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...
Author Hardeep Singh AMRITSAR The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Saturday termed the statement of the Indian government on the confiscation of two holy saroops of Guru Granth Sahib by the Police in Doha, Qatar, as full of misinformation. The gurdwara body has once again asked the Indian Union External Affairs Minister (EAM) Dr....
Author Hardeep Singh CHANDIGARH Upcoming movie (‘Emergency’) of infamous Hindutva actress Kangana Ranaut who has recently been elected as BJP MP from Hindu-populated Mandi constituency of Himachal Pradesh, has depicted Sikhs in poor light and tried to malign image of the community martyrs by presenting them ‘villain’. The Sikh community is enraged over this movie...
BABA BAKALA (AMRITSAR) In a significant development, pro-freedom Sikh activists organized an impressive ‘Panthic Gathering’ at historic town Baba Bakala on Monday (August 19) to raise demand of release of Sikh political prisoners during annual Rakhar Punia festival. Gathering in this event outshone the political conferences of ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Shiromani Akali...
Berlin, Germany Germany captain Ilkay Gundogan announced his retirement from international football on Monday after leading his country at Euro 2024, citing “a certain tiredness” both physically and mentally. “After a few weeks of reflection, I have come to the conclusion that it is time to end my national team career,” Gundogan wrote on social media. “I...
Kinshasa, DR Congo Mpox cases and deaths are rising in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as the central African country awaits vaccines from the United States and Japan, the health minister said on Monday. The toll this year has risen in a few days from 16,000 cases and 548 deaths to 16,700 cases and “a little more...
Chicago, United States Protesters against Israel’s war in Gaza briefly breached the outer security fence of the Democratic convention in Chicago, hours before US President Joe Biden was set to pass the torch to new nominee Kamala Harris. A small group of around 100 demonstrators broke off from a larger march involving thousands of people and...