Jos, Nigeria After her early morning class ended, 16-year-old Nigerian student Chidera Denis was waiting to join classmates for end-of-term exams. Teachers had scheduled a raft of last-minute revisions. Moments later, she was trapped under rubble as her school building suddenly collapsed, with pupils barely protected by the desks where they were sitting. Denis was one...
New York, United States Sophia Smith scored the only goal as the United States warmed up for the Olympics with a 1-0 victory over Mexico in New Jersey on Saturday. Portland Thorns striker Smith rounded off a superb team move with an emphatic finish on 64 minutes to seal a deserved win for Emma Hayes’s youthful...
Washington, United States US President Joe Biden led the condemnation after his election rival Donald Trump was wounded in an apparent assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, in violence that also left a bystander dead. Political leaders on both sides of the aisle slammed the attack minutes after the Republican candidate was rushed off...
AMRITSAR All the major Sikh organizations, activists and prominent figures on Saturday gathered at Akal Takht Sahib to attend the function organization by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) and Dal Khalsa to pay rich tribute to exiled pro-freedom leader Gajinder Singh who passed in Lahore on July 3 after brief illness. In memory of...
NEW DELHI In a significant development, visa requirements for Sikh pilgrims aged 65 and above have been eased to allow family visas at the request of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD-Badal), announced Delhi party chief and former Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) former Paramjit Singh Sarna on...
Eyes of the Sikhs struggling for their rights and freedom in India got teary as they heard about the passing away of Bhai Gajinder Singh who dedicated his entire life for Panth (Sikh community), in Pakistan-administered Punjab. He led his colleagues in hijacking an Indian Airlines aircraft to Lahore in 1981, but this action was...
CHANDIGARH The newly elected Khadoor Sahib MP and pro-freedom young Sikh leader Amritpal Singh has made it clear that his stand in favor of formation of Khalistan, a sovereign Sikh nation, is intact and he will not compromise on it. On July 5, his mother Balwinder Kaur made a statement, that created confusion among the Sikh...
Miami, United States Attorneys for Donald Trump asked a judge on Friday to pause his case on charges of mishandling top secret documents, citing a Supreme Court ruling that a former president has broad immunity from prosecution. Trump, 78, is accused in an indictment filed in Florida by Special Counsel Jack Smith of endangering national security...
Jerusalem Israel said Friday that “gaps” remained with Hamas on how to secure a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release but that it will send a delegation for fresh talks with Qatari mediators next week.The statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s spokesman came after a delegation led by the head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, David...
San Francisco, United States Klay Thompson paid tribute to his former Golden State Warriors team-mates on Friday in a heartfelt farewell to the club.Thompson, 34, left Golden State this week in free agency after spending the entirety of his 13-season NBA career with the team. A key part of Golden State’s championship-winning seasons in 2015,...