Us Gurudwara Killings

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  When US House Speaker Paul Ryan Talked About 'Sikh Forgiveness'

  The Sikh-American community's "compassion and forgiveness" in the aftermath of the 2012 Gurudwara shooting incident in Wisconsin in which six people were killed has been a "lesson", US House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan told Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.

• US police release video of Wisconsin gurudwara gunman

  A white supremacist who killed a half-dozen people at a Sikh temple in the U.S. last month chased down the first police officer on the scene, pumping round after round into him as he lay wounded behind a parked car, video released Monday showed.

• Gurudwara shooting: Michelle Obama to meet victims in Wisconsin

  US First Lady Michelle Obama will travel to Wisconsin next week to meet the victims and family members of the Oak Creek Gurudwara shooting that killed six Sikh worshippers.

• US gurudwara shootings hurt mourners 'right in middle of heart'

  Thousands of mourners gathered at a gym at Oak Creek High School on Friday to honour the six Sikh worshippers killed by a white supremacist in a shooting rampage at a temple in Wisconsin.

• Gurudwara shooting an act of terrorism, hatred: US Attorney General

  Calling the deadly shooting incident at the Wisconsin gurudwara an attack on American values, a top Obama Administration official said on Friday that such acts of terrorism and hatred will not be tolerated.

• Mourners honour US gurudwara shooting victims

  Mourners began paying their final respects Friday to six worshipers gunned down by a white supremacist at a Sikh temple in the U.S. almost a week ago for reasons that still aren't clear.

• Slanging match between Congress and Akali Dal over US gurudwara shooting

  For the second day running, tempers flared in the Monsoon Session of the Parliament with a slanging match between the opposition and treasury benches on the killing of six Sikhs in a US gurdwara. Parliamentary Affairs Minister P K Bansal accused Akali Dal of "baking the political cake on the funeral pyre" of the victims.

• Gurudwara shooting: Barack Obama calls up Manmohan Singh, conveys condolences

  US President Barack Obama today called up Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to convey his condolences over the August 5 shooting incident at a gurudwara in Wisconsin in which six people were killed during Sunday morning prayers.

• Need to recognise contribution of Sikhs: Obama

  In the wake of the shooting incident at a Wisconsin Gurdwara that claimed six lives, US President Barack Obama feels "very strongly" that there is a need to recognise the significant contributions of the Sikhs to the American community.

• At US gurudwara shooting, children spotted gunman, alerted others

  Women at the Sikh Temple in Wisconsin were busily preparing lunch in the community kitchen on Sunday when two children burst in and screamed frantically they had seen a man with a gun outside.

• US gurudwara shooting: Obama hopes it is not a hate crime

  US President Barack Obama said on Monday that Americans would "recoil" if Sunday's Sikh temple shootings in Wisconsin were "motivated in some way by the ethnicity of those who were attending."

• Obama orders US flag at half mast after gurudwara killing

  As federal investigators searched for a motive for Sunday's attack on a Sikh gurdwara in Wisconsin, US President Barack Obama ordered the US flag to be flown at half mast until Aug 10 in honour of the victims.

• US gurudwara shooting: Four of six victims were Indians

  Four of the six victims killed in the shooting incidents at Wisconsin Gurudwara are Indian nationals, one of them being a recent visitor from India.

• US gurudwara: Among those shot dead, two Sikh brothers from Delhi

  A little before 11 am on a Sunday morning, Ranjeet Singh was at the gurudwara in Wisconsin where he played the tablas every Sunday during the kirtan or hymns at the prayer service. Ranjeet was 45. On weekdays, he did odd jobs, scraping together to send some money home to his wife and his son, Gurvinder, who he last saw 16 years ago. His son was sev...

• Sikh temple shooting: US Ambassador Nancy Powell offers prayers at Delhi Gurudwara

  Reaching out to the Sikh community in the wake of the shooting incident at a Gurudwara in Wisconsin, US Ambassador to India Nancy Powell today offered her prayers at a Gurudwara in New Delhi and said the incident will be probed thoroughly.