Sydney : Nauru’s government is promising to open up its regional centre for asylum seekers, effectively ending detention.Justice Minister David Adeang says some 600 outstanding asylum seekers’ refugee claims would be processed within the next week.It means asylum seekers will be free to move around the island, something that has been welcomed by rights groups.All […]
CHANDIGARH: The Bathinda Police last night arrested Director Agriculture Punjab Mangal sINGH sANDHU in a case of corruption related to purchase of spurious pesticides. He was earlier demoted from his psot but he had obtained stay order from the Punjab and Haryana High Court. It is learnt that Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal had […]
BATHINDA: Punjab congress will fight on the streets for the cause of Farmers of Punjab. This was stated by S Partap Singh Bajwa, President, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee while touring the Malwa belt of cotton affected fields and interacting with farmers. Bajwa also toured the Basmati fields in the Fazilka today. He assured the farmers that […]
AMRITSAR SAHIB : Sikh organizations are to hold ‘Sarbat Khalsa’ on Bandi Chhod Diwas (Diwali) against the decision of Sri Akal Takht Sahib’s appointed Jathedar to pardon Sirsa based cult head Gurmeet Ram Rahim of wanton blasphemeous behaviour. To discuss this, they have called a meeting on October 12 at Gurdwara Singh Shaheedan, Model town […]
LONDON, UK : Yesterday prominent Sikh organisations, Gurdwaras from across the UK and the youth gathered at Sri Guru Singh Sabha, Havelock Road, Southall to discuss the Sikh response and plan of action for the visit to the UK of Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi in mid-November.In what could prove to be a historic move […]