Hate Crime

India condemns 'hate crime' at Bhagavad Gita Park in Canada, seeks action

India on Sunday condemned the vandalism at a recently unveiled park named 'Shri Bhagavad Gita' in Canada's Brampton and urged the authorities to investigate and take prompt action against the perpetrators of the hate crime. The park previously called Troyers Park was renamed as Shri Bhagavad Gita Park and unveiled on September 28. We condemn the hate crime at the Shri Bhagvad Gita Park in Brampton. We urge Canadian authorities & @PeelPolice to investigate and take prompt action on the perpetrators, the High Commission of India in Canada tweeted. The attack came days after another temple in Canada was vandalised. Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown on Sunday confirmed the vandalism at the park and said that Canada has "zero tolerance" for such attacks. "We are aware that the recently unveiled Shri Bhagavad Gita Park sign has been vandalized. We have zero tolerance for this. We have flagged Peel Regional Police for further investigation. Our Parks department is working to resolve and ...

Remain vigilant: India to nationals in Canada amid rise in 'hate crimes'

India on Friday advised its nationals in Canada and those travelling to that country to exercise due caution and remain vigilant in view of the "sharp increase in incidents of hate crimes, sectarian violence and anti-India activities" there. In an advisory, the Ministry of External Affairs also said the High Commission/Consulates General in Canada have taken up these incidents with the Canadian authorities and requested them to investigate the said crimes and take appropriate action, the release said. The perpetrators of these crimes have not been brought to justice so far in Canada, the MEA said. "In view of the increasing incidents of crimes as described above, Indian nationals and students from India in Canada and those proceeding to Canada for travel or education are advised to exercise due caution and remain vigilant", the advisory said. Indian nationals and students from India in Canada may also register with the High Commission of India in Ottawa or the Consulates General of

Dallas: Koreatown salon shooting suspect indicted for anti-Asian hate crime

A man accused of shooting three Asian American women at a hair salon was indicted on multiple counts, including committing a hate crime

US President Biden to sign bill making lynching a federal hate crime

President Joe Biden was signing a bill into law to make lynching a federal hate crime, more than 100 years after such legislation was first proposed.

Discrimination against Sikhs has grown in US: Rights expert to US Congress

Religious discrimination and hate crime against Sikh community in US has increased in recent years, an eminent human rights expert has told the lawmakers urging US Congress to take steps against it

Anti-Muslim slogans: Delhi Police arrests ex-BJP spokesperson, 5 others

The Delhi Police has arrested six people, including advocate and former BJP spokesperson Ashwini Upadhyay, in connection with the anti-Muslim slogans allegedly raised during a protest at Jantar Mantar

Newly-opened Gurdwara defaced with Nazi grafitti in US, probe underway

On Monday morning, people saw words "White Power" and a swastika graffitied onto the sign out front

Shooting at San Diego synagogue leaves 1 dead, officials call it hate crime

The shooting followed a recent spate of deadly attacks on houses of worship around the world

Hate crimes and healing

Again and again, the essays in the book return to a single question - can a nation so fractured by hate crimes, encounter killings and communal deaths ever be made whole again by love?

Amid the blaring headlines, routine reports of hate-fueled violence

Documenting hate's catalogue of incidents captures the seeming ordinariness of many of them

US assures India of speedy justice to Indian-American hate victims

A 39-year-old Sikh was shot outside his home by a partially-masked gunman

Hate crime charges slapped on man for throwing drink on Sikh

The man told police he thought Singh was a Muslim

Sikh-American brutally assaulted in alleged hate crime in US

Maan Singh Khalsa said there were "5-6 white males in their late 20s to early 30s" who abused him and attacked him physically