Perth : A maximum security prisoner is back behind bars in Australia after staging an audacious escape. Stephen Jamieson, 28, tied bed sheets together to scale a wall and reportedly put a pillow around his waist to avoid being hurt by razor wire. He was serving a 12-year sentence for armed robbery.Jamieson escaped, reportedly after cutting […]
WASHINGTON DC, USA (August 19, 2015)—A south Florida based jail has released 20 out of the 22 political asylum seekers on guarantee bonds. Executive Director of North American Punjabi Association (NAPA) Satnam Singh Chahal informed Sikh24 that a Granthi Singh of Gurdwara Sahib in Miami was able to secure release of these prisoners after signing […]
Sydney : It was supposed to be the ultimate free trade deal — a tie-up of 12 countries representing about 40 per cent of global GDP.But the American-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) failed at the last hurdle earlier this month, where a dispute over sugar was among the many stumbling blocks, and specifically, America’s refusal to […]
NEW YORK : State Senator Tony Avella (D-Bayside) has publicly announced his endorsement of Satnam Singh Parhar, who is one of six candidates vying for the competitive Democratic nomination in the Sept. 10 primary election for Mark Weprin’s former City Council seat.Avella said Parhar, a Sikh from India who is one of three South Asians […]
CHANDIGARH: The efforts by Congress party high command to unite the Punjab Congress leaders have failed to bear fruit as the infighting between senior state leaders has intensified further. The Congress had lost the assembly elections in 2012 due to factional fight and now the party seems unprepared for the 2017 assembly elections.Two senior party leaders, […]