Santiago, Chile Chilean police on Monday arrested a former fireman for allegedly contributing to a massive blaze that killed 137 people and destroyed thousands of homes in February because he wanted to be a “hero” by helping put it out. The arrest of Elias Salazar, 39, adds to those of another volunteer firefighter and a forestry official...
AMRITSAR Members of the Sikh community on August 31 remembered sacrifice of Bhai Dilawar Singh at Sri Akal Takht Sahib on his 29th Shahidi Dihara (martyrdom day). Bhai Dilawar Singh became human bomb to end the tyrannical rule in Punjab in 1995 by assassinating the then Chief Minister Beant Singh who massacred thousands of Sikh youths...
AMRITSAR Setting up of a pandal replicating Central Sikh shrine, Sri Darbar Sahib Amritsar, for Ganpati Utsav, a Hindu festival, in the camp area of Pune, Maharashtra (India) has hurt the Sikh sentiments. Ironically, the management committee of Gurdwara Guru Nanak Darbar Camp Area of the city played a leading role in this work, which is...
Author Hardeep Singh CHANDIGARH Central and Punjab governments have submitted its reply to Punjab and Haryana High Court in response to the petition filed by pro-freedom Sikh leader and Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh and tried to justify extension of his detention under the National Security Act (NSA), but failed. Under the NSA, Amritpal Singh...
Author Hardeep Singh CHANDIGARH Hindu extremist controversial actress Kangana Ranaut-starrer movie ‘Emergency’ is facing backlash in Punjab and various states of India over its highly objectionable scenes which present Sikhs in poor light and spread hate against them, and the recent hateful remarks made by the newly elected BJP MP from Hindu populated Mandi constituency...
Washington, United States Meet “Eva,” “Sophia,” and “Samantha” — fake accounts which pose as chic American women who support Donald Trump on the platform X, disguising themselves by using stolen photographs of European fashion and beauty influencers, according to a study published Wednesday. The report by the nonprofit Center for Information Resilience (CIR) comes as researchers...
New York, United States Former champion Iga Swiatek aims for a place in the US Open third round on Thursday when she tackles Japan’s Ena Shibahara, a Grand Slam singles debutant. Two-time US Open champion Naomi Osaka looks for a spot in the last 32 of a major for the first time in over two years....
Mexico City, Mexico Controversial judicial reforms promoted by Mexico’s outgoing president are straining diplomatic relations with the United States, its neighbor and key trading partner, while also rattling financial markets. US Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar has warned that the changes would “threaten” a trade relationship that “relies on investors’ confidence in Mexico’s legal framework.” The reforms,...
Kolkata, India Thousands of protesters clashed in India’s eastern city of Kolkata on Wednesday, where demonstrations seeking justice for a murdered doctor spiralled into violent street skirmishes between political rivals. The discovery of the 31-year-old doctor’s bloodied body at a state-run hospital in Kolkata on August 9 stoked nationwide anger at the chronic issue of violence...
Author Hardeep Singh CHANDIGARH A Punjab based five-year-old Sikh boy Teghbir Singh has achieved a remarkable milestone by becoming world’s second youngest to scale Africa’s highest peak Mount Kilimanjaro which is located in Tanzania at a staggering height of more than 19340 ft (5895 Metres). Singh hails from Ropar town of Punjab. He started the...