When August 15 arrives, the entire nation is draped in the colours of the Tricolour. Children sing patriotic songs in schools, martyrs are remembered, and every Indian takes pride in living in a free country.…
[caption id="attachment_22935" align="alignleft" width="500"] Author: IP.Singh[/caption] Jalandhar: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and BJP may be moving closer after Sukhbir Singh Badal meets with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and SAD’s subsequent decision to support the women’s…
On 11 August 2026, Xinhua carried an announcement that ought to have earned more Indian editorial attention than it did. The first phase of China’s South-to-North Water Diversion Project — the Nanshui Beidiao Gongcheng, the…
Edmonton/Milpitas(California): The North American Punjabi Association (NAPA) has strongly condemned the alleged physical and racially motivated attack on a Sikh long-haul truck driver from British Columbia at a Walmart in south Edmonton, and has urged…
LOS ANGELES — Indian-born jazz guitarist, composer and educator Pritesh Walia was reportedly detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on August 2 after returning to Los Angeles, according to a statement posted on…
WASHINGTON — The number of new criminal cases referred by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to U.S. Attorney’s Offices fell significantly in May 2026, according to the latest Justice Department data analysed by the…
Washington, DC – The Department of Homeland Security has finalised a rule that will force certain U.S. employers to pay a longstanding special fee every time they renew H-1B or L-1 status for foreign workers…
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is introducing an interim final rule (IFR) that allows U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to mandate electronic filing, or e-filing, for certain immigration forms. Under this IFR, USCIS…
The backlog imposes heavy operational and fiscal burdens on the system itself. USCIS’s overall pending caseload has climbed past 11.3 million applications across all categories, with average clearance times nearly doubling in recent quarters (from…
Chandigarh: Senior Congress MLA from Bholath, Sukhpal Singh Khaira, today urged the Punjab Government and Speaker of the Vidhan Sabha to extend the ongoing Assembly session by at least a few more days so that…
