WASHINGTON – A U.S. Army captain who is a practicing Sikh asked a federal court on Monday to protect his right to wear a turban and sport a beard while on duty, which are both disallowed under military regulations.
Capt. Simratpal Singh asked a federal district court in Washington to protect his constitutional rights while he serves in the Army, where the Ranger School graduate is known as Simmer. He was given temporary waivers to wear a turban and a beard while on duty starting last year, but the last one is set to expire soon. The nonmedical waivers are rare, and Singh's was just the fourth granted since a ban on beards began in the 1980s.
BOSTON – A business delegation from a Shanghai industrial park plans to convert a big Marlborough building into a work space for dozens of Chinese companies setting up their U.S. headquarters.
"They bought a building in Marlborough and they will bring about 35 companies over here," Nam Pham, the Baker administration's assistant secretary for business development and international trade, told the News Service. Pham said the building is more than 100,000 square feet.
