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SC rejects plea of Indian accused of plotting to kill Pannun in US
The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a plea for consular access moved by a family member of Indian national Nikhil Gupta, who has been accused of plotting an assassination attempt on Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on American soil. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta said, There is nothing much we can do. You are entitled for consular access under the Vienna convention, which you have already got. The bench told senior advocate CA Sundaram, appearing for kin of Gupta, that this court should respect the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the foreign court and law of that land and, therefore, it cannot go into the merit of the matter. We will not allow you to speak anything about the foreign court, the bench told Sundaram, when he tried to submit that Gupta has been placed under solitary confinement and was not granted any consular access post his indictment. The bench noted that on September 17, 2023, Gupta has received consular access in the matter and he h
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Indian-origin Manpreet Monica Singh becomes first female Sikh judge in US
Indian-origin Manpreet Monica Singh has been sworn in as a Harris county judge, becoming the first female Sikh judge in the US. Singh was born and raised in Houston and now lives in Bellaire with her husband and two children. She was sworn in as a judge of the Harris County Civil Court at Law No. 4 in Texas on Friday. Singh's father immigrated to the US in the early 1970s. A trial lawyer for 20 years, she has been involved in numerous civil rights organizations at the local, state, and national levels. "It means a lot to me because I represent H-town (a nickname of Houston) the most, so for it to be us, I'm happy for it," she said at the oath ceremony. Indian-American Judge Ravi Sandill, the state's first South Asian judge, presided over the ceremony, which took place in a packed courtroom. "It's a really big moment for the Sikh community," Sandill said. "When they see someone of color, someone a little different, they know that possibility is available to them. Manpreet is not
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Sikh community in the US traumatised by yet another mass shooting
Ajeet Singh had to steel himself for a return to work at a FedEx warehouse in Indianapolis on Tuesday for the first time since a former employee shot dead eight people, including four Sikh
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In a first, US Air Force allows Sikh-American to keep turban on active duty
Airman Harpreetinder Singh, who joined the Air Force in 2017, was unable to follow the practice due to the military branch's grooming and dress codes
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Sikh-American shooting: US condemns attack
The 39-year-old Sikh survived the Friday night attack
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US shooting: Mamata expresses concern after Sikh man shot Washington
Banerjee demanded that the Centre should urgently take up the matter with its US counterpart
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Sikh-American teen forced to remove turban at airport in US
Karanveer Singh Pannu, a high school student has penned a book about bullying of Sikh-American children
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