In defense of the American Sikh Congressional Caucus

Ami Bera, the only Indian-American Congressman in the US House of Representatives, has said that the newly-constituted 'American Sikh Congressional Caucus' will deal only with domestic civil rights issue. Bera's revised statement, three days after he publicly announced to join the Caucus, is considered to allay concerns of the Indian Government that the newly-made Caucus in the United States carries some individuals and groups, who in the past had indulged in anti-India activities including the ...

Ahead of the second US-India Homeland Security dialogue here Tuesday, the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian-Americans has sought expanded cooperation between the two countries on internal security issues.Indian Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, who ...

28 Congressmen had joined hands at the Capitol Hill in Washington to establish the first Sikh American Congressional Caucus in the US House of Representatives, with the objective of fighting hate crimes the community has

Ami Bera, the lone Indian-American lawmaker, has joined the newly formed American Sikh Congressional Caucus, saying he was solely motivated by concerns about incidents of hate crimes against the community.Indian officials had pressed Bera and some other US ...

Indian Ambassador Nirupama Rao, speaking at The Photographic Exhibition by Sondeep Shankar on Sikh Heritage of India at The Gandhi Memorial Center in Bethesda, Maryland, on May 18, which was co-sponsored by the Indian Embassy. Photo Source: Sikh ...

Members of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian-Americans meet with several visiting members of the Indian Parliament in the U.S. Capitol. (Washington, D.C.) On Tuesday, June 4, 2013, Reps. Joe Crowley (NY-14) and Peter Roskam (IL-6), ...

Ahead of the India-US Strategic Dialogue, a bi-partisan group of over a dozen influential lawmakers from the powerful Congressional India Caucus today called for better American co-operation and support to New Delhi on homeland security and counter-terrorism ...

US Congressman Ed Royce, California Republican, who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee and for years was the GOP co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans, has predicted that India would no longer be artificially separated from the rest of Asia, if the US undertakes a fundamental restructuring of its involved in the Asian-Pacific region.Delivering the annual B C Lee Lecture on Asia policy at the Heritage Foundation - the leading conservative think tank in ...

A new bipartisan American Sikh Congressional Caucus has been formed to educate US lawmakers and the general public about Sikh issues and support the American Sikh community that has often faced discrimination post 9/11.Co-chaired by Democrat Judy Chu and ...