Málaga, Spain Rafael Nadal said he has left both a sporting and personal legacy after retiring from professional tennis on Tuesday at the Davis Cup. The 38-year-old was beaten in the opening singles rubber of the quarter-finals as Netherlands defeated Spain 2-1 to reach the final four. Nadal, a 22-time Grand Slam winner, enjoyed a glittering and...
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Sukhbir Badal’s ‘resignation’: Drama continues
CHANDIGARH Even as Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) which is popularly known as Akal Dal Badal or Badal Dal due to Badal family’s monopoly over it, is passing through its worst phase, its president Sukhbir Badal does not refrain from making drama. Two and half months after Akal Takht Sahib declared him tankhaiya (guilty of religious...
UNAIDS chief says husband, Ugandan opposition figure Besigye, ‘kidnapped’
Geneva, Switzerland Kizza Besigye, a major Ugandan opposition figure, was “kidnapped” in Kenya and is being held in a Kampala military jail, his wife, a top UN official, said Tuesday. Winnie Byanyima, head of UNAIDS, demanded on X that the government of Uganda “release my husband Dr. Kizza Besigye from where he is being held immediately”....
With Marco Rubio as top diplomat, US to increase focus on Latin America
Havana, Cuba Latin America can expect closer scrutiny from US President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of state, Marco Rubio, expected to take a tougher approach towards the leftist governments of Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba, analysts say. Highly critical of communism and the left at-large, Rubio will likely seek closer ties to the libertarian governments of...
Bangladeshi ex-ministers face ‘massacre’ charges in court
Dhaka, Bangladesh Thirteen Bangladeshi former top government officials arrested after the revolution in August appeared in court Monday accused of “enabling massacres”, with prosecutors repeating extradition demands for exiled ex-leader Sheikh Hasina. Dozens of Hasina’s allies have been taken into custody since her regime collapsed, accused of involvement in a police crackdown that killed more than 700...
Further eroding Sikh homeland’s right to its capital
CHANDIGARH Indian State’s practice of using Sikh homeland, Punjab as its colony is not ending. With its fresh move of allocating 10 acres of land in its capital Chandigarh to the BJP-led Haryana government for building a Legislative Assembly, the Central government of India has further eroded Punjab’s right to its capital that was snatched...
After Badals lose power in Punjab, pro-freedom Sikhs find space in Darbar Sahib’s Central Sikh Museum in large number
AMRITSAR After Badal family which has been acting as traitor of Sikh nation and working on dictates of Indian State, lost power in India-administered Punjab, portraits of more Sikhs who made great sacrifices in the struggle for right to self-determination, have been installed in Central Sikh Museum at Sri Darbar Sahib (Golden Temple) complex in large...
McIlroy aims for glory on happy hunting ground in Dubai
Dubai, United Arab Emirates Rory McIlroy gave himself an eight out of 10 for the 2024 season that promised much but delivered only two titles, but on a Dubai course where he has always brought his A-game, things can get a lot better come Sunday. Only one player in the field — Thriston Lawrence — has...
‘Indian govt is playing cheap tactics to force Sikhs to beg before them for every right’
AMRITSAR Punjab based Pro-freedom Sikh organization Dal Khalsa has decided to hold a convention to assess the current national and international situations and challenges being faced by Sikh Nation world over, and to formulate a new strategy to deal with those challenges and to take the Sikh struggle to its logical conclusion. This convention will...
US contractor ordered to pay $42 mn to Iraqis tortured at Abu Ghraib
Washington, United States A federal jury on Tuesday ordered a US defense contractor to pay $42 million in damages to three Iraqi men who were tortured at Abu Ghraib prison, their lawyers said. CACI Premier Technology Inc was found liable at the conclusion of a long-running trial for its role in the torture of the three...