 41-year-old Sikh man has been sentenced to two years in prison and banned from contacting an elderly couple for 10 years after he attacked them in the West Midlands region of England in a drunken stupor, a media report said.

KOCHI: An exhibition of non-fungible token (NFT) digital paintings by Indian-American girl Teresa Melvin has captured the imagination of art enthusiasts here.

TORONTO: Failing to meet an overwhelming demand for supplies, a food bank in the Canadian province of Ontario has said it is closing its door to international students.

INDIANAPOLIS: The first Barsi in memory of Sardarni Manjit Kaur Ghoman (1950-2023), mother of AmarBir Ghoman and Harsharan Singh Ghoman, owners of the Ghoman Group, was held on Saturday at Gurdwara Sikh Sangat of Indianapolis.

LONDON: An ambulance service has apologised to a Sikh family for making them wait for 72 minutes for paramedics to reach a 44-year-old woman who later died from a stroke in 2022 in North of England.

NEW DELHI: Saleemul Huq, a globally acclaimed climate adaptation science expert and a formidable voice representing the developing world, passed away in Dhaka in Bangladesh on Saturday night, his organisation said.

AMRITSAR: Giani Raghbir Singh Jathedar of Akal Takhat highest seat of Sikh religion has taken serious notice of receiving threats to kill Ravi Bhalla, the Sikh mayor of the city of Hoboken, New Jersey, USA, along with his family due to racism.

INDIANAPOLIS: Samyoga Performing Arts presented an exquisite dance production, 'New Dimensions to the Margam,' featuring the renowned dancer Smt. Rama Vaidyanathan, Vaishnavi Dhore, Kavya Ganesh, Reshika Sivakumar and Shubhamani Chandrashekhar at Warren Performing Arts Center, 9500 E 16th Street, Indianapolis.

CARMEL (INDIANA): Community leader and businessman Amarbir (Alex) Ghoman was honoured and presented the Lieutenant Governor 's Leadership Award by Indiana Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch. Ghoman Brothers Amarbir Ghoman and Harsharan (Harry) Ghoman are the owners of The Ghoman Group of Companies.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Management Committee General Secretary Bhai Gurcharan Singh Grewal has written a letter to Canada's Minister of Heritage, Pascal St. Onge, demanding respect for Canadian Sikhs as their identity in the 'South Asian Museum' being built in British Columbia.

MUMBAI: Punjabi legend Gurdas Mann’s Canada tour has been cancelled in light of the rising tensions between India and the north American country.

TORONTO: Renowned author, philanthropist and wife of Infosys co-founder N. R. Narayana Murty, Sudha Murty, was conferred with the Global Indian Award by the Canada India Foundation at the biggest Indo-Canadian gala here.

LONDON: A day after Indian High Commissioner to the UK Vikram Doraiswami was stopped from attending a programme at a Glasgow gurdwara by some fringe elements, the Indian High Commission on Saturday said that it has reported this “disgraceful incident” to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and the Metropolitan Police.

LONDON/NEW DELHI: UK Minister for the Indo-Pacific Anne-Marie Trevelyan on Saturday expressed concern at Indian High Commissioner Vikram Doraiswami being stopped from a meeting at the Gurdwara in Glasgow as she stressed that the safety and security of foreign diplomats is of utmost importance and places of worship in the UK must be open to all.

TORONTO: Slain Khalistan hardliner Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in a letter addressed to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in 2016, denied Indian government's allegations that he was a terrorist, a media report said.

NEW YORK: An Indian-American policy expert, who is running for Fort Bend County Commissioner in the US state of Texas, has said that he has been receiving hate-filled messages targeting his ethnicity, nationality, and faith on social media.

TORONTO: Though the Sikh community has been present in Canada for over a hundred years, its numbers only started increasing rapidly from the late ’70s.

MUMBAI: Canada has not only been home to Khalistan sympathisers, but also provided refuge to Indian gangsters wanted by enforcement agencies.

NEW JERSEY: A visit to India Square in New Jersey is always facinating. Popularly known as "Little India," is a commercial and restaurant district in the Journal Square and Marion Section neighborhoods of Jersey City.

INDIANAPOLIS: Chandigarh-born Dr. Deep Singh,well known Sikh Personality, promoter of traditional games and EHS Professional honored by Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award.

WASHINGTON: Hundreds of Hindus in the US state of California gathered to protest against an anti-caste discrimination bill, which they say will further fuel instances of Hinduphobia if signed into law.

LONDON:The landmark India Club in London, founded in 1951 as a way of furthering Indo-British relations, following Independence, will shut down next month after losing a protracted battle against its closure.

SINGAPORE: Ahead of the September 1 presidential election in Singapore, Indian-origin candidate Tharman Shanmugaratnam has said that the city-state is now ready for a non-Chinese Prime Minister.

NEW DELHI: When Kabul fell to the Taliban in 2021, there were concerns that some of Afghanistan's tiny non-Muslim minorities could vanish. Two years on, those fears are becoming realised a media report said.

WASHINGTON: Indian-American presidential aspirant Vivek Ramaswamy has hinted at running on a joint ticket with Republican rival and former US President Donald Trump if he fails to secure the party's nomination for the 2024 race to the White House, a media report said.

CARMEL (INDIANA): Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita visited The Ghoman Group Companies, met the Indian-American Community members and others. Ghoman Brothers Amarbir (Alex) Singh and Harsharan (Harry) Singh, who hail from Punjab, and their team gave a warm welcome to Todd Rokita.