New York, In honor of the Sikh concern for preserving ‘Mata Dharat’ (Mother Earth), Sikhs from cities across the northeast joined the People’s Climate March in New York City on September 21st, the largest mass movement for climate justice in history. World leaders came to New York City for aRead More

Salt Lake City, North American Punjabi Association (NAPA) expressed its serious concern about the 19 Punjabi youths who are detained in Utah County Jail and have been on hunger strike for six days to press their demands. Satnam Singh Chahal, executive director of the association, said that the detainees areRead More

Paris, A corruption investigation against French former President Nicolas Sarkozy has been suspended, French media say. They quote judicial sources as saying that Paris appeals court will now study a request by Mr Sarkozy for the case to be dismissed. Mr Sarkozy, 59, is still facing several other judicial investigations.Read More

Sydney, An Indian-origin taxi driver in Australia will face trial for sexually assaulting a woman, media reports said on Wednesday. A West Australian taxi driver, identified as Suni Kumar Saharan, 28, molested the woman, who is also 28 years old, after picking her up along with her four friends fromRead More

London, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Wednesday remarked that the “London Plan” failed miserably, referring to a meeting of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Tahir-ul Qadri. In the London meet, Imran Khan and Qadri allegedly discussed the plan to stage a sit-in toRead More

Islamabad, The Pakistan government Wednesday condemned as “violation of its sovereignty” US drone strikes which left 10 people dead in the country’s tribal region of North Waziristan. Pakistan regards such strikes as a violation of its sovereignty and territorial integrity, Radio Pakistan quoted the country’s Foreign Office spokesperson as sayingRead More

United Nations, A UN Security Council committee has added 16 names to its al-Qaida sanctions list, including one with ties to the Islamic State group. Additions came yesterday after the council approved a resolution expanding the list’s scope to include people affiliated with the extremist group that has taken overRead More

London, The wife of a British taxi driver held by Islamic State jihadists has pleaded for his release, saying she had received a recording of him begging for his life. Alan Henning, a 47-year-old Briton who volunteered to help drive an aid convoy to Syria for Muslim charity Aid4Syria, wasRead More

Washington, Asserting that india has an “irreplaceable economic and political role” at the global stage, an Indian-American body has called for an immediate reform of the UNSC to make the country its permanent member. The American india Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) said in a statement: “It is about time thatRead More

Atlanta, More than a million people could be infected with the Ebola virus by January unless greater efforts are made to contain the disease in West Africa, the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention have said. In a press conference at CDC headquarters in Atlanta Tuesday, health authorities saidRead More