LUDHIANA, Punjab (May 5, 2015)—Sikh freedom fighter Bhai Kulwinderjit Singh Khanpur who was released on bail just couple of weeks ago from Tihar Jail met with Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa this past Sunday. Bapu Surat Singh is sitting on hunger strike since January 16 for permanent release of Sikh political prisoners languishing in various jails […]
TORONTO, May 5 : Seeking an independent Sikh country, “Ontario Gurdwaras Committee” (OGC) a Canadian umbrella Sikh organization passed a historic resolution in support of holding a referendum in the state of Punjab in the year 2020.Since the military invasion of Sikhism’s holiest shrine, the Golden Temple, in June 1984 in the operation code named “Blue Star”, […]
Federal public servants might win higher pay rises if they agree to take fewer sickies, as part of a softening of the Abbott government’s public sector bargaining rules. With wage talks in stalemate across the 160,000-strong Commonwealth bureaucracy, departmental bosses have been given a little more flexibility to try to break the impasse and can […]
Brisbane : Food supplied to Australia’s biggest supermarkets and fast food chains is being processed or picked by migrant workers in slave-like conditions, it has been reported.An ABC Four Corners program has revealed widespread exploitation of people on working holiday visas.At a chicken processing factory, migrants have been forced to work 18 hours a day, […]
Sydney : Brown coal’s share of the main national electricity grid has surged to its highest level since September 2012, increasing the sector’s greenhouse gas emissions, energy consultants Pitt & Sherry say.The fresh data came as climate change ministers from around the country met in Adelaide on Monday to discuss how state governments might co-operate […]