US Panel Wants Penalties on India's RSS Group Before New York Rally

A US government advisory panel wants sanctions — penalties like blocking travel or freezing assets — against members of India's RSS group and certain officials it says have violated religious freedom. The call came before RSS leader Mohan Bhagwat's August 29 rally at Madison Square Garden, part of a hundred-year anniversary tour across the US, Canada, and the UK. India dismissed the critics as anti-Hindu.